Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-21
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Grismers Last Night at the
Grand.

produced new play, Beacon Lights, at
the Grand last night before a fairly large
audience, considering the fact that the
population was all intent on Christmas
shopping. Mr.. Grismer is always well
come figure on the boards of Los An
geles, and Miss Davies is one of the
favorites of the play-goers OF the city.
heir new play is a most interesting one.
The HERALD has already given a synop-
sis of its plot. The leading roles are
strong, and Mr.. Grismer and Miss Davies
interpret them with both art and vigor
The play will be produced in San Ber-
nardino tonight.
The play will be repeated Monday
evening at the Grand.
EMMA ABBOTT IN ERNANI TOMORROW NIGHT.
Tomorrow comes Emma Abbott. With
her comes an organization that is a mat
ter of pride to her and her management.
1t is made up OF artists who are chosen
individually upon their merits, and is
the very largest in numbers that it is
possible to carry through the country,
the largest opera organization in Amer
| ica that travels, largest regular casts,
chorus and orchestra. This has been
proven daily all the season. Emma Alb
bott is herself in brilliant form, and as
she will positively appear in every opera
announced foT the present engagement,
six in ALL surrounded by the strongest
casts of the company and the unap-
proachable Abbott chorus and orches-
ira, the most brilliant opera season of
| the year is looked for at the Los Ange-
les theater. Attraction is doubly strong
with such a company, new operas OF
| first magnitude and staged in a manner
not seen in any other English opera on
earth, and Miss Abbott in the cast of
every one, and at no advance
over regular Abbott prices the
country over-$1. so to 25 cents. When
the public can hear the best English
opera in existence and the most beauti
fully staged at such prices, there is no
apparent reason why they should not
take advantage of the opportunity. The
Abbott management announce nothing
| beforehand that will not be fulfilled in
| the opera company, accessories artists,
staging, or anything. As the CleI Gland
| Leader said 1.-The Abbott announce
ments promised much for the week. All
has been fulfilled, and more"
Ernani opens the Abbott engagement
tomorrow night, with Emma Abbott as
Elvira; great cast, chorus and double
orchestra. The company will arrive to-
morrow morning from Frisco, after a
most successful engagement at the Bald
win OF two weeks.
THE JUCH ORGANIZATION.
On Thursday evening next, at the
Grand opera house, the handsome,
gifted and talented prima donna, Emma
Juch, will begin her short engagement
in this city. The success of Miss Juch
| herself, and her excellent company, at
! the Grand, last season, are remembered,
and the prospects are that this engage
ment will be still more successful. The
organization is fully forty per cent.
stronger than last season, there having
been added to the already strong list OF
principals Payne Clark, famous Eng
lish tenor; Otto Rathjens, the noted
German baritone, and Carlotta Ma
conda, who for the past three seasons
has been the leading soprano of the
Boston Light Opera company. OF the
members retained from last years COM
pany, the principals. are Georgine Won
Januschowsky, who alternates with
Miss Juch in singing the leading roles,
Franz Vetta, great favorite in this
city, Charles Hedlnondt, the tenor, and
E. N. Knight, the basso butfo. The
company will have the assistance of an
orchestra of thirty, and chorus Of
eighty powerful voices, all being under
the supervision of Add. Weaendorf, the
well-known New York leader. The
event of the season will be the produc-
tion of Meyerber's greatest work,
The Huguenots, With a mise en- scene
that has not been attempted since the
days of the National Opera company.
Miss Juch is an ideal Valentine. On
Friday night Faust will be given, with
Georgine Won Januschowsky as Mar
guerita; Payne Clark, the English tenor,
as Faust, and Franz Vetta as Mephisto.
At the Saturday matinee Verdi's great
work, Rigoletto, will be presented, and
in the evening Wagner's masterpiece,
Lohengrin, will close the season, with
Miss Juch as Elsa. The mise-en-scene
prepared for each work is of the most
correct and sumptuous character. The
stage management is in the competent
hands OF William Parry, whose excellent
work in this capacity with Her Majes-
ty's Opera company, the italian Opera
company, and recently with the Patti
Tamagno company, has won him much
reputation. The advance sale of seats is
extremely large, assuring audiences OF
immense size during this sweet singers
engagement.