The Portland daily press., 1899-12-18
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
sTRADELLA.

MOHkC AND IN a mAs
sTRADELLA.
The rshesrsals for the series Of opsrns
which o, Stewart Taylor viii give during
the season, are progressing rapidly.
''5tradslla," o romantic opera, by Fr.
Won Fiotow. will be this first Of the series.
OF Flotow's many competitions, "Stra.
della" Il ranked ~ one Of his bsst. IL
win bs.entireiy new 70 Portland audi
enccs. In fact (whils very popular In ku-
rope). has been played but little In this
country and neysr before attempted BY
amateurs. The plot Of the opera revolvss
around Stradslls, great church ginger
Of the nth century. He IL secretly be-
throthed 10 Leonore, the ward Of Basei.
a rich patricisn of Venice. Bassi, hav-
| ing fallen in love with Leonors, insists
on marrying her himself. and In spite Of
her opposition fixes the day for. their we'd
ding On the evening preceding this day .
during the Carnival OF venios," Leo
more elopes with Stradella. Bassi. In re-
vense, engages two braves TO kill Stradel-
In. While he Is coming from the Cathe-
dral d. st. Panl, singing the beautiful
by mn to the Virgin, the braves sneak up
to stab him, but are overcome By the
power of his song. Many complications
arise. At length Bassi becomes recon
ciled with Stradella, who mafriss Leonore
mid the rejoicings of the popuiace.
| Other operas. among them "Trial BY
Jury," and "The Lovely Galatsa," ara
also being rehearsal. Ths ohoruses for
these operas are exceptionally coed ones
and under Prof. Taylor's able dire,tion
will doubtless develop into one Of the I'm
est local choruses that the Portland pub
| lilo have seen In opera tor a number OF
years. These operas viii be given ct the
jefferson inthe near future.
The BURTON HOLMES LECTU kES.
The management Of the Burton Holmes
| lectures announce that during the com.
ing season thsy are to make distinct In
novation In the illustration Of MIR.
Holiness lectures by inserting the mo.
ton. pictures into the very body Of the
lectures Just as has always been done with
the stereopticon views heretofore. They
| will, of course, still use these latter
views, beautifully colored and from orig
inaI mega tives by MIR. Holmes, but the
motion pictures will this season be abso-
lutely appropriate to the subject Of each
lecture, having been especially taken BY
| MIR. Holmes and his assistants In the
| countries which form his topics In Ma
nila Mr. Holmes obtained enough pic.
lures, both still and motion, to give a
better idea Of the existing conditions
than anything else has ever done. This
subject heads his series this season,
Japan Re visited Is the second, and
here no obtained many motion pictures,
among the most beautiful Of his entire
repertoire. The "Hawaiian Islands" Ii
the third subject. and 'iThs GRAND Can
yon" and ssMvki Land" complete the reg
ular series. His dates In Portland are at
City Hall, on Eve Thursdays, beginning
| February 1st Sale Of course tickets be.
gins at Cressey, Jones aud len 8, on jan
uary ID.
| CORSE PAXTON.
! The Corse Payton stock company Will
remain in Portland another week begin
ming with Monday matinee. Many new
plays will be presented and by special rs-
quest some OF the plays presented the
past wesk will bs repeated, but an entire
change In the spscialties Will be made.
also new movingl. pictures will be shown
| between the acts in addition to the Dew
ey moving pictures. This is positively
the last engagement Of Mr.. Payton' s
stock company in Portland this season
and the patrons of the Jefferson should
tunity Of seeing them.
MISS ALMA CHESTER.
One of the most popular Ms we'll as one
of the most successful stars In repertoire
| is Miss Alma Chester, who is now play
Ing two wesks' engagement In Ban
gor to phenomenal business. Miss Chss'
| ter presents some Of the best plays ever
seen In repertoire and each staged In
thorough and eomplets manner with
rich wardrope and scenic effeots.
REPERTOIRE AT PORTLAND
THEATRE.
| Jessie Harcourt and her own company
| and orchestra will play a return engage
ment at the Portland theatre all this
week presenting several new and popu-
lar plays. Miss Harcourt is very popu'
lar in this city and this engagement
should prove even more successful than
| the last one when Miss Harcourt and
her capable company were enthusiastic
oally received. Refined specialtiss will
| be introduced between the acts, and Prof.
Tennant will present the very lats 81
illustrated songs. The opening play Mon
day evening will be Milton Nobles's
great success, "Love and Law" and al
4 - iuht ahnnl1 ha e