The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-25

op, the prima donna soprano next Sat
urday evening, May LIST. She will be
supported by Miss Nellie Cook, plan
list, graduate of the Leipsic Royal
Conservatory and the Imperial Con-
servatory at Vienna.
Madame tombstone Bishop comes
from the East to take the leading So
prano solo parts in the great music feS-
tival to be held in San Francisco the
coming week, and to fill similar en-
gagements at Los Angeles, Portland,
Seattle, Denver and Kansas City dur
ing her tour. Her appearance here
will mark very popular closing num-
Der for the lecture associations course,
and afford the people of Sacramento an
opportunity to hear this renowned So
prano. who is often denominated the
Oratorio Queen" Arrangements are
in progress with a view TO have her
sing in her recital here the aria from
the new opera Sid" with organ, piano
and violin accompaniment. This would
proba bly, be it's first rendering upon the
coast, and a production which all our
musicians and others would delight to
hear.
Concerning Saint-Saens new piano
forte concerto in F, which was recently
produced in st. James Hall, the Lon
don Daily News" says:
A year or two ago DR.. Saint-Saens
played four of his pianoforte concertos
at a sitting, a dose which proved rather
severe for the habitues of st. James
Hall. The new work is, however, much
more interesting than it's predecessors,
if only owing to it's slow movement, an
excellent example of the national ele-
ment in music. 1t was written last
winter in Egypt, and is strongly inn
pregnated with the Oriental color; one
episode, indeed, according to DR.. Saint
Saens himself, being a genuine Nubian
love song which he heard sung by a
boatman on the Nile, as he sailed down
the river in a dahabeah. This is by far
the best section of the concerto, al
though the first movement is brilliant
enough; while the finale, more strenu-
Gus and even noisy than effective, may
perhaps be accepted as the French mu-
sician's protest against the British pro-
tectorate.
Sir Arthur Sullivan is at present
chiefly occupied with his new ballet in
commemoration of the Queens reign,
and this work will be produced at the
Alhambra shortly. 1t is understood to
deal more or less with British sports
and pastimes from Druidical to our
own days, but with special reference to
the May-pole dances and other village
crat hn1 ir1O of n Of
Sullivan has also now accepted the
scenario of the operate drama which
Pinero and Comyns Carr are writing
for him. Although doubtless containing
plenty of the comedy element, the
opera will, the "Athenaeum" thinks be
rather more serious than is usual at the
Savoy, and it is hoped it will be ready
for production by October next.
New York Post: The recent death Of
Customary While singing in Martha
in the Metropolitan Opera house. re-
calls some other instances of sudden
death behind the footlights, where men
and women passed from the stage of
the playhouse and the stage Of life at
the same moment. 1t is noticeable,
too. that in most of these cases the
audiences We're oblivious of the real
tragedies behind the footlights, as was
the case in Castelmarys DEATH and
the supposedly fine acting was almost
invariably met with great applause.
The noted Peg Wellington, one of the
stage celebrities of the middle of the
last century, was stricken with paraly-
sis while playing Rosalind on the night
of May g. 1857. While passing through
the wings to the stage she saw Tate
Wilkinson the younger and compli-
mented him on his successful debut
Wilkinson watched her until the end
of the act, when she left the stage pale
and complaining of dizziness. He es-
corted her to the greenroom, where re-
vived by the use of smelling salts she
changed her costume and again went
on the stage.
IF l were among you" she spoke,
I'D kiss as many of you as had boards
to please me-" AS she uttered the last
word her speech became thick. She
tried to continue, but could not. Rails
ing her hands she staggered toward the
wings, and would have fallen had not
Wilkinson caught her The audience
cheered, thinking she was acting a
part. She never acted again, and three
years later she died
The play selected by Georgia Cayvan
for her engagement in Sacramento is
entitled Mary Pennington, Spinster, -
and is the same in which she made
her first appearance as a star in New
York. 1t is written by w. r. Wakes,
q London playwright, and was first
presented in the grand English me-
tropolis. 1t is said to resemble the de-