The record-union., 1897-12-19

honor OF the Ancient and Honora ble
Artillery Company at their first winter
snoke-talk, where Mr.. Keith made a
very interesting address, describing his
! tour OF Europe.
| New York Dramatic News: Don't, if
you possess voice. throw it away. You
might just as well hang your voice on
the nearest lamp post as destroy it by
/ oVerwork. Destruction is no surer one
/ way than the other, only by the first
process your friends are spared the
pain of listening TO your gradual vocal
undoing. In the meantime, if you
! possess a rich contralto organ, lift it
up in hymns of thankfulness, for you
are the woman the managers are look
ing for.
F., San Francisco Music and Drama: The
Santa Ana Opera house, for some time
past under the management, of Will
lam T. LutZ, a genial and popular gem
! tleman, passed November 24th into the
care of B. st. C. Frank, an Eastern
manager of extended experience. who is
fully prepared to do good business at
the old stand. Santa Ana is a good
show town, and doubtless Mr.. Frank
will find it so.
Marie Barnard, a Californienne, made
her American debut recently in Phila-
delphia with the Damrosch Opera Com
! pany, appearing as Brunhilda in "Sieg-
fried" under the stage name of Marie
Barna. The young lady was born in
San Francisco and is the daughter Of
the late Judge Barnard. She is credit
ed by the critics with being a soprano
of superior quality.
Outside of Russia Tchaikovsky is well
known as an orchestral writer. but little
as an opera composer though he wrote
about ten operas. One of these has been
put on the stage at Vienna lately
| 'Eugen Onegin." One of the critics says
that in this score Tchaikovsky has be-
come Russian Massenet, the heroine
being a sort of female Werther. THE
music is symphonic. Even in his opera
Tchaikoysky writes for the philhar-
monic. Artistic elegance and euphony
are aimed at industriously, but there is
a lack of theatrical effects. In place of
action there is sentiment, in place of
thunder and lightning arabesques."
Verdis wife was 50 years old when
she died on November 18th, and she
had been married to him fifty-five
years Her maiden name was Guisep-
pima Streponi. In her youth she was a
famous opera singer, and it was owing
to her influence that his early operas
"Oberto' and "Nabucco" were accept
ed at the Scala in Milan She became
his devoted admirer, and after his first
wife died married him. Verdi made
her his confdante, and she alone knew
of his artistic plans with which he
loved to mystify and surprise the pub
lic
Nine. Teresa Carreno recently ex-
pressed the opinion that Josef Hoffman
is going to be very soon, if he is not al
ready, the greatest of living pianists
He was born genius. and his several
years study with Rubinstein has given
him whatever he may have lacked His
temperance in New York with the
Thomas orchstra next March will be one
Of the great events of the season.
Kate Raymond handsome young
actress who began her stage career in
Oakland a few years ago. is now Mrs.
Waters and as her husband occupies a
lucra tive position in big corporation
she has retired from the stage.
w Cal Owens. a comedian who once
played in Morosco's stock company in
his old Howard-street theater, San
Francisco died in Kansas City of con-
sumption on the 2dinstant. He was head
clerk of the Hotel 'Ashland in that city
and was a nephew of the famous CO.
median, John E. Owens.
Nine Melba has returned from
abroad to join the Damrosch Opera
Company.
The Buffalo cycle skate, which is now
in vogue and increasing in popularity in
all the large cities of the East, will
shortly become a craze on this coast.