The record-union., 1899-03-26

Through the enterprise of Manager
Ficks of he Clunie Opera house Sacra-
mentans are to have taste OF grand
opera on Thursday evening next Inc
Ellis Grand Opera Company are TO give
rs the. Carmen cast of that organlza-
ton. This will present US ten OF the
twenty principals of the troupe, name
ly: Sopranos and contraltos De Lussan,
Gadski. Mattfeld and Van Cauteren,
tenors. Bonnard, Del Sol, Cass; BARI
tones and bassos, Stehmann, Boudour-
esque and Viviani 1t gives us really
as many principals as appear IN any
opera of the repertoire of the company,
and more than in most of them. Gadski
is spoken of by Musical America as
the coming greatest Wlgnerlan slnser
of the age, and that journal, noting her
success, declares that its prophecy liial
she will astonish the age is coming
true. Thursday night in San Francesca
the house fairly rose to the German
soprano, \ and men stood in their seats
and cheered her to the echo. True, sne
has but a very limited part IN Car
men, but enough to give some idea
of her splendid voice. De Lussan, Wnoil
we heard in San Francisco recently Oh
the same boards with. Melpas mas
captivating mezzo-soprano VOICE.
sparkling, flashing, dancing like sun.
beam, but of clear, pure tone aiiu VI
ample volume. She is represented az
the ideal Carmen. From nearing potii
we are disposed to make no Compare
son of De Lussan and Melba- Ihey
are so different in style. manner anu
quality of voice that comparisons are
valueless Melba, is StatueSQue, ner OF :
gan a great flute. clear rotund, perfect
in tone and it's work chlseled as II
from ivory, warm, broad in color, ana
full of emotional feeling. DE Lussah IS
a coloraturist also. and an adept act
ress: but she does not give US music
pictures in great, broad sweeps OF color
as does Melba. On the contrary, she
wins by brilliancy, sparkling v1vaclty'
nv artful use of a voice sweet as silver
bells. flashing as waterfalls in the sun
light and full of the human and the
passionate.
At the Clunie Opera-house on Tues
t7,ay evening next we are to nave the
Stanford University Glee and MandoHn
Climbs. now on their fourth annual tour
They always give a pleasant entertain
ment. filled with light musical selec-
tious wit. humor, dramatic dashes, ana
a merry spirit The Mandolin Club Is
represented as notably strong this year,
and the entire troupe as much superior
in its work to that of any time in It's
history.
The struggle to add brilhancy to the
performances of the rival versions OIL
1.-THE Three Musketeers" in New YORK
almost brought Lily Langtry over for
the part of Miladi at the Broadway
Thpater. She was not averse, but at
last cabled that she could not make up
her mind to miss the spring racing IN
England. Then another welf-known
London actress, Mrs. Patrick Campbell,
was thought of, but she has just begun
a tour of the English provinces in THE
Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith, and 1.-THE
Second Mrs. Tanqueray." The first
offer cabled to her is said to have been
$500 a week. 1t is further soberly de-
clared that. the offer was raised to
81 600 but she still declined, for she
had no idea of introducing herself to
this country in such a role.
During the rehearsals of Branting-
ham Hall at the ST. James Theater,
some few years ago, Mr.. Gilbert's pro-
verbal patience was somewhat tried by
q certain lady's apparent inability to
speak one particular line as it had been
written. Upon making hurried en-
trance the actress had to exclaim to
those on the stage: Stay! let me
speak" But she persisted time after
time in going one better and saying:
"Stay. stay! let me speak" Having
been pulled up over and over again and
not improving. Mr.. Gilbert at last sue
ceeded in curing the lady of needless
repetition by one day remarking: NO,
Miss -, you are wrong again; it isn't
stay stay. it's .stay!'-one stay, not a
pair of stays.'
Notes and Queries: Ros.-Pll graft
1t with you. and then 1 shall graft it
with a nedlar; then it will be the ear
lest fruit i the country; for you'll be
rotten ere you be half ripe, and that S
the right virtue of the medlar.
The full meaning of these lines has
been missed through lack of accurate
information which Shakespeare SO uni
fo,lnIy displays, and particularly with
regard to rural customs. An English
man, other than city bred, should not
need to be told that the fruit of the
mediar tree is picked while yet green,
laid away in a dark. dry place and al
lowed to become mellow through and
through, having the appearance of a
rotten apple-a, dark brown color. when
it is considered as in the proper state
to be eaten. and is a treat usually re-
served by the young people for Christ
mas day With these facts before us,
further comment on the passage is un-
necessary to discover the point of the
iIlustration-the decay OF the fools
mind before reaching ripeness of judg-
ment. The custom of picking the fruit
while green explains the idea expressed
by earliest and answers Stevens
objection that the medlar is in reality
q late fruit.
Roland Reed in the greatest success
of his career, THE Wrong Mr.. Wright"
will appear here shortly. He has ar
other new play for first production here
ANCN Icih LII dtfldtiC ANCNS. ~ liiOi IL
ing newspaper, which must have been
more eager for sensation than. for ac-
curacy, printed a gay little story a few
days ago to the effect that Ethel Bar
rymore is engaged to be married to
Arthur Byron. As both Miss Barry
more and Mr.. Byron are playing in
John Drew's company this season,
there was al special suggestion of feast
bility in the item. So far in her brief
career Miss Barrymore has had more