Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-05
The sale of seats will open Wednesday

LULA CHASER IN SWEET ANNE
| PAGE. Miss Glazer's training fits her
emnently for the class of work she has
| TO DO In her new opera, Sweet Anne Page
| which will be seen here at the Columbia
| Iheater for the week commencing Janu-
airy 4. For nine seasons Miss CHASER was
the prtma donna soubrette OF the Francis
| wilson Opera Company and during that
| period appeared in the leading female parts
or every opera which Mr.. Wilson produced
both In his regular and auxiliary seasons.
| In her new opera Miss CHASER assumes
| four distinct DISCUSSES each widely different
! In character. Her long and varied training
| IN TINS line of work. her natural qualiiic;,-
| tons, her talent. grace and comclincss
equip her admirably for the multifariotts
role of Anne Page.
! Sweet Anne Page was written expccSs-
~ Tor Miss Chaser. Louis De Langc and
Edgar smith wrote the book and W. II.
Neidlinger wrote the music and the COM
bination is a very happy one. The scene -
| the opera is romantic Devon. and the time
! lbSS, during the turhulous times preceding;
] the dethronement of King James III by VIII
/ liam of Orange.
THE PITTsRURG ORCHESTRA.-rhc
| Pttsburg Orchestra. under the leadership
! OF Victor Herbert and with Nine Schu-
mann-Heink. will give concert At the Co.
| lumbia Theater the afternoon D. the 2:id in
slant This orchestra was organized in the
! fall of 1S!'5, following the dedication of Car
| negie Institute. Mr.. Carnegie's gift for cd
ucauon of building that should contain Il
| music hall was the incentive that brough;
the orchestra into life. Though existing IN
! sympathetic alliance with the great work II
emanating from Carnegie Institute the or
chestra Is Independent of It. The present
| Is the sixth season. The sevenjy-!ive play
| erS are under strict contract for tWcntN -unc
weeks. devoting their entire time To The
daily rehearSals and concerts, and during
| this period eighteen evening and eighteen
afternoon concerts will nave been given I'm
! Carnegie Music Hall, Ittshurg, ana mere
than thirty concerts at places as remote as
| Boston and Ann Arbor. The expenses this
season, which will exceed s15.Utb, are guar
anteed by group of philosophical men,
| to whom is largely due the earnest position
! in music the city of riltshur5 holds TODAY
The conductor of the orchestra Is Victor
Herbert whose art education. experience,
| ardent temperament and wisely directed
| energy in the rehearsal room are qualities
that his players instnctively feel.
PLATON BRoUNOFF LECTURE RE-
GENERALIZATION Brounoff who will give his
unique lecture recital on Russian life and
music next Wednesday night AT Luther
Memorial Church is most interesting per
sonalty. As lecturer he is impressive by
his eloquence and wit: as singer. gifted with
a beautiful baritone voice; Us pianist. fin
lshed and sympathetic. pupil Of Rubin
stein and Tschaikowski He speaks nuently
six languages. is a composer of note. con-
ductor of an orchestra and of several prom
nent choral societies AT ne coming lee
ture recital he will be assisted by a string
quartet and by some violonceIlo solos of
Ernest Lent. The lecture proves fascinat-
ing not only to the musical but to every
person OF average culture. Brounoff in
structs most entertainingly and holds th,.
closest attention of his audience.
BERNHARDT AND COQUELIN.-These
two great artists. supported by their own
carefully selected Partisan company of
seventy persons. will appear in this city
at the National Theater on Monday evening.
January IA, giving eight performances
selected from their repertoire. which in
GUIDES Rostand's two avowed masterpieces
Aiey1n n,,1
Dumas greatest play, La Dame aux Ca
melias"-('Camille'o Sardous brilliant
creation. La Tosca," and Shakespeare
Hamlet" with Nine Bernhardt in the.
title role and Coquelin as the gravedigger
The excellence of the company has been
commented upon In New York and Phila-
delphia. and 1t seems no exaggeration to
state that each member Of the organization
can quite justly lay claim to the title
artist" 1t is quite safe to say that i'll
each city of the brief tournee the advent
of this organization will not only be
Of the most interesting theatrical events
Of the season, but of many seasons past
and to come. Nine. Bernhardt and NJ.
Coqueln both appearing at each perform
ance.
POLITE VAUDEVILLE ANNIVER-
SARY.-Manager Chase is preparing to Gel
citrate In fitting style the second anniver-
sary of the establishment Of polite vaude-
Vile in Washington. The week beginning
January IA marks the eventful period, and
1t will be gala occasion throughout.
magnificent bill of acts that are all star
engagements will be headed by Marshall P.
Wilder, the world renowned entertainer
Others included in the brilliant array will
be Mcintyre and Heath, the far-famed
Georgia Minstrels;'' the vivacious little
on:edienne. Patrice. in her spectacular
piaylet, we'll termed "a Broadway produc-
tor in vaudeville" the three Yoscarrys,
gentlemen acrobats; Musical Dale, the won
derful campanologist the king OF the bell
ringers" John D. Gilbert, and a host Of
others.
ENGLISH GRAND oPERA;-"A,da,"
Verdi's masterpiece. by the Metropolitan
English Grand Opera Company. as the in
augural bill for Washington's only season
of grand opera In English. will enlist, in
addition to an all-American chorus Of 100.
a ballet of twenty, an orchestra of fifty and
a large force of supernumeraries, group
of the most popular artists of the organi-
rice Grau and Henry W. Savage, comes
from the Metropolitan Opera House, New
York The cast is as follows: Aida, Phoebe
Strakosch; Amneris. Louise Meisslinger:
Rhadames, Philip Brozel; Amonasro, Win
fred Golf; Ramtis, Clarence Whitehill; the
King E. n Knight. -Four of these singers
Miss Strakosch, Mr.. Brozel, Mr.. Golf and
Mr.. Whtehill. Miss NIeisslinger is well
remembered for her appearance here with
the Metropolitan Opera Company. The
pertoire for the remainder of the week has
been scheduled follows: Tuesday,
Faust Wednesday matinee. Romeo and
Thursday. I'll Trovatore:" Friday, '.Lo-
hengrin:" Saturday matinee, THE Mikado.'
sung with grand cast and Saturday night
the most famous of double bills, "Cavalle-
ria Rusticana' and "IPagliacci " The
company to be heard in this repertoire will
include. in addition to those already men
toned; Zeie de Lussan. Grace Van Studio
ford, Grace Golden, Kate Condor, Della
Niven. Joseph F. Sheehan, Lloyd d Aubigne,
William PAUL, Homer Lind, Lempriere
Pringe, Forrest Carr, Harry Davies. Frank
Ranney. Every opera will be staged in the
same manner as regards scenery, costumes.
properties. electrical effects, armor and
other paraphernalia at the Metropolitan
Opera House. New York. The prices will
range from 90 cents to 81. about one-third
of the amount usually charged for SINH
larly elaborate productions of grand opera.
The sale Of seats and boxes will begin at
the box office of the National Theater on
Thursday. January II.
Aside.
Maude Adams in "L'Aiglon' Is said have
taken in s13o, 900 during the ten weeks en-
gagement In New York.