Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-14
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Gossip About the Plays and
the Actors.
NEwsAT HOME AND FROM ABROAD
The Leayitt Speciality Cohen and
Idalene COttOns-Other Local
Notes.

Notes.
Fanny Davenport has made several
luckv real-estate investments this year.
On one deal she made over $50, ,OOO.
Sarah Bernhardt's earnings in Con-
etsntinople are South American in size.
She is having an enormous success
here.
Anton Rubinstein is engaged on an
oratorio, the subject OF which ls the
preservation of the life of the Czar and
his family.
Poor Nicolini objects to the "too per-
fectlv passionate way" in which Mr.. de
Renske and Nine. Patti sing the love
scenes in Romeo and Juliet.
The Boston Quintette Club will appear
here during the latter part of the month
at the Los Angeles Theatre under the
auspices of the 7. M. @. A.
The Carleton Opera Company is due
here very shortly. Mr.. Carleton brings
with him q new opera named Nynheer
Jan, which is said to be very funny.
Wagner's music has taken strong
bold upon the Russian Upera-goers; 80
much 80 that the entire cycle of the
Nibelungen dramas is to be given in st.
Petersburg between February 9th and
March Goth.
Adelina Patti is so we'll preserved
physically that she is compared in that
respect with Ninon de PEnclos. the ia
nous beauty of the last century, who at
go enslaved the grandsons of the men
who had loved her in her youth.
It can be imagined how Mrs. Potter
will play cleopatra" when it is stated
that New York paper devotes column
to the descriptions of the costumes she
will wear.
A broken shaft of polished granite, ris.
ing twenty feet from pedestal made oi
four granite blocks, has been placed by
Nat Goodwin in the burial plot in Wood
lawn cemetery, where his deceased wife
eliza Weathersby) is buried.
Ellen Terry's "Lady Macbeth" is pre-
sumably fine piece of acting. The
only information vouchsafed by cable
concerning her first appearance in the
role is that in the sleep-walking scene
she wears q close-6tting nightgown ol
cream-colored wool, woven into lovely
design.
Verdi was IS years old last month.
To.set at rest stories that are now and
avarice, it is worth while noticing that
mune of Villanova d'Arda and endowed
it with an annual income of 1920 lire, OF
about 81 400.
Campanini "comes up smiling" from
his recent disastrous concert tour and
says to New York reporter: 81 do not
intend to sing English opera here. With
6 little little study and practice I am sure I
shall master the little difficulties of the
language. The works 1 think of giving
are Faust, Othelo, Carmen, Lohengrin
and Others"
The Grand Opera House will be oc-
cupied by the Leavitt Specially Company
after tomorrow night. The Chronicle OF
San Francisco says:
Mr.. Leavitt's European Novelties are
among the best ever presented here.
Many of the things done are wonderfully
clever, and the show, as a whole, comes
up to all that it has been represented to
be. The entertainment opens with an
excellent marionette act, form of mi
mic dramatic representation much in
favor among the Genoese, who have a
theatre devoted exclusively to this
class of performance. The dancing of the
Donnels, was very clever, far better than
their singing. The lady lisa very skillful
and graceful dancer. The donkey act oi
the grotesque acrobats, the Avones, was
quite original and amusing. The sisters
Milton do varv clavor hit of einoin0
and dancing. They are quite pretty and
dress attractively. One of the best fea-
lures was the really superior ventrilo.
quism Of Dugan. He is not only q
splendid artist in his line, but the dia.
logue which he carries on among his
figures, is very humorous and often
witty. 1t puts the audience in capital
humor, and roars Of laughter were pro-
voked by the witty sallies of Irish humor
Two German artists, down on the bills al
the Wonderous Pylades, gave some
clever representation of prominent per
sonages. sThe Dublin lads, Farrell anG
Wilmot, were not bad in their way, anC
met the approval of the upper part OF the
house. Jules Keller, the pedo-manua
phenomenon, is phenomenon indeed
The comic musical clowns, the Gillen'
brothers, were quite good. The even
ing's performance is brought to clos
by the Zanetto troupe of jugglers, equilib
rists and illusionists, from the Al
hambra Theatre, London. They are re
markably clever, graceful artists ant
gave brilliant finale to what may b,
safely called one Of the best specialt.
entertainments seen here.