The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Gondoliers.

was given by the Grau Opera Company
at Portland Theatre last evening, for the
first time in this city to an audience
that filled every. seat down stairs and in
the balcony. while many stood in the
lobbies. The opera possesses all the
features that mark every one of the Sui
Ivan compositions, and have made them
SO popular. There are patter songs. old
fashioned rouEdelays, pleasing dances,
and stong ensemble endings. The plot,
in brief, relates to two gondoliers, one
of whom is supposed to be the stolen
heir to the kingdom Of Barataria and
who was married when a child to the
daughter of the Duke of Plaza Toro,
also an infant. The procureur of Bara-
taria, in order to avoid complication
seats both of them on the throne until
it shall be shown which is the sure
king. The gondoliers have both married
however, and they are delighted when
they learn that the Dukes daughter has
fallen in love with some one else, and,
in the end. all turns out happily.
There are two pretty scenes; one the
shore of the Mediterranean, where the
gondoliers first appear, and he second
the audience room to the palace of Bar
ataria. The two gondoliers, Macro and
Giuseppe, are assumed by Messrs. Persse
and Langlois respectively. their wives,
Giametta and Tessa, by Misses Edith
Mason and Fanny Myers. Mr.. Clayton
assumed the part of the Duke, Miss
Bessie Fairbairn that of the Duchess,
and Miss Polly Marnott their daughter
Caselda, while Stanley Felch was the
Premier Don Bolero.
All of the cast last night. is entitled
to praise. Mr.. Persse. was encored for his
excellent rendering of "The Happy
Man" in the second act. the quartette in
the first act between the Duke, Duchess,
Caselda and Luitz was repeated, the
Spanish dance was favored with a
double encore in the second act, and the
gavotte was encored but not responded
to. The orchestra deserve good word,
and the chorus also.
This afternoon, Far and TARTAR, one
of the weeks successes, will be present.
ed, and tonight Planquette's charming
opera, "Paul Jones" will be given.
Mora.
As has already been announced, the
popular comedienne, Mora, and her COM
pany are to be the attraction at the
Portland Theatre every evening next
week, with a special matinee on Satur-
day. During the engagement, no less
than seven different comedies will be
presented, none of the bills being re-
peated. Mora is as bright and piquant as
ever, while her supporting company,
headed by clever Fred Williams, is the
best that she has ever appeared with.
The prices for this engagement are Of
the popular order, and as the perform
ances given are of high order OF merit
there can be no doubt of the success of
star and company. The American Quar-
tette, formerly with the -Manola-Mason
company, is an added attraction this
season, that.is sure to add to. the pleas
ure of the audiences in attendance.
The Elks' Minstrels.
New music, new songs, new Jokes,
written expressly for the coming big
amateur show, new costumes, new stage
settings, new faces, forty clever young
men, with clever ideas, cleyerly worked
out. The above are some of the features
the theatre-goers of Portland will have
an opportunity to see on the stage Of
Portland heatre Monday and Tuesday
evenings, November 26 and 81.
Several new features are now an
nounced for the first time. They vii
interest and amuse the ladies and youne
folks. Master Gauviu will be seen il
his famous baton drill. and his little
companion Master Harvey West, is with
out doubt the youngest contortionis
that has ever appeared in Portland
whether amateur or professional. III
reminds one of the youngest member Of
the family of Japs that appeared herr
with the Barnum show. These two LITTLE
fellows are members of that "cute" littl'
quartette, the four little policemen, IL
the Mikado show. A year ago the par
ents of these little Brownies" absolute
" refused to allow them to appear il
public again, but after much solicita
5 tion and the guarantee that their par
ents' expenses should be paid to accom-
pany them, they were secured. Billy
Stewart is another new feature. He viii
be the editor, or middle-man, in tn
: famous second edition of the operati
first part See the local Sunday paper
for complete list of the talent. Seat
on sale Monday.
Sousa's Band
Those who contemplate attending tn
Sousa band concerts, to be given in Cit,
Hall Saturday, Nov. gath, had bette
step into ckbridge's at once and ge
their seats. In regard to the merits o
the organization very pronounced hav
been the expressions, over their owl
signatures, Of such distinguished musi
clans aid composers as Dudley Buck
Alexander Lambert (the head of tn
New York Conservatory of Music)
Homer N. Bartlett, Bruno Oscar Klein
Doaar{ TboIl1,, and ,,,opugofIon.