The record-union., 1899-01-05

laI1Ve, canQlQaIe, was ucclUeUly SOOQ.
1t had original shadings and phases,
and compared with the interpretations
Of several actors who have made the
part famous. Mr. Won MftzePs as
sumption of it stands level with the
best, and above some. Mr. Buffers
s.Scraggs'' was too coldly and mysteri-
ously depicted, yet it had several COM
mendable features, intensity and cor
rect facial expression being two most
noticeable. The play was well staged;
the scenery in the first act was exceed
ingly picturesque.
Tonight the play will be Held By
the Enemy" by William Gillette, au-
thor of Secret Service" TOO Much
Johnson and other successful dramas.
The third concert Of the Capital Con-
cert Series will take place at the Con-
gregational Church next Tuesday even
ing. The seating list is to open at
Pommer's music store tomorrow morn
ing, and for single-ticket purchasers
on Saturday morning. The concert
promises to be the best yet given. The
attractions will be Arthur Weiss OF
San Francisco, a distinguished cello
list. Hungarian by birth. who received
his musical education ait Vienna, Ber-
lin and Budapest, where for four years
he was trained by the greatest master
'celloists, including Pepper, whose
works he makes a speciality of inter-
preting. He came to America in 1894.
and played with the Damrosch orches-
ira, the Powell string quartet, and as
supporting 'celloist to Madame Ire
belH, with whose company he came to
California, and has since made his resi-
dence here. Mr.. Weiss has been heard
in Sacramento, and scored a flattering
success here. He is an artist of
marked superiority and wonderful abil-
ity in giving life and expression to
themes upon the cello. Miss Beresford
JOY, prima donna contralto, is an oper-
attic, oratorio and concert singer, pupil
of Madame La Grange of Paris. Frau
lein Fillunger of Berlin and Frederick
Walker of London. She is California
girl who has had the advantage of
seven years European training and
stage experience. She has a powerful,
well-trained voice, of unusual compass
and great sweetness, fortified by ex-
Quisite style and finish. The European
press gives her very high praise, espe-
cially for richness of tone and dramatic
expression. The soprano of the even
ing will be Miss Rebe Levison of San
Francisco. She is Endorsed by the San
francisco press as a beautiful and gift
ed singer of dramatic power, unusual
volume and warm coloring. Miss Levi
son has been heard here once in con-
cert, and on that occasion so reused
her audience as to turn her reception
into an ovation. Miss Hilda Newman
OF Oakland will be the piano soloist of
the evening. She is Californian who
was graduated from the Vienna Con-
servatory. It was by advice of Pade-
reWskf that Miss Newman went to vi
emma and was instructed by Letchel-
1sky. She has achieved marked success
thus early in her career. The baritone
OF the evening will be the concert and
oratorio singer Robert Lloyd of San
Francisco. His voice is of excellent
range and uncommon volume. His
singing is marked by heartiness. soul
fulness and vigor, and it is likewise
full Of tenderness and sympathy. The
press Endorsements of Mr.. Lloyd's con-
cert work are very warm and en-
phatic.
The announcement of the e II cement
of the Grau Opera Company for the
Clunie next week appears this morn
Ing. The Grau Company will sing
here, according to this schedule, at
popular prices: Monday, s.Boccaccio';
Tuesday, Said Pasha"; Wednesday
matinee, Fra Diavolo":: Wednesday
night, "Olivette"; Thursday, 'sFalka":
Friday, THE Bohemian Girl" The
Grau Company consists of thirty-eight
people, with its own orchestra. The
leaders are: Adele Harrington, Mary
Darlington. Fannie Meyers, George
Broderick, Harry Davies, Sylvan
Langlois. Dan Young and Stanley
Fetch. The troupe has sung here twice
or thrice before, and has. always full
filled every promise. IN truth, it has
been conscientious in this to the extent
of carefully avoiding advancing claims
the management could not satisfy. The
company is singing this week in
Stockton, and all the daily press of
that city commend it for lyric and
dramatic ability, and for being outfit
ted this season exce1lently The Mail"
in its praise, says the company has not
only not receded from its high stand
ard OF excellence in years past, but is
notably stronger than on previous Wis
its; and its contemporaries in other
directions are quite as complimentary
to the troupe