Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-20
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Grismers at the Grand This
Afternoon.

The Grismers at the Grand This
Beacon Lights, a romantic military
drama by Mr.. De Witt Young, the at
traction at the Grand opera house today
and Monday, December Goth and 22d,
opening with matinee today, will be pro-
duced by the ever popular favorites,
Joseph Grismer and Phoebe Davies, sup
ported by their own company. Speak
ing of the play, the Omaha Bee says:
Beacon Lights was greeted last night
by large audience. The play has been
seen here before, but never to better ad-
vantage than last evening. The house
was packed to suffocation, and the fa-
miliar sign, standing room only" was
hung up before s O'Clock. 1t looked like
a holiday audience, and many of the
people had come to see repeated the
play they saw and liked so much last
season.
JUCH GRAND OPERA SEASON.
The Emma Juch grand English opera
company will commence second season
at the Grand opera house, opening on
Christmas night. No singer is more
welcome to Los Angeles than Emma
Juch, whose brilliant work here last
season still fingers pleasantly in the
memory of the music loving public.
The Juch company is much stronger
this year than last, having added to
their already powerful list of principals
Payne Clark, the famous English tenor
Otto Rath iens, the noted German bari
tone; and Carlotta Maconda, who for a
number of seasons has been the leading
soprano of the Bostonians. OF the MEM
bers retained from last years company,
the principals are Georgine Van Janu-
schowsky, who sings the leading soprano
roles Franz Vetta, who created such a
favorable impression here last season
by his wonderful basso voice; Charles
Hedmondt, the eminent tenor; and f.
N. Knight, the basso buffo. This su-
perb company will have the assistance
of thirty solo instrumentalists, and a
chorus OF eighty trained voices, all being
under the direction of Adolf Neuendorff,
the well-known New York leader.
The opera selected for the opening
performance Christmas night is Myer-
beers grand opera in four acts The
Huguenots, in which besides Miss
Juch as Valentin, Charles Hedmondt
will be heard in the leading role, and
Carlotta Maconda as the Queen. On
Friday night will be a grand spectacular
production of Faust; the cast will
pany. Saturday matinee, Verdi's grand
opera in four acts, Rigoletto, will be
given with all its wealth of scenery. cos
tunes and mechanical effects, and as it
is really one of the best operas in the
entire Juch repertoire. it will be a
favorite with the music lovers.
Wagner's Lohengrin has been selected
for the last performance Saturday
night. The cast will include Miss Juch
as Elsa, Hedmondt as Lohengrin and
Franz Vetta as Henry l, king of Ger
many.
EMMA ABBoTr's OPERAS.
Emma Abbott adds from two to three
new operas to her repertoire every year,
and revives old ones as her fancy suggests
or public demands prompt. This season
she added Anne Boleyn, Bal Masque,
revived Carmen and re-staged Romeo
and Juliet. Last season she put on Err
mani, Crown Diamonds and Don Clio
vanni, revived one or two old operas and
re-staged Rose of CASTLE. She now
sings forty-three operas, and the COM
pany's repertoire is from sixteen to
twenty. The company can play two
weeks without repeating an opera, if
necessary, and in addition to all Miss
Abbott has the orchestration OF over
hundred different grand operas.
This goes to show the internal work
ing, in part. by the management in pro-
viding features and new things from sea-
son to season. To stage an opera prop
erly is heavy undertaking, ordinarily,
but when operas are staged and dressed
with the richness and beauty that char
acterize the Abbott operas. it becomes
serious and prolonged matter.
All the Abbott costumes and most of
the principal character costumes must
be procured in Paris upon special his
torical designs furnished, and the chorus
outfit secured IN New York. Some or
ders for Abbott dresses are given year
ahead. But the indomitable little diva
is never behindhand. The success of
hey new operas this season has been
remarkable. Ernani has been termed
"a triumph in tragic OPERA" and Anne
Boleyn ''an ovation for Abbott and
brilliant success for the company" The
first will open the Abbott season at the
Los Angeles theater Monday night, and
in it the Abbott company may be fairly
judged as a whole, the ensemble work
being especially strong. In choral and
orchestral service, however, the Abbott
company is without peer, and rare
work may be expected. The success of
the Abbott season next week is doubly
assured, and the only remaining.ques-
ton apparently is that of the capacity of
the theater. The Los Angeles theater
promises we'll to be packed to the doors
every performance. Prices are so