The Portland daily press., 1898-02-09
MUSIC AND DRAMA
THE BLACK CROOK.

FOR 81 years UDo DRUM Cioo1> A4'eS 1890
the stnge and bids fair to hold 1t a greaU
many more judging by the drawing pow
er that it possesses. Last nlghO there
was q large audience at Portland theatre
to witness the old familiar scenes, see
the dances, and be amused by the special
ties. And of these same specialties there
are quite number. Caroline. (Miss
Leah Starr, and Greppo, Harry Her
bert,) gave a song and dance. There were
illustrated songs from life by Mason and
Garrick, comic acrobatic feats by Charles
Ascot, the Swinson Sisters in songs and
dances, coster n4onger representations by
Herbert, popular airs and songs of child
hood by Leah Starr; Silver and SPARKS
in their musical act Servants Irou-
bles,' and Helen Douglass as Statacta,
in command of the AmsSons in the grand
Amazonian march.
OF course the fairy views and grand
transformation scenes gained much ap-
plause and the ballet of the birth OF the
Rainbow under the charge OF Signor
Biancifiori, was warmly received.
But it is unnecessary TO go into long
description of this familiar spectacle. 1t
will be repeated at the bargain matinee
today and at the evening performance.
GRAND OPERATE CONCERT.
On Monday evening next Mile. Nelletti
assisted by Senior Ernesto Baldapza, the
well known tenor, who has been identi-
fed with the leading italian opera COM
panies that have appeared in this coun-
try for several years past, will give
grand operatic concert at Reception Hall;
Mile. Nelletti has been heard quite fire.
quently of late, having generously lehS
her aid to make SUCCESS OF many OF the
entertainments provided by our seoreo So
cieties. doubtless the members and
friends of these associations, as we'll as
the general public, will strive to make
the affair a marked pecuniary success.
Reserved seats for the concert can be &C.
cured at No. 50 Hampshire street and at
the box Office.
FRANZ RUMMEL.
The tickets for the matinee piano re-
cital to be given at Kotzschmar Hall on
Saturday by Mr., Franz Rammel, the en-
inent piano virtuoso, are on sale at Cres-
eey Jones & Aliens, and they will doubt
less be quickly disposed of among the
musical people of the city. The Boston
Advertiser says of concert given by Mr..
Rummel in that city:
sit is not given to Bostonians many
times in their music-surfeited lives TO
hear such melody as that provoked last
evening in Association Hall by Franz
Rummel, the eminent pianoforte vlrtu-
oso. An audience of large proportions
showed how we'll this was realized. MT.
RumInel at once established himself I'D
sympathy with his hearers and through a
programme of length and varied Difficult
ty won warm applause. The programme
was as follows: Andante con variazoni,
Haydn; senate, op. 10, Beethoven; fan
tatsie, op. II, Schumann; barcarole, op.
so, and preludes, op. 2S, No 9, u. =, q,
Chopin; capriccio, op. rs. No. ana IN
ternezzo, OF. 76, No. 8, Brahms; Naoht-
faIter (valse caprice )SStrauss- Ianslg noe
furne, op. z, l., Brassin; Au Bord dun
sr01rce, and Rhapsodie Hongroise, NO.
10, List
TRAVEL TALK ON SPAIN.
DR.. Bowker, whose lecture on The
Transvaal gave such pleasure to the audi
ence at The Jefferson Monday night, will
give the second of his travel talks, this
time on Spain. at the same place next
Monday evening. Few countries appeal
ore more than Spain, for its history,
..rt and customs are closely connected
with the early days of America. To AIDE
q lately grasp the life of people, DIR.
,,ovker made careful study OF the Cas-
lillian language, and his.lectures wildly
portray his experiences among the
Iberians.
"TESS OF THE DUR BERVILLES.' -
Following Immediately as it did the
unqualified failure of play from a noted
novel. the marvellous success of "Tess OF
the D'Urbervilles'' in New York last sea-
son was as great surprise to the critics
as it was a delight to the public, Mrs.
Fiske has in this drama, apparently,
one of the stroL gegt seen on the stage in
wears, because the dramatist has sue
ceeded in catching the vitality Of the
great story from which it was fashioned
but even this fortunate reproduction
would have won but an ordinary meas
nra of SUCCESS had it not been for the SUI.
prerne art of the actress in the part Of
"Tess,'' whose tragic fortunes still enlist
the sympathies of thousands who read the
s'ory. "Tess' will be seen at The
Jefferson shortly.
CONCERT AT THE ADVENT CHURCH
Last evening Mr.. Edward B. Hill,
pianist. and Mr.. T. Handasyd Cabot
violoncellist, gave concert at the Ad-
vent Church. The audience room was
well filed with a representative gather.
ing of our musical people. The first
number on the programme was Griego