The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-08
THEATRIC1L MATTERS.
"Tar and Tartar" To-Night-Haworth and
the Saidl Concert.

Frank Mayo. in "Davy Crockett" At
tracted a large audience at the Richmond
Theatre last evening. lie was excellent.
hut the support was weak The scenic
effects were quite good. With a strong
company Mr.. Mayo would still be the
very attractive actor that he was Of yore.
The Tar and Tartar" will be presented
at the Theatre this evening, tomorrow
matinee and night This is the first
comic opera company that has sung in
Richmond this season. and even though
this be Lent, large and fashionable au-
dience will be present
The Tar and Tartar" relates the adj
ventures of Mdiey Hasson. a sailor. who
was shipwrecked near the coast Of Mo
rocco, became Sultan with four hundred
fair creatures as wives. was pursued,
haunted and hunted down by n terma-
CANT wife. As can be surmls 81, such a
story furnishes plenty Of opportunity for
good comedy work. as well as sweet sing
ing. Fred. Frcar Muley Hasson) is a
comedian of no mean ability. John u.
Gilbert. who Is also in the cast. is also
well known here. The clever soubrette,
Annie Myers. who made a hit in this
operl in New York city. is still with the
company. Both cast and chorus are
said 20 be very strong.
THE Froth OF Society,"" as presented
by Mr.. Joseph Haworth on next Friday
and Saturday evenings. with matinee
on the latter day. promises 10 be drama
Of an intensely interesting character
The play is a translation of Dumas great
drama. lie Demi-Monde, by Mrs. FRANK
Leslie. the worldfamed litterateur. ana
all OF the Objectionable features have been
eliminated. Miss Emily Rlgl plays the
Lending womans role in the production.
Lent attraction at the Mozart ACADEMY
of Music, Saturday evening. March 18th.
4 grand operate Wagner concert IN
which Anton Seidl and his Metropolitan
orchestra of &C players. Miss Emma Juch,
the gifted American soprano, Signor ia
lassf Emil Sanger. l.. c. Towne. Gertrude
Stein. Madame Garcia Riegg and eleven
other fine singers will participate. Mr.
Soidl has culled from all the great Wag-
ner operas their greatest scenes and with
the above named operate artists VIII
render them here. SignOr Galassi Will
sing The Evening Star" from "Tanl-
hauser" and the seven male voices or
the company will render the "Septette"
that closes the first act of this most me-
lodous Of Wagner's works The quintet
from The Meistersinger, which will he
sung. is a wonderfully melodous and
charming number.
Miss Juch has created the greatest en-
thuslasrn I'm the quintet. and IT has been
almost invariably repeated two to four
times every concert. One OF the novel
ties Of the evening is the 'Parsifal"
Flower Girl Scene which is rarely
rendered on account OF its being 30 ex-
tremey difficult.
The series OF presentations ends with
the grand ValSyrics scene. in which ten
selected voices render the music Of the
nine daughters Of Wotan, while Miss
Juch sings the heavenly bars allotted to
Sieglinde. This number is said TO be SEN
sational In its effects upon the audience.
Mr.. Seidi enters into this work with
great fervor. and the performances given
In Washington. Philadelphia. New York.
Brooklyn and Boston have been trium-
plant ovations TO Seidl, Juch and Rich
ard Wagner.
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