The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-24
SPRING OPERA a SUCCESS,
me Grau Company's Engagements tn
Most Successful on Record

Inc Grau Company's Engagement the
Most Successful on Record.
| The Grau Opera COMPANY closed last
night the most successful operatic engage
ment at popular prices ever played in Sa-
vannah The weeks receipts are something
over $1,000. little less than one-half the
receipts of Emma Abbot's engagements, for
which the prices were double those of the
0rau company. The operas Yesterday
were said Pasban and "Fatinitza j.
''Said Pasha" at the matinee drew a large
audience. standing room only being in de-
mand. "Fatinitza" was sung last night.
Inc success of the engagement has been a
nnatter or comment among theater-goers
aud demonstrates the fact that
opera at popular prices will receive a gem
erous patronage here.
Manager johnson has booked the Desbon
opera Company, which has been PLAYING
equally as successful engag 4ments in
Charleston and elsewhere as the Grau COM
pauy has played here, for Merchants week.
me repertoire has not vet been announced
but will include the popular operas, varying
from the repertoire Of the Grau company.
The benefit to Mr.. Frank Delay at Ma
sonic hall Thursday night by the musicians
OF Savannah promises to be a delightful
event. The list of participants is a guar
antee OF the excellence of the concert.
AN Interesting romance OF history aad
Iact ma ked the recent engagement of Alex
ander Salvinl at the Pike opera house..
Cincinnati The night that President Lin,
COIN was assasSinated, Junius Brutus Booth,
the elder brother of Wilkes Boot was
playing "DArtagnan," in the "lhree
fuardsmen," on the stage Of Pixies opera
mouse, that city. By a singular coincidence
young Salvlni was also appearing in Gin
clnnati In the same play GU the stage of the
same theater on the night of the 9th ami
versary OF the dread tragedy. The re-
markable coincidence was the subject of
much comment on the part of Cncinnatians
during the Sal Tini engagement, and recalled
TO thein the fact how the similarity of names
proved sufficient in the excited condition of
the public mind, to draw down upon Junius'
devoted head, the ire of the populaee, after
the receipt n OF the news from Washington.
A great crowd gathered in and about the
theater, and Junius was compelled to fee
Tor his life as though he had teen a MUIR
derer IN fact. He ran tn the Burnett house,
where he was guest. followed by the rabid
To ong who seemed bent on taking his life
Even In the hotel he was not safe, and max.
ing his escape by the rear door, by the
ready assis ance Of friends he reached the
depot where be to k the first train out of the
NASJs liz LdlulJ nave Iall6Q a
victim to the anger Of the mob had he been
captured at that time.
M. de Chirac, the manager Of the Paris
Theater Realistic, who was recently con,
demned to fifteen months Imprisonment for
the production Of filthy, immoral plays. has
escaped to Belgium. 1t is said that the
same play in milder form is sooA to be
produced in New York. This will give
Anthony Comstock an opportunity to get
in his work.
Selma Fetter, Alexander Salvini's Lead
ing lady, owing to a sprained ankle, has re-
tir-d from the Salvini company, and Belle
Archer has taken her place
A dispatch from Monte Carlo states that
Sir Arthur Sullivan is suffering from renal
calculus. His pain is 80 intense that it is
necessary to use morphine to ease it.
Subscribers to the Paris opera are ad-
mitted behind the scenes, and the foyer of
the dance is generally their retreat during
the entire acts, and sometimes during the
acts. IL is sumptuous apartment, over
powered by painting, carving and gliding.
Lut lnternately garlsh and meretrlcious IL
one enters about IL o'clock in the evening
he will see scores Of remarkably pretty
corYphees, and about dozen duders and
corpulent old men OF wicked mien chatting
to the dGnseuses. A throng of conparses
and dancers who have not passed their final
e;rdnls. UuLgo vecato, rats d'opera, are to
be seen clustered like 30 many peris outside
the portals of the paradisical foyer, into
which they are not privileged to enter
unless their salary exceeds certain mum
Der of francs a month. 1t is not all gold
that glitters, even in this auriferous palace.
The extras Look as If they were halr starved
"a red egg, Brie cheese, and few cents
worth of fried potatoes are their ordinary
menu. But although meager, sic5ly, i'll
favored and often old, their dancing and
posing 10 done with wonderful mechanical
skill and aplomb.