St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-13
THE NEW OPERA.
Points About the LibrettO, Music
and Cast of 'sLa FianZa."

To ALA Coppa, Habana, Cubanina, Greet
issimo: Senior de Monticello piraticus
jumpet country attachio. several portable
chatella. Skipunda Septimus, A. ID. post
mortum katchon puttem ina kalabOosa. Letta
non gilty mana skapio. Don CARLOS.
The above is the substance of the Gre
dentials which prove that "LigneOus
Comanche." popcorn man in the new
Cuban opera, ''La Fianza," which will
receive its initial production at the
Grand opera next Thursday night, is
none other than a royal emisSary, with
eXtradition papers for the arrest of the
bogus Duke of Cameo" Other char
acters besides these two will be found
in the following cast, which is an
nounced in the GLOBE for the first time
this morning:
Penelope, mortgaged TO the duke
but in love with Krem White. Myrta French
Colorado Madura, forelady at
Havana flats Phoebe Willard
PhGPna Telephone Belle H pe1ndsf
T SiTiapa Operators. Matte Redlon '
Kremnitz White. artist lover of
Penelope. ...... -. Howard W. Malcolm
Van Dyke Browne, artist, lover Of
Senior Rubens, teacher of art =,
class. 1homas L. DrllI
NicoIini Nicotini, proprietor of
Havana flats, father of Pene-
lope Observation-Disclosures. IA. ". Porter
Ny Duke Cameo, very rich and
holds mortgage. .-..-G. W. Ferguson
Ligneous Comanche, pop corn
man.. observation-disclosures. Ed J. Sturtzel
Besides these will be daShing, mash
ing. bewitching telephone girls, and
their tickle, flirting, dull-eyed. romantic
lovers, who will be seen as art students
and aspirantS for honors upon the comic
opera stage. The costumes have been
especially designed by Mrs. Smith. who
is said to take special pride on this oc-
casion in showing what Minneapolis
costumer can do. The special scenery
Will be by Prof. Clausen, and the whole
production under the direction of the
fine arts society of this city. The plot
of the opera and several extracts of the
libretto were published at some length
i'm the GLOBE last Sunday. The libretto
is. as stated before, by Bert Ball, and
there is said to be not enough of it to
become tedious. 1t is bright at times
and Indifferent at others. but never vul-
gar nor tainted in the least with
Offense. The music, which is by
Prof. Willard Patten, is. of course,
the predominant feature, and upon this,
to the greater extent, the excellence,
success and popularity of the opera will
probably be decided. It is, say those
who have heard the rehearsals, tune
full and catchy, and in the melodious
agreements and pleasant harmonies of
the orchestration there is displayed the
result of an intelligent and practiced
musician. The rehearsal on Friday was
as near perfect as possible without the
use of complete stage effects, and was
extremely ereditable to the careful and
painstaking efforts of those who have
the drilling and stage management in
hand. The young ladies who will exc
cute the march with ornamented SHOW
els, and attempt to distinguish them
selves as telephone girls, are: Bell
Hutchkiss. Matte Redion, Tillie Paus,
Evelyn Derwent, Annie Robinson,
Paula Lillienfield, Mabel Biaikie,
Lucy Wietberger. BERTHE Fisher.
Luna Thomas, Jessie Keller. Grace
Walker, Mabel Allen, Matte Ball, Lutte
Cady, Eva Cooley. The following young
men who, off the stage, are employed
about the city in various capacities.
will, upon this occasion, dress them
selves up as Cuban art students, and
succeed in falling desperately in love
with the pretty Hello girls" Their
names are Frank E. Satterlee, Harry
Ball, Fred Maynard, Summer Mather,
DIR. G. William Bachman. Harry MARS.
Charlie Hoffman, W. III. Hamm, Frank
Wietberger. j. H. Harrison, Louis
Everts. Horace Winchell, Harry Ball,
E. ID. Kreidt, William Hannum. The
company complete will number sixty.
All the private boxes and many of the
seats have already been sold to many
prominent society people, and local