The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-30
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Trilby.

players will present Trilby here on Tues
day May 4, matinee and evening, at Port
land theatre, under the direction Of VIM.
A. Brady. During the performance the
old well known song, Ben Bolt, will be
sung and special feature will be made
of the quadrille dance. The piece will be
produced here with the same scenery,
music, costumes and effects the same
original production.
May Day Carnival.
The tickets are meeting with great
demand at W1lliamson's drug store cor
ne of Free and Congress streets. for the
performance of the operatta of Laila, May
Day-Saturday next-under the manage
Ment of the Bosworth Relief Corps. This
operesta will show itself work OF great
or calibre than has usually been seen at
the May Day carnival, and it engages
the performance of high grade OF sing
ers. Miss Emily Cobb, the soloist at
Chandler g band concert last Sunday
night, will take the leading soprano part.
There will be beautiful tableaux partioi-
pated in by seventy-five people; there
will he one hundred people in the
choruses, the Trading of the Maypole,
ami Chambers full band under the
direction of Mr.. Robinson will furnish
the orchestral music.
Rossini Concert.
The Rossini Club spring concert,
given at kotzschmar hall yesterday after
noon, was ons of the most delightful of
the many admirable ones presented by
this popular musical organization. Mrs.
Evelyn Day White sang Charming
Bird FROM Pearl OF Brazil. with all It's
fiorid execution; Miss Alice Woods beau
tiful voice was heard to great advantage
in ssRossini's Bel raggio; Mrs. White IS
Misses Elizabeth Kings and Henrietta
Rios's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES were heard in
Brahms Lullaby; Miss Edna Webb's
melodious oontralto gave great pleasure
in Parser's Salve Regina, and Miss
Clementine Varney's delightful Soprano
with Miss Kings Zoontraito. were heard
in Rossini's La Serenata; while Miss
Emily Cobb gave Gounod's Aprile with
all Ethe charm that pertains to this
seasonable number. In the instrumental
portion of the concert that skilled quar-
tette of pianists, Mrs. B. e. Allen, Mrs.
J. P. Thompson, Mrs A. M. Smith
and Mrs. Johnson, rendered Dvorak's
Drei Logenden with much brilliancy;
Miss Marion Weeks played ssMason's
Poetic Revery with beautiful touch; Miss
Alice Philbrook that fayorite pianist,
gave the lorghetlo aud allegretto from
Mozart's concerto in G minor, admirably
and was ably assisted by Miss Mary F.
Chenery, who furnished orchestral part
OF the second piano. Miss Margaret Stan
wood Jordan pleased extremely by her
Hns reading and execution Of the
Sarabaul No. 2 by Adele aux der Ohe.
The stage was prettily decorated for
tho occasion and the audience large
fashionable, musical and sympathetic
Hands Across the Sea.
There is not the shadow of a doubt but
the above is an interesting play and well
deserves the success it is meeting.
1t is q melodrama,pure and simple, but
characterize most plays of this class.
The story is interesting and holds the
attention of the audience closely, while
the ssfi Gus part is pleasantly relieved by
an entertaining strain Eof light comedy
that is well brought out by the company.
The staging is realistic and attractive
but not SO prominent that the play Is lost
in the scenery. Good, strong and witty
lines, dramatic situations a swift move
ment Of events, admirable.stage settings
and we'll balanced company join to
j make performance that Portland thea
tire goers have always found to be very en-
joyable.
Hands Across the Sea will be at Port
land theatre. next Saturday afternoon and
evening and the sale of seats is now on.
Chandler's Band.
Chambers band will give their second
grand sacred concert at Portland theatre
next Sunday evening. Mr. Robinson
will conduct and a fine programme Will
be offered. Tickets are now on sale at the
box Office.
The Watkin Mills Recital.
The Cincinnati Tribune said in refer
ence to Mr.. Watkin Mills's first appear
ence at the Cincinnati Musical Festival:
s'The palm Of the evening, however, I'M
doubtedly belongs to Mr.. WatKins Mills,
not because he had the most important
task, hut because he acoomplishes 1t
with such excellence. One could not
ask for a more scholarly or more beauti-
full Interpretation of the part of Elijah
He is of COURSE marvellously well
equipped by nature for such task, for
it ID rare to find baritone voice that
combines SO many qualities-roundness
depth, smoothnessaand Reliability"
q Mr.. Mills will be heard at Kotzsohmar
hall, May 18th, at popular prices.
Notes
Fl oyt's famous Black Sheep company
will be seen at Portland theatre May
9th. On May 9TH and 9Th The Old ONE
stead, with Archie Boyd, Denman
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