The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-19
MUSIC AND DRAMA-
JAXON OPERA co.

The Jaxon Opera Co. will begin its
weeks engagement at The Jefferson next
Monday night. with Lucia de Hammer
moor, and "Cavalleia Rusticana. The
sale of seats began yesterday and there
was a good demand thus early. There is
a double company in this organization
TINS affording a different set of principal
singers for each opera, The prices are
POPULAR, fifty cents bring the highest
asked for seat. referring to the OPEN
ing performance of the Jaxon Opera Co.
in Halifax, the Chronicle of that city
says in short: The Jaxon Opera Co. is
undoubtedly one OF the strongest and best
which has visited Halifax for many years
1t Is strong Individually and collectively,
possessing soloists of superior merit and
an exceptionally well-voioed chorus. The
male chorus is especially strcng in full,
well-trained voices, and the ladies
chorus is we'll trained, besides being hand
some girls. All of the choruses We're sung
with a snap and precision that established
the superior character of Mr.. JaXon
company The rest of the notice, almost
a full column in length, is devoted to IN
dividual praise of the work of the prlnci'
pals. The musical director, MT. VIM. u;
McQuin, is a young man who has haa
long experience in conducting metropoIl-
ton Museum and Castle Square theatre,
Boston, with J. q. Duff in New YORK,
"Prince Pro Tenn at Boston, and on the
road: an excellent violin, piano, ana SOLO
cornet player, he adds to his ability as q
conductor a thorough knowledge OF ali the
instruments he is leading, and his orcnes-
tration is intelligent and beautiful. he
is we'll known and admired by Portland
and Boston musicians. The pleasing fea-
lures of this engagement are the very IN
teresting repertoire and the prices Wnlch
are to be in reach of all patrons.
WILBUR OPERA co.
Beginning at Portland theatre next
Monday evening the favorite wilbur
Opera Co. will begin two weeks en-
gagement with "The Royal MILDLY. VI
course the great attraction this year, as IL
was last, is the Living Pictures. Last
YEARS pictures were elaborate, but IN COM
parison to those of the present season are
said TO be as the tiny pond to the ueep
blue sea, Manager Wilbur has made ar
ranpements with the inventors or new
Uphtiue apparatus, whereby he has Sc
A41ed the entire rights for the same. lhls
APPARATUS has reyolutlonlzed the ART oi
producing living pictures, and by l1s ala
the most delicate tints and harmonious
shades of color have been obtained, WnIch
are impossible to secure by any other
method. Notwithstanding the amount OF
time, labor and capital devoted to the
Living Pictures, the operas have not been
sighted i'll the least. II anything, they
have been elaborated for the coming sea-
son. Each opera is presented in It's en-
tirety, without the cutting OF line OF
dialogue OF note of music, and COS
TUNED in the lavish and beautiful man
ner for which the Wilburs are noted.
Entirely separate and distinct costumes
are worn In each opera. At the request
of hundreds of his patrons Manager Will
bur has this year revived the beautiful
marches and drills which were formerly
such a feature of his productions, and
reproduced them with entire new sets OF
costumes, and with remarkable ilght
effects. twenty four girls are used to
perform these mary elous military evolu-
tions, which will be given several times
during the coming week.