The sun., 1898-02-14
Musical Talent Are Giying Fine
Entertainments.
RRIDE.ELECT MEETS FAVOR
There Is No Let Up for the Castle
Square Opera Company
Seen 10 An Advantage
In All Plays.

bltaIlteS OF the 1E)nuOn spring scdSoH
Adelina Patti is reported to be taking
great interest in the development Of her
god-daughter, who is at present on Il tour
with Miss Fortescue's company.
1t is indeed cold day when Anna
Held gets left out of exploitation, says
the New York Sun. Her private car was
showed in at Providence, and it Is sur
missed that shovels helped the wind heap
up in the night lift from which she
had to be dug next day just in time Tor
a matinee.
Next week there will be "a special holi-
day matinee of "'rhc Brlde-Elect" at
the Broad Street Theatre, Philadelphia,
OH Washington's Birthday, which will
be given in place OF the customary We'd
nesday matinee.
The new japanese musical concert,
'Lilli Tse," will be produced at Da Us,
New York, on Tuesday evening, Miss
Marion Mcrwyn making her American
debut in this play.
Albert ChevaIier is trying to hire a
West End theatre in London for the
purpose Of producing there bis comic
opera, "The Land OF Nod" 1t has been
very successful in the provincial cities.
This week at the Chestnut Street Opera
House, Philadelphia, will positively be
the farewell appearances here of' Anna
Held She goes direct from here to San
Francisco, and on her return to New
York sails ior Paris.
Ladies are great admirers OF Anna
IIeld's beauty and chic ways, ana will
be present in great numbers at tine matt
nees of the Chestnut Street Opera House,
Philadelphia, on "Wednesday and Salur-
day OF this week.
The brilliant electric sign that sur
mounts keiths theatre, Philadelphia
can be seen for miles beyond the city
limits, and attracts attention to the popl-
Lar playhouse.
Frank Y. Pollock, the excellent tenor
of "The Bride Elect company at the
Broad. is a member II the Phi Gamma
Delta Fraternity, and while at Boston in
the first production OF Sousa's opera was
entertained by members Of this fraternity
at Harvard.
John Philip Sousa is meeting with his
customary ovation in his annual tour
with his band His chief delight is tn,
receipt daily OF telegram giving the
enormous receipts OF each psrformanct
OF his new comic orera, "The Bride
Elect" which has already ncttcd him &:
great many thousands Of dollars in roy.
aties.
After an absence Of five months, MIS-,
Lillian Burkharl, tie dainty and giilc'
young comcdienne, will appear n
keith's. Miss Burklat will present ;
new and original fairy play by Grant
Stewart, entitled THE Lady Of til,
Rowan Trcc,' Halloween idyI. Tn,
comedy is as light and as delicate as ;
bubble, while from a lit artuy and ar
tistic standpoi it is claimed that it il
worthy Of Gilbert. The music, takel
from the score Of "A Midsummer Night
Dream and the transformation sccn'
from Faust" has been especially ar
ranged ior this production, While the il
lusion and the mysterious light effect
were invented by Won prettywitz Palm
Miss Burkhart will be assisted bv one O
the cIrverest Of light comedians on III,
American stage, Mr.. tarvI Wilbur.
Arrangements for the Thomas con
cers have been competed. The first vii
be given On the evening of March =, TIN
second on the afternoon oi March 3. Mr.
Thomas will bring an orchestra OF ninet,
men and will give great care to tlI
makeup OF his programs. So far as j
now decided upon at first concert Isay
will play Mozart's concerto in f fla
cadenza by himself, and La!o 'Spanisl
Symphony iur the violin and orchestra
which is Il lodcrnized concerto. AT tin
second concert Hoffman, the pianist, vii
interpret kubinStcins concerto in
minor and u series oi piano pieces.
tone poem by Richard Strauss, ''Do
Juan, and a symphonic poem by CeSa
Franck will also be on the orchestra
programs.
There is no let up for the Castle Squar
Opera Company. They can evidentl
sing everything from "Grecnland's Ic
Mountains to the "tiottcr,lalnmcrung
They've done "Trovatore" and all sort
of operas, and this week are going t
present Il double Anglo Italian bill q
the American, New York, with "Pins
fore" and "Cavalleria Rusticana. Thi
popular organization ought to be seen t
advantage in the Mascagni and GIber
and Sullivan works. OF course, tn
operas will be put on handsomely.
"Cavalleria Rusticana' Miss Iirac
: Golden will sing Santrzza; Miss Lizzi
Macnichol, Lola; Miss Bessie Farbairr
Lucia; William G. Stewart, Alto, an
Joseph +. Sheehan, Turiddu. In "Pini
FORE Miss Elsa May will be Joscphn,
Miss Ruth White, Ilcbe, while Mis-
Lizzie Macnchol will be the Buttcrcnl
Arthur Woplcy will be the Adlnira
William c. Stewart, Captain Corcoral
Charles o. BasSctt, Ralph; James Stu,
CESS, Dick Dcadcyc; f. y. Knight, til
Boatswan, and Charles Scribnrr, tn
Silent Marine.
The highly successful season Of opcr
which Walter Damrosch aud CharIc
Ellis are giving at the Metropolitan, {
New York, will come to an end with thi
week On Monday "I)ic WaIkurr" wi
be sung by Mines. Nordica, G'adSk
StaudigI, Toronto, ,Srygard Van Cautcnl
and Mattield and MM Rothmuh
Fischer and Rains On Wcdncsda
evening lies IlugUcnots" will be sun
by Mines. Mclha, Nordica, Seygard am
Van Cauicrcn, and NM. Ibos, Bo,ldol
resqle, Campanari, Bispham, Van iIoosc
Rains, Nanni and Niviani Signor Bin
boni will conduct On Friday cvcnin
the program will include the sccon
act from "Romco ct ,Julicttc.' the ma
scene from "Lucia" the fifth act {
"Falst' and the second act of 'ranu