The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-04-19
AIDA" WAS WELL RECEIVED.
Nordica's Success in the Leading
Role Of the Opera.
Marie Burroughs to Star in
Judah "-Other Stage News.

There was a large audience at the
Metropolitan opera-House last night,
and Aida" was accorded a splendid
reception, although II Is the fashion
among a certain set OF musical fanatics
or unmusical fanatics-to sneer ut
Verdi as premature and old-fashioned.
The leading role was sung by Nine
Nordica. whose work during the present
operate season has been very crafty
ing Nordica sang admirably, and her
arias were repea tedly and enthusi-
astically encored. Her acting was also
distinctly good. Edouard dc ResIke APP
peared as Ramfs. Mile. Guercia as
Amneris, and Sig. Vignas as Rhadames.
Aida was capitally staged, and II
might have been made one OF the events
Of the operate season. for It's effect
upon the audience was undeniable. To-
night. for. the first time in New York.
"Werther" will be sung. Chicago has
Enmes's illness at the close OF the regu-
, lar season here its postponement was
found to be necessary,
f. s. Willard. In burst of generosity.
has promised to lend Henry Arthur
Joness play Judah" to Miss Marie
Burroughs nr S who is at present his lead
OF Nashti. and wants to play It next
season as star. She Is to have her
husband. Louis Massen, as leading man:
Mrs. Wilton Jones, viii also be pre-
scented by Miss Burroughs.
The satirical MIR. Oscar IIammerstein.
In his formal letter to Kilanyi. anent
the pictures that he is going to produce
at koster & Bial's concert hail, ad-
dressed the gentleman as Noble Sir,
and ended his letter with Solicitations,
Kilanyrs own-arc going to be dupli-
Gated next Monday In Chicago. in the
self, is going to the windy City to
supcrintend the tableaux, and some OF
the people now Mt the Garden are also
going, This, OF course will not interfere
of new ones Will be done there next
week.
Although a good deal has beer, pub
Marius, yesterday, 81 assure you that
nothing has been definitely settled, The
probability is that l shall join Marie
as yet. Miss Tempest does not intend
to drop her singing, as many people pro-
pose. She will do one-act .operettas. as
RUS has Just returned from Boston.
where he staged "Tobasco" for Thomas
.. Seabrooke.
Another wall from Chicago: Why
should the best comedy that Plnero has
ever written c'Thc Amazons'D. the farce
that has been convul sing New York and
Auntp. and drama by. Sydney Grun-
dye, that has been widely discussed.
g. Sowing the . Mind,g. have been IT. re.
answer probably is that Chicago mana
gers have not gumptlon enough to pur-
chase these plays themselves, energy
or ntesence enough 70 to Gfseov yer
submitted to tn. public.
Theatre. May I. will not make the mis-
take Of announcing itself as a brand new
performance. II will be the good old
now allied hinnesf once mor seS w has
been able to 90 anything With him. and
played in this city since the reunion took
place. Carrie Perkins will be the merry
little mountain maid.
Loe, Fuller has Just done her serpen-
tine dance for the five hundredth time
at the Folies Bergere In Paris. She is
making hay while the sun shines. and
with alleged celebrities. La Loie Is not
as much the rage In Paris as formerly.
| She has become sort OF permanent
ttractlon-wh!ch pays better In the
| long run.
Bettlna way-Gera I'd p delforl Raj
fael-Wolfe has been engaged to appear
with Miss Louise Beaudet at the Bijou
| The atre next month in etiquette" r.
| A. Roberts will be another member OF
the company. Mrs. Ordwly- Gerarl-Pad-
| elford- Rafrael-Wolfe will next season
play the part Of Bossy in Hoyt's skit,
"A Texas Steer"
Jerome H. Eddy is to branch forth as
a playwright next season, and having
been an agent land a very excellent one,
how, to boom It,, Mr.. Eddy is associated
In the authorship Of the play with Miss
Alice E. Ives. The piece is called THE
Village Postmaster" and is In four acts,
which are laid in New Hampshire Man
| ager Rosenquest has acquired an inter-
est in the comedy and will stage 1t next
| season.
Some English agitators are raising a
hue and cry at the perpetual bur-
lesques OF John Bull on the French
stage Dagonet, OF the Referee. started
the ball rolling. and It Is going ahead
very nicely. One writer says IT often
go TO the theatre IN London where the
| French mossoo Is no longer caricatured.
Why should not the Partisan stage imi-
gate to the limbo Of forgotten things
long teeth and large feet?" In New
York the question OF Jonathan's treat
ment In London and Paris has not as
yet BEEN Mooted. Foreign playwrights
seem to prefer Miss Jonathan to her
| father