Evening star., 1897-03-27

lest twelve months has met with phenom-
email success at the Grand Opera House in
Philadelphia. This perfect organization Of
talented singers with a magnificent chorus,
grand orchestra, splendid scenery and cos
tunes. will present opera In English as only
they can do 1t. giving fresh opera in each
week and giving to each work that bril-
lisncy and finish that is responsible In a
large a degree for the high prestige and
favor they enjoy. All the operas will be
selected with good Judgment in giving fire.
Grand opera will follow light and comic
opera just at the right intervals. spe-
cially popular feature Of this season Of
opera will be the uniform and remarkably
popular scale Of prices. which will not be
varied throughout the entire season. At
the evening performances general admis-
sion will be 25 cents and reserved, seats
will be 30 and Is cents. No seat. including
those in the boxes. will be higher than 20
cents at the evening performances. For
the matinees the entire house will be re-
served at 25 and 80 cents. no advance being
made for the boxes, private boxes, seating
six persons, being obtainable for -. The
opening opera on Easter Monday, April IL,
will be Strauss beautiful composition the
Gypsy Baron" and the flowing numbers
of this perennially delightful work, with
it's swinging melodies and brilliant ensem-
bles, will be q most happy opening to the
Washington season of opera at the Lafay-
cite Opera House.
At the request Of large number OF prom
inent opera patrons In Washington Messrs
Nixon and Zimmerman have arranged with
Manager Southwell to bring the Castle
Square Opera Company to the Lafayette
Square Opera House for special matinee
on Thursday, April 8, beginning at noon.
The interest of this flying visit of the Cas-
tie Square Opera Company and the ar
rargements made to bring them from and
back 10 Philadelphia so as to meet their
evening performance in that city make 1t In
every respect q very extraordinary occa-
sion. The opera on April will be Chas-
saigne's beautiful opera. "Falka, which
will be given with the same magnificent
cast, grand chorus and orchestra and su-
perb surroundings as presented at the
Grand Opera House in Philadelphia that
week. the cast, including the beautiful con-
tralto and one of the most favorite ar
tlstes with Washington operagoers, Lizzie
MacNichol.
The prices for this special matinee will be
exactly the same that will be in use at the
matinee during the opera season. Reserved
seats will be 25 and 50 cents: no seat in the
house will be higher than 30 cents. and the
boxes having six tickets will be sold for IS.
The sale of seats for this matinee perform
ance of Falka will be opened at o'clock
am. Friday, April 2. at the box office Of
the Lafayette Square Opera House.
Mime. Sans Gene."-"Mme. Sans Gene" Is
partly a drama Of intrigue and partly
drama of character. The intrigue turns on
Napoleon's jealousy of his empress, Marie
Louise and the victim of his jealousy is
Court de Neipperg. Neipperg is the ro-
mantle figure of the play, and he Is only
saved from the wrath Of the emperor by
the sudden discovery of the empress inno-
cence at the end Of the play. Sardou very
cleverly tells this story, without bringing
Marie Louise on the stage. The most in
tensely interesting part Of Madame Sans
Gene, however. is the story of the woman
who gives the drama its title AS Catherine
Hubscher. the laundress. she is a. mirth-
loving, kind-hearted girl. Later, when
through all the tortuous changes of revo-
lutionary times. she finally becomes Ouch
ess of Dsntzig, Marechal Lefebvre, and fig
ures prominently in the court of Napoleon,
she is still the lovable woman of the laun-
dry-beautiful generous, in a pinchbeck and
immoral court. Her gaucheries, her slang,
her audacious contempt for the gorgeous
meanness about her. SO arouses Napoleon
that he commands her husband to divorce
her. But her humor, her shrewd good sense
and her enthusiastic championship of the
heroic elements that have gone to the max
ing OF the empire, win the emperor finally
to an appreciation of her virtues. The title
role will be carried by Miss Kathryn Kid
der when the play comes to the National
Theater, April s.
The Colcred Y. NJ. c. A. Fair-The first
week Of the very successful fair opened in
Odd Fellows Hall, NJ street northwest on
Monday evening last, ends this evening,
with the participants highly gra:ified over
the outlook. The reputation established by
the athletic department of the colored Y.
NJ. c. A. last year Is fully sustained, and
in some instances improved upon now.
The handsomely filled and decorated
booths and tables, the excellent taste of
the hall decorations, the seductive music
and the unaffected efforts of all concerned
to make their visitors and patrons feel at
home, contribute to make the hour Of
closing come with unwelcome swiftness.
There will be a matinee for children during
the continuance Of the fair, which is sched-
uled to close on Emancipation day, April 16.
Haley's Band Concert.-That excellent
organization, "Haley's Superb Band"
concert Sunday night, April 4. 1t may be
interesting to note that nearly all the mu-
scians in Mr.. Haleys band were members
Of the Marine Band under the baton Of
John Philip SOusa, and accompanied him
on the tours of that organization to the
Pacific coast. Perhaps to the fact that Di-
rector Haley has surrounded himself with
such artists may be ascribed a portion Of
the great success which has followed his
efforts since the debut some two years
ago, of the then called Washington Mill
tary Concert Band. AS has been the Gus
tom in the past. well-known soloists will
assist In the program. and for this concert
Miss Bertha Lucas, violiniste; Miss Fannie
At Lee, soprano, and Mr. VIM. Grosskuth.
cornetist, make up the coterie of special
artists.
John Hare.-An actor whom all the world
conspires to praise, and whose delicate art
has now been fully recognized and appre-
ciated by American playgoers, Mr.. John
Hare, will be seen at the Lafay ette Opera
House the week beginning Monday, April
s. Mr.. Hare met with sincere and even en-
thusiastic praise when In Washington last
season. and the impression he made on the
minds Of judicious playgoers has not been
forgotten. We will see Mr.. Hare in three
widely different characteristic. Spencer
Jermyn. in THE Hobby Horse" Ecces, in
Caste" and Mr.. Benjamin Goldfinch In
"A Pair of Spectacles." The first named is
a sporty" gentleman, whose love for horse
flesh and "decayed'' Jockeys takes phil
anthropic turn: the second, as all the world
knows, is a drunken, besotted type of low
humanity, and the last named is a kindly
Christian gentleman, but who passes
through one trying and Christening ex-
perience. The novelty will of course be
1.-The Hobby Horse" which will open the
engagement Monday evening, and be re-
peated Friday evening. Though produced
in London ten years ago, 1t will be seen In
Washington for the first time Caste" is
underlined for Tuesday and Thursday even
ings and for the only matinee, Saturday
1t is interesting to remember that John
Hare's name has been associated with
this masterpiece of Tom Robertson's ever
since its original production on that mem
orable April night just thirty years ago.
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