The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-15

Marcella Sembrich is singing at Monte
Carlo.
Camille Urso. the violinist, has sailed
away TO Australia.
Pauline Lallamand will succeed Zelie de
Lussan as prima donna of the Carl Rosa
company.
The Duff Comic Opera Company will
open twelve weeks season at the Broad
way. New York. June a.
Eugene Oudin, the American baritone.
has been sharing honors with Paderewskt
in a series Of concerts in London.
Cesar Thomson, the Belgian vlolinist,
highly esteemed as technical player, will
tour America, beginning in November.
In France. where, during the. year 1898.
there were loo musical festivals organized,
there are more than 200 singing societies.
with membership OF 10, zoo.
Mascagni is said to be at work on an
opera in the Venetian dialect. the libretto
OF which is by Itecchetti, and also on a
lyric drama, iSeratina d 'Albania."
Massenet's sacred drama Maria Mag
dalena," for soil, chorus and orchestra.
was given first production in Karlsruhe
recently, meeting with great success.
The title of the new opera by Stephens
and Solomon-author and composer OF
"Billee Taylor ''The Band of Hope. I"
1t wall be brought out early next autumn.
Up to the 3ist OF last December the ac-
counts of the receipts OF "Cavaiieria Rus
tieana" were 10000, of which $4,000
went to Maseagni and $4,000 to SON.
gogno, his publisher.
A new play, named "Ths Man From the
West" will be produced under Harry
Laey's management and personal direc-
ton about September 3. The play is a
dramatization of q book, entitled THE
Man From the West. or. From the Chap
arrsl to Wall Street"
Sadie Macdonald was engaged in Lon
don on Thursday last 10 play the soubrette
role IN John ID. Gilhert's play. ION the
Earth" Miss Macdonald was the SOU
brette of Eugene TompkiDs' production of
The Black Crook" during its long run at
the Academy Of Music, New York. She
has been playing principal soubrette parts
with Pugilist Corbett in London.
Eugene Sandow, the strong man, now
concluding n long engagement in San
| Francisco, will sail for England early next
month To marry Miss Blanche Brooks, q
| young lady living in Manchester. The
| honeymoon will be spent in Mr.. Sandow' s
"Italian villa near Lake Como" In Octo-
| Der Sandow will return TO America with a
speciality company of which he will be the
| central figure.
Mr.. William Terriss. one of the most CO.
| pable and popular members of Henry Ir-
| wings company, will secede from that or
| ganIzation next fall, and will not accom-
| pany Mr.. Irving 10 America again, loss
| to the American public. Mr. Terriss and
| Miss Jessie Miilward, also Of Mr.. Irving
| company, will star for two seasons at the
| popular Adeiphi theateF. London, where
| they will reappear next August.
There has been very little success the
/ past year on the French stage, and the
/ English dramatists have been no less bar
/ rem of results. Farce comedy in both
/ countries abounds, but the serious drama
/ iags Mr. Jones "Masqueraders" IA Lon
/ don appears 10 have been the one bright
relief from the gloom OF the failure in
( which the English stage has been plunged.
/ excepting the last work OF Mr.. Grundy,
"a Bunch OF Niosets."
r. Ii. SOthern aud his manager. Daniel
| Frohman, accompanied BY Mr.. Frohman' 5
/ sister, sailed Tor Europe in the City OF
/ Paris last "Wednesday. Mr.. krohman will
return SO as 10 visit Chicago with the Ly-
esam Theater Company August Il at Hoo
/ ley's theater. Mr.. SOthern wall open his
I eighth regular season at the LyceuTu thea
/ ter, New York. about the same time in a
/ new play BY Paul NJ. Potter entitled, The
] Victoria Gross.