The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-03

The Boston Festival Orchestra will open
Its season in the South. 1t will give two
operate festival concerts in Savannah
May 3. The orchestra of fifty performers,
under the direction of Emil Mollenhauer,
will give several important works of the
great masters and the vocal and instru-
mental solos with which the programme
will abou I'D will be widely diversified in
character in order to meet the taste of all
classes of music lovers. The lines on
which the concert is announced Festival
Operate Concert" are clearly defined Part
one will consist of a festival concert OF
one hour by the orchestra and several So
loists, during which the orchestra will oc-
cupy the stage At the close of Part one
tn eorchestra will be removed 10 the floor
in front of the stage to make way for
production of Rossini's grand opera 1.-THE
Barber of Seville" all the principal
scenes of which will be given in costume.
Entirely different soloists will participate
in the festival concert from the artists
who sing in the Barber" no one artist
appearing in both parts of the concert
The recent revivals of the Barber in
Europe and during the present season in
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chi
cago have attracted the largest audiences
of the entire season and this, too, in New
York, the stronghold of German opera
whose critics have often reiterated in the
last few years that the death knen of
Italian opera had sounded.
The part of Rosina oil be sung by Miss
Rose Stewart. the gifted classmate of
Calve and Alelba. The difficult embellish-
ments which Miss Stewart introduces are
the same as used by Mime. Melba, and
were written at the same time for Mime.
Melba and Miss Stewart in Paris by Nine.
Marchesi. Signor del Piente, in his role
of Figaro, the barber, Is known i'm every
capital of Europe as the inimitable. the
only Figaro. The role of DR.. Bartolo will
be sung by Sig. Rosa. The role of
Count Almaviva will be sung by Mr. Will
lam LAWN of New York. Grand opera
acted and sung by great artists and sup
ported by the complete orchestra of fifty
players cannot fail to be an event of in
terest.
For the benefit of those who desire TO
secure choice of seats, a subscription list
has been placed at Ludden & Bates South
ern Music House, where seats may be re-
served until April %. No subscriptions
win be received after that date. The the
ater box office will be open to general pub
lie April %.
Nine. st. r. Players concert for the
benefit of the Cathedral fund at which
she will introduce the little Russian mu-
steal prodigy, Yettie Herman, will take
place at the theater May 5. Nine. Play
ter is giving a great deal of attention to
the general rehearsals for the concert and
aside from the appearance of the youthful
prodigy, Yetue, it can hardly fail 10 be
of unusual interest. The little Russian
girl, who is exciting the interest and at
tention of musical people, is only years
old, and plays with the utmost precision
the most difficult music of Chopin, Beetho-
ven and Schubert, and sings equally as
well as she plays The child is regarded
by those who have seen her and who have
heard her sing and play as a remarkable
genius.
Nat Goodwin will be here April 10 in "An
American Citizen" Mr.. Jack Hirsh, bust
ness manager for Mr.. Goodwin, arrived In
the city last night. He tells of an incident
connected with the unfortunate death OF
Brann, in Waco. when / was there last
Monday" said Mr.. Hirsh, Il met Brann
for the first time. He had never seen Mr..
Goodwin and inasmuch as II was the first
time Waco had ever been included on our
route. Mr. Brann decided TO accept the
courtesy of a box rendered by Mr.. Hirsh,
and incidently mentioned he would remain