The Portland daily press., 1891-10-24
MUSIC And DRAMA.
TWO IRISH cUcKoos.

TWO IRISH CUCkOOSs
The Cuckoos" gave second performance
last evening at Portland theatre. Leonard
and Flynn are pleasing irish song anu
dance team; Mr.. Smith has a STRONG voice;
Susie Fulton is quite viyacious ana sings ac-
ceptably: Master Forbes is a fine and appar-
emily tireless Jig and reel dancer, and one or
two others contribute their share to the spec-
ialty programme. The last two perform
ances will be given at the matinee and this
evening.
MILTON ABoRN OPERA COMPANY.
The patrons of operate performances will
next week have an opportunity of epioying
comic opera In this city. The Milton Aborn
opera Company is booked to appear in Port
land theatre all next week, and is a well or.
gained company of thirty-iye people. in.
Guiding the clever comedian. Milton Ahorn
Inc operas Will be staged In proper man.
ner' and Appropriate costumes will be worn.
Inc co tunes were made to order for Mana
ger Sargent Aborn.
The NEXT sToCKBRIDGE.
The De We're Concert Comnsnv
which includes Campsnini, Mile. De Vera
and other great artists, will be the next at.
traction in the Stockbridge course. nert
week. 1t Is unnecessary to dwell on the ex
ceilence or these artists. Their termination
Is world wide. Seats at Stockbridge's.
CONCERT AT THE CAPE.
The following array OF talent will appear
at concert ut Union hall, South Portland.
next Tuesday night: Imperial Mandolin and
Guitar club, Fannie NJ. Halves, Nettie Nav
Morrison, r. F. Davis. I. j. Somers, vocal
lists; Freda Morrell, whistler; r. l.. Whit
comb, reader; +. j. Ilsley, g. w. Pennell.
>. Y. Barnum and +. @. Davis, instrumental.
lists and Mrs.. E. E. Wyman, accompanied,
THE MUsIN CONCERT.
The st. Paul Globe says:
Musin plays the violin as only Musin can
play 1t. He was applauded to the echo. and
each encore was no more than the briliance
OF the performance merited, which was mag
niilcent, and the fact was recognized by all
those who heard him yesterday. The won
derful ease and perfection of his execution,
marking bis Interpretation of the most diff.
cut music extant, has never been surpas sed
Dy violinlst In st. Paul. Musin is the mus
lcal nero VI the hour. The company in sup
port excelled anything ever heard in this
city. Every one was an artist of the very
highest order.
Musn will appear at City hall Monday
evening next with his tine troupe. Get tick.
cts at StockbrIdge's.
ORGAN RECITAL.
The fifth organ recital at Congress Square
church will be given this afternoon, COM
menclng at $50 O'Clock. This will be the
programme:
M sn1 Msers MINOR
AN MoeIe Emery
Song Salve Regina. .Henshaw Dana
Mrs. Morrison.
Allegro-lZCn symphony Haydn
Thomas
sOna-Gavotte, from Mgnon," by request. .'''
Mrs. Morrison - l homas
ScnerZo-B hat. Schubert
ndneiuJan Cnorus. Handel
| NOTES.
| Dunlop's Stage News says: "Cavalleria
| Rusticana Is as full of tricks as the monkey
i on an Italian organ. 1t is a trick to sing the
| principal tenor song before the curtain rises ;
] trick TO use the church as contrast to the
| passionate scenes before it; trick to call
| this singing pant0mme melodrama; trick
to give the same soft, sweet, sensuous Sici-
liam song over and over again, as tenor solo
as soprano solo. as duet,as chorus-now
In the minor, now in the major, now as an
intermezzo. then as finale: trick to pass
suddenly from piano to forte, from fortissi-
mo to silence; a trick to add Wagnerian or
chestration to tunes that may be whistled."
For all that it is the great success of the day
and Is positively delightful.
When Edwin w. Hoff, the young Ameri-
can tenor, who has recently made big hit
as Robin Hood. was boy, he worked In a
store In Baltimore at 81 week. He was
then also singing in church choir and had
Q good alto voice. One day he fell down the
hatch from the third story and struck keg
OF nails, which partly broke his fall. for he
Jumped up quickly, and his employer, who
had seen him fall past his Office window on
the second floor, rushed out. thinking to find
the yoangster dead, but was considerably
astonished to find the young man running up
or YECr h al III TX
him and administered to him his first drink
OF whiskey, after which Edwin walked a
couple of miles to collect bill. He went
home nothing the worse for his fall, but at
night astonished the entire church choir by
singing his part with tenor voice that fair
ly paralyZed them.