The herald., 1895-11-25
AT THE THEATERS

Orpheum-Tonieht the much-taIked- of
Leigh sisters will begin wesk's engage
ment at the Orpheum. Taken altogether
the program is brilliant ono. The
Leigh sisters are sure to do some sen sa-
tional acts in their Trilby dance and the
four LassarGs in Fun in Country
School provoke no end IT mirth, while
the gay Ida Hummell in her vivacious
songs will be entertaining and add much
to the evenings merrimsnt. Tepacb and
Steel as Rem Harrison and Grover Cleve
land. get off many political bits that are
amusing without being offensive. Lillian
Smith, the champ lady rife shot. will
give an exhibition of her skill in trick and
fancy shooting. Williams and Walker,
the versatile black face comedians. are
regarded by many as the clsverest buck
and wing dancers of the day. They accu-
rately picture the careless easy going
colorcd gentlemen of the south who
would rather dance than eat. The bill,
taken rs u whole, promises to be the
strongest one of comedy Manager Pctrich
has yet presented and is only in keeping
with ths policy upon which the Orpneum
is nov conducted, VIZ: To put on only
the strongest obtainable attractions. y
spegiai bill is bling prepared for the
Thanksgiving matinee.
The Burbank. This evening Bouci-
cauit's petty and witty comedy. Tho Jilt.
will rsceivs its initial production by the
Frawley company. The play affords
every member OF the superb organiza-
ton an opportunity to add new laurels to
their alre dy Ing list OF triumphs. The
scenery will be a feature of the rressnta-
ia, a Of
being specially prepared, and. altogether,
the piece will be maeniicsntly staged.
The rendition OF The Jill. promises an
excellent run throughout the week. To-
night the house will be packed as the adj
vance sale is unusually large. The we'll.
known race horses Hello and Wren will
positively appear at every pert rmance
With the Weber brothers as jockeys.
Musical Notes
At the celebration in New York Of the
i25th anniversary of Beethoven birth,
Ondticek. the Bohemian violinist, has
been invited to PLAY the Beethoven con-
certo, a work in which the violinist has
acieved his greatest triumph. Ondricek.
however, plays ith equal spirit works
OF the later and lighter school, and is as
much nj me with the brilliant modern
composers as with the ri. lid classic mas.
tiers.
Wagrer's walkure will pe produced for
the first time at Nantes this winter
Other announcements are the urpublish-
ed opera, Ping Sin. by Marecbal, and the
first act OF Chabier's unfinished Briseis.
Nine. Iandouzy has had great success
at Brussels rs Lakme. A Belgian critic
says that she would equal Melba if she
had only been horn in Australia and
Spoke French with an EnglishSaccnt.
The edition OF Schubert's works begun
in 1884 will be completed til year, and
the practical edition of Bach's Church
Cautatss for pianos is nearly completed.
Later, biographies of Guuvy, Mic ode,
Schreck and Isave will appear.
The circular OF the Damroscb Opera
company states that the production of
The Scarlet Letter will be the first pro-
auction OF a curious grand opera based
upon an American subject and written in
this country. The compiler OF the circu-
lar forgot Bsistow's Rip Van Wrinkle, and
Arditi's La Spa. founded on Cooper's
novel The Spy. the latter having been
written in this country and produces at
the academy OF music, New York, in 1856.