St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-26
FOYER AND FOOTLIGHTS.

VINO VIII be remembered for their excellent
work at the Newmarket theater last season.
Will be the attraction at the Metropolitan
opera house for an engagement OF four
nights and Wednesday matinee, begin
ming this evening. The performances
given by these excellent artists are
highly artistic, and wherever they have
played return engagements. the increase in
their business over the first time is enormous.
they are supported this year by most ex-
celent dramatic company. including Walter
Mathews, Maclyn Arbuckle H. W. Storm
Charles Gray, Dearborn Bird Augustus
MacLean, Oliver Taylor. Alexander Nc
kenzie Morris Bauer, Miss Agnes MAYNARD
Miss Florine Malcolm and Miss Jessie GRAY.
They Will present during their engagement
here: "Spartacus," Sunday night; cleo
patra. Monday and Wednesday nights;
'othello,' Tuesday night. ana 'Ingomar''
at Wednesday matinee. Cleopatra is a
strong dramatzation, and in the hands of
such artists as MacLean and Prescott, has
been made 10 take high rank among the
heroic plays of our day. Miss Prescott is to-
day the greatest actress on the American
stage Every movement, every gesture is
grace itself, while her voice. full of SYM
pathy, resonance and tiexibility, takes hold
OF the very heart strings of her audiences and
holds them captives. Mr.. McLean's forcible
treatment of HarmachiS is no less pro-
nounced. He has been honored with en-
thusiaStic recalls after every act in each CITY
where CLEOPATRA has been presented The
opening bill, "SpartacUs," is the character in
which Mr.. MacLean eXcels In the perform
ahce OF "Othello, Mr.. MacLean appears as
othelio and Miss Prescott as Iago. There is
no doubt but these performance will be
hailed with delight by our people, as this is
the first pupaOpmaut Of tho IauitiD,oto d,o,,..,
that has been presented on tie Metropolitan
stage.
AT the Grand opera house, beginning to-
night ana continuing for the week. with
matinees Wednesday and SATURDAY.. Hallen
and Hart, the comedians, will appear in their
farcial success Later On by H. Grattan
Donnelly, author of Natural Cas- etc,
Fred Hallen. who is a comedian of the STYLE
OF Henry 4. Dixes, shows to adv antage in
the character of Jack Plunger New York
sport, while Joe Hart, in comedy creation
OF Jolly Todd, bookmaker from Sleeps
head Bay gives a droll and amusing imper-
sonation of an eccentric role. The play is a
merry trlffe, satirizing in a general way the
Anglomania, and turns on the effort of two
Americans 10 win American girls where
nothing but English husbands are de
sired. 1t is in assuming the |
character of British tourists that
Hallen and Hart create the liveliest fun. and |
their efforts to disgust American paterfamil--l
las with his English visitors keep the au-
dience good natured. The company SUD- |
porting the stars is one of the best, and is |
decidedly the strongest musical comedy or |
ganization that Messrs Hallen and Hart have |
ever had. Miss Annie Lewis. the clever |
soubrette, plays Pansy Weed, AN American girl |
who has had TrpdiiporiO,, for u
husband. The part of Rose Seed is done bv |
the popular Mollie Fuller. Lolita Nicol, the !
skirt dancer, and Adele Harrington and |
Marie Stanly appear as Mollie " watts and |
lilly TipDs. while Miss Ada Somers |
the clever soprano, gets lots of fun !
out of Patchoula Seed The sheriff |
anxious todistinguish himself is PLAYED by |
the eccentric Irish comedian-J. j. Sullivan. |
the parts of Hayseed, the American father
and Miidmay Smiles student in hard luck |
are in the hands of John E. McWade, the
weI!-known baritone. and Harry Hilton, the |
tenor The latest European and American |
singing specialties will be introduced.
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SO much has already been said in regsrd to |
Charles Santley, the greatest of baritones |
that it is scarcely necessary to add more |
rare treat p in store for our people on Mon
day evening. 1t is the opportunity of a life |
time to hear SaItley as Elijah, for his rendi-
ton of that role is one of the great creations |
i'll the history of music. Or the other solo
lists, Mrs. Geneva Johnstone- Bishop soprano |
and Whitney Mockridge. tenor. are both so |
well known here as to need no introduction |
The contralto. Mrs. Annie Rommeiss-T hack-
er, is a stranger to our city, but is sure TO |
make a fine impression. In regard to he
singing in this work an excellent local |
MT no hoe rd tI,a
beautifully, more exquisitely sung
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The Park theater formerly the Harris, will /
open a season of comic and grand operas
such as "Fatintza, Fra Diavolo .Boccac- |
cio. "Beggar Student" etc, etc., with |
firstclass list of artists, a charming chorus |
and fine orchestra, Sunday evening, May 3.
The Park will sustain its former reputation |
as a strictly irst-class family theater The /
popular prices of p and 81 and few seats at /
so cents will prevail at night and % eeuts TO /
all parts of the house at matinees The OPEN |
ing opera will be 'Fatinitza and a change |
repertoire will be made each week. The |
change in name of theater will be made at |
the end of this week.
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The DAM symphony concert at the Harris |
theater this afternoon. promises to be fully |
up to the former ones. The programme is
made up of request numbers. the most no. |
table OF which is Saint Saens' balleet music |
of Henry VIII" 1t is as follows:
March-"Fencible, ...........Sou sa |
Decentralization" -. ....... Thomas |
THE Nations -.......--......-....M oSkowsH |
Russian,
German,
Spanish.
Hungarian
charlotte Corday' ...............B enoit |
Serenade-String orchestra 49,. H. II. Thiele
Dedicated to f. DaGz Jr.
''Neapolitaine ....................R ubinsten |
Descriptive .............M Max Nickel |
Ballet Music-''King Henry