The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-27
MUSIC AND THE STAGE.
METROPOLITAN.


Ignace PadereWski the world-famed
Polish pianist, with his sandy circlet Of
lustreless hair, his strangely interesting
and compelling personality, played and
charmed a st. Paul audience last evening
at the Metropolitan opera house after an
absence Of your years. The audience
while not one of the largest, on account
of the high price of admission, was en-
thusiastic and appreeiattve to high de-
gree, and applauded to the echo at dif-
ferent points throughout the programme,
a trying one, constructed to give a fair
resume of the intellectual, aesthetic and
brilliant aspects of various schools OF
/ piano playing. The Bach-LisZt prelude
and Fugue" was the opening number,
and was both storm and calm. The
prelude was given with breadth and
elangor that savored of the Liszt side
Of it. The slim fugue statement grew
under the molding fingers Of the pianist
| until the majesty Of It's proclamation at
the close was stupendous. Pedaled as II
at the organ bench, Paderewsid draws
from the instrument dynamic range or
tone that Is unequaled. BeethoVens y
minor Sonata, OPP. Ill, was supernatural
/ ly grorffied into sublinity through Pad
erewslxfs idealiZation of the work. and
epithets are used with greater right about
this sonata, and the listener lifted to
r
works Beethoven knew how to write
equally, perfectly, as clearly; PadereW-
ski finds musical expression, passionate
ly pathetically and elegiacally, in every
delicate emotion of the soul. In the
Schumann's Op. II. he trod territory ne
was made free of by his temperamental
genius The sonata was beautifully play
ed, eloquent in its superb strides ana
structure The Chopin section of the pro-
1 eto in
gems. %
The sale of seats for the engagement
of Henry Irving and Ellen Terry at the
metropolitan next week opened yesterday
morning, and long line of ticket buyers
at the box office all day indicated the
interest aroused by the famous stars.
The sale as was natural, was heaviest
for the opening performance Monday
night. "Robespierre," although hundreds
of seats were sold for the Tuesday and
Wednesday performances The bill for
Tuesday evening will be ''Nance Oldfeld
and 1.-The Bells" with ''The Merchant Oh
Venice for the closing performance G
Wednesday night.
"The- Village Postmaster one or the
best examples of modern rural drama
and a companion play to 1.-The Old Home
stead and "Shore Acres" will open a
brief engagement at the Metropolitan op-
era house tonight. A popular price mat
,nee will be played tomorrow afternoon,
and the engagement will close with tAe
performance tomorrow night Archie
Royd. who takes the title role, is thor
o,,gh character actor, who has made HIM
self prominent with his long connection
with Denrnan Thompson S part in ihe
Old Homestead" and Uncle Nat In "Shore
Acres
GRAND.
IA Hot Old Time" continues to please
theater goers in no uncertain measure at
tbe Grand opera house Dorothy Drew,
| who sings I'D Leave My Happy Home
| for You" and dances in a most fetching
manner. provides one of the most pleas
[ ing specialties Of the performance To-
morrow at 2:S9 the only remaining mat
| inee of the engagement will occur.
Hello Bill' is the title of the new
vaudeville farce which will be presented
| at the Grand for one week beginning sun
| day evening. April %. Frank j. Halo
| and Marie Madison are the aul hors. Tne
company includes George Ober, John lily
ANS. Frederic L. Power, Thomas Wood,
| Arthur Kirkham, Ada Deaves, Madeline
| Lack Louise Royce, Helen Brackett. Ada
Bernard, little Frances Keplar aad the
Hello Bill quartette.
THE ST. Paul Eyrie No 49, Order of
| Eagles. will occupy seats in the parquet
! tonight.