The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-09

Mcdonald. Annie Myers ana Joseph r.
Knapp. Two-thirds Of them have been
stars since that time ard four of them are
still In the stellar armament.
The Begun" was followed by Don
Quixote.' originally produced IN chicago
by the Bostonians In 1889. The priua donna
The rest Of the company included most of
the principals now In that organization
cess that the next De Koyen and smith
work proved. That was robin Hood,
which was put on also by the Bostonians
and likewise received its first presentation
the librettist and the composer. IT Is
also claimed that this opera saved the
their fortune for it has played TO 100000
gross since then. In 1892 the BostonianS
bought the next opera from the pens; q. OF
these two successful men, The knicker-
bockers" which was also seen. The same
year j. NJ. Hill produced another opera by
them named THE Fencing Master" which
had its original presentation in New York
city with Marie Tempest IN the title IoIe.
This also proved a popular production, run
ming for three years. me eontroI p, on vt me
rey of Detroit. who later put on Inc Al,
gerian' a failure in which Mr.. Smith had
no hand, the music being composed by MT.
De Koven. In its east were Marie Tempest,
Julius Steger, Adelaide Richey and Nellie
Braggins, the latter young woman now
Smiths new opera THE Highwayman."
Next came hRob Roy" produced in the
Herald-square Theater. New York. where
ii succeeded in running many months. al,
together, however, it was not financial
success when taken on the road Inen
came THE Tzigane," written to order TOT
Lillian Russell at the request of Abbey and
Schoeffel This opera was first seen IN the
spring of 1895 in Abbey's Theater, and pro-
duced in a most elaborate manner. Inc
big operate firm sunk thousands. OF DOL
lars in starring Lillian Russell in The
Tzigane." In the cast were poor F1ora
Finlayson, happily now passed away from
"a. NTH Cl1ffRTlnR
which Bettina Girard is doomed; also in the
casts were Marie Celeste, Fred solomon
and once more Edwin Hoff. who has been
with almost every management that mas
speculated with De Koven ana smith
opera .oa a.
1896, on an elaborate scale at the Herald
square Theater. New York, and once more
Adelaide Richey. who had been IN the nrst
en- Marie Tempest's place when that singer
departed without notice to Europe, was IN
the cast, together with Bertha Waltzlnger'
formerly De Wolf Hopper's prima donna,
and George c. Boniface. jr., who was seen
here last week in What Happened 70
Jones'" There is also Boniface- Waltzing-
er story, but that doesn't belong here. Ihe
Wizard of the Nile and 1.-The Idols Eye
were Frank Daniels's souvenirs OF the past
two seasons. a.o
matte editor of the Chicago Record. Regi-
Maid De Koven, while Chlcagoasddll, W VIZ;
born in Middletown: Conn, April q iSSy MS
clergyman, who when his son was thirteen
years old took up his residence abroad'
where the composer was educated at st.
Johns College, oxford. He took his degree
in 1880 His entire musical education was
received in Europe, he having begun 70
study before going to Oxford After his his re- re-
voted his attention to business at the earn
est desire of his father, but as business IS, qua
not interest him, and music ABSORBED MIN,
in 1856 he abandoned the commercial life for
the art to which he desired to devote !; hl l101
self In 1888 he published songs, and in 1884
he began dabbling in journalism, publishing
little paper devoted to art ana music tbaf In IN
first became associated with Harry Is.
Smith who was then on the Chicago News;
These two men also afterwards published
that bright paper called America" in Chr
cago. which was more or less a success.
After the production Of 1.-The Begun Mr..
De Koven went to Vienna while Mr.. smith
trudged on alone, working at librettos and
earning a living besides. Their opera. The
Highwayman, is claimed by all those VINO
have seen it to be the nearest approach TO
their first great success, Ropn Hooo'
that they have ever attained.