New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-04-12

the terms Of the Worlds Fairs in those
cities seem to have had stimulating
rather than a deterrent effect on the men
who guide the fortunes Of Chicago's hou-
ses, and there is unshaken confidence
that the approaching season will l,e phe-
nomenal.
Every class of amusement, from the
cheap and nasty exhibit of the dime mu-
scum to the dazzling splendor of thespec
taculor, will fndlts patrons in the cos
mopolitan throng that is coming to the
Worlds Fair city. .-.5s :
McVicker, the s'dean'' of the manage
rial corps, will divide the season between
the ''Black Crook" and the ssOld Home
stead" Dave Henderson has arranged
to revive his burlesques from the cara.
bian Nights" down to cali Baba.''
Lillian Russell and troupe are to sing
in light opera at Hayman & Davis Co.
lumbia. Uncle Dick Hooley will stick
faithfully to legitimate comedy and dra-
ma. There will be an abundance of farce
comedy at the ''G-and," and the mana.
ger of the Schiller has the latest ssadap-
tations" by Mr.. Frohman.
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau, the renowned
triumv1rate of GRAND Opera impressarios.
are preparing to put spectacle on the
vast stage of the Auditorium that will
attract and astonish theatre-goers from
one end of the country to the other On
ly few details are as yet known about
the piece, but these are sufficient to stamp
it as the most colossal, unique and mag
nifcent work of the kind known to the
modern stage.
Plans for its construction were laid
year and a half ago. under the guidance
of Imre Kiralfy, whose successful man
agement of spectacular productions has
gained him international fame.
1t comprises prologue and thirty tab
leaux, bears the title "America," and has
for its subject the rise and progress of
this country from the time Of Columbus
landing to the present.
This historic theme will be illustrated
by scenery, music, ballet and mimetic
action.
Dialogue will be used to some extent,
but will be subordinate to the other fea-
lures. The scenes, which are described
as enchantingly beautiful, were painted
in Paris by the corps of famous artists
connected with the Grand Opera House.
Antonio Aenanza, a celebrated Italian
composer, wrote the entire musical score
and is at present in Chicago directing
the preliminary rehearsals of this part1-
cular department.
The costumes, exquisite in design and
texture, were made in London, Paris and
New York, and cost fortune alone
cost, in fact, does not seem to have been
consideration in the creation of this
gigantic scheme. One hundred and
twenty thousand dollars will have been
the outlay before the curtain rises on the
opening night, and heaven only knows
what the expense will be thereafter. Sc
ven hundred persons have already signed
contracts to appear in the piece. The
ballet, numbering two hundred, is to be
vision OF loveliness-a ballet worthy
the name-fresh from Vienna, Milan and
Paris, where the delightful thing was
born, and where it now exists in it's
prime. Luigia Cerale, of the Hof Thea
tre, Vienna, will be the premiere dancer.
Others of no less celebrity, from the
other side of the Atlantic, will assist her.
The ''Coryphees," who arrived with the
chorus from Europe the other day, are a
lot of beauties, representing nearly every
nation in Europe, principally Italy and
France. The principal dramatic and vo-
cal parts will be assumed by Louise
Beaudet, Lottie Gilman, Miss Russell,
Miss Malcolm, Herr Barnemann and Sig
nors Brighenti, Otavi, Biagirell and Cam
pana. .-.--".
The first performance is announced
for April II, and the season will contin-
ue for six months following that date.
Sigel.
: The farmers of Slgel were out IN full
force last Wednesday putting in their