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METROPOLITAN

Jefferson De Angels in The Jolly Mus
keteer" drew another large and appreciative
audience to the Metropolitan opera house last
night; the stars his opera and his company
have scored hit with st. Paul play-goers.
With respect to scenery. costumes and ac
cessories the production is one of the most
magnificent that has ever visited this city,
and the success with which it has met is
certainly we'll deserved. The engagement of
The Jolly Musketeer" will close with the
matinee and evening performances today; ar
tistically and otherwise it will rank with
the best the present season wil-effer.
The next of the Seibert's orchestra series of
midwinter concerts will be given at the Met
ropolltan opera house next Sunday afternoon
at $780, An exceptionally interesting pro-
gramme has been arranged for this occasion.
There Is naturally very considerable inter-
est to discover whether sousa and Klein have
equaled in their new opera, The Charlatan,"
the mark set by the most famous and best Of
modern opera, Eel Captain" The best
musical critics say that 1.-The Chariatan' Is
vastly superior work in score and story
Mr.. Hopper's success with it has been enor-
nous.
AS to Sousas work, 1T would be hard to
imagine that anything he should do would
not be well done
AS to Charles Klein, the mere fact that
he wrote the libretto of 'El Captain is suf-
fcient evidence that THE Charlatan" is not
going to prove a cheap and trivial work. It
can be truthfuliy said of Charles Klein, what
cannot he said Of any other comic opera
hbrettist of the day, he is a trained dramatiSt,
not mercy constructor of light and airy
triviatities. One of the great beauties of
Charles kieins comic opera librettos is this
That they would be good play without Tyr
les or music of any kind. Cut the songs and
music out of the average comic opera and you
have an incinerated skeleton that would like
dead sea fruit, fall to pieces at the touch
There is always in Klein's books, whether it
be a drama or comic opera. stirring story
The Charatan," it is said, will prove no
exception to the rule. Nothing comes out Of
the Klein workshop that Is not close knit
lucid and dramatic. If what the Chicago
critics say Of the work counts for anything
the new opera viii be found vastly greater
work than the popular lei Captain" It will
be presented at the Metropolitan opera house
next Monday evening.
GRAND.
or the many farces that have been seen
mere this season none are more prolific in
humor than MY Friend From India" the
laughable comedy holding forth at the Grand
the present week. Charles H. Bradshaw is
admirable In the role of Erastus Underholt
and contributes no end of humor All Of the
ether male roles are in good hands and the
feminine contingent represents a deal of
beauty and talent. Today at 2:3O the first
popular priced matinee Of the engagement
will occur
Cats do strange things and 1t is a ques-
ton if there ever were such cats as those Of
Prof. Leonidas, who presents his clever felines
and CANNES at the Grand next week in con-
nection with the big vaudeville show. The
feature Of the act of Prof. Leondas is that
in which a cat climbs rope to the top Of
the theater dome and makes a thrilling para
chute drop. There are other expensive feat