The Portland daily press., 1892-02-19
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
A Royal Pass.

Mr.. George Staley will appear once
again in Portland, instA Royal Pass" at
Portland theatre tonight and Saturday.
Mr.. Staley is a capital German dialect
comedian. He sings well and dances
with grace, and his play is most agree
able evening entertainment. When last
here Mr.. Staley earned many friends and
all will want to go and see him tonight.
The Mozart Concert.
An audience of about 175 ladies and
gentlemen gathered in the Falmouth hotel
parlors last evening and enjoyed delight
full concert given in aid of the graduating
class of the School for the Deaf. The
various numbers were all artistically rem
dered and the affair may be considered a
great success. This was the programme:
Ouartette- Selection from opera "Magic Flute,
MeSSrS. Varnum, Richards, Jacobson and Miss
MacGregor.
Vocal Solo-"F Forgot Me Mott. .............
Miss Knight.
Sketch of Mozart. .,......................
Miss MacGregor.
Piano Solo-Selected :............
Miss Philbrook.
Vocal Solo-"The Skylark'' ............
Miss Knight.
Senate and Minuet composed by Mozart at six
Miss Emily Larrabee.
Vocal Solo-Selectionf from opera Don Giovanni
Miss CleayeS.
Quartette-Selection from opera "Don Juan"
MesSrs. Varnum Richards, jacobson and Miss
MacGregor.
Vocal solo-t'Love's Request" .............
ouartette-seleoted ~ ~. nai.'
Messrs. Varnum, Richards, jacobson and Miss
MacGregor
Vocal Solo-Selection from opera Figaro.
Miss CleaveS.
Notes.
Ira and Will Stockbridge will bring out
''The Mikado'' soon.
The Fay Foster Burlesque Company
will be at Portland theatre February I'D
and 23d, Katie Emmett February Goth,
Wilkinson's Widows March 1st, and Neil
Burgess in County Fair March 1912.
Agnes Huntington is suffering from an
attack of laryngitis, and was unable to
sing in New York Tuesday night. The
Union Square theatre is, therefore, tenn
porarily closed
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau will bring
their Italian and French company, now
at the Metropolitan Opera House, to Bos-
ton on March IA for season of two
weeks in grand opera. The difficulty of
procuring a suitable stage and auditori
UNI has been overcome by ingenious
plans. The Mechanics Building will be
made into an opera house. An enlarged
stage will be set UP and a new floor, in
clining from the orchestra to the Hobbies
in the rear, will be fitted with the Har-
wood folding opera chairs, the newest
design for beauty and comfort. Each
seat will have an uninterrupted view of
the stage. A very low scale of prices
win be established,
The New York Symphony Orchestra
was the attraction of the Star Course in
Boston Monday night The soloist was
Mr.. Anton Hekking. Walter Damrosch,
the conductor, presented a popular pro-
gramme. and eneores were frequent.
Mr. Hekkings playing was magnificent,
and he was twice recalled. The inter
mezzo from the "Cavalleria Rusticana'
was one of the orchestral selections, and
its performance was perfect. The audi
ence was one of the largest of the season.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra met
with it's accustomed success in it's tour of
last week. Mrs. Julia Wyman and Rich
ard Burmeister were the solo artists in
Baltimore, where the hall was literally
packed. In Washington Miss Leonora
ven Stosch was the great feature of the
evening, but Mrs. Wyman and Mr.. Knei-
sci also won hearty recognition.
Carl Milloecker's new operetta. 'Das
Sonntaeskind. . brought out in Vienna
Jan, 16. made decided hit.