St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-26
FOYER GOSSIP.

1uC NEDu Operd gave luelr
second presentation of Princess Toto at
the Metropolitan opera house to another i'm
mense audience last evening The perform
ance went smoother by far last evening than
it did at the opening Sunday evening. ''Prin-
cess Toto bids fair to be the most popular in
the Wilbur repertoire. The libretto is W. S.
Gilbert's, and is i'll his wittiest vein. The
dialogue is bright and crisp. the music spark
ling and tuneful, replete with several beauti-
full solos, DUETS, quartettes and quintettes
The costumes are rich, handsome and his
torically correct, over 300 new costumes being
displayed. The stage settings are beautiful
pictures. The first act is a palace scene
showing handsome garden in the back
ground: the second act q grand rocky pass
scene, and the third act a delightful tropical
landscape. The plot of the opera hinges en-
tirely on the defective memory of Princess
Toto. who marries nobleman one day and
forgets it the next and then goes off with
noted gang of bandits and is mar
ried to the chief, becoming queen of the band.
Afterwards she is ordered to join a tribe of
Indians in disguise, her father being dis
guised as chief of the tribe. Miss Susie Kir-
win, as Princess Toto" gives an artistic rem
dition of the role. Miss Maggie Bolton, as
Jally, her maid, looks and sings we'll W. H.
Kohne, in the role of King Portico, played
the part admirably, as did j. E. Conley
prince Doro), f. A. Clark (Prlnce CarameD,
VIII Spalding (Jamilek), George E. Fisher
Count Floss. H. W. Ire Denick, in the
part of Tapitu, was excruciatingly funny in
the last act, when disguised as an Indian
chief. His makeup was an exact counter
part of one of the recent Indian ghost dane
ers. Belle Hamilton and Ethel Balch filled
their parts very acceptably. Taking it all in
all, Princess Toto is a superb success. and
the best opera ever presented by the Wilbur
Opera company in this city. 1t would easily
run two weeks at the Metropolitan IL will
re presented the balance of this week. with
the 25-cent matinees to-day, Thursday and
Saturday
The presentation of the familiarand favor
lite opera, ''Pinafore.' at the Park theater last
evening was decidedly good. The COSY little
house was we'll filed when the curtain went
up in the first act, and from that moment
until it went down at the close of the perfor-
nance the enthusiasm was we'll maintained.
Juliette Marco as Josephine gave sn
artistic conception of the part, and sang it
well. Miss Marco has greater opportunity 10
display her vocal ability than has hitherto
been presented since her advent here and
she took advantage of the occasion. In the
solo 1.-THE hours creep on apacs' she ex-
celled herself, and the audience showed
its appreciation in the ap Ilause that fol-
lowed. Charles Huntington as Deadeye
made hit. He was in good voice. and he
looked as well as acted the part to perfection.
Miss Florence Clayton as Buttercup be-
came favorite instantly, and James III.
Jones as the Admiral was a success.
Z. Nj. Moore tiled the part of the Boatswaiu
in satisfactory way, and H. B. Reeves as
the Captain, did some very good work.
Jesse Mathew as Hebe was popular with the
audience, and little Eva Mathew made a
great hit in her hornpipe dance in the first
act. The piece is elegantly costumed and
finely staged.
Harris Boston Vaudeville company gave
good show at the Olympic, last week, to a
crowded house. Emmerson and Cook started
the fun in the comedy Count de Tramp"
assisted by Edna Melville, Peter McCloud and
Frank Emmersou, Grace Milburn in her
signing and imitation ofCarmencita's Spanish
dance; Harry L. Rose, the equihbrist; the
Sisters Coulson in song and dance; Liblon, in
facial impersonation, and Keller, the
human enigma, were all very clever in their
specalties The afterpieee La Cripple"
closes good performance.
The date Manager Billy Wells has selected
for his annual benefit is Sunday evening, June
z, to occur at the Olymp ic theater A
magnificent programme is now in active
preparation. and Billy is sure to pack the
bouse