The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-04-18
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
PORTLAND THEATRE.


The Providence Stock Company is playing
Its farewell engagement at the theatre, the
closing piece being the "Runtress of the
Mississippi" Since this company has been
In Portland the different members have
made many warm friends over the footlights
by their conscientious work, and they have
given Portland a season of excellent plays at
popular prices. "The Huntress of the Mis-
sissippi" is an original drama in three acts,
by John Baldwin Blackstone, author of Billy
Taylor, Poor Jack. and Good For Nothing.
The scenes occur at country fair and in
the Mississippi valley. The story is a very
interesting one and full of comedy parts and
catchy bits of music calculated to enIiyen
the drama.
The specialties of Mr.. William Hafford
were well produced last evening and will be
repeated today at the matinee and this even
ing. Princess Ida, the danseuse, will also
appear.
BENNETT AND MoULToN.
The Bennett and Moulton Opera Company
opens weeks engagement at the theatre
with "The Grand Duchess" This long es-
tablished company is we'll and favorably
known here, and their conscientious and
brilliant work, their extensive repertoire
and the popular prices of admission will in
sure them crowded houses.
THE GILMORE CONCERT.
Tickets are selling rapidly for the Gilmore
concerts on Friday and Saturday of next
week. Orders are coming in at every mail,
and al large local demand Is manifesting
itself. Evidently the Gilmore concerts have
not lost their popularity.
SHIP AHoY!
OF this pleasing, fantastic opera, which
will be given at City hall, Monday and Tues
day, an exchange says:
"Ship Alloy" is written, composed and
played upon very shrewd theory of aver
ages in the matter Of public taste. The aim
81 Its clever composer, MT. Miller, was tune,
fulness, the one quality of:muslc which is all
but universally appreciated. He has con-
trived to escape those unfor sunate resem-
blances to the tunes of other composers
which are so frequently found In the scores
of writers unfortunately belated In the his
the success of "Ship Alloy" Is eminently
likable for its contagiousImelodic inspiration
Its pleasant variety of form and its keen APP
probation of the demands of the untutored
musical ear.
In this good cause the libretto of Mr.. II.
Grafton D0nnelly c0-operates with a really
remarkable parallelism of achievement. Its
story Is cleverly imagined, coherently pre-
sented and not written over the heads Of its
audience Its quality OF fancy is calculated
to stimulate its audiences into sympathetic
participation in its flights and not to stun
them into mere terrestrial gaping as after a
flight of inaccessible skyrockets.
ORGAN RECITAL.
At the ninth organ recital, at Congress
Square Church this afternoon, the following
will be the programme:
Moment Musicale 6by requesD Schubert
oavatina intelice (Er Mt nn2Dc;n .'verdi
Allegro Vivace Reformation Symphony)......
Arranged for Piano and Organ. .Mendelssohn
S,i MISS Phibrook. Mrs. johnson and Mr.; Duncan.
Siuper Song. .Schumann
Song-Gaatea. ....Roeckel
MIR. Duncan,
Arranged for Plano and organ. ''''
Miss Phllbr0ok, Mrs. johnson and Mr.. Duncan,
Selection-Daughters of the Regiment.
AT the tenth recital, Saturday. April 25th,
Miss Nettie Morris on, contralto, will be the
soloist
CHANDELIERS BAND.
May II this band will give their annual
concert and ball. They are preparing some
of the best and most popular music for the
concert. For the ball the dance music
by the military band, which took
so we'll last year, will be repeated. The
band is making great Improvement under its
new leader, and we hope our citizens will
recognize their efforts to maintain a superior
musical organization by substantial encour-
agement.
NOTES.
Miss O'Brion, pianist, assisted by Miss
Clara K. Munger and Mr.. Kuutz, gave very
successful concert in Boston last: Monday.
Miss O'Brl0n and Miss Harriet Shaw, as
sisted by Miss Clarke, a vocalist of great
promise, announce concert In our own city
IN Congress hall on the evening of April