Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-15

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and attractive presence quickly gained
her generous recognition of her abili-
ties. Her advance in dramatic art has
been rapid and eminently satisfactory
to the managers, and she gives promise
of taking foremost place in the per
formances of the coming season. She
will appear in many OF the standard
roles of the English opera stage, and
will also assumed a share of the new
works included in the seasons repertoire.
An engagement of unusual interest has
been made by the management of the
company in securing Ferdinand Schultz
as one of the tenors for the season.
Though he makes his first appearance
as an English opera singer this season,
stage which he shares with few
artists OF to-day. Beginning his ,oper-
attic career at the age of II, in Hamburg,
first rank through the opera houses of
many other leading German cities, un-
ter am der Vein in Vienna, he became
and created role after role in the Strauss
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He came to America with the great
Geistinger, and has since then been the
most popular tenor of the German pub
actor as he is a singer, and he is endowed
by nature with every qualification
needed to win the same success with
English speaking audiences as has
always attended his appearance on the
or of hn hot ],
sides the Atlantic. His voice is re-
markably pleasing one, admirably
schooled, capable OF filing the severest
demands OF strong dramatic passages,
and admirably suited to the work of the
Bostonian's repertoire. .-[Boston Herald.
1t is long time since Los Angeles
oughly than they did W. J. Seanlan's
week at the Grand. He filled the house
every night of the engagement, some
times packing it as it has seldom been
packed in all the years since it was built:
shane-na-Lawn is not a good play and
should be discarded in Mr.. Scanlan's
repertory. Myles Aroon and the Irish
Minstrels are decidedly good plays. They
present rare opportunities in the way Of
comedy and song, which suit the star to
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the two and, the character OF Larry
Scanlan full scope for his powers
of mimicry and music While
the company that played here is not de-
void OF talent, some of it was so bad as
to be positive disgrace to everyone con-
cerned. Cecil Kingstone acts like an
amateur, and very poor one at that.
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amount of practice will make him half
perfect in any role. Miss Wallace and
Miss Sacket, too, are out of their ele
ment as portrayers of Irish character.
One day last week, the wires from the
east brought the sad news of the death
OF Mrs. Dave Hayman-Lillian Grubb.
The Diseased was fine vocalist and a
very good actress in specially work.
About eight years ago she appeared here
in Rice's Surprise Party with Kate Cas-
tleton, Geo. Forsteque, John Mackey,
Miss May Sterubler, and several others
OF exceptional merit. Miss Grubb made
a decided hit at that time. She was
here again about year ago in company
with her husband and little daughter.
She was then as she had been for some
years past, in poor health.
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Hubert Wilke company, was in the city
yesterday and sang at the two services
in the Cathedral. In the morning at the
offertory he sang the Pro Peccatis from
Rossini's Stabat Mater, and in the even
ing sang an O Salutaris by Wiegand. In
addition to being an accomplished singer
and successful theatrical manager, Mr..
Murphy has the reputation of being one
of the most erudite Gaelic scholars in the
United States. When very young he de-
veloped what might be termed passion
for the study of the language. and later
in life he took advantage of all the eXcep-
tional facilities for its complete mas
terry afforded by the Gaelic Society in
New York. He has translated many of
the bardic lays of early Irish minstrelsy,
has written several profound articles on
music in ancient Ireland, and many ORR
ginal poems of high order of merit.
Mr.. Murphy, who is also a master of
German, Italian aud Scandinavian and
fine Latin scholar, regards the Irish as
one of the parent languages and seems
to be as familiar with the ante Christian
literature of Ireland as the average
school-boy is with the metrical con-
struction of Yankee Doodle. His enun-
citation OF the tongue in which the Bre-
hon laws were written, centuries before
social government had become recog
nized fact and necessity, seems to be as
perfect as it is unintelligible to
the average man, and he sings
the love and war songs of his ma
tive land in manner that stamps him
as high-class vocalist as we'll as lin
guist and poet. Mr.. Murphy leaves
today for Salt Lake City.