Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-07
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At the Metropolitan Theater this even
ing "Fatinitza" will be sung by the Nc
Nelll Club, assisted by several ladies, the
whole under the direction of W. II. Kin
ross. The opera has been in preparation
many months. and unusual care has been
taken TO bring the amateurs up to a good
standard. Anticipation has been much
qulckened concerning the entertainment,
and there IS reason to expect better per
formance than any amateurs have vet
given the public here. On the 1st instant
the full cast of the piece was published in
these columns Special scenery by J. r.
Wilkins has been prepared for the opera
and the costumery has been selected with
view to its correctness in all details. The
story OF the opera in brief is this: A Cir
cassian, Vladimir Miss Maye Kewen). is
Lieutenant in the Russian forces at Odessa
under General kautchukoff e. B. Carroln.
Vladimir is smitten by young LADY
whom he only knows as Lydia Mrs DR..
Brunei, but who is Princess and niece to
the General. Vladimir, while masouer-
aiding in female attire upder the name of
Fatinitza, meets the General, who makes
furious love TO the supposed woman In
the meantime the General hearing of the
Lieutenants love for his niece, orders him
tothe frontier. Wilhelm camp s,outs bringin
supposed spy, but who turns out TO be an
old friend OF Vladimir's, one Hardy H.
b. Blair, an American and newspaper
| reporter. He Is released, and to break the
tedium of camp life suggests private
theatricals. Vladimir gladly assents and
resumes his role of Fatiniza Just then
the General arrives, and is furious at find
ing the officers and soldiers tricked out in
fantastic costumes, but Fatinitza mollifes
his wrath. At this juncture the Princess
arrives and is struck by the resemblance of
Fatinitza to Vladimir. Hardy, seeing
trouble ahead, persuades her that it is a
sister OF her lover. The General COM
mends Fatinitza 10 the Princess and leaves
them together An assault by Basni
Bazourks results in the capture of the
young people, who are taken to the harem
of lzzet Pashs (R. 7. Cohn), who falls in
love with Fatinitzi. and proposes to make
her (?) a fifth wife. Hardy arrives how
ever to ransom the captives, but an assault
by the Russians releases them, and Vlad-
inner is able TO resume his uniform. Later.
in Odessa. the General engages Lydia to
warrior friend. but courier from "Fatin-
itza" introduces her brother, Vladimir.
and ii is added that Fa,iniizs is dead, from
grief because of separation from the Gen.
eral, who for love of his lost sweetheart.
consents that Vladimir and Lydia may be
married.
The entertainment by May Howard at
the Opera House consisted of number of
cabinet tricks, ali of which have been ex-
posed and done in the open many times.
She is expert in them, however. and did
not claim tc have spirit assistance. Her
mental telegraphy," naming articles
touched by her confederate. showed her to
be possessed of remarkable memory. and
the confederate, her husband, TO be an
adept in indicating by rapid questions
what her reply should be. The show was
disappointing in its brevity and was chest
nuttv throughout, and did not present all
the feats advertised. The most amusing
thing about il was the ease with which the
man and woman mystified the committee
chosen from the audience. it not appearing
to have knowledge of how the cabinet
tricks were done, though they have been
per ormed in the theaters here by dozen
troupes, or more, in recent years
A dance will be given on Wednesday
evening next by Y. NJ. /. No. 81.
PEARS Soap secu..es a beautiful ooonrax