Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
| N USICAL CIRCLES
Acts From Grand Opera to Be Given at a
Private Residence
What Prof. Mainn VIII Do With the
Euterpean Club md His Pupils
Rehearsal. Of "si-Lootnh"

| at the parlors Of it's director, Sig Mama
| This will be on( the Occasion of tho first
| musicale given ably Prof. Mama and his
| pupils, and a pr6gratn Of unusual interest
| has been prepared The club as an or
| ganization will sing Kirmess, a Neopolitan
canzonetta, arranged by VIM. Rees, and a
| solo, with chorus, from Mercadante's
| opera, I'll Guiramento," arranged by Prof
Mama for female voices Miss Mamie Dom
nelly singing the solo. The following men,
| bers of the club will do solo work: Miss
Jennie Taylor will sing Godards Chanson
de Florian and Tost's Serenata; Miss Rosa
| Cayce will sing Arditis Let Me Love
Thee" and Miss Rica de Vecchi will play
| Braga's angels Serenade" on the mando-
| lin. Prof. Mama will deliver a short adj
dress on Researches in Modern Italian
Composers" (NIascagni, Leoncavallo, Pucci-
nj, etc., and then will be given the third
and fourth acts of Donizettis opera don
PasQuale," with the following cast Don
| Pasquale, Mr. II. c. Meem; Doctor Malta
| tesla, Sig Mama; Ernest, Mr.. w. d. Nc
Farland, and Norma, Miss Mary Helen
Howe. The program will close with the
Star Spangled Banner by the Euterpean
Club, Misses Mamie Donnelly and Florence
Grigg and Mrs. Paulina Mama being the
solcists. Prof. Harry Wheaton Howard
and Miss Emily Hewlett will be the &C
Companists The Euterpean Club now
numbers nearly thirty ladies and they have
made rapid progress since they have come
together as an organization. 1t is expected
that they will appear to good advantage in
their work. The idea of giving acts from
grand opera in costume is new one In
this city, and Prof. Mama is the pioneer
in this venture. He has rehearsed those
who are to participate with great care and
is satisfied that they will not only sing
with spirit, but display good dramatic
power in the action demanded. These
musicales will probably be continued dur
ing the winter and VIII undoubtedly form
pleasing features In the seasons musical
events.
Sometimes a newspaper man Will per-
petrate a musical composition. and the
latest offender is Mr.. n. =. BabCock of the
New York World, who has written a song
called Courage, Boys" The words are
fitted to the music, Which Is a pleasing
and stirring melody, and the song has in
trinsic merit which should make it popu-
lar.
All is now In readiness for the production
of Si-LoOtah; the new Indian opera, of
which Mr.. X. G. Garland is composer and
Mr.. Taylor Grimes the librettist. 1t will be
given its initial rendition in this city at
Albaughs next Thursday afternoon, and
Will also be performed three nights in jan
uary. The rehearsals have been in progress
for two months, under the direction of Mr..
James Watson. and the results attained are
promising to its performance on the stage.
Several scores OF pretty girls and handsome
youth we'll known in social and musical
circles constitute the chorus. and the entire
company of National Fencibles under the
leadership of Capt. CHas. S. Domer, will be
upon the STACEY to furnish the military
feature The opera Is an American Indian
romance and will depict captive life among
the. Sioux of theARoCkies. with all the gor-
geous trappings of war paint and feathers.
The opera includes q number of original
dances, and the costumes, as We'll as the
scenery, are costly and elaborate.
Mr.. Rufus c. Garland, son of the ex-At-
torney General viii Act az the musical d.
rector, and Mr.. Frank Rebstock is the bust
ness manager. The cast is as follows:
Si-Iootah, Mr. Ias. Watson; Yellow Bear,
Mr.. Frank RebStocks. Harold Byrne, Mr..
