The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-25
FIRST CLASS GRAND OPERA BTLI.
At Music Teachers Festival by Part of
 the EIlts Company.

| the Elits Company.
 | An announcement that will set New | Haven music lovers and theatergoers ! on tiptoe of expectation is the some | what tardy one of the management of | the May festival of the attraction
 which they will present at the Hyperion
 during the three days of May, beginning on the 16th. Not content with accept | ing @ poorer substitute for the light
 operas which they proposed to present.
 on learning that they could not obtain
 the ones they desired, they have gone to far greater extremes and contracted for magnificent grand opera company
 which they will give their patrons the
 privilege of seeing at the same prices.
 When they first announced an opera they had in mind some one of the light
 operas such as "The Fortune Teller"
 or "The Highwayman,' but it was found that no company to present these
 could be obtained owing to the late
 ness of the date. All or the good light
 opera companies had summer plans, or
 else would disband before that date.
 sowitha deal of preliminary arrange
 ments a performance of grand opera was contracted for. The cast of the pro-
 duction will be of course much greater
 than for light opera company, and the
 expenses for the one night will be near
 to the $2,000 figure.
 The company, with one or two excep
 tions, is drawn from the Castle Square,
 the celebrated Ellis Opera company, in
 which Madame Melba, who has now sailed for Europe has heen singing through the past season, and excepting the Grau company at the Metropolitan, the best organization that has pre- sented grand opera this season. The cast includes Madame Chalia, who has sung the leading roles, alternating with Madame Melba, Madame Marie Matt field, who was so great a favorite in the performance of "Lohengrin" under Damrosch two years ago; the celebrat- ed tenor, Agostine, and several other artists of wide renown; full chorus, and orchestra of twenty pieces from the New York Symphony society, and in- cluding such distinguished players as Koert, Names, Miersch, Hoffman, being the same orchestra that has travelled this season with the Ellis company.
 The programme is double bill, con- sisting of the two most famous Italian operas of the modern school, "Caval- 1eria Rusticana," by Mascagni, and T Pagliacci," by Leoncavallo. These works have produced decided sensa- tion everywhere. The former is now widely known and greatly admired, and the latter is making friends in just as large numbers wherever it is heard
 There is no question that the above announcement will make a demand for the unsold remainder of the course tick cts that will close them out at once, and those who desire to provide them selves should not neglect to do so with out delay. In spite of the greatly in- creased cost involved in this undertak- ing there will be no extra charges in | any direction beyond those customary in the past. The course tickets admit ting to all the twelve entertainments ! including the opera and the oratorio, | are $150, as always The reserved seats | either for the opera or the oratorio will | be sold at $1, 75c and soc according to location. Thus the cost of attending the performance of grand opera for which tickes are usually sold as high | as $3 and even more, is brought down in this case to less than the price of an ordinary theater ticket.