The San Francisco call., 1901-11-07
THEATERs OFFER
PLEASING BILLS
Mrs. Sarah .Cowell LIE
Moyne Drawing Well
at Columbia.
Grand Opera Season Prom
ises to Be Entirely
Successful.


for no less commentator than has been
accorded to the cast. The First Duchess
of Marlborough" is a performance out of
hundred and one that should not be
missed William Collier in his latest sue
cess, "On the Quiet" follows.
Another strong success of the week is
1.-The Belle Of New York at the Tivoli.
given by the clever youngsters of the
Pollard Juvenile Opera Company. The
children are the brightest young folks
that have ever been seen or heard here,
singing, acting and dancing with all the
aplomb of the best seasoned stagers. They
have succeeded, from the tiny Daphne
Pollard to Alice Pollard, the stately, who
is nearing the sere and yellow leaf of IA
! years, in winning the hearts of all who
have seen them Alice is the belle, and
she is a belle. Madge .Woodson is an
other of the little wonders and she takes
But every part is we'll sustained, the cos
tuning is rich and picturesque, the stag
ing very sufficient. and the orchestral ar
hands are amply satisfactory. There will
be Sunday matinee to satisfy the large
demand for seats. "A Gaiety Girl fol-
lows.
Last night the Royal Italian Band re-
ceived a perfect ovation at the Metropol-
itan Hall. large house greeted the
d
their way to the hearts of all lovers Of
music and they themselves eclipsed all
their previous efforts. Every number on
the programme was encored and the au-
dience was reused to a pitch of enthusi-
asm that is not often seen Creatore was
in fine form, magnetic and picturesque as
ever and all the band members seemed to
be inspired to do their splendid best by
the interest and enthusiasm of their hear
ers There are to be two programmes to-
day, the afternoon programme running as
follows:
March, Teasing Hearts" .creatore
Overture. "Semiramide .................. Rossini
Miss Heintzen.
FunGTaI II ITIe MaTch aer Regiment
Incidental solos.
II,
March No, H.. ...;....................".. .Mancini
Del i1 SOLOS by signori Palma and curti Curt 'NN' :
Waltz I'm Doux Poeme" ......... Waldteufel
Overture, "Tannhauser .................W Wagner
Tonight will be a Wagner programme.
with the following numbers:
March Wedding '................ .MendeIssohn
Prelude, -'Parsifaf .-.-.--.....-..--- Wagner
Prize song, "Die Meistersinger'. ......... Wagner
Signor Palma.
Grand selection. die Walkure" ...... Wagner
Prelude-Ride Of the valkyries. Love
Duet. Magic Fire Scene. Incidental
SOiOS.
March. NJ "Tannhauser" ...............W Wagner
Soprano solo. Lament of the Exile" .. Creators
Nine. Barili.
Overture, "Heimkehr ...a...... Mendelssohn
The last days Of Walter E. Perkins en-
gagement at the Grand Opera-house will
be given over to 1.-The New Boy" which
is. proving a popular bill with the patrons
of the house. On Saturday evening the
nrOPrammR will he changed t'Tha MAJ,
From Mexico" on the occasion Of Stan
ford night" The Stanford Mandolin and
Glee clubs will play.
One of the first of the Grau aggregation
of stars to arrive is Ernest Van Dyck
the famous Wagnerian tenor, who reached
San Francisco yesterday afternoon Van
Dyck was one of the great favorites of
last years grand opera season, his in
depreciation of the name roles of "Lohen-
grim "Tannhauser" and "Loki'' standing
out even from the splendid conceptions by
which he was surrounded. Van Dyck is
one of the foremost Wagnerian singers
and is equally great as an actor. He
was identified with some of the first pro-
ductions of the works of the great music
dramatist in Paris when the famous ad-
verse demonstrations were made, and has
since been almost solely concerned with
T1Nagnerian opera Mr.. Van Dyck is in
excellent health and will make his first
appearance on Monday evening next as
Lohengrin.
Next week begins the event of events of
the year. the Grau grand opera season
Everything points to an extraordinary
artistic success this year, not to speak of
the social side Of the season. The sale of
single seats, that began yesterday morn
ing, was unprecedented in operatic an
nails. The programme for the first week is
as follows and speaks for itself:
Monday evening. November IL. sLohengrin,,
MINES. Eames and Schumann- Heink; Messrs
Van Dyck. Bispham. Muhlmann and Ed de
Tnesday EVENING Movember r.
Mines. Calve, Bauermeister, Van Cauteren and
Suzanne Adams; Messrs Salignac Journet.
Bars. Dufriche. Reiss and Scotti; conductor
Mr. Flon.
Wednesday evening, November 10. La Ira
viata"-Mmes Sembrich, Van Cauteren
Bauermeister; Messrs. Campanari, Vanni, Bars
Dufriche.. Gilbert and De Marchi; conductor,
Thursday evening, November IA, ..Tann-
hauser'-Mmes. Eames, Bridewell and Reuss-
Bolce; Messrs. Van Dyck, Blass. Bars. Reiss.
Walter Damrosch.
Friday evening. November To- LES Hugue-
Van cauteren and sembrich; Messrs. De Mar.
CHI Journet, Scotti, Bars, Reiss. Viviani Du-
friche. vanni and Ed de Reszke; conductor,
Saturday afternoon, November 1s. FAUST
essS 1ppe anS ana
de Reszke; conductor. Mr. Seppili.
Saturday evening. November 1s "Manon''-
and Van Cauteren Messrs Declery, Journet,
Gilbert, Bars and Salignac; conductor. Mr..
Flon.
The Alcazar has made good this week
with Nancy & Co.. which has served
to introduce Miss Marion Convere to an
admiring audience. The Alcazar stock
company has never been stronger than it
is just now, both on the feminine and
masculine side, and Nancy & CO.. is a
bright, snappy play that affords them all
opportunity to do their best work Next
week the favorite play, For Fair Vir-
ginia," will be put on
''In Old Kentucky is doing a rushing
business at the California Theater, with
it's strong drawing cards of the whang-
doodle pickanninies, who are the cutest
of coon infants; and the horse races To-
morrow evening will be Jockey night
and horses from Tanforan will race with
the famous Queen Bess. Next week
James A. Herne's famous pastoral drama,
"Shore Acres will be put on.
This afternoon at the California Theater
the second lecture of the Walter Dam
rosch Wagnerian series will be given, to
begin at 3:15. Mr. DamroSch will take
die Meistersinger' for his subject.
Northern Lights the great Indian war
play, is pleasing Central patrons. The new
leading man Is distinct success and the