The herald., 1896-04-14
AT THE THEATERS

LOS ANGELES THEATER-There was
brilliai.t audience at the Los Angeles
theater last night to listen to the sweet
singing of Miss Anna Fuller, who since
her last appearance here has won her
laurels in Europe. Miss Fuller was as
sisted by some of the best local talent,
and very enjoyable concert was the re-
suit.
Miss Fuller received the hearty welcome
of an old friend. One of tho boxes had to
be converted into temporary flower store
to hold the many tributes which the
vocal SITS admirers had brought. Miss
Fuller's voice has gained in strene tn, in
breadth and purity of tone; her method is
easy and graceful; her enunciation is
chsrmingly distinct, and either in florid
aria or simple ballade, her expression
is excellent. Ample proof of her
versatility Of method was furnished in her
Schubert's Gretchen am Spinnrade. Han
dels Oh Had Jubal's Lyre, Rubinsten's
Iuleika and a number of ballads. The
perfect simplicity and pro found feeling
of her rendering of My Old Kentucky
Home, completely captivated the audi
ence, but the setting of Dreamt Dwelt
proved beyond her proper compass.
The Krauss string quartet by no means
did themselves justice in their first selec-
tion. but quite redeemed their reputation
in Tschaikowsky' andante and sere-
Ilauo Dy MOskOWSky. d. DOnQ francisco
was heard to excellent advantage in a de-
licious little berceuse which he gave as an
encore to Pa0anini's difficult and intri-
cate concerto No. /. Quite feature of
the concert was the delightful violincello
playing of Ludwig Opid, who made o most
favorable impression and received a we'll
merited encore.
THE JOHANNESBURG to say, the
production of the ever-popular H. M. S.
Pinafore failed to attract large house
last night. The Carleton opera company
is providing most generous bills, and be-
sides Gilbert and Sullivan's first great sue
cess, the pleasing operetta, The Charity
Girls, was again performed. The Pinafore
cast is an evenly strong one, and the
chorus of the company, reinforced as it is
in this opera by number of the
principals, does some most excellent
work. Rena Atkinson is an entirely
a satisfactory "ittle'' Buttercup, Tom
Ricketts, a very droll Sir Joseph Porter,
and Jay G. Taylor sang the enticirg part
of Ralph Rackstraw admirably. Mr.. Carle-
ton had apparently quite recovered from
the indisposition which compelled him to
Sunday night, and his Captain Corcoran
was capital impersonation. W. II. Ham
ilton had chance to display his powers of
comedy as Dick Deadeye and scored a
great success. The same double bill will
be given this and tomorrow evenings.
ORPHEUM-The standing room sign
was out at the Orpheum last night, and
there was very little standing room left
in fact, it was one Of the largest houses of
the season. A splendid vaudeville bill
was presented, opening with the celebrated
Vertellis, whose pictures of five royal mar.
ionettes and ribbon illusion suggested
tv1<, vvral<v ~ tho II
Gaywell gave very clever Irish sketch.
and Basco and Roberts indulRed in their
inrnitable and mirth-provoking grotes-
querie. The marvellous feats of balancing
by the Kins- Ners and Gertie Carlisle's
singing came in for full need Of appre.
citation.
The Corty brothers, who are new to Los
Angeles, gave a splendid act, winding it up
with laughter-evoking wrestling bout,
and demonstrated that they were kings of
the horizontal bar, introducing grotesque
features that convulsed the audience. The
Orpheus quartette-Los Angeles boys
made an emphatic his, and the Ardersons
cleverly closed one of the best bills OF at
traction that has been given at the Or
pheum for q season.
HAZARDS PAVILION-This place was
formance of the Elleford company in the |
melodrama, True Devotion. The piece is
one that takes with western audience,
being thrilling story of mining camp life, |
with numerous schemes of villainy and |
counter schemes of brave rescuers and |
clever maids, 60 woven together as to pro- |
duce a number of exciting situations, and |
the whole ending in the satisfactory old |
style way, with viIlainy thwarted and the |
happy lovers sweetly united at the close. |
w. J. EIleford as Jack Davis, the daring |
stage driver, essayed his part OK
ceptionally WELL Miss Jessie Norton, one
of San Francisco's old.time favorites, ap-
peared TO good advantage az Nugget Nell,
the pet of the camp. The hero of the
play, Budd Johnson, was creditably repre-
sented by Lorimer Johnstone. John How
ard, as the Chinaman, made q good |
comedian. The Deacon, as portrayed by
j. j. Shambrook, was one of the best rep
resented characters on the bill. Altogeth-
er, the piece was pleasing and meritor- |
ousIy given. Tonight Oliver B. Byron's |
comedy, Inside Track, will be presented.