The record-union., 1897-08-08
SACRAMENTO UNION, SUNDAY. AUGUST s. 1897.
that it was better than Puccini's and
Mascagni's.

that it was better than Puccini's and
Mascagni's.
Sad and peculiar was the fate of
Nine. Malanson, whose death at the age
of 50 is reported from Paris. AS a
student in the Paris Conservatory she
Won three prizes, and when she made
her debut at the Grand Opera at the
age of 20 she won immediate and i'm
nlense success. Her salary soon rose
TO J0,0O0 francs a year-an enormous
sum at that time. One evening, while
singing in La Juive,'' her voice sud
denly deserted her She tainted and
fell on the stage as if struck by light
ming. All efforts to restore her voice
were unavailing.
A scheme is on foot at Moscow to in
troduce to continental audiences the
lyrical stage works of Cesar CuL the
Russian State Councillor and disun-
guished composer. They are, in the
first place, the operas, The Prisoners
of the Caucasus, % Angelo and Will
lam Ratcliff," the librettos of which
have been completely revised and
dldlJlEu cl1Ha l4ICy dIC W NC oiAOA eAJ PA~
duced in Austrian and German mu-
sical centers, under the management
Of the wellknown impressario, Herr
Ludwig Grunfeld.
Anna Held, who is now at one of the
music halls of New York, where she
shines by no means so conspicuously
as she did under more shrewd manage
ment in the United States, is booked
to return to the other side for the
next season. Her second tour. it is
announced, will be in more ambitious
role than a singer. Oscar Hammer
stein engaged her, during his recent Wis
it to London, to play the heroine's part
in La Poupee," a French play, which
has been one of the seasons successes
at the Prince of Wales Theater. 1t Is
net known whether Miss Held will es-
say to speak her lines in English.
The next American production des-
tined to entertain London is the comic
opera, THE Wizard of the Nile" 1t
is to be staged at the Shaftesbury in
the course of a month, following on the
heels Of THE Zashmak," which will
be transferred to the United States next
season. under the auspices of the new
Candy and Frohman combination
Frank Daniels will come to London to
reassume his old part in the burlesque,
and Miss Adele Ritchie is already on
the ground for the same purpose.
Miss Francis of Yale another
American work. has been purchased
by F. B. Norman for England. The
title will be changed to some words OF
British significance, and after a pre-
liminary tour in the provinces the piece
will be brought to the metropolis in
September The English rights to The
Walking Delegate" have also been Sc
cured by London manager, but no
arrangements for the presentation OF
the opera have been announced.
The temperance upon the stage of
Mrs. Barrie, the wife of the Scotch nov
elist, is a possibility She will take a
part in the dramatizatiOn of her hus-
bands novel, The Little Minister" if
she decides to return to the theater
In a reading of the play which was
given recently for copyright purposes
unique. the author, Brandon Thomas,
and Richard Harding Davis each bear
ing a hand. Before her marriage Mrs
Barrie, as Miss Mary Ansell, was
known to Londoners as a clever actress.
A short history of 'Bimbo of Bombay,
the new magical farce comedy, is about
like this Edgar Smith is the man who
wrote "Bimbo of Bombay" and The
Merry Worldwide adapted the Girl
from Paris-who found Sam Alexander
who found Colonel GraveS-who found
and furnished the money which Will
produce "Bimbo of Bombay" next sea-
son.
A daughter of Henry Arthur Jones,
according to the London press, is about
to enter upon a course of study Tor
the stage under the direction of M.
Coquelin. She is said to possess both
physical and mental qualifications.
In Munich, Frankfort and some other
German cities it is still customary, when
Wagners later music dramas are given,
to begin the performance at or 6:3O,
ending them in time for late supper.