Evening star., 1898-10-15

| Ezra Kendall. who has this season Joined
| William II. Vests Big Minstrel Jubilee
| has, since he first became prominent years
| ago with William Mestayer steadily grown
| IN pubic favor. despite the mismanage-
| ment that handicapped him as a star His
| peculiar style of monologue is especially
| fitted to his present field 1t will be re-
! called that he had the honor of being one
| OF the aI!-Star vaudeville company sent out
| by Proctor a few years ago an organiza-
| ton with such a colossal salary list that
making money was hopeless from the
start.
One of the surprises of the season. no
doubt, will be the ensemble work of the In
! tFfnatlonal Grand Opera Company Never
IN the history OF opera in this country has
thefe been such chorus. Forty-five SOLO
ISIS chosen from over 600 noted singers
who have made the grand opera the goal
OF their ambition. have joined this chorus,
not merely as a means to gain a livelihood
put rather for the benefit to be acquired
from the study and rendition of these
operas This chorus has rehearsed daily
since last April under the baton of that
great conductor, Signor r. Sapio In grand
oTera, one generally hears some one or a
Few great singers. but the ensemble work
Is ragged to say the best. Why conductors
ana managers have not insisted upon better
ensemble work is as yet unanswered. Why
they persist in presenting only great ar
ustS ana then nave chorus which not
1t
artist and the patrons, is a mystery
our people have never had the op-
portunfty to appreciate it in all its power
Abroad, where it is given with well-nigh
perfect ensemble work, the beauty and the
power of the opera are brought out Here
we simply view it from the outside; there
they live it for the time, it is their life,
their being, and under the influence of this
grand ensemble work, where the greatest
power of the composer lies, they lose them
selves and live not where they are but in
the higher and more artistic realm of their
being.
This power in music lies neither in the
chorus: the orchestra nor the principals
alone, but in the ensemble work of all A
great educational institution having for its
work the giving of grand opera in this
country as has been given for years in
Europe Is the International Grand Opera
Company.
The Sunday Night Music Club was enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. Won Wimpffen, 1914
lst street northwest, and played the 10th
Haydn Symphony Londini. 1889; the En-
tree des Clans, 1dylle Ecossaise, Danse de
la Gipsy, Scherzetto and Clique ct Final,
from Saint-Saens' opera Henry VIII. Mr..
Fritz Isemann played the Bohm Legende
with piano and string quartet accompani-
ment. and Miss Lucia Nola sang Giorzas
Regina Coeli, with piano and double string
quartet accompaniment, and song by
Gray, with violin oblgato (Mr. Fritz Ise-
MANN and cello obligato Mss Annie Ulke)
Fourteen members were present.
jeff De Angels name is stopper" for
almost everyone who tries to pronounce
it correctly. and almost invariably they at
tempt the strictly French RECOMMENDATION,
i. e.. as if 1t were spelled "Dongelis'' AS
matter of fact, the comic opera stars name
is not from the French at all. 1t is Italian
of Greek root, for Jeffs ancestors for
many generations back We're nobiemen of
Corsica. the larger of the two Islands lying
on the middle western coast of Italy and
famous principally as the birthplace of Ma
pOieon Bonaparte. 1t is a fact never print
ed before that Jefferson De Angels is a le-
gitimate conte. or count, of the kingdom of
Italy today. The Di Angeles family of Cor
sica is at the present time among the best
known and most influential families in the
island ana possesses vast estates. Jeffer-
sons Sreat-grandfather incurred the anger
or Napoleon while Emperor of France and
Joseph Bonaparte was the reigning King
of Italy. He fed to this country, taking
his family with him, and it was not until
recent years that the comedians father
dropped the Italian spelling and pronoun-
ciation which they give 1t today and legal
ly changed it TO the frank American SPELL
Ing and pronunciation. The name should
be pronounced exactly it is spelled-De
Angels.
1t is sometimes difficult, as we all know,
to separate star actor from certain play
in which he has achieved fame and for
tune. Joseph jefferson and rip Van Win
ke," Maggie Mitchell and "Fanchon." JOS
eph Murphy and Kerry Cow and numer-
Gus other cases might be cited. Della Fox
the wtnsome little comedienne. has tried in
vain and cOnsCientiously to leave behind the
song she first sang in Wang" called 'Pret-
ty Girl The public will have it. let the
artfste shake her pretty head ever so much
in deprecation. AS an encore 1t has been
demanded of her in every production in
which she has figured since the Wang
days. Even in THE Wedding Day. last
season. with Lillian Russell. Pretty Girl
was called for in almost every city in which
the combination appeared after Della Fox
came on the stage. And so 1t is this sea-
son; the public will insist on getting the
song she sings so mimi ably. "Oh, my" she
that song. 1t is pretty yes but when one
does 1t, SO to speak, over thousand times
one Is apt TO weary Of singing it." Della
Fox and her song will probably never be
separated. In THE Little Host" her latest
successful venture she has already been
compelled to sing the song any number of
tunes In response to calls from the audience
LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE.
-Ihe international Grand Opera COMPANY
made up OF some of the best artists that
rave ever travelled in America, including a
brilliant chorus and splendid orchestra
fully equipped and highly trained will he
gin brief season of grand opera here
next week al the Lafayette. The casts Of
all the operas are really frst-class The
repertoire Of the company Is as follows:
carmen and Romeo and Juliet, IN En-
ghsh; Faust" Lucia di Lammermoor'
Il Pagliacci," ''Cavalleria Rusticana," III
Trovatore" aad La Boheme" new, in Ital-
ian The chief prima donna is Clementine
De We're, without doubt one OF the best sing
crs in the world. Only year ago she took
Melbds place at the Metropolitan Opera
House in New York. and for the entire sea-
son not alone pleased the public (Which by
the by paid s. for every seaD, but also won
the enconiums of the press, and was enthus-
lasucally hailed as the finest artist that ap-
peared on the Metropolitan stage for that
season. Her triumphs at Covent Garden.
LONDON. are matters of record. She will
sing the title role in Romeo and Juliet in
English, and in italian the heroine in the
new opera, La Bohene." Also ..Iucia',
ana Faust. Nine. Selma Kronold is the
dramatic soprano. Her work in America
and Germany is well known Miss Louise
Engel contralto of the company. is an art
list who has achieved great success in Ger
many and in this country, and Miss Broad
loot, a beautiful American girl, will no
DOUBT create sensation. The other art
ISIS or the casts are: Signor Panbiauchi
tenor; S'gnor Bellati, baritone; Sienor
Dado, basSo. are first-class singers from
ltaly. S'gnor Dado made great hit with
the imperial company two years ago. of
which Mr.. Mapleson was the condnctor
Inc remainder of the company is as fol-
lows: Sopranos: Clementine De We're sol