Evening star., 1898-12-21
AMUSEM ENTS.

LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE.
Miss Nethersoles Carmen is a magnetic
production This fact evidenced las
night. when apparently all theater-going
Washington braved the foggy, soggy wealth
and filed the Lafayette Square Opera
House TO Standing room only" The young
star is better known. perhaps, in the role
of the Gypsy-Spanish girl of the mountains
who loves 10 destruction. whose passion is
consuming in reality, than in any of her
other magnificent portraitures. She has
been seen here before in the part, and. as
elsewhere praise for her fascinating work
has been unstintcd. Last nights audience
bcheld a Carmen just a trife more maturcd
than the former occasion. the picture or
the rugged beauty being nearer perfection
Miss Ne;hersoIe is faithful in acting the
part She makes the character all that
could he imagincd-brings out the lights and
ShadingS in manner most Woildtriul ii
there was any one in the large audience
who did not know the story of the infiaH-
mablc creature Miss NethersOle's portray
al gave them an insight into Carncns ; ma
ture that might otherwise have been found
only after months of study Miss Neither
sole's Carmen is to the dramatic stage what
Calves Carmen is to The operate world 1t
will live long after ;he brilliant young
EngliShwO,nan shall have completed her
life's work. and will be the criterion TO
judge all others who attempt the play. In
contrast 10 Miss NetherSole'S clever acting
was that of her leading man. Mr. T. T..
any stage of that young soldiers career.
Mr.. Thdlhcrg is slow and gives no evidence
Of the passion. the enthralimeHt, which
should be brought cut to palliate his mis-
deeds. Dolores was i'll the hands of Miss
Nadge Mcintosh, who played exceptionally
well and won much deserved applause Mr.;
Hamilton Revelle as the toreador, looked
handsome and did his little well. A y
HomewCod as Don Manocl was up to the
standard. The production was handsomely
mounted. the scenery and effects being com
plete in every detail. The burning out of
an electric light on the stage in iull view
Of the audience caused some uneasiness in
the second act both to the actors and the
audience. but it was soon seen there was
no danger. Only the paper OF the japanese
lantern and the insulation on the wire burn
ed Tonight Miss Nethersole will be seen
in The Termagant" her new production
THE NEvIN-JUCH RECITAL To
NIGHT,-No announcement has attracted
more attention among musicians and the
ConceTt-attending public than the recital
tg. be given by Ethelbert Neviu and Emma
Juch tonight at the Universalist Church.
The combination is an unusual one. and
could not he betterel- All who remember
Nine Juch associate her most effective
work in songs just such as flow from the
ren OF Etht,DerJ NeVin. and the charming
grace of the singer will result in most
delightful Interpretation OF Mr. NeVlns
compositions. Mr.. Nevin will play his own
piano numbers. something that, il is said,
ne does admirably.
THE TELEPHONE GIRL.'-"The Tele-
phone Girl" said to have been Casino
success by Hugh Morton and Gustave
keTker. will begin an engagement at the
New National Theater with a Christmas
day matinee. The Telephone GirI' was
planned for the use of Louis Mann and
Clara I.ipman. two music farce comedians.
Miss Lipman Will play the particular Nheilo
girl designated in the title and Mr.. Mann
will act the eccentric German inspector of
telephones. One of the scenes shows the
-irflA r
hello girls at their instruments. and the
jangle Of bells all over the house. Mr. ker-
kers music has that charm of being con-
stantIy and unconsciously repeating itself
10 ones mind. 1t is to be hoped that there
have been some changes made in the pro-
ducton since it has been put upon the
road. for a Washington audience would
hardly stand the representations that made
it popular in New York.
"zAZA.''-David BeIasco is conducting
the rchearsals of 'Zaza' at the Garrick
Thoater. New York He shows, as usual.
very great skill a stage manager. not
alone in the almost endless detail work, but
in his considerably kind conduct to the
people under him. Long before he ever
thought of writing plays Pelasco was
actor himself. He went on the stage first
in a nurses arms Next he played child
parts with such famous people as Julia
Dean Hayne and Edwin Forrest His first
speaking part was the Duke of York in
Rlchard III And so on he rose from
childhood to manhood, playing enga gements
all over the Pacific slope in its most golden
days until he settled down at the Baldwin
Theater in San Francisco. then just built by
Lucky Baldwin. 1t was there that David
BtldSCO first undertook stage mana cement
as a profession He had put on many
plays on the road in desultory way. but
that was all. When he undertook the Bald
win Theater il meant eighteen hours of
hard work every day. for IL new piece had
to be prepared for the stage and played
every week. Most Of these PLAYS required
good deal OF fixing up and rearranging to
suit the members of the famous stock COM
pany, and thus Belasco literally drifted
into playwriting himself And this is why
BeidscO can still bring to his work so much
honest enthusiasm backed by profound
knowledge. Any young author would find
1t an invaluable education to watch even
one of Belasco's rehearsals of ''Zaza."
which Will be the attraction at the I.afay-
cite Square Opera House next week, with
Mrs Leslie Garter in the title role.
FRANCIS WILsON-The New York Tri
bune made very felicitOus observation
when ii styled Francis Wilson the merry
Andrew Of comic opera With an unbrok-
en- record Of eight successful productions of
comic opera IN as many years. Mr.. Will
son comes to the Grand Opera House in this
cltE win new and important production,
emitted The Little Corporal" and his ad-
mlrers in this city may be assured that in
stead Of deteriOrating as to quality or to
quantity that his organization this year is
larger than ever. and they will find in the
new opera much that is unique and novel
Ihe public have grown to expect from the
hdiluS OF Mr. Wilson an entertainment of a
superior nature-somethiHg Wiisonian-and
tnty Will not be disappointed in The Little
1yrp"raI- The list of principals in the
wilson opera Company this year includes
some new and important names Denis
- OSulhNan, the irish baritone who made a
most emphatic hit singing in the title role
OF lne opera OF 'Shamus O'Brien." in this
country = lew years ago, VIII appear as the
MARQUIS de -. Andre in The Little Cor
P%fdI' LOUIS sasavant Will take the part
Gi tHe french brisader, and Maud Lillian
Befri that OF Adele de TouryiIIe The
i-itiIe Corporal Will be seen at the Grand
0Itra Iiouse the week of January >. Seats
ar now selling at Gu2mans, in Il, F
DroOp * Sons. "
ROLAND REED-Beginning with rnati-
ne tt on Christmas day and continuing
IhFoGShout the week. that popular come
dian, Roland Reed. will max his rea,l,,i.ar
an, ancr al The Columbia in The Wrong Mr.
wright. by George II. Broadhurst The
piece was presented here last season Inv
Mr. Reed, and the local press stated that
was unquestionahly the comedy hit of
The season, and gave Mr.. Reed the cbance
10 appear in one of the strongest roles ne