The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-13
ALTMAYER'S.
THE WEEKSAMUSEMRNTS
TRAGEDY, OPERA AND COMEDY AT
THE THEATHR.

Margaret Mather in "Joan of Arc" to
be Followed by the Emma Juch
Opera Company in "Tannhauser !"
''The Social Session" ana "The Pay
Train" to Wind Up the Week-Mias
Mather TO Appear in the Same Play
as Bernhard Will Later In the
Season.
The coming week will be a varied one in
open four nights and for Saturday matt
nee. The attractions are A.:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mather.
Thursday-Emma Juch Opera Company.
Friday-"A Social Session."
Saturday-''The Pay Train"
Miss Mather plays Joan Of Arc' In En-
-glish. She is beautiful woman, a splendid
actress and is supported by fine company.
AS she uses the same version as Bernhardt
who will present the same play In French
next month, Miss Mather's rendition will
afford play-goers an opportunity TO COM
pare her treatment Of the part with that Of
Mime. Bernhardt.
The Juch Opera Company is the largest
In this country, having in it 1lS people, in
GLIDING a complete orchestra of twenty-five
pieces. 1t will present Wagner's romantic
grand opera "Tannhauser," with Miss Juch
in the role Of Elizabeth" The company
supporting Miss Juch Is said to be the best
she has ever surrounded herself with.
The principal singers are: Miss
Juch, Amanda Fabris, Sofia Romani.
Louise Natal, Lizzie Macnichol, Gertrude
May Stein, Lima Goettich, Tornado Mich
elena, William Stevens, John Z. Bolton,
William Mertens, Herman Kaminski, S. II.
Dudley, William Broderick and <. N.
Knight The Juch grand chorus of fifty
trained voices has received the highest
praise in all cities visited so far this season.
The prices for the opera are as follows:
Entire first floor, 50; first balcony, 81;
second balcony, so cents; boxes, $40. The
sale of seats will begin at Davis Bros.
Tuesday morning.
The comedy drama of Mr.. Duvalle Stern
berger. entitled ''Cad's Legacy" will be
presented in December by caste of anna
tours, consisting of some Of the best talent
In Savannah. Rehearsals are now in
progress and 1t Is expected that the pre-
sentation will be an enjoyable event In the
seasons amusements.
The tragedy Of Joan of Arc" which
Margaret Mather is to present tomorrow
night is. aside from its merits as a tragedy,
Of much musical interest and Is almost
enough noticeable from that point of view
TO be operatic. When Barbiere wrote the
play he had as a co-laborer Gounod, the
great composer, whose duty it was to
fittingly environ it with music. Gounod
apparently Iaborerd to Guido. his colleague
and wrote music for every act but one In
the first he placed some OF the
moving songs of the peasants at
Dourency, music that is at onse classic in
its touches and of interest in the develop
ment of the plot. For the second act he did
nothing, or rather what he wrote was clint
mated TO give more room for Barbieres
dialogue In the third act is found again
some CT his master work, the chanting OF
the battle hymn being particularly artistic,
and almost as moving as the description
OF the battle. II was in the fourth
act, however. that he did his great
ess work and the scene in the cathedral at
Rheims, where Charles VII. is aunointed
king, fairly teens with his skillful music.
1t is here that the TIE Dunn is rendered, and
here that the coronation is most happily
given by the special chorus The last act,
where Joan is burned at the stake in the
public square at Rouen, is also marked
by more Of his classic music. To flttinglv
give this feature Miss Mather carries a
chorus Of New York singers.