The Portland daily press., 1890-03-20
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
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THE FOURTEENTH STOCKBRIDGE.
City Hall was crowded last night for,
apart from the other attractions of the
evening, the name of Myron w. Whitney.
proved tower of strength to the manage
ment OF the Stockbridge Course. Mr. Whit
ney's numbers were not unknown 10 Portland
audiences as they have been favored by him
with I'm a Roamer," the "Three Fishers
sung as an encore-and the 1.-TWO Grena-
diers" several times. For this reason it
would have been agreeable to many to have
heard that glorious bass voice and superb
method, in some other and perhaps fully as
important compositions. That he sang we'll
goes for the saying and because Mr.. Whit
ney is an artist and an artist never Sights
his work. His second encore selection was
very pleasing-"The Mountain Air"-and
had the charm of novelty to large portion
of his hearers.
The Appleton Ladies' Quartette sang sew
raj selections with skill and good taste.
They have pleasing voices of good quality
They were encored of course, and so was
Miss Van HoYenberg, whose voice was ex-
ceedingly we'll adapted to Norris's Sweet
aud Low"
The Philharmonic Orchestra showed
steady improvement in their rendering of
their numbers. The overture to "Semi
ramide" was especially satisfactory. while
all their work deserves much praise. The
Mendelssohn movements from his Opus 43,
introduced Miss Philbrook as the pianist,
whose technical skill, taste and precision
were very gratifying She was presented an
elegant bouquet.
J. X. Emmett will be seen at Portland
Theatre in Fritz in a Madhouse" next Mon
day and Tuesday, and the sale of seats will
begin tomorrow. The third act gives the
key to the play. 1t takes place in large
boarding house that had been a lunatic asy-
lum. Fritz goes there to see an old friend
and at the same time there appears upon the
scene the son of the doctor who had charge
of the place when it was an asylum. He
has returned home after long absence and
| is under the impression that the place is the
same as when he left. The different board
ers appear to him and Fritz as lunatics, and
from this mistake many highly humorous
scenes result. The characters are all we'll
sustained. Miss Maud White is especially
happy in her conception of the role of Callie
Parker. She made considerable reputation
for herself in Mr.. Mansfeld's New York
company last season, and although this part
of Callie is somewhat new to her she sus-
talned herself admirably, and the part is not
an easy one by any means.
AROUND THE WORLD.
The Baltimore Sun says:
AT Harris's Academy of Music Jules
Verne's Around the World in Eighty
Days" packed the house from parquet to
ceiling and many were unable to obtain
seats. Mr.. W. J. Fleming. the original ere
| ator of the part of Phineas Fogg in this
country, and an artist well known in Balti-
more, sustained that character. Arnold VOL
fred was clipper Passe-Partout, the SER
want; James p. Fleming was John Archi-
bald, the American, and Harry Stoddard
was Fix, the detective; Aonda, the Rajah's
widow, and Ayeesha were Misses Edith
Potter and Cecil Rees. The play is great
spectacular sensation, and tremendous aux
Hilary and ballet corps are the extraordinary
features of the play that help forward a "go''
| that went before and goes again with much
success, as the crowd of last night showed.
The company will show at Portland Thea
| tire tomorrow and Saturday evenings.
PORTLAND MALE QUARTETTE.
The Portland Male Quartette will give a
delightful concert in. the Plymouth church
Christian Endeayor course next Monday
evening. Mrs. Morrison will be soloist and
Mr.. Whltcomb will give several recitals.
WHO'S WHO.
The Boston Opera Comique Company will
appear at Portland Theatre next Wednesday
evening in the operetta "Who's Who" The
piece is arranged from an English farce, and
''Nadiy," 1.-THE Queens Mate" and other
popular light operas. Harry Pepper, James
Gilbert and Ben Lodge, are in the company
and Miss Stone will take the leading female
part
NOTES.
The rehearsal of "Pinafore" will be held
at 730 tonight at the rooms of the Philhar-
monte Orchestra, 557A Congress street.
There will be a rehearsal for the "Old
Folks concert in Pine street vestry this
evening. A cordial invitation for all singers
to join the chorus. Concert in City Hall
Fast Day evening