The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-04
MESSIAH MONDAY NIGHT.
There Has Been Very Large Sale Of
Tickets for the Event.

The sale Of seats for "Thc Messiah"
at the rockingham on Easter Monday
night. April 6, has been very large. there
being less than one hundred seats re-
naming unsold in the carouette and
balcony. The committee in charge has
been askd to reserve the first two rows
In the gallery, which will probably be
done. From musical standpoint these
will be the best seats in the house. No
expense has been spared to present the
greatest Of all oratorios in the finest
possible manner. The Quartette of so
loists will undoubtedly be the finest ever
heard in Scranton.
Mr.. Bushnell is the only one who has
been heard here before. bnt the others
also in the front rank of American
singers. Those who have heard Nine.
Blauvelt sing were disappointed at the
announcement that she had been or
dered by her physician to go abroad at
once. consequently preventing her APP
pearance. but Nine. kathrin Hike, who
takes her place, Is the possessor of q
magnificent soprano voice especially
adapted to oratorio music.
Haydn Evans heard her sing at
Wilkes Barre last year in Haydns "The
Sasons" and says Of her: Her rendition
of The Seasons was equal to the work
of any soloist that they ever had. ! re-
gard her as one of the finest oratorio
singers in the country" Miss Ruth
Thompson. who will sing the contralto
parts. is a young lady from Brooklyn
whose singing has within the past two
years won her fame throughout the
east.
MKINLEY THE TENOR.
Henry Mckinley is a tenor who has
made a name on both sides of the At.
lantic and who has no superior in
America. His voice Is capable of eX-
pressing both depth of feeling, as in
Behold and See If There BE Any Sor-
row Like Unto His Sorrow" and great
dramatic force, as in Thou Shall Break
Them with a Rod of Iron" both of
which he will sing on Monday night.
Mr.. Bushnell will be the guest Of his
cousin, F. f. Platt. treasurer of the
Suburban Electric Light company,
while he is in the city. He has a bass
voice Of great power and richness. The
programme which has just been issued
contains, besides the score, halftone pic
lures Of the solists and q fiash-iight
photograph Of the Choral union. A
adorns the front cover. -'-
The following is a list of the orchestra,
which will be under the leadership of
r. j. Bauer: Four firsts, four seconds,
two violos, two 'cellos, two BASES, two
flutes. two clarionets, two bassoons,
two obOes, two cornets, two horns.
three trombones. one tympani. Five of
the men are from New York and the
others from Wilkes-Ba and this city.
NOTES ABOUT "THE MESSIAH"
Yesterday carpenters began to build
the scaffolding on the stage of the
Frothingham to hold the singers.
The names of Mrs. John Simpson,
Mrs. Thomas Dickson and Mrs. C. d.
Simpson have been added to the list
Of patronesses.
The remaining loges have been sold
to A. w. Dickson, Cyrus d. Jones and
Andrew Warman.
Parties holding ticket orders are re-
quested to please make returns and all
who have not obtained reserved seats
are urged to do so at once at Powells
music store.
One of the box holders who has been
called out of the city has returned his
box to the committee to be resold for
the benefit Of the building fund. Ap.
ply at Powell's music store or to G. M
Hallstead,