The morning call., 1892-06-12


chords. spinnets and clavicherds, and have
been on exhibition in the Smithsonian ln-
stitution in Washington and in other places
for some time.
The authorities al Washington only parted
with them on condition that Mr.. Steinert
would relOan them to the institution upon
their return for lengthy period. While in
Vienna Mr.. SteineIt will perform on the in
Struments compositions in vogue at the
times in which they were made. One in
strument was the property of Mozart and
another was used by Beethoven in COM
posing.
There are nine buildings on the exhibition
grounds, the principal one being the Model
Ihealer. 1t is expected that this building
will prove very interesting to the numerous
American managers who will visit Vienna
during the summer.
1t was constructed upon original ideas Of
Architect Fellner, and has many novel feat
ures. 1t is made entirely of wood, has one
very small gallery, and seats 1000 people.
1t is situated in an immense square, and in
case OF fire or accident man on the stage
pulls lever that causes the roof TO slide
off, and another emplOye causes the four
walls 10 fall Outwardly. leaving the audi
ence in the open air. There are 80 exits to
the building. or one for every 40 persons.
Through the Austrian consul Mr.. Conried
received yesterday the programme which
will br carried out during the exhibition.
The Emperor formally opened the display
on the 9TH inst. IL was expected that the
company of the Vienna Burg IheateT would
be the first attraction in the model play
house, but owing to the illness of Frau
Charlotte Wolter the organization was un-
able to appear. The company Of the
Deutsches Theater. In Berlin, opened the
house instead, and was followed by the
company belonging to the Hungarian Ma
tional Theater.
In Of ha iy Of n nV
ton will be the engagement OF the entire
ensemble of tho Theatre Francais, which
begins tonight The company will remain
for fortnight aud give number of the
plays in its repertoire. On June the Bo-
hemian Opera Company will take charge of
the stage and remain until June Z, when IL
will he succeeded by the organization of the
Theatre des Varieties of Paris. The latter
part OF June will be taken up by the per-
formance Of play called ''fhe Tragedy of
Man" The imperial ballet of Vienna will
be seen from June / to the 14th, and from
the 10Th to the oath picked company from
Berlin will produce Hamlet and other
plays. The succeeding attraction will be
the Plattdeutscher Company, with Herr
Junkermann.
The imperial ballet from Moscow will ap-
pear from August l to 5, and on August
6, and the BIixlegger Passion Play will
be given by Tyrolean peasants. From
August 9 10 15 the ballet from the Scala,
Milan, will appear and will be followed by
the company from the Bouffes Parisiens. A
company from the National Thester in
Warsaw. will come next aud will be fol-
lowed by the Italian Opera Company from
Milan, under the direction Of MascagnL
From October TO comic opera cycus of
the works Of Strauss, Miliocker. Suppe and
Penne will be given and bring the exhibi-
tion to a close.
All of the theatrical performances will be
given In tae model theater. while the bal
let's will be introduced in another building.
Ii is expected that while the ballot per-
formances are being given Mr.. Henry Ir.
wing and other stars will be induced to ap-
pear in the theater.