The Portland daily press., 1890-02-15
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

HERMANN's VAUDEVILLE COMPANY.
Tonight this celebrated company, which
is endorsed as the most interesting troupe of
its kind on the stage Of this country today,
VIII appear at Portland Theatre. Harry
Pepper, who was the tenor In Stetsons opera
company. and Lizzie Gonzales will appear in
their sketch 1.-THE Singing Lesson; the
Athols, from the Empire Theatre, in ''The
Spider and the fly; the four Gaiety dan
seuses the rage of London) in a pas de
Quatre. Herr Tholen, the musical clown from
the Paris Hippodrome. and his genuine sing
ing poodle Boulanger; the child pheno-
menon la petit Freddy from the Folie
Bergeres, Paris; Trewey, the great contin-
entail wonder, who is a show in himself !;
dainty Kate Seymour. the skirt dancer; Gus
Williams, so we'll known to Portlanders
Miss Enuice Vance, character vocalist; the
eccentric brothers Tacchi, from Paris, and
the marvellous Pinauds, will all assist.
ELITE CONCERT COMPANY.
The Elite Concert Company of Portland,
George B. Barstow, manager, gave an enter
tainment at the Opera House, Norway,
Wednesday evening, February 18th. The
audience was small. Though the youth and
apparent inexperience of the company were
decidedly suggestive of party of young
folks out on lark, they gave a good enter
tainment. Miss Hall, the violinist was par
ticularly fine. The following was the pro-
gramme:
Piano duet. Grand Galop de Concert
Miss MacGregor ana Sartwell.
Miss Carrie Dana Chase. '''l'' burglar
'''' '''''' Miss Grace Hall. ''' A'' no. op' -
Song-The Latch Key in the Door, as sung
" D MIR. Geo. B. Baarssttoc,w..
Piano Standardization Of Home. ...........
Miss Nellie B. MacGregor. p'''''
Recltation-Elf Child ........ .................
-, Miss Carrie Dana Chase;
'iohn SOLO ''''''' Miss Hall S' ra'rlcks DAY
song-A whistling Ccon; as sung by Annie Pixley
Song-Slide, Kelly, Slide.... .................
Piano solo,. Grand concert de polka, Op.
Miss MacGregor.
pao;.o.,or BurdOck'S Music Box ..........
"oona'oh- Miss Edith entertalns Her Sis
S S,ss Beau eau .'..'''....''....
Miss Hall.
Song-DaT's Wedding Tonight, as sung by
walter Stone. .......................
Geo. B. Barstow.
The engagement is announced of Theodore
Thomas, the famous orchestra leader, to
the late Rev. Charles Fay Of Cambridge,
Mass.
1t is reported from London that Mapleson
contemplates another season of Italian opera
In New York with Nilsson, Trebelli. Sem
company. He, or the reporter, promises too
much to inspire confidence in the truth of the
story.
The able New York correspondent of the
Boston Transcript says: Zone other incl
dent in the musical world is the welcome
news that new cast, Is to be provided for
The Gondoliers,' which is to be transferred
to Palmer's Theatre. This is graceful and
sensible confession on the part OF Mr..
D'Oyley Carte that his company is not what
it should be, and that the criticisms upon it
were Just With new singers and in new
house where the acoustic properties are bet
ter and where the surroundings are more
agreeable to the eye, the opera may become
popular, although hardly look for such
result Too much Of the music Is dry, and
too much of the libretto is wit that. loses
large part Of It's point when spoken .,,s
country of the pianist Vlamimi de Pach-
mann, the correspondent of o New York
periodical, writes: ''If De Pachmann comes
IN the spring and gives series of Chopin
fMq a can promise my readers treat.
world as Won Billow Is its Beethoven ex-
FOUNDER. Those who have heard List In
MS prime may remember pianos and
planlssimos like De Pachmann's, but for
ccomDined rightness Of apprehension, poetic
fancy and deicacy and finish Of execution,
no one on this side Of the Atlantic has ever
Chopin music"