The morning call., 1891-01-15

scene, Ortrud passes into brilliant finale;
on pride of heart Vet viii teach thee
Thar Illusion is this Ioye-yes VIII teach thee I
The gods OF vengeance soon shall reach thee,
Their wrath destroying thou shalt prove.
MIR. Hedmondt mas a good voice and sus-
tanned the title role with the strength and
al the same time the gentle modesty in action
as became a Knight of the Holy Grail
This evening Carmen" will be sung with
tie full strength Of the company.
Carmen"
Georges Beizets opera with this title was
presented for the first time by the Hess
Opera Company at the Orpheum. 1t was
made interesting in one respect by the
debut cf Mile. Marie Elssasser, sister Of
Pauline LA demand. in the character OF
Michaela Considering ii WAS the nrSt
time the young lady has frOnted an audi
ence. the debut was success. She has a
voice of good quality, sweet in tone ana
even in delivery. but being naturally nery-
Gus under the circumstances the young lady
was not easy in her bearing on the stage.
She IS very promising debut3nte, never
thelesS. As Carmen, the gay, coquettlsn
gypsy aud ci-ariera, who toys with all
hearts and takes all of them captive,
l. Allemand was the recipient OF constant
applause; but. Withal, we ID not THINK she
Tpse 10 the proper measure Of the part. 1t
sung and acted in this city by Marie Roze.
Tie IOread0T, EScamIllO, by Mr. W lllGm
Mertens, has also had a better rend erlng.
such so 2 requires more life and yigOr
than he impaired to it. Carmen" will be
repeated tonight
Miss Adelaide Moore,
Sometimes called tho Irish beauty, but who
in reality is an English rose. appeared in
Romeo and juliet" at the New Bush on
Monday and Tuesday evenings and yester-
day afternoon as Pauline, in the Lady Of
Lyons" \ gentleness of manner and
sweetness Of voice characterize this Young
lady's acting-the latter marred somewhat
by occasional indlstinct utterance, which
viii no doubt be overcome as she reaches
greater dramatic growth. Ii must be over
come il Miss Moore desires TO attain and
hold high place in the list of legitimate
actresses. Batting this defect, she has every
attribute, physical and mental. on which to
builds histrioai, greatness. The lady was
the last pupil Of the famous London stage
Instructor, john Ryer, who also prepared
Adelaide Nelson, Ada Cavendish, Annie
LOckhart, AdelIus Stanhope, and host Of
others VINO have acquired a name for them
selves in the new rs well as in the old world
She made herdeOut at the London Gayety six
Years ago as Julia in The Hunchbtck,"
Ayer, her precept0r, playing Master Walter
Tor the occasion. The critics received her
kindly. Since then, with the exception of
Two Years, which (being affected with hem
orIhagic troub.e) she, by the advice of ply
siclans, devoted to foreign travel, the lady
has gwen her time to the stage, with more
OF less success, her best roles being the more
subjective ones. Her su port in the pres
emf engagement Is rather lght-waistrd, with
the exception OF Mr., Joseph Nneellck who
has now become i veteran in the profession
which he once graced in young, romantic
roles Romeo Is now exchanged for Mercu-
ITO, and we must say for him that he E!sYs
That stage OF life when "griZzled hair the
brain doth clear" quite p : we'll in all its de-
mands as be Gid the R.meO period when
Queen Nab had visited the young Monta-
que. Nheel0ck is a good all-arOund actor,
and carries into his stage work a sort of old
school bearing. Miss Moore repeated Re
meo and Juliet" last evening, and will pre-
sent it again tonight
The Grismer- Davies Good Fortune.
It is proof of prosperity and popularity
that Joseph Grismer and Phoebe Davies are
enabled to make remunerative season
almost entirely on this Coast. Frequent
visits have not We u out their welcome, and
every return tc this city has been marked
.slJn q financial reward and artistic success
that has stimulated the management in the
matter OF new plays and their elaborate
production. Still, the Grismer success is in
the old plays. His old friends like him
best there, although he does launch a new
piece occasionally to show he is abreast of
the times. Such one is De Witt Young's
Beacon Lights" which he viii produce at
the Alcazar Theater, January 18th, with
some little expense. 1t is a romantic
drama, full of stirring effects.
Blood VIII Tell.
Henry Y. Donnelly, the comedian OF
" Natural GA" fame, is the son of the late
Tom Donnelly, once manager of varieties
IN Brooklyn and joint partner with John
h. Poole at the Grand Opera House. New
York. Tom Donnelly was universally popu-
lar with the profession, and man of the
strlctest integrity. For years he struggled
in the City of Churches, at that time one of
the worst show cities on earth, but Tom,
comedian himself, was true to the actor aud
denied himself that the player might be
paid. At last there came turn in the tide,
as there will to those who work and don't
whimper. Josh Hart, at the Theater Com
lque, New York, saddled himself with a
plethora OF talent and was glad to let DON
nelly have such stars as HarTigan and
Hart, Richey, Master Barney, John Hart,
John Wild, Jennie Hughes, Ada Wray the
NOrTell Sisters and the very cream of the
vandevilles. Josh Hart was a prodigious
advertiser and DOnnelly had the benefit of
the New York boom, and Harris illuminated
posters, including the money fetching
Mulligan Series" The result was Don
nelly olympic took sudden leap into
prosperity, although the theater had deri-
siyely been called the "Spit-box" by the
gamins. One OF the first big bills under this
management was headed by the names of
our once California favorites, the Worren
Sisters. The announcement staggered
a couple of news-boys, and one
remarked incredulOusly: "De Wor-
rell Sisters at the Spit-boxi /. don't
bleve dat! Dey must have come down"
"Dey amt come down." was the quick re-
tort; ''de Spit-boX has come upp If our
memory serves u.s. Donnelly and Poole after
ward took Nblo's in New York, and were
the first to offer the inducement of good
seat ID firSt-class house for so cents. Be-
ing outbid and jockeyed out of that theater,
they went across town to the Grand Opera
House. Henry V. DOnnelly has not only
inherited his fathers talent but fallen heir
to his good fortune.
''The Widow O'BrIen,"
With James I. Kelly as the WIDOW and
Miss lille Saiinger as Dora McAllister.
Kate march, as Nora O'Brien and tha o+I,or