St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-05
MINNEAPOLIS.
AT THE THEATERS.

Comic Opera, Farce Comedy and
Vaudeville for the Convention.
Grand Opera House-Manager Conk-
lin has secured strong attraction for
the Grand opera house convention week,
beginning tomorrow. 1t is the famous
comic opera star, Miss Jeannie Winston,
with an excellent opera company of
forty people. The following operas
will be presented during the week:
Monday and Friday evenings, "Boccca-
cio;" Tuesday and Saturday evenings,
Fra Diavolo;" Wednesday evening,
"Prince Methusalem;" Thursday
evening, ''La Perichole;" Saturday
matinee. "Chimes of Normandy" The
usual prices Of. the theater will
prevail for this engagement. The
following is a list of the princi-
pals engaged for this company:
Miss JEANNE Winston, the celebrated
lyric artistic, heads the organization.
Miss Winston is the most popular oper-
attic star that ever appeared in Wash
ington and Baltimore. having made a
great success in porrraying male roles,
such as Boccaccio, PRINCE Methusa-
lem, the king in ".lhe Queens Lace
Handkerchief" and La Perichole in the
the only lady who has ever given sat
isfactory impersonation of the tenor
role, Fra Diavolo. In Auber's famous
three-act operatic work. The following
well-known principals are with this
company: Miss Kate Harrington, con-
tralto; Miss 'Nettie Black. soubrette; !;
Charles Tyrrell, comedian; Charles Rem
wick, tenor; A. Fl. Bell, character COM
edian; Harry Rateenbury, baritone; T.
Fl. johnson, basso; and NJ. S. Particle,
tenor. Adam Itzel Jr., the composer of
Tar and Tartar" the musical directOre
Of the company. The company, includ-
ing the chorus, numbers forty people.
and is under the direction of S. w.
Ford, of Baltimore, who has had great
deal Of experience in producing comic
operas. :,
Lyceum Theater-Miss Agnes Hunt
ington will appear at the Lyceum the
ater for six nights, commencing Mon
day, June 6. presenting Captain The
rese," her latest success, and "Paul
Jones'" Miss Huntington's voice is
only one of the many attributes which
'tend TO make her famous, and those who
her when she first appeared
with the Boston Ideals cannot imagine
swhat marked improvement she has
attained, not only in her vocal powers,
9but also in the wonderful personal
beauty of face and form and the artistic
methods of her acting. captain The
rese" and ''Paul JONES'" the operas in
(which Miss Huntington has achieved
her triumph, are the works of Plan
quette, author of the Chimes
of Normandy" and other cele-
obrated operas. The supporting COM
1pany numbers seventy people and
contains many Of the leading
artists of the London lyric stage. The
company is under the management of
Marcus r. Mayer and Benjamin Stern.
When Miss Agnes Huntington made her
debut in this country as star at the big
Broadway theater in New York, she
completely captured that city. There
is not the slightest attempt on her part,
like most operate stars, to gaze at or
attract the attention of any one in the
audience. The only exertion she
makes to charm is the legitimate use of
her talents as an artist. 1t has been
said that good women do not attract on
the stage, but Miss Huntington proves
entirely the contrary.
Bijou Opera HouSe-The Hallen and
Hart company have been rehearsing
night and day for the first performance
of the new musical comedy, 1.-THE
Idea." at the Bijou opera house today
at 2:30. A smooth and finished per-
formance is assured, and several pleas
ing scenic surprises are promised. All
ofsthe music, Of which there is guam
tity, will be original. 1t has been writ
ten expressly for. and is appropriate to,
1.-The Idea" Miss Marie Greenwood,
CT the Marie Greenwood English Grand