Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-08-28
Grand Opera.
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT AT
THE OPERA HOUSE.

TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT AL
THE OPERA HOUSE.
Tonight the Annandale- Hamilton grand
opera troupe makes it's first appearance at
the Opera House here. 1t is the successor
of the Emma Abbott opera troupe, OF
which most Of it's artists were members
during Miss Abbott's life. Miss Eva
Cummings was with that troupe three
years, Miss Annandale nine years and
Michelena was for several years it's tenor.
The opera for tonight is Flotow's ''Mar-
tina, one of the most beautiful productions
on the stage, with the following cast:
Lady Henrietta Eva Cummings
Sir Tristan. Joseph Witt
Lionel. .......................F. Michelena
Plunket VIM. II. Hamilton
Peasants. ........... Bessy Witt, Nellie Franklin
Nancy Lizzie Annandale
Villages, Peasants, etc.
Tomorrow night will be given the grand
opera of 'sIl Trovatoren with the following
cast:
Leonora Eva Cummings
Ascucena - Ida Carmen
Manrico ................F Michelena
Connt di Luna .....................W. II. Hamilton
The Dispatch of Richmond, where the
company played to large audiences, Says
of it:
The company is new to the musical world
as an organization, though its principal artists
are people OF accredited reputation: The first
Iool fioup nf q m a n
mandate, who for several years supported the
late Emma Abbott, and who is now recognize
ed everywhere as a charming singer and
versatile actress. Her successes have all been
such roles as Marguerite, Carmen and Airline
has given her an enviable position among
opera singers. The other notable figure OF the
company is William H. Hamilton, fine,
robust Baritone of the Del Puente type, whose
artistic work in the ''Magic Flute Faust
and other operate classics has placed him in
the front rank of American singers. He is,
however, more than singer-he IS an artist,
for so marked is his talent for acting that he
might have won laurels in the drama had he
not chosen opera-singing as his profession
The other singers Of the company are as we'll
known as Miss Annandale and Mr.. Hamilton.
Nine. Corani, dramatic soprano and an
eleYe of the Abbott and Strackosch compan-
les; Signor Michelena, the lyric tenor, whose
rarely sweet voice used to be such charming
foil to Miss Abbott'S soprano; Stantinl and
Diekman, both dramatic tenors who have
acquired continental regulations; Chorasta, a
baritone with vibrant, resonant voice fresh
from the grand opera house at ST peterSDor
These are all people who have acquired some
thing more than mere ephemeral prestige.
These and other excellent singers constitute
the cast of the company and they are support
ed by an admirable chorus of strong, we'll
trained voices, which, under the direction OF
Nh Saro, furnish an effective background to
the prominent figures Of the organization.
This theatrical circuit, which is the first
on which the new organization appears, will
enjoy the advantage of lower prices than
those which will prevail when the company
starts on it's Northern circuit in September,
and the tickets have been fixed at rs, so and
Is cents.
The agent, Mr.. M. W. Tobin, is the same
that was with the Abbott troupe, and will
be remembered as having been here with
the Berger family and Sol Smith Russell.