The evening world., 1894-04-19
AIDA" WAS WELL RECEIVED.
Nordica's Success in the Leading
Role Of the Opera.
Marie Burroughs to Star II
Judah "-Other Stage News.

There was a large audience at the
Metropolitan Opera House last night.
and Aida was accorded splendid
reception, although It is the fashion
among n certain set of musical fanatics
or unmusical fanatics-to sneer at
Verdi as premature and old-fashioned.
The leading role was sung by Nine.
Nordca, whose work during the present
operate season has been very crafty
ing. Nordica sang admirably, and her
, arias were repeatedly and enthusi-
astically encored Her acting was also
distinctly good. Edouard de Reszke ap-
peared as Ramfis, Mile. Guercia as
Aida" was capitaliy staged, and II
might have been made one OF the events
OF the operate season. for It's effect
night, for the first time in New York.
"Werther' will be sung. Chicago has
already heard II, but owing. to Nine.
Eames's illness at the close of the regu-
lar season here it's postponement was
found to be necessary.
has promised to lend Henry Arthur
Jones's play Judah" to Miss Marie
Burroughs who is Mt present his lead
Ing lady, She is very fond Of the role
sea son as a star. She Is to have her
husband. Louis Massen. as leading man.
THE Sca2egoat," play by Mr. and
Mrs. Wilton Jones, will also be pre-
sented by Miss Burroushs.
The satirical Mr.. Oscar Hammerstein.
In his formal letter to Kilanyi, anent
at Roster & Balls concert hall, ad-
dressed the gentleman as Noble Sir"
and ended his letter with Solicitations,
Kilanyrs own--are going to be dupli-
Gated next Monday In Chicago, in the
production OF Venus" Kilanyi, him.
ESan he to ns Wn ans s cy
the people now at the Garden are also
going, This: OF course; will not interfere
with the pictures In 1872" 4 number
week.
Although a good deal has beer, pub
Maras m assure sa you M ths
nothing has been definitely settled. The
probability is that I shall Join Marie
dses SO
to drop her singing, as many people pro-
pose. She Will do one-act operettas. as
well as one-act comedies" Mons. Ma
where he staged ''Tobasco" for Thomas
Q. Seabrooke.
should the best comedy that Pinero has
| ever written ("The Amazons'). the farce
that has been convul sing New York and
Aunt'S. and a drama by Sydney Gr1n .
dy.. that has been widely discussed
{" Sowing the Wind"C. have been re-
served exclusively sHtstyy for the East7 The
gers have not gumption enough to pur-
chase these plays themselves, energy
enough to go to Europe to look for
| them, or intelligence enough to discover
submitted to the public.
Theatre, May T.. will not make the mis-
take of announcing itself as a brand new
Re performs. st., i VII be the good old
now allied .himst f once more with
been able to Do anything with him, and
ee Since the .hn, he
place. Carrie Perkins viii be the merry
little mountain maid.
Loie Fuller has Just done her serpen
tine dance for the Ave 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 a sort OF permanent
attraction-which pays better In the
long run.
Bettina Ordway- Gerard p delford- Raj
| w Olle mas Dttn engaged 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. Ordway- Gera I'd p aid
elford- Raffael-Wolfe will next season
play the part Of Bossy In Hoyt's skit
"A Texas Steer"
Jerome H. Eddy Is to branch forth as
playwright next season, and having
been an agent land a very excellent one,
by the bye.) for so long re should know
how to boom It, Mr.. Eddy Is associate
in the authorship Of the play with Miss
Alice e. Ives. The piece Is called 1.-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 It next
season.
Some English agitators are raising a
hue and a cry at the perpetual bur-
lesques Of John Bull on the French
stage. Dagonet. of the Referee, started
the ball rolling. ard It Is going ahead
very nicely. One writer says: II often
go to the theatre IN London, where the
French mossoo Is no longer caricatured
Why should not the Partisan stage imi-
tate this example, and courteousIy rele-
gate to the limbo Of forgotten things
the Englishman with the red whiskers,
long teeth and large feetT', In New
York the question of Jonathan's treat
ment In London and Paris has not as
yet be"n mooted. Foreign playwrights
seem to prefer Miss Jonathan to her