Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-26
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

Wilton Lackaye has been added to Days
company
Miss Minnie Maddern has secured success
at the Madison Square theater in Feather
brain.n
Miss Marie Wainwright is in Paris study
ing Viola for her production of Shakes
peare's Twelfth Nightn
"The Brgands," now the reigning success
at the Casino, New York. is by Messrs w.
S. Gilbert and Otfenbach.
Lawrence Barrett is going to prowl abou t
all summer long in his new steam yacht with
Edwin Booth as his guest.
Manager Abbey and his assistant, Marcus
Mayer, are due in London to-day. If Irving
sees them first he may escape.
Nine. Fursch Madi has sailed for Europe.
She has been engaged to sing in London
during the Covent garden season.
Mr. Arthur Nikisch, the new director of
the Boston symphony orchestra, will sail
from Bremen for this country early in Sep
tember.
1t is rumored that Sarasate, the violin vir-
tuose, and Otto Henger, the rival to little
Hoffman, will visit this country together
next winter.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, whose recent
operatic venture resulted disastrously. has
headed small concert company and is tour
ing in Iowa.
Mr.. Richard Mansfield's London success
will probably keep him there another year.
be up to the Irving standard.
Mr. Thomas w. Keene has closed his sea
son and is now devoting his vacation to the
study of Louis XI," IN which Manager
Ariel Barnay intends introducing him next
season.
six weeks when it ends at Chicago two weeks
from tonight The original contract with
Henry Z. Abbey called for season of
twenty-eight weeks only.
The death is announced at Dresden of
Moritz E'urstenau, the eminent flute player.
custodian of the Royal Music library and
author of some highly meritorous works
concerning the Dresden HofTheater.
"Robert Elsmere" has been called in;
"Ben Hur' has been abandoned, and the
three cornered fight between Messrs. Bran
der Matthews, A. M. Pamler and Nym Grim
kle about nothing in particular, is a draw.
The German tenor Wachtel will shortly
celebrate the fftleth anniversary OF his en-
trance into the musical profession. He has
sung the tenor part in 1.-The Position of
Lonjumeau' no less than a thousand times.
It is reported that wealthy Italian pub
Usher, Sig. Sanzogna, will gather company
for the purpose of giving representations of
Italian opera in Paris this summer. Nine.
Helene HaStrelter is named as his prima
dona contralto.
Fanny Davenport will end her season with
performance of "lIa Tosca,n in Whining
ton, Del. On Monday morning she will put
on a wideawake straw hat and start to trim
the rosebushes in the garden of her summer
homo at Canton, Pa.
T. At Campanni's last concert in New York
which took place at the academy of music a
feature of the programme was the third act
of Faust" sung in evening dress by Mile De
We're rs Marguerite, Sig. Del Puente as
Mephistopheles, and Sig. Campanini in the
title role.
Peter Benolt's oratorio, "Lucifer," was
OF lhne 1,,l1 A,,,il
the conflict Of varying opinions, the general
impression is that it is work of remarkable
power aud OF notable melodc beauty. Mrs.
Lcmmens-S s-Sherrington sang the soprano part;
Mr.. Barnaby conducted.
Richard Mansield's present season at the
London Globe theater viii end July l. 1t is
not yet quite certain what his next Shake
spearian production will be; but, as has
been said before, the chances are in favor of
'King John" He has decided definitely, it
is said, against both Julius Caesar" and
"Othello."
'M. Coquelin, the elder has at last re.
turned to Paris after his starring tour in the
New World" says the correspondent in that
city of the London Daily Telegraph. "rhe
great actor is TO give a farewell representa-
| tion IN the Theater Francais, and then he
will proceed 10 London in order to fulfill
| his engagement there with Messrs. Grau and
| Abbey.
Annie Pixley is said to be suffering from
eknausUloE, ana Jud' is gwen as the reason
| why she was obliged to summarily cancel her
| engagements. The real reason for her
| collapse is that she has not ceased to grieve
over the untmely death of her son year OF
so ago. For the future she had many bright
plans and he held the larger share Of her af
| fections.
| Mile Rhea is quite favorite in society,
| and in no place more so than the capital. Al
| one of the receptions rendered her during
| her recent professional engagement there
| she met Secretary Blaine. He chatted with
| her for some time on theatrical matters, and
in speaking about her new play, Josephine, "
| SAID he would send her a magazine contain
| ing an interesting article on the subject OF
| the play written by Gail Hamilton, The
| magazine was received the next day.