Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-03
ADJUSTMENTS.

1t has been found that the Emma Juch
Opera Company will arrive here so late on
Saturday pight that The ne 9egfgfss2atn tdq ar
range the wardrobe in time to give Car
men, correctly, and the company will
| therefore go on to Los Angeles and return
| ing, play its engagement in San Francisco
and fill its dates here on the 3lst instant
and February LIST, giving two operas instead
| of one.
Tuesday evening next, at the Metropoli-
tan Theater, the Duff English Opera Com
pany will return here and sing 1.-THE
Queens Mate" in which it has had great
success in San Francisco. 1t is pronounced
! "a gorgeous production" with fine scenic
effects, marches choruses, ETC. The San
Francisco Chronicle pronounced it the best
piece OF the company's repertoire, and said:
1T Is superior comic opera in all ways.
The plot is light, but it is an amusing and
clean story, full of little witticisms of situa-
| ton more than Of lines. 1t is, in fact, q
distinctly clever plot, and very piquantly
| worked out. The music is good, not as
! taking perhaps as that of Lecocqu's earlier
works, but full of genuine quality.
If only for the spectacle and
music The Queens Mate is well worth
visit" The San Francisco Post said: at
is far ahead of ANYTHING of the kind that
| the San Francisco public has seen for
years" The Call speaks of the music as
well sung, the costumery as fine and in ex-
cellent taste and adds: "There is more
merit IN the performance than the majority
| OF such performances have" Manager
Hall promises an enlarged orchestra for
Tuesday night.
The company of Miss Helen Blythe had
a large audience New Years night at the
Metropolitan, but small one last night.
The weather was too disagreeable to per-
NIT even the best of dramatic attractions
to draw. In "a Mothers Love" Miss
Blythe did not appear to full advantage,
probably. The play is doleful one, and
the child chosen for the juvenile part man.
aged to wreck the most pathetic scenes In
Cora, the Creole Miss Blythe was much
better. She has strength, and is an actress
of experience and skill. Compared with
Jeffrys-Lewis IN the same character, she
has not her subtle power, but in some re-
spects she is truer TO the authors concep-
ton of the character. She is not a great,
but competent and strong actress in emo
tionsl roles. Her support Is good, and
Mr.. Brien, the leading man, proves himself
an actor of intelligence and cultivation.
1t will crafty all theater-goers to learn
that furnace is to be placed in the Metro
politan Theater. Manager Hall so informs
the press, and that the work begins to-day.
It is wise response to Just demand of
the public. The complaints of the press
only reflected common judgment of the
people that theater in such seasons as
this is not bit for use where the temperature
is so low that half the audience is COM
PEELED to sit with coat collars buttoned up
or wraps closely drawn, while the other
half exercise their feet to keep up circula-
ton, and lead actors not entitled to il to
believe that they are being applauded
The proprietorship and management of the
house do well by providing for its warm
ing. They should go a step further and
provide for the use of the doors below the
box office that draughts may be cut of,
precisely what the doors were placed there
for, not to be folded back and leave the in
terror CT the house exposed to the rush Of
the air of the street whenever the lobby
entrance is opened. The Opera House pro-
prietorship must follow the example prom
Used at the Metropolitan if it expects its
theater to be attractive. There is about IS
much sense in refusing to warm a theater,
as to refuse to warm church, a lecture
ball or dwelling. Comfort is as essential
N theater as are play and scenery.
Rev. A. NJ. GrowGeD, of the First Chris
tian Church on Eighth street, will lecture
this evening on "A Trip Around the
World" illustrated by views of principal
cities.
The Skating Rink is open every evening.