Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-10-07
IUSIC AND DRAMA.
Chanfrau and Fanny Daven-
port at the Grand.
HERMANN AND HIS MAGIC.
Notes of Plays and the Players
Gossip About the
Stage.

In the second act Of La Tosco, Miss
Fannie Davenport wears over $50. 600
worth of rare iewelry.
Offenbach is once more resuming his
sway in Paris. La We Partsienne is in
rehearsal at the Varieties, to be followed
by Barbe Bleue.
Little Lord Fauntleroy will shortly be
running simultaneously in London, New
York, Australia and in several cities in
the United States.
Mary Anderson is simultaneously i'll
and well, in Scotland, ON Hampstead
Heath. in London, on yacht, and in a
quiet English village.
Mrs. Thurber has engaged M. Theophile
Munowry, baritone of the Grand opera
of Paris, as vocal director of the National
Conservatory of Music.
The company which will present Little
Lord Fauntlerey here this time, contains
some excellent people. Wallie Eddinger
and Flossie Ethyl will play his Lordship
~ before.
Maud Banks, daughter Of General
Nathaniel P. Banks, has not proved a
conspicuous success on the stage and has
retired from it to help her father in his
literary work.
Lillian Grubb, who has been travelling
and summering on the Pacific Coast, is
now in Los Angeles. and will re-
turn to New York in about two months
time very much improved in health.
La Tosca is from the school of French
romance in which the great Rachel and
Bernhardt achieved their splendid dra
matte success, and Fanny Davenport il
clearly their histrionic peer in every re-
gard.
Ida Va,lerga, who sang little parts ir
the Mapleson operas, is announced by
Manager Abbey as one Of his stars alonf
with Patti, Albani, Tsmsgno and Lilliar
Norton. Her voice has been employed
recently in opera in San Francisco.
Here is the welcome announcement
Adelaide Moore receives in a Texal
paper: "For the country's sake, AIDE
laide, keep away from Texas. We have
cotton worms and potato bugs this sea
son, and that is affliction enough for on,
year"
An English tenor who gets abou
500 for singing at q concert at hom,
asked 5000 to sing in five concerts il
Boston. He explains why he asks sucl
an exorbitant price by saying that it il
worth that to sing in an American pro
vincial city.
Joseph Jefferson, the actor, was urges
by his son to extend his season to thirt,
weeks instead OF twenty. "My boy,
replied the actor, II can't afford to vast,
my time in making money" If some o
the rest of Ms were worth as much q
Joe we might feel the same way.
Business has been exceptionally goot
ct the California Dime Museum, an,
Manager Isaacs has many curios in tn,
museum department and strong vaude
vile show in the theater. He has GOO
drawing card this week in the museum
department, being living skeleton 10
years old. Business continues large.
The New York Herald pronounce
Bronson Towards new play, Shenan
doah, which was produced few week
ago at the Star Theater, New York
"Greater than the Henrictta." ShenG,
doah is under Manager Hayman'
direction, and there will undoubtedly b
. production Of the play here in th
near future.
Miss Minnie Palmer is to receive
percentage Of the receipts of Cinderella
In which she is to appear at He
Majesty's Theater in London, but she i
guaranteed 81 800 q week for eigh
weeks. The play is to be billed: "Mis
Minnie Palmer in Cinderella" and no
Cinderella with Miss Palmer. The pro
duction is to cost $4,000.
Mrs. Leslie Carter says that there is n
4rVvkk tt,n Ink L.
with MANAGER Gilmore, Of Niblo's Gar
den, New York, has fallen through. He
contract stands and will be carried out
and she will make her debut about De
cember in a society play. Taken in con
nection with Mrs. Potter's disclaimer o
having retired, mentioned elsewhere
this opens heartrending prospect.
Henry e. Abbey has decided on tn,
programme for the opening of Nine
PATHS tour in this country, which beginl
In December. For the first night 6
varied programme has been arranged
and the diva will make her appearance
to sing "Home, Sweet Home" The frs
opera to be produced will be Romeo ant
Juliet, which Nine. Patti has never suns
in the United Statee. Signor Ravell
will be the 'Romeo."
The Folio is authority for the followin,
statement: Until the vocal art restl
upon the basis it did 200 years ago ir
Italy we shall never see upon the stage 6
race of skillful singers. There has beer
but one great female operate singer on
the American stage for many years-one
embracing good voice, correct tone pro-
duction, and dramatic power combined.
I refer to Mime. Pauline Lucca. One
curse that has stricken vocal art is the
modern operate composer, who employs
all the resources of the modern orches.
ira and burdens his score to that extent
that the human voice is unable to com.
pete with it's overpowering influence. II
the singer in the later works of Wagner
is to give the effect that this composer
expects, yes, demands, then screeching
shouting and bowling must supplant
singing"
The San Francisco Examiner has the
following to say about Kit, which will be
produced at the Grand Opera House this
evening and continue Tuesday and
Wednesday: The ordinary play-poer
only knows that when he sees XII he
secs the originals of no end of interesting
scenes, and the suggestions for at least a
fourth OF the thrilling situations in the
melodramas that deal with life in the
South before the war. The steamboat
explosion, the abduction and duel have
been reproduced, readjuSted and refitted
90 often that until one remembers that
nearly all Of them were inspired by KIT.
it il not difficult to see that veteran