Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-17

Siebel, Miss Mailhouse: Martha, Madam
Pauline Montegriffo Mama: Mephistopheles,
Mr.. H. G. Meem, and Marguerite. Miss
Mary Helen Howe. In the ''Trovatore" act
Leonore. and Signor Mama that Of the
Count Di Luna The entire program will
consist Of selections from opera, and besides
the acts already named. will include the
porter's song from Martha" by Mr.. J.
Osborn Clemson; the grand duet from
'Faverita," by Miss Mary McCulloch end
Signor Mama; the Romanza from the"Caval-
leria Rusticana," and the Ave Maria from
"Otello," by Mrs. John Seager, and the
comic duet from the Barber of Seville" by
Madam Pauline Montegriffo Mama and Mr..
H. G.. Meem.
A young singer who is attracting consider
able attention in this city is Miss Alice Jud-
son, who made such a decided hit in the
soubrette part in the Three Dukes" Last
Presbyterian Church concert, giving Wells
Spring Song" with excellent effect Mr.
Brook Amiss played a violin obligato ac-
compartment in excellent style.
The members Of the Mount Vernon Choral
Society contemplate a more ambitious at
tempt than they have heretofore undertaken
and next season will endeavor to present
oratorios. Definite plans will be formulated
night at the Mount Vernon Church An en-
tire new board Of directors and set OF Of
ficers will then be selected. 1t is contem-
plated inviting the different church choirs to
cooperate in forming body of singers who
will make oratorio a special study, and Mr.
George W. Lawrence the musical director
hopes to secure a chorus Of at least 200.
A company of singers has formed them
selves into an organization, which they call
the National Ideal Opera Company, and are
now rehearsing the "Mikado." which will be
ance Lodge of Good Templars. somewhere
about the middle Of May The cast of his
opera, which is as follows, VIII give some
idea Of the principals in the new orxanlza-
vuv Ind
Sing. Miss Florence Gregg; Peep 30. Miss
Mamie Meyer; Katisha, Mrs. Emma O..
Green: Ko-Ko. Mr.. George E. Terry; Pooh
Bah, Mr. F.. B. Fox; Mikado, Mr. Charles
W. Moore: Nanky Poo. Mr.. Lucius F. Ran
dolph; Pish Tush, Mr.. Random Pollard. Mr.
Donald B. Mcleod is the musical director
and as he has had considerable experience in
the presentation of comic opera, good results
from bis rehearsals may be anticipated.
On Thursday, April 90, at p. m, and
again on the following Saturday at p.
M is to be given for the first time a per-
Torrance which is sui generis the first
real juvenile opera which Washington has
ever seen. Our young people have hitherto
done themselves great credit in attempting
the rendering of music written for adults,
and hence unsuited to the immature voices
Of the little performers, but the coming
opera has been written to suit the range
Of the childish treble, and to suit the dra-
Mr. Harry Wheaton Howard, the author
of this opera, has adapted the well-known
tale Of Jack. the Giant Killer" supplied
to 1t a moral, and several charming hero
ines and drilled the young performers until
all who have heard the rehearsals claim
that 1t Is perfect in conception and rendi-
ton. The Phelps Building Musical So
ciety is to give the opera, and Mr.. Howard
has been SO fortunate to secure two
stars of the first magnitude soloists.
Miss Marie Howe. whose able acting and
phenomenal singing as Josephine in Pima
fore made so great sensation last wear.
tok Queen. Master
ton Garrett, the ''bos'un' in the same
opera, is to be Jack. The Giant, Mr. Fox.
also has already made his mark in amateur
opera circles as Duke in the Gondoliers
The story opens with a scene in the palace
The king, in which part Masters Henry
Talmadge and Harry Campbell alternate
the Queen, Marie Howe, their five young
daughters, five princes engaged to the
princesses, and the court attendants be-
moan their fate because Of the depreda-
tons of q monCtrous giant who has carried