St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-10
AT THE THEATERS.
Comic Opera, MeIodrama and
Vaudeville BnPlesQue This
Weak

Comic Opera, Melodrama and
Vaudeville Bnrlesque This
Week.
Grand Opera House-Week before
last Minneapolis amusement-goers had
a season of delightful opera by Ameri-
can composers. The coming week will
serve to introduce Offenbach's compost
tons, MADAME Favart" and LA Belle
Helene" Both these operas are new to
Minneapolis music lovers, but the merits
of each have stood the trials Of time, as
twelve years ago the then famous Bar
ton Opera company made tour Of this
country presenting madame Favart''
to the most phenomenal business in the
history of comic opera in this country.
The organization presenting these
operas the coming week at the Grand is
the Pauline Hall Opera company.
headed by the fair and stately Pauline
in person, who ruled and reigned
IN, her particular sphere at the
New York Casino for many seasons.
There is probably no American singer,
with perhaps the exception of Lillian
Russell, who holds such a sway in this
country over the lovers of comic opera
as this celebrated vocalist. The Pauline
Hall Opera company, as will be seen at
the Grand opera house the coming week,
commencing tomorrow night, is one of
the largest Of its kind travelling. pre-
presenting as it does musical array of
sixty artists. Aside from the stately
singer herself, III the organization may
be mentioned George Boniface Jr., who
stands in the first ranks of comic opera
comedians of this country, and Miss
Ami Cora Reed, who has been seen in
this city before; Miss Rosa Cook is also
I'M lnu nd l1.-
dell. Miss Hall will be seen in no less
than five different characters during
the time it takes to satisfactorily intro
duce MADAME Fayart'' to patrons:of the
Grand. The production will be staged
III manner worthy of an Offenbach
production. Madame Favart'' will be
presented for the first five evenings and
at the Saturday matinee. and on Satur-
day evening only will be offered 'sLa
Belle Helene" This will be the last
season of opera that Manager Conklin
has for the present underlined for the
amusement OF his patrons for some
weeks to come.
Bijou Theater-N. S. Wood, the young
romantic actor, will open weeks en-
gagement at the Bijou, with matinee
performance today at 2:30. in his new
melodramatic comedy 1.-The Orphans of
New York" Mr. Wood is an old Min
neapolis fayorite, and in stock days at
the Old Pence opera house used to de-
light the patrons of that playhouse with
his character representations THE
Orphans of New FORK" is said to be the
best play in which he has ever appeared.
1t is metropolitan in the scenes it offers,
principally among them being a view of
Battery park at sunset, the burning of
the Catholic orphan asylum, and draw
bridge scene that for effective realism
is seldom equaled. The play does not
depend upon its scenic effects alone, but
is rich i'll ciimaXes of strong and thrill
ing dramatic interest. Comedy abounds
in the play, being furnished by typical
New York Irish policeman, also by a
gay New Jersey countryman becoming
initiated into the mysteries of New
York. A peddler of Jewish extraction
also contributes considerable to the fund
of fun. n. S. Wood, in the leading role
of Sinner, the bootblack, is said to pre-
sent the character of bootblack in
way that is somewhatnew to the modern
stage.
Pence Opera House-"Peck's- Bad
the Pence yesterday. On account of a
long railroad jump the Mabel Snow
Spectacular Burlesque company can't
get here until Monday. aud as result
there will be no performance at the
Pence tonight; but, commencing Mon
day night, Jan. IL, for the full week,
and family matinees Wednesday, Fri.
day and Sunday, Mabel Shows COM
pany will dispense laughter by the
wholesale. This company has stood the