The herald., 1896-01-19

citizens of Los Angeles, commencing Janu
ary 27th, a very enjoyable and brilliant
week of opera. Manager Pratt claims,
and perhaps with justice, that he has the
most versatile prima donna in grand opera
in Nine. Marie Tavary, and without a
question the greatest and most famous
tenor in the world in the Chevalier Albert
L. Guile, whose remarkable voice in
beauty and sympathetic purity is stronger
than ever before, and in Mexico,
where the tenor voice is the favorite, he
has been creating furore. new prma
donna, and debutante in operatic fields
this season, under Manager Pratt, is Mile.
Anna LIGHTER, whose charming young voice
and brilliant execution has awakened great
enthusiasm wherever she has appeared.
Nine. Theo. Doree, the mezzo-soprano
whose interesting Interpretation of Carmen
will be remembered, is also to be heard
here, and Mr.. Payne Clarke, the favorite
English tenor, who has been doing some
splendid vocal work. Nine. Tomlins is
the new and excellent contralto, while the
English baritone, Max Eugene, has been
repeating in America his successes in old
England. The basso, Signor Abramoff, is
from the Metropolitan, and is con-
Schuster is basso cantata. William
Stephens, tenor, S. H. Dudley, Nine. Ro-
main and others go to make up the reor-
gaEized Tavary opera company, which
Manager Pratt says is the best he has ever
carried through the country, and his roper
toire the most extensive. numbering
among the operas The Huguenots, Faust,
Aida, The Jewess. Lohengrin, Carmen,
Tannhaueser, NJ Mignon, ,Cavalleria, Pagliacci,
etc. the most of which will be presented in
this city. The ensemble of the company,
with the grand chorus and complete grand
orchestra has created musical enthusiasm
and received especial attention from the
press and public.
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THE BURBANK-Tonight will witness the
last presentation of the thrilling melo-
drama, The Phoenix. Tomorrow evening
Milton Mobiles will be seen in h is great
pastoral play. A Son of Thespis-an origi-
nal comedy of four acts, written by Mr..
Mobiles, which is full of humor, pathos and
sentiment Mr. Mobiles and his talented
| wife, Dollie Mobiles, are said to be at their
| best in the leading roles in this piece. The
rendition will be superbly staged and cos
| tuned, and will be embellshed with ar
! tistic scenery and properties, under the
! personal direction of the author. A Son
of Thespis tells the story of young actor
! who at the bre aking out of the cival war
! secretly married a young society girl.
| Through the plausible representations
of a former suitor for the young LADY, IS
hand, he is accused of a system of forger-
/ les which wreck the bank of the Young
wife's father. Urged by his wife to confess
to her father the secret marriage, the young
mans confession is misconstrued by the
| banker confession of the forgeries.
| The young wife is unconsciously led into
the same error and the husband, thinking
| himself deserted, enters the federal army
| under an assumed name. The incidents
| constitute short prologue to the play.
After a period of seventeen years, the
thread of the story is again taken up. The
actor at the close of the war, in which he
! gained distinction under his assumed
name, returns to the stage, but keeps