The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

NINE. ALBANI is Queen Victoria's favorite
singer.
ROBERT MANTELL is presenting ''Mon-
bars" in Canada.
DIXEY's "Adonis" is nearing its two thou
sandth performance.
NINE. TREgELLI, the famous French con-
tra.to, is recovering from paralytlc stroke.
IRvING'S new version of Macbeth at the
London Lyceum was only partial success
NINE. MoDJESKA refused a salary of Slj0J
q week 10 Join the Eootll Barrett combina-
tion.
The Duchess of Cambridge pays q we'll
known vocalist S4UOO year to sing to her
daily.
AT tile Theatre au der Wien. Vienna.
"1he Heomen OF the Guard" is announced to
be sung.in German.
PA1T charges more every year for her alb.
solute farewell warbling. She is now singing
i'll England for $3jUU night.
THE famous tenor Mnsini is to receive the
comfortable sum of $3.50, UOO for q season OF
Italian opera IN Buenos AyreS
MARY ANDERSON is understood to have
concluded an engagement for another Amerl-
can tour under II. +. AbLey's management.
NINE. B2RSHARDT has declined an offer OF
S4iUU frcn the Sultan Of Turkey for single
JOSEPH WHgELoCK has been engaged to
play MsSeuif to the Macbeth OF Charles
Coghlan and the Lady MacUeth OF Mrs.
Langtry.
THE oldest musical society in the world,
the Antlitzgesellschuft, hns just celebrated It's
ruth anniversary at st. Gall, in Swltzer-
land, with great eclat.
AGREEABLE to the wishes of the German
Emperor the theatres have resolved to abol-
ish all French theatrical terms which have
crept into TIA language.
EDWARD EoY, who has recently made such
O hit in New York, is the only comedian
of prominence who battles recognition by his
makeup" on the stage.
SARA JEwETT, who used to be leading lady
at the Union Square Theatre, New York
city, is recovering her health, and Will reap
pear on the stage next season.
RUBENsIElS has written a cantata to cele.
brate the preservation OF the Car and
Czarina in the recent railway accident. 1t
will be given in St Petersburg.
IT has baan definitely settled that Mrs
James e. Blaine, Jr., will 60 on the stage,
probably under the management of Daniel
Frohman, OF tie New York Lyceum.
THIS wear there will be celebration Of the
fftieth anniversary of EerdIs debut as a
composer. His first opera ''Oberto di San
Buonafacio,h was produced ut Milan, on
November II, 1851.
IT is reported that Denman Thompson con-
templates keeping 1.-The Old Homestead on
| the boards of Jcs Academy of Music in New
York for three years. Its present prosperity
would indicats long stay.
As steady tonic for the amity between
| Germany anS Italy, Kaiser William has
ordered each ragimental band 10 pay at
! least once a weak the march Of the BerSaGlleri
and the Italian Infantry march.
THE next comic opera that will be brought
from Europe is GRE by Franz Won Suppe that
has been successfully produced i'll sienLa;
! 1t is entitled "Uie Jagd mach dem Gluck. "
| literally, The Hunt After Luck
THE building No. lG Gramercy fark,
New York city, presented by Edwin Booth
to the recently organized Players Club. OF
which he is President, has been converted
into an elegant and commodious club house
{t4ss formally Qpsaia On New Years Eve