The evening world., 1891-06-10
SUMNER. RAGE FOR OPERA.
Throughout the Country Music
Has the Field.
Gossip of Live Interest in the Theat-
rical World.

Opera and comic opera are at the present
time having very vigorous innings In this
vicinity, and the number OF singers employed
just now is very large. Taxing the current
week, for instance, II will be seen mat
throughout the country the gentle strains Of
the music that requires no key to be explained
are in full possession of the field. This city
has ''Apollo" at the Casino, "Wang" " at the
broadway, 'The Tar and the Tartar" AT
Palmer's, English opera at the Grand Opera
House, English opera at the Columbus ana
repertoire at Terrace Garden. In Washing
ton at the New National Theatre the Lamont
Opera Company, including Helen Lamont
Lizzie Annandale, Walter Allen aud W. IT,
Hamilton, are singing "The Royal Middy,"
Az the Grand Opera House in that city
"The Chimes of Normandy, is the attraction
with Lily Post, W. II. Fitzgerald, Alice vincent
and Fred Huntley in the cast In Balumore'
at the Howard Auditorium, "The Chimes OF
Normandy is also being sung by Blancne
. Chapman, George Denham, Edward Temple
and otheTs. In st. Paul, the Wilbur opera
Company, including susie Kerwin, j. Il. Coniey,
George Fisher, Il. A. Clark and Belle Hamilton,
are interpreting 1.-THE Grand Duchess;" and
az the PARK Theatre, in that city, there Is also
comic opera. At schnaider's Garden, st. Louis
"Erminie 10 being presented by the Casino
Opera Company, including Jennie Reinarth'
Marietta Nash, George Laure, Douglas Flint,
Tellule Evans and w. A. Mahin; and at
Uhrig's Cave, in 81. Louis, the Alexander
spencer Opera Company opened Monday night
in "Said Pasha," with company Including
Addie Cora Reed, Mabella Baker, Agnes sher-
wood, Emily Seymour, Win T. Rising, George
II. Broderick and jerome sykes In Philadel-
phia Manager Kelly has 4 magnificent COM
pany, including Del Puente, Guile kronold,
Charlotte Walker, Clara Poole, Helen Dudley
Campbell and Fanny Gonzalez, and is this week
presenting "Wuliam Tell" and "Faust,
10 be- followed next week by '.La Giaoonda- i"
Al the Park Theatre, PnilRdelphia, the Pauline
Hail Opera Company has been doing good
work, and az the 9irard Avenue Theatre the
ldAel Opera Company, including Sylvia Cor
nish, Dorothy sherTard, Laura Lorraine,
Charles Campbell and Harold Leslie, claims
attention. In Michigan the Bostonians pre-
vail; In South Carolina there is the Grand
Opera Company; Taunton, Mass. has Just
been listening 10 the Taunton Opera Company,
and New Orleans, to juvenile opera company.
The English Opera company, now at the
Grand opera-House, goes TO the Academy OF
MUSIC IN July, anu Will ~ tuht HOubo
until the melodramatic "soudan opens.
Manager Gilmore says that Niblos will open In
August with "grand spectacular production"
that Is not yet named.
The negro baby used in 'The Tar and the
Tartar has been causing little agitation. 1t
was discov sred that the riginal infant was too
thin and not quite black enough; 30 the
tute a search for a chubbier child. He
made the search, and successfully. A
new baby vas used Monday, night, fat
end black as the ace OF spades. Yet It caused
CONSERVATION IN the company by crying
loudly as its lungs would permit 1t TO do. Last
night 1t was less aggressive, aud Manager
Assin nopes that the severe discipline of his
organization will not be without speedy effect
upon the infant.
Miss Leonora Bradley is about again. She
had very severe iiness. she Is going with
Eugene Moore's company for short Summer
season.
II is said that in one of the plays to be pre-
eented by Joseph Haworth this season there
will no soene In which disseotiDg-room will
be accurately portrayed. We are now waiting
TO hear the name OF the actor who has been
engaged to play the corpse. The RIalto IL full
OF those woo could give most faithful inter-
pTelaiion OF the role.
Here is something anent the Baldwin Cat,
the latest London sensation, That Will interest
the managers OF specially companies: "lt
springs, at the WORD OF command, up per-
pendicular rope, hanging from the roof and
seats itself on board attached TO a parachute,
which Is nxed by Btring tieG In q running
knot. At the words Let 20, the cat pulls the
string, and the parachute expands and fails
sioWiv:" A drama might surely be written
around this.
IL w quite likely that q No. "Tar aud
Tartar " company will be orRarlzed TO tour the
6outh.
Summing themselves on Broadway yesterday
were Mss Adelaide Stanhope. Mrs. Georgie
Drew Barrymore, Miss Helen Barry, Miss Lo-
duski Young, Miss Esther Lyon, Miss Nellie
Lingard, Mrs. d. P. Bowers and Mlss Viz
ginia Harmed.
'.Aunt" Louisa was also on Broadway yes
terday, but as she was ''sayng goUd-by TO
the boys" she deserves q little paragraph
oil to herself, and she shall have H.
too. She sails tomorrow on the State
Of Georgia, and ia going 10 spend some time in
Rdinburgh aud Glasgow. Then she viii visit
MISS Edith Kenward, the yivacious Kangaroo
Miss Mabel Fenton has very nearly recovered
from the efecta OF her burning In Paterson. N.
y. She Ia able to 20 out. Next season she Will
appear with her husband, Charles j. Ross, In
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