VIII Mooney; BristliDs Bob. Mr.. Felix Ma
OConnor; Rose Garden. Miss A. Mae
Rogers; Laughing Eyes Miss Alice Judson:
Woman-w winks Miss Kate Lackey;
Heap jag. Mr.. Antony jSousa; Lump -on-the-
Tonic Bear. Mr. Charles Roberts; Little
dog unde -the-wagon, Master Arthur elf
ton; First Maiden, Miss Lillian Seton:
first wagon driver. Dr. John DAILY; second
wagon driver, Mr.. Paul f. Grove. and Capt.
Cole, Capt. Chas. s. Domcr, with the full
company of National Fencibles. The cho-
rus consists Of the following singers: Miss
es Nellie T.. MaCNulty, Lucy Mortimer,
blanche Muir, NJ Muhdell. Bessie SkeIly.
Blanche Higgins, Bessie HaZael Hobson.
Margaret McAlwee, Maud Sharpe, Ina Co
rinne Emery, Bessie Cook, Marie De Rom
Ceray Marie Triplett, Daisy Joyce. Belle
w. Smith. Mamie Callan. Jessie Kappeler.
Eleanora Arendes, and Messrs. Frederick
Sillers, Charles s. Ramsburg, James Nolan.
William Watson, Henry A Conner Charles
w. Eliason, Alfred I. Clifton, Sam Bruck-
heimer, T. A. Fitzgerald. Charles Murphy.
| II. X. Hodes. William G. LOCKER. S. Hartley
Wheatley, f. l.. Wollard, r. G. Kirkland.
| William p. Mckee, Fred. Kappeler, Paul
Evans, c. Haight, Edward Turpn, b, Stu
art and Thornberg.
large number of prominent society la
dies have interested themselves in the
opera and have engaged boxes for the en-
| tertainment.
Considerable interest centers In the per-
Torrance Of Miss Alice Judson, who will
do the part of Laughing Eyes" This
young lady made her first appearance in
the Three Dukes and made a decided
hit. not only by her excellent singing, but
| by her bright and spirited acting. She
comes of a musical family and inherits her
talent but she promises to be particularly
clever in soubrette parts. She has studied
for several years under Mrs. Mills, and
at that lady's musicale last spring at.
tracted much attention by her singing of
n selection from "MSnou."
The first concert of the Saengerbund this
season VIII be held on the night Of the
| 9th instant at the Academy of Music, and
Prof. VIM. Waldocker, their director, has
pre- pared program of unusual excellence.
| The orchestra will play Lortzing's "FeS-
tlval Overture" Killers Serenade and
SChubert's "Marche Militaire." The bund
will sing two songs by Mendelssohn ar
ranged for male chorus and orchestra by
Van der Stuckcn, Mr.. +. Leiner singing
the baritone solo, Attcnhofer's THE Swal-
low as Loves Messenger" Spickers The
Linden Tree" and Gernsheim's 'Salamis,"
Mr.. j. J. Fisher singing the baritone solo.
The soloists will be Miss Lolita Mills, Miss
Mae Whitesell and Mr.. Perry Turpin. Miss
Mills Will play two numbers, the first in
GLIDING Rubensteins Barcarolle in + min
or and Leschetizky's Mazurka, and the
second being Rameaus Theme and vara-
lions. Miss Whitesell will sing THE
Maids of Cadiz." by Delibes. and with Tur-
pin, GOring Thomas Meath the Stars"
and Mr.. Turpin Will sing an aria from
Don Giovanni"
A rehearsal of the cantata 'Rebekah."
with fun chorus and orchestra, will be
held this evening at 1880 o'clock at 1908
9th street northwest, Mount Vernon Church.
This Cantata has been In rehearsal for
several weeks, uTtder the direction of Prof.
Geo. w. Lawrence, and the work accom-
plished in so short a time has been very
gratifying. The first performance will be
given In January next, and VIII probably
be one of the most enjoyable musical
events of the seasos, as those who will
participate have been carefully selected by
Prof. Lawrence and include some Of the
best local musicians. The cast Will be en-
tirely professional. Nine. Kate Doane, Bal
timore's favorite soprano, who Is so pleas
antly remembered in this city, has been
engaged as one or the Soloists. Nine. Doane
iS god n q n wit No