The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-25
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The Second stockbridge.


Yesterday morning it looked as if Mr..
| Stockbridge would have his usual ill
luck, as far as the weather is concerned,
for the second entertainment in his
course, but fortunately the storm cleared
and the evening was favorable.
The Tavary-Del Puente concert was
most enjoyable. Two of the members of
the company are old favorites in Port
| land, Messrs. Del Puente and Lichten-
berg. Miss Helen Dudley Campbell has
| beee heard here with the Boston Ideals;
Nine. Basta Tavary and Mr.. Luckstone
were strangers. The audience was ex-
ceedingly enthusiastic. 1t warmly well
coined each performer, and encored al
most everything on the programme.
| NINE. Tavary proved as great success
here as she has wherever she has sung.
Her perfection of style, the brilliancy of
| her xecution-especially in that great
show song of Corbetta PATHS, the
Shadow Song from Dinorah-the clear
ness and agreeable quality of her voice,
all showed the great artist. Her audi
ence was delighted with her 'Jorse l 80
from Traviata and charmed with her
arch rendering of the ballad ''No Sir
| Del Puente, of course, carried his au
dience away with his great card, the
| Toreador song from Carmen, and es-
pecially pleased with his buffo song.
Lichtenberg's fine, pure phrasing and
| brilliant execution showed that he has
few, if any superiors, among the violin
virtuosos of the present day. Miss Camp
| bell displayed a strong, well trained
contralto voice. Mr.. Luckstone is a
| finished pianist and was honored with an
encore for his performance of the Sixth
Hungarian Rhapsody of List. The con-
certed music was also very taking, es-
pecially the la CT darene by Del Puente
and Miss Campbell, and the duet from
Lakme by Nine. Tavary and Miss Camp
| bell.
Fair Play.
Fair Play, a sensational comedy drama
| in four acts was the attaction at Portland
Theatre last evening. The play is replete
with startling situations and thrilling
scenes. The murder of the father and
/ false accusation of the hero in act LIST,
the attack on the cabin by the renegade
brother and Indians in the I'd act, the
confession of the tramp and victory of
the heroine and comedian in the Sd act,
and finally the discontinue of the william
and the union of two happy couples in
the last act are the leading incidents.
Sousa's Band.
The Chicago Evening Post thus speaks
of Sousa's great band which will make
its debut in Portland at City Hall in the
Stock bridge matinee course tomorrow
afternoon and again appear at the Pop
ular course in the evening:
"There is not brass and wood organ
ization in the country that can play with
such finish, such exquisite delicacy, and
| such lovely tone contrasts as this band
showed in the Rossini overture and the
| fairy-like Czibulka moroccan, the dream
| After the Ball" No string orchestra
| could bring out the artistic nuances with
more notable effect. Indeed, herein lies
| the chief merit of the new band. They
know the value of refined expression
| and they also know how to secure that
expression
= and /.
A number of beautiful girls is one of
the many features of ''U and T. Com
pany, which will be presented at Port
land Theatre next Tuesday. George P.
Murphy is the bright particular star;
Mr.. E. J. Heffernan plays the opposite
part, "O'Donovan Innes;'' Miss
Edith Newton, is the leading
vocalist of the company; Harry Mellow
ell, the funniest of all comedy policemen,
is the wiley copper, and Edward Law
renee, who is also well known, illus
trates the trials and fluctuations of
New York fiat house janitoy.