St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-09
Northwestern ttdfdWafe COMPANY

failed completely, and the actor was
left with the Star theater in New York,
OF which he was manager, and a $780,
900 deficit on his hands. Mr.. Burgess
will try to retrieve his fortunes with
THE County Fair"
What Manager Jacob Lift promises
will be the greatest production of naelo-
drama ever seen in st. Paul Is an
nounced to take place at the Grand
opera house the week of Feb. %. THE
Last Stroke" is the production referred
to, and Manager Lit, who is the pro-
jector of this venture, has engaged a
remarkably strong cast, as will appear
by the announcement of such artists
as the following: Frederick de Belle
vile, Edgar Forest, Walter B. Wood
all, Otis Turner, Helen Lowell, Ada
Dwyer, Madeline Lack, Joseph Kilgore,
John T. Sullivan and Samuel Edwards
1t is to be a very heavy and costly
scenic production, comprising four big
scenes. The first scene is laid at Tam
pa bay, Florida, and shows the beauti-
full Southern home of Vance, the hero,
with the still waters of the bay in the
distance. The second act is laid with
in the lines of the Cuban army. In
the foreground is picturesque old
Spanish chapel, which is surmounted by
an old-style belfry. A rustic bridge
spans a deep gorge, on the other side
of which are precipitous cliffs The ac-
ton of the third act takes place in the
interior Of the chapel, and it is in ar
tlst1c harmony with the exterior The
last act shows the courtyard of the
prison in CaranZas, near Gen. Gomez S
headquarters. This is a striking mill
tary scene, with all the pomp and ex-
element of war.
Frederick Hallen, late of the firm of
Hallen and Hart, will shortly be seen
at the Grand in the famous satyrical
spectacle, '"rhe Twentieth Century
Girl This production ran for period
of four months at the Bijou theater,
New York, and was voted one of the
best entertainments of its character
seen in New York last year. The com
pany includes John T. Kelly, Gus Will
Jams and other well-known favorites.
I'm Old Kentucky" will be seen at
the Grand the week following "The
Last Stroke" Miss Laura Burt is now
playing Madge with this company.
The grand opera season in Philadel-
phia is ending in a blaze of glory. With
the performances this week of LAX
me" '.Otello" and Don Giovanni. >
twenty-five OF the greatest Italian,
French and German operas will have
been presented. The four distin-
guished prima donnas Of the company
are Madame Emma Nevada, Miss Min
ME Tracey, Mile. Amelie Loventz and
Mime. Kronold-Koert, a quartette
matchless in the briiliancy of their
vocalization, Nine. Nevada and Mile.
Loventz being lyric sopranos, and Miss
Tracey and Nine. Kronold-Koert, dra-
matte sopranos.
Nine. Nevada is a California girl,
who studied music in Europe under
Nine. Marchesi, the preceptress of
most Of the leading singers of the
world. She sang in this country ten
years ago under the direction of Col
Mapleson, and since that time has ap-
peared in all the large cities of Eu-
rope, principally in Spain, where she
is the most popular of all singers. Miss
Tracey is an American girl who was
born in Albany, N. Y, but who went to
Europe when but seventeen years of
age, and studied music under Nine
Sasse, who was chosen by Meyerbeer
to create the role of ''Selika" in the
first production of his opera, ''L'Afrf-
caine.'' Mile. Loventz is the leading
soprano of the Grand opera house
Paris, and is allowed to sing in this
country only short time by the per-
mission Of the directors of that house
Mile. LoVentz is a very handsome Wo-
man, Of the blonde type, with a fine
stage presence, and when she gradu-
ated at the Conservatory of Brussels,
five years ago, she received the first
| prize, not only as a vocalist, but also
as a pianist. Nine. Kronold-Koert has
already been heard in this city, but she
returns after a triumphant tour of
! Germany last summer, where she sang
| in Bayreuth.
The male singers Of the company
are equally as noted. They include
M. Henri Provost, M. Jules Gogny, NJ.
Piroia, tenors; Sig. Del Puente and NJ.
| Louis de Backer, baritones; NJ. Malzac,
| M. Lorrain and M. Rosa, bassos. The
| contraltos of the company are head
| ed by Miss Katherine Fleming,a West
ern girl, with an eXceedinly fine voice
| and dramatic method. With this op-
| cratic force, music lovers Of this city
| may look forward to the forthcoming
| performances with much pleasure. The
| company will be heard in this city
| the week Of March %, at the Metro
politan.
'The Lady Slavey," described upon
the programme as "an operate comedy,
in three acts" had at the Casino, New
York city, Oil Feb. 8, It's metropolitan
production. This work, says the New
York Clipper, Of which the book was
originally written by George Dance, and
the music by John Crook. was first pro-