The Portland daily press., 1889-10-15
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
LAG ADERE.

| Tonight and tomorrow evening, Kiralfy's
troupe will appear at Portland Theatre in
"Lagadere," which will be presented as
| spectacle with ballet ard stage effects This
is the play in which the late Charles Fechter
created such a reputation. Under the Kiral-
fy management the play advances unham.
pered by delay, aud the sum of thrilling me-
lodramatic action and telling scenic display
which is crowded into the three hours occu-
pied by the performance is SO great that the
lasting success Of the enterprise with admir-
ers Of pictorial display and exciting incident
is assured. Mr.. lure Kiralfy's inventive
faculty shines throughout the play, ana is
displayed to peculiar advantage in the bal
lets, more particularly in the one which he
fathers with natural pride,-that which has
the ''Seven Ages of Man" for its subject
and which 1t treats delightfully."-. The vari-
GUS scenes are deliberately and richly set, the
one reproducing the beauties of hall in a
royal French palace being remarkably eff
fectiye. The play is full of action, and the
to the downright comic.
sToCKBRIDGE COURSES.
Friday and Saturday next the Stockbridge
courses begin, aud the sale of evening tick
| cts began yesterday. The leading contralto
of the company, Jessie Bartlett Davis, is
the most renowned of American singers
whose art was acquired at home. Her
| teachers, however, were of the best in
| America. She has had the benefit of expo
| rience and observation, and Is today ac-
| knowledged the greatest of English singing
| contraltos. She has been singer all her
life, and was an attraction for miles around
her country home on the prairies of Illinois.
She sang successfully in the.earlier Gilbert
d Sullivan operas, but her career really be-
gan when she made her debut in New York
with Adelina Patti in Italian opera at the
Academy, where she made an instantaneous
hit as Sebel in Faust" The circumstances
under which she sang-appearing at days
notice aud without rehearsal-beiug widely
and fayorably commented upon, she may be
said to have gained national fame in one
night The greater possibilities for her
were obviously In English opera, and since
then she has sustained the leading contralto
l roles In the Carleton Opera Company, the
| American Opera Company, andithe Bostoni-
ans. Considered as unapproachable in COM
edy roles, she has this season astonished her
friends by exceedingly strong dramatic
work In Bohemian Girl."' and her creation
Of the character of Cynisca in 'Pygmalion
ana Galatea, 10 which she appears on Sat
urday evening.
| STAR COURSE.
| Wednesday next the sale of seats for the
Y. M. G. A. course will begin at the Associa-
ti0n rooms in Harrington Block, where the
| plan Of the house can be seen. The list of
| entertainments. given in our amusement col
| umn, will commend the course to all lovers
1 of good amusements.
| NOTES.
| Mr. Nikiscb, the new leader of the Boston
| symphony Orchestra, proves great success.
| Zerrahp, B. J. Larry. j. X. Paine and Geo.
L. Osgood all speak of his abilities in high
/ terms. The orchestra all rose to him after
the first concert last Friday. He is rather
| short in stature, and is fine looking. He
| conducts without notes.
Alfred De SIEVE is first violin player of the
Boston Symphony Orchestral Club, which
opens the Y. M. G. A. season in Portland.
Maria Hubert Fr0hman, daughter of L. G.
Hubert of New York Lyceum fame, is to
under the management of Gustave Frohman
A new comedy by Mr.. Hubert, entitled
"False Charms" with king Rene's Daugh-
ter" will be in the starring repertory. These
| prayers Will Qe0lcdCe, IN november, the new
opera house in Wellsville, N. Y.
Most people know that Mansfield. the act
tor, was born on the island of Heligoland
His first adventure CHANGED when he was
but few days old, and it came about in this
manner: The father being in England and
i'll, his mother decided upon hurried de-
parture. Richard having made his first ap-
pearance somewhat ahead of time, had been
perforce. accommodated with bed In q
drawer in lieu of a cradle. The nursery maids
being in vast furry, much bothered by the
other two children, and alarmed and deafen-
ed by the blowing and whistling and bell
ringing steamer by the pier-h head, arrived at
the point of embarkatlon without Richard.
"You have forgotten the baby! Run, Anna,
run 7! You will find him in the upper drawer
| OF the bureau In my ro0m.W
Mrs. Erving Winslow Kate Reignolds) is
having most f1attering success with her
readings at Newport, having entered upon
her third course, for which she was called
back last week, and which comprises her pa
pers on the "Female Novelsts." One of her
hearers, woman of highest position and
Intelligence. writes in private letter: 81
have heard Them all, from Mrs. Kemble to
Mrs. Winslow-there is no one like her.
Every information and every infection is per-
feet, the characters live in the Imagination,
but there is nothing STACEY, not suggestion
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