Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31

The chorus was especially satisfactory.
It is only once In a lifetime that one sees
so many lovely young women on a stage
all together. Sir Joseph was fortunate In
his cousins and his aunts. The men were
not all especially pretty, but they sang well
and tried to act as II they knew water when
they saw 1t. Sailors sometimes do know
1t by sight, IL not by taste.
The orchestra did good work, but could
have improved 1t by using more power.
The performance last evening proved that
there is talent here for a good operate
production. Mr.. Con T. Murphy deserves
much credit for the stage direction. There
were few pauses and few accidents. Every
body was applauded and deluged with flow
ers, and all have reason to be proud OF their
success. The following is a complete list
OF the company:
Sir Joseph Porter, K. G. B.....".".y
.........."....Mr. Luclen II Copeland
Captain Corcoran ,....Mr. Luther II. Tate
Ralph Rackstraw. Mr.. Dan w. Wheeler, jr.
Bill Bobstay......Mr. Joseph M. Baldriee
Dick Deadeye ....... Mr.. c. ID. Haverstock
Bob Becksta."".Mr William s. Robinson I ssn.0r
JTooss~ephIRne ...."....M Miss Jessie A. Dickinson
Little Buttercup.. Miss Helen L.. Hoagland
Mrs, G.. w. Johnston
His sisters and his cousins and his aunts:
Grace Allen, Mae Bartlett, Etlie Bowman,
Hattie Cady, Leila Carter, Eloise Clark,
Gretchen Crounse, Marie Crounse, Marion
Day, Mrs. w. Dimmick, Minnie Faul, Alice
Fawcett. Amy Gernhardt, Frances Gilbert,
Grace Himebaugh, Louise Hobbie, Eva Ken
nard, Margaret Liddell. Pauline Lowe, Mae
Mount, Mrs. Robert Mullis. Mrs. Flora Phil
leo. Mrs. H. M. Powell. Mrs. Raapke, Dor
othy Roopke, Gertrude Ringwalt, Sarah
Shaver, Mrs. o. II. Simons, Louise Squires,
Mable Taylor, Mrs. w. Wakefield, Mrs. W..
Able Seamen-Frank Adair. L. G. Halle
WASHES, Ruth Weller, Alice Weller. Mrs.
ID. Wheeler, jr., Frances Wilson.
ton, e. l.. Allen, Paul Hoagland, C. p. A.
Clough, ID. v. Her, Harry Cockrell, Thomas
T. Kerl, Fred Dale, +. T. Mcconnell,
William G. Doane, A. T. Mcpherson, Lowell
Dunn, William Peacock, Frank Ferguson,
George Purvis, Charles C. George, George
d. Rice, Melvin Gould, J. C. Swift, A. G.
Greenstreet, Harry Shears, William Godso,
e. s. Thatcher, William Grigor, ID. II.
Wheeler, jr., C. S. Haverstock. w. II.
Wheeler.
Tomorrow evening at the Creighton thea
ter the Omaha Musical society will give its
third concert this season. 1t is an i'm
portant event in a city like this when l5O
OF its best singers and players give a great
public performance and present a program
OF the worlds choicest music. 1t Is I'M
portant to the musical welfare of such a
city that such an organization and such
an undertaking be patronized, encouraged
and supported. Only so can music be
developed as an urban institution. The con-
cert to be given tomorrow evening Is more
important tnan any puieiy wa uhoii NOuH
be, for it will be the means and aford the
opportunity of hearing several of the great
est singers in the world. 1t was a Dold
business undertaking to contract for such an
attraction, and the Omaha Musical society
is receiving much credit and commenda-
ton for its enterprise and courage. Inc
breaking of the first contract and the fnan-
cial difficulties involved were a sufficient
cause for encouragement and the abandon
ment of the whole matter. But one never
wins in that way. Success may be slow in
coming hut what was worth doing at first
o,ght 70 be worth doing at last. and, acting
| unon hat policy, the society decided to carry
ont its original intention and introduce to
Omaha the Nordica Concert company.
or all the vocal artists now before the
public no one is credited WIN sreateL apiiI.!
than Nine. Nordica. Her triumphs have oc-
crIrred in every capital of Europe and in her
own Observation-Disclosures Is not and
| never has been any one to dispute her
| supremacy. AS a dramatic singer she Is
without an equal, perhaps even in the world.
Az an actress she is pre-eminent ana her
presentation of the dramatic roles in the
| Wagner music dramas ana operas Is looked
uoon as being equal to that OF those singers
selected By the great composer himself and
driIIed by him for the Bayreuth festivals.
II is a source of pride to all Americans that
one of our countrywomen should have at
tanned such greatness and 1t Is a conspicuous
event in the history of this city wnen she
| EDlDnTS II III SNhllNNllSA WAN 'AN 70 ''
| local musical organizations and gives a per-
rormance such as she will give tomorrow
evening.
In the company with Nine. Nordica is a
| singer who has long since convinced the
world of the business OF her claim to be
| called a great artist. Nine. scalchi Is one
of the greatest contraltos CT any country or
any age. There is a wierd, mystic quality
to her voice which has charmed thousands
upon thousands OF people and much of the
| interest in the program tomorrow evening
will center in her. She is one of the best
| representatives Of the real Italian style Of
singing.
tenors In the Damrosch Opera company last
| season and was heard here then. He has
a powerful dramatic voice, especially well
| adapted to the Wagner music that he Is to
sing.
,John C. Dempsey is a baritone of reputa-
ton. and has been with Nine. Nordica on
| her tours during the entire season.
Isidore Luckstone, the pianist, is an artist
in his specially of accompanist, and has
| been selected by nearly all the great singers
during the last ten years to play for them.
The chorus will number 106 singers and
NAV be expected to do even better work
| than heretofore. The orchestra will number
| thirty-three musicians, with Franz Adel-
mann AS concert master. Their work is more
important than at any previous concert, and
| greater excellence may be expected of them.
The following is the program:
| Vorspiel-Boabdil ..... $50. ...Moszkowski
Musical Society Orchestra.
Honor and Arms, ,n..".......'''"''Hahdei
j. C. Dempsey,
Chorus-Noble Chief, Life of the Gar.
..... ..............'. ...'.'..' :'.'""'H!iiiha
Omaha Musical Society.
Nobil Signor, HuguenotS acknowledgement
Nine. Scalchi.
Prize Song-Meistersinger ..."."...Wagner
Barron Berthald.
Aria-St. ETZebeth ........:.. Franz Erkel
Nine. NordiCa.
| a. Volkslied-Nordische suite ..,Hamerick
b. Ballet Music-Queen of 3lba.. Goldmarls
TIE Musical Society Orchestra.
All Rendimi-A. ID. 1855. ............F. Rossi
Nine. Scalcni.
Chorus-MoonliGht ...,.-...,:. FannlnS
QHarp obligato, Miss W%ilhelmina Lowe)
The Musical Society Chorus.
Quartette-ftigoletto ...... ........,. .Verdl
Mesdames Nordica and Scalchi.
Messrs, Berthald and Dempsey,
Serenade-Faust ..,..... ,.......,.. Gounod
j.. c. Dempsey.
Kings Prayer and Flnale-Lohengrin...
Nine. Nordica, MIR. Berthald, Mr., Demp-
sey, Mrs. A, i. Ely and Mr.. Jules u.
Hubbard, The Musical Society
Chorus and Orchestra.
Nine. Muenteferlng, the pianist and
| teacher, will give a pupils concert at the
| Wouan's club rooms Monday afternoon,
| February s, at which a number Of her more
aa,o~l n,,nf1u will annnar A plaaStnp