The record-union., 1897-09-26


girlhood. Her lectures here-Which, py
the way, are not dOctrinal, but lllustra-
tive and eXpository-ought TO be heard
by every one. Children can understand
them, and adults find in them ample
compensation in the information she
CONVEYS.
The Italian Grand Opera Company,
to play an gagement at the Califor-
nit Theater San Francisco, is said to
be composed of an unusually large
number of principals. There are IN
the organization five sopranos and
three tenors and similar proportion
Of other principals
Anna Belmont is the talk of New
York. Her work in What Happened
to Jones" is said to be very clever.
Corinne and her big company in An
American Beauty is heading towards
The coast and opens at the Columbia,
San Francisco, october 25th.
Among the plays secured by Maggie
Moore in this country for Australia are
The Prodigal Father" The First
Born" and The Pauper." The latter
is by Howard P Taylor, but the critics
consider it rather weak. Miss Moore
is now presenting The Brand of Cain"
W. H. Crane is an exceedingly hard
worker. He is remarkably nervous, and
personally superintends every detail of
his productions Most of his time is
spent in the theater and invariably he
is the first to reach the stage in the
morning and the last to leave it at
night
San Francisco Music and Drama: w.
A. Tremayne, who has been at work for
| the past year upon the new play of
Robert B. Mantell, has at last complet-
ed his labors and received the satisfac-
ton of having pleased Mr. Mantell and
his manager NJ w. Hanley. It's early
production is looked forward to with
great promise.
It is said that one of the most novel
ideas introduced in a comedy for some
time is that of the. mirror scene in MY
Friend From India" where the barber,
disguised as a woman, comes face to
face with his double before the aperture
in the mirror frame and is compelled
30 duplicate her every movement in
order to carry out the illusion.
The Princess of Wales is not only an
enthusiastic admirer of Wagner (this
summer. as usual, she went to Bay
reuth for a weel), but she does all she
can to help along the cause of music
at home. The other day she distributed
| the :Jrizes to the successful students
at the Royal Academy of Music, and an
address was delivered on the same oc-
casion by the Prince of Wales, though
| he is President of that rival institu-
ton, the Royal College of Music. The
academy over which Sir A. Macken-
zie presides has 504 students.
! So many years have passed since
| Christine Nilsson retired from the Op-
cratic stage that many persons fancy
that she is no longer among the liv-
ing. Yet she not only lives, but the
other day she sang some Swedish ma
tional melodies to the Upsala Univer-
sity students who serenaded her.
|
Germany's most successful opera
composer of the last decade is Hump
erdinck. He was a recipient, some years
| ago. of the Meyerbeer prize which
consists of 81, $50, and is given every
few years to some talented young com
| poser to enable him to continue his
studies in Vienna, Munich and Dres-
den, as well as in Italy and Paris.
Hamburg has placed a commemora-
tive tablet over the house in which
Hans Won Bulow lived from 1887 to
his death, and there is talk of erect
ing a statue of the eminent pianist and
conductor.
Mozart suffered a good deal at the
hands of would-be improvers and ed1-
tors. His opera "Cosi fan lutte" has
been presented in eleven different YER
sions. doctored to suit the ideas of this
or that conductor and none Of these
versions was able to keep the opera
ahoat. A few weeks ago this same
opera was produced at Munich exact
" and note for note as Mozart had
written it, and the success was i'm
mense.
Edgar TineTs sacred opera st. God
elive." in three acts and six tableauX
was sung the other day in oratorio form
at the Brussels Exposition and the per
formance is said to have been received
with great enthusiasm. 1t was the first
time that it was given. Joseph Dupont
conducted. and the title role was sung
bv Nine. Jeanne Raunay. the leading
sonrano of the Theatre de Ia MOnnaie
The work deals with the life Of st
= Godelive de Ghistelle. who lived in the
eleventh century. She was married tC
RertoIf Of Ghistelles, who, after treat
ing her with great cruelty had hei
strangled and thrown into a well. II
consequence Of certain miraculous cures
reported from the use Of the waters o.
the well. Bertolf became a monk ano
founded an abbey near Bruges. St
Godelive is one of the patron saints OF
the town.
Fanny Davenport evidently has grea'
faith in Ben Stern's managerial ability
as she has selected him as her manager
for her coming season. which opens II
Boston, October 18th.
oliver Byron. when a young man. as
rired to the legitimate and gave evi
dence of his talent as q tragedian By
playing Hamlet. Othello and Richard