The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-15
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The coutl,oui Concert Co.


At Stockbridge's tickets can be secured
for the grand concert to be given at City
hall in the ST. Lawrence Aid course.
Thursday evening. An exchange says
The Jessie CouthoUi Concert Company
gave an entertainment in the Opera
House last Saturday evening, which was
enjoyed by all who heard it. The me 10
hers of the company ire all artists anu
r3ndered their selections in very pleas
ing manner. Taken altogether It Wa
the richest treat that the people OF has'
Aurora have enjoyed in long time, anu
should the company come this way again
they will undoubtedly be greeted with
u crowded louse.
The Stoddard Lecture.
In these days when it Is such O trouDle'
some problem to decide what to buy 1o'
Christmas gifts all suggestions are help.
full. What better gift for friend could
be thought Ct than a course ticket for tht
Stoddard lectures? This viii! provide no
oily sterling enjoyment lasting through
five weeks, but the memory of what II
then seen and heard will last through all
the year, with constantly recurring pleas,
ure. The sale begins tomorrow morning
at Stockbridge's.
AIbani Concert.
Among the support of Nine. Albani
at her grand concert to be given in City
hall, Dec. 90, will bo Mr.. Braxton Smith
the purity and beauty Of whose tenor
voice attracted the attention of Mne.
Nilsson who urged him to cultivate it.
He did so and has met with great sue,
cess. Miss Beverly Robinson has sung in
the company with Anroinette Sterling,
Marie Brena, Ben Davies and Plunket
GrseEe, Her voice is O mezzo soprano.
Mr.. Pringls was the basso of the Carl
Rosa Opera Company and be is remarka-
Die for his acting and singing. Miss
Beatrice Langley Is violinist OF marked
repute in England. Tickets for the con-
cart are OH sale at Stookbridge's.
Bertha GalIand.
Bertha Galland, George Edgar. and q
supporting company headed by Eleanor
Cary, Eugene OrInonde and others as
we'll known will be at Portland TheRtre
on Friday and Saturday next with
matinee on Saturday, in new prod1c-
ton called COMEDY and Tragedy, .
which is made up of scenes from
"OthelIo,' % Romeo and Juliet, +" The
School for Scandal, Macbeth" and
.sLsab, the Forsakep." The North
Adams, Mass, Herald of December 9Th,
says:
stMiss Galland as Desdemona, had all
the charm of LOVING innocence which
belongs to that character and was a
beautiful foil to the tempestuous Moor,
admirably personated By George Edgar,
whose Othello was far better than many
who have made great NAMES in that
character. AS Juliet, Misc Galland was
tetter thnn mas ever been ssGn in this
city, the scene in Friar Laurence's rell
being particularly strong, approaching
almost to genius. 1t was intensely real
and the audience was completely under
the spell Of the artist. AS Lady
Teaale, Miss GaIland showed the YER
L 6ility of her talent and gave her an.
nfence a uhancs TO smile otter inducing
them to tears. 1t wis in Leah the For
saken,' however, that Miss Galland
reached the climax of her art, and al
who witnessed her, even those who Ind
sasn artists of International fame In the
Same part, were compelled to admit its
excellence and finish.