Evening star., 1899-04-12
Changes Announced.
ANU SEMENTS,

GHaND oPEItA SEASON.-Ihe grand
opera season. which will commence at the
Grand Opera House tomorrow night,
promises to be the most notable in the
history of opera in this city. Already the
sale indicates that the financial success
will be very great and it is confidently ex-
pected that the artistic success will be
all that can be desired. The performances
in Baltimore have won the most enthusias-
tic praise from the press of that city, show
ing that the high standard established at
the New York Metropolitan Opera House
is still maintained. The list of principals
is larger than ever before shown in a sin
gle organization. 1t includes Marcella Sem
brich, Lii Lehman, Lillian NOrdica,
Emma Eames Schumann-Heink, Mantelli,
Jean and Edward De ResZke Salignac,
SaleZa, CamDanari, Van Dyck, Van Rooy,
Bispham, Piancon and AIbers, an array of
vocal talent that is remarkable, and which
indicates that every note will be adequately
sung. In addition there will be the large
well-trained chorus of the Metropolitan
Opera House and the splendid orchestra
that has all the winter played in that home
of grand opera in New York. The con-
ductors will be Mancinelli, who is we'll
known here, and whose ability is thorough
ly appreciated, and Schalk, who will be
new to this public. but who has been
praised for his work elsewhere.
HER RATONEMENT.' T.'-Charles Frohman
will present his annual New York melo-
dramatic success at the National Theater
for one week beginning Monday evening
Like all his other productions of this class,
it is on a scale of uncommon magnitude
and the cast is remarkable for its strength
and the number of important players,
many of them stars, comprised in it. The
play is AnsOn Ponds American drama
Her Atonement," which has had a tre-
mendously successful run at the Academy
of Music New York. Over 200 persons are
aY1Orl GN-A1 in yltari ion
many of the recently returned heroes who
! fought in Cuba and who will appear in the
big military scenes. Thus for the first time
in the history of the stage the public is
given opportunity to give greeting to COM
mon soldiers and to express its approba-
tion of men in the ranks who have dis
tinguished themselves signally on the bat
tletieid. Some of the immense scenes that
are pictured realistically and on a scale
commensurate with their grandeur are Il
crowded Courtland street ferryboat in mid
stream. the Astor House, Printing House
| Square and the city hall. New York po-
| lice station anu the Pennsylvania railroad
! station, Jersey City. In the cast are such
well-knoWn players as Louis T Aldrich
| Miss Margaret Robinson. The action of
1 the play is based upon the shooting of
| Charles Leroy, "a roue. Martha West, one
| of his victims, is arrested for the murder,
| but Is discharged James Morton, the
| brother of another victim, has enlisted in
| the army. Troops are leaving for the seat
N.
! Martha West, who is really the discarded
| daughter of Colonel Swift, in whose regi-
| ment Morton enlistS. becomes a hospital
| nurse and endears herself much to the SOL
| diers by her unremitting attention to the
| sick and wounded. Upon the return of the
! regiment as 1t is passing through Printing
/ House Square, Morton who has been pro-
| NOTED TO a lieutenancy for gallant and
/ meritorious conduct, is taken from his
| mothers arms and arrested by the detec-
| tives for the murder of Leroy. The sale OF
| seats will open at the box Office tomorrow
| morning.
| "ALABAMA."-The Frawley Company i:
I certainly making a warm place for itsel
| in the estimation of Washington theater
| goers. There have been stock companie:
| and stock companies here: indeed, the cap
| ital city was the first to originate the sum
mer stock company idea, out of which ha
| developed the fad for permanent organiza
| tions all over the country. Long years OF
| good work by various clever organization:
y have served to raise the standard for ioca
| stock productions very high, and the fac
| that the Frawley Company has, by TIVE
| productions, Established itself firmly here II
| an excellent recommendation, for Wash
/ ington theater-goers know a good thin,
| when they see it and will not put up will
| Indifferent performances. Not only hav,
the individual players begun to gain fol
| lowing, while the ensemble work of tn,
| company appeals to all, but in the se,ec
| ton of plays so far Mr.. FrawIey has shown
exceslent taste and discretion. Heretofor
there has been rather a surfeit of French,
4 farce-comedy in the summer stock sea
| sons but Mr.. Frawley is Washingtonial
born and bred, and although his field O
| endeavor for the past few years has beeI