Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-22

ALbAuoH's GRAND OPERA HousE-A brief
season Of opera comique will be inaugurated at
Albaugh's Grand Opera House next Monday
evening. when the occupants Of the stage will
be the company already well-known J. VI.
I Hi Opera Comique Company. The work to be
| presented Is The Fencing Master" a new
opera cOmiIue, composed by Reginald De
| koven and Harry Is. smith. authors OF robin
Hood The company Is meant to be a perma-
nent body. taking rank with the finest opera
comique organizations OF the world. Marie
Tempest is at the head Of the company. Com
| potent critics state that the music OF The
Fencing Master is, II anything. superior to
that % Robin Hood" in every way, and that
| the lbrctto is far more Humorous.
Mr.. Hill has mounted The Fencing Master"
with lavish liberality.
Among some % the people who will sing the
| principal roles are Siguor Michelena, William
Broderick, jerome Sykes, Charles Hopper,
Grace Golden Bessie Cleveland, Agnes Sher-
wood Mrs. Pemberton Hncks, Vim. Stanley
Hines Henry Leoni. George Mackenzie and the
eminent baritone, Hubert Wilke, together with
a chorus Of sixty-four voices and, an orchestra
Of thirty musicians. under the direction OF
Signor de Nouelliso.
NEw NATIONAL TsEArER---Tim Murphy will
be at the New National Thcater in "A Texas
Steer" next week.
ACADEMY OF MUsIc.-''The Tar and the Tar
tar will be given at the Academy Of Music
next week.
GEoRGErowS ORcHEsrRA.-An encouraging
number Of subscriptions for the season
ls92-'93 Of the Georgetown Orchestra has
already been received. and careful rehearsals
are now in progress under the efficient leader
ship of Prof. Josef kaspar. who Is confident Of
even better musical results than heretofore
Among the attractions for the first concert is
Miss Emma Juch, prima donna; Prof. John p.
Lawrence. pianist who will perform Grieg's
concerto for piano and orchestra The orches-
ira VIII perform n carefully selected program Of
new compositions, notice Of which will appear
later. SOloists for remaining concerts viii be
of the finest obtainable. Friends and patrons
can now obtain subscriptions at Metzerott's.
Boston SYMPHONY ORCHEsTBA.-The sale Of
Boston symphony Orchestra. Mr. Arthur
Nikisch, conductor, will open next Monday ut
Metzerotts music store. Five concerts will be
given at Metzerott Music Hall on Tuesday
evenings, November l. December g. january 10.
February and March IA. Miss Emma Juch,
Mr.. Franz Kneisel, NJ. Paderewski and other
eminent artists have been engaged for these
concerts.
HARRIS BIJoU THEArER.-The genial and
big hearted Mr.. Potter OF Texas will be at
Harris Theater next Monday night. The COM
pany which will present it is said to be re-
markably good one. Mr.. Henry Weaver. jr.,
takes the role Of Mr.. Potter and Miss Stella
Bonlface Is Lady Sara Annerley. The story il
one of intense interest, and its hold public
favor Ii as complete a. it Is remarkable.
llCEUM Lon
don Girls, the attraction at Kernan's Lyceum
Iheater next week, will present novel enter
tainment, in which the English artists are said
to sustain their regulations for versatility. The
company carries handsome scenery and ward
robes and includes many noted stars from the
London music halls The first part. entitled
Artist and Model" includes beautiful scenic
effects and stage setting. In the olio appear
Frank and Fannie Forester, vocalists; Heating
and Flynn, the well-known comedians: I.assale
and Vedder, Spanish dancers: Gallagher and
Arnold musical comedians: Grit Williams,
banjo artist; Leona LIE wis. soubrette and Basco
and Roberts, aerial comedians. The buriesque" "A
Ring for Day" is well staged and Handsomely
dressed. Miss Fannie Forester sustains the
leading role.
The DAMRosCH CoNCERrs.-The series of six
concerts given by the Symphony Orchestra Of
New York. in connection with the Choral Soci-
ETY.. will be among the leading musical events
of the season. symphony concert November
l6 opens the series, to be followed by The
Messiah. Elijah" and The Damnation Of
Faust, and two other symphony concerts. |
Mr.. Walter Damrosch will conduct all the per-
forInances and select the soloists. Season tickets
at low prices considering the cost of the con- |
certs are now on sale at Metzerott's-
The SOCsA BAND CoSCERT.-John Philip |
Sousa and his new band In the new Metzerott |
Music Hall will attract a large audience on next |
Thursday night, eager both to hear the band /
and see the concert room that is destined to be |
the scene of many important musical events |
during the present season. Mr.. Sousa col |
lected a body of musicians of reputation, and !
already, less than a month since the first con- |
cert given by the band, their regulations are
enhanced by the fact that they are members of
Sousa's Band. so overwhelming and instan-
rsneous has been the bands success. Three
concerts are TO be given, on Thursday evening
and Friday afternoon and evening. the last be-
ing the opening concert of the star course.
The soloists 10 be Mile. Marcella Lindh.
who has a soprano voice Of wide range and
fe1ibility. and Sig. Antonio Galassi. easily the
greatest Of italian baritones. Tickets are on
sale at Metzerotts.
The STAR COURSE CoNCERrs-Tickets for
the star course of concerts which opens with
Sousas Band next Friday night still on
sale at Metzerott's The low price, four con-
certs at 81, - and IS. and all the concerts of
high order. should attract large audiences.
The URASIA SCIENTIFIC THEArER.-Those
singularly effective spectacles, "A Trip to the
Moon" and "From Chaos to Man." which were
given with unexampled success in the Carnegie
Music Hall in New York last season and which
TO be presented at Metzerott's Hall next
week. appeal to the public Of this city in many
ways. Electricity has never before shown itself
n more obedient and more woodworking
servant Of man than in its application to these
novel "Urania" entertainments. Here are
some of the daily multiplying wonders of as
tronomy and of the science that teaches how
"piiuS arc Hituc. pieseHteu Hore eioqucHtiS
and more realistically than one conld ever have
imagined il possible that they could be pre-
sented- Tickets will be placed on sale Wednes-
day morning at Metzerott's.
VIOLIN REcITAL.-Those interested in the
violin will be glad to hear that Mr. Paul
Stoeving. who recently came here to locate will
give a violin recital at the Universalist Church
Thursday night. November 8. to an invited au-
dience. Cards of invitation may be had by ap-
plying at Metzerotts music store the latter
part of next week.