Evening star., 1902-08-09
M USICAL MENTION

Sousa and his band are at the Steeple-
chase pier, Atlantic City, where they are
furnishing some excellent programs that are
highly appreciated. The Washington La
dies Quartet under the leadership of Miss
Katie V. Wilson. sang for a week with the
band and created a very favorable impress
sion. The quartet was composed of Miss
BERTHE Thompson and Mrs. Kittie Thomp-
son-Berry, sopranos; Mrs Eulalie Domer
| Rheem and Miss Edna Scott Smith, contral-
| tos. The Atlantic City Union said of their
work. They are Washingtons leading con-
cert and church singers, and their ensemble
! work is particularly commendable Their
| perfect enunciation, beautiful phrasing and
| shading has brought them much praise
| wherever they have appeared having been
recalled again and again at each perform
ance. Washington may well be proud of
| their artistic success"
| Daniel Frohman has cabled that Ossip
| Gabriowtsch, the Russian pianist. who is
| to appear under his management in Amer
| lea during the coming season, will start for
| this country earlier than was intended, and
| Will make his hrst appearance as the prin-
| cipal soloist Thursday October 9 at the
| Worcester CMass) festival
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| gagements for the company he is to bring
| to America with him to play in the pro-
| duction of his operas. He has cabled his
| managers. Mittenthal Bros and Kronberg,
| that he has signed Sgnora Elena Bian-
chini Cappelli, a noted dramatic soprano
and Signor Pietro Schiavazzi, one of the
| foremost of Italian tenors. Both these art
| lists are familiar figures at La Scala in
houses of the peninsula. They are partic-
ularly well known for their excellent work
in the Mascagni repertoire. Mascagni also
sent word he has engaged his entire or
chestra. This body will be larger than at
first intended. The original estimate was
for fifty-five men, but on account of the
demands of the score of Iris the COM
poser thought best to have twenty addition
al instrumentalists. The musicians will
sail from Naples on September Is. Mas
cagni himself will come little later.
Henry w. Savage announces the princi-
pals for his Castle Square Opera Company
for the coming season follows: Sopranos,
Mesdames Norwood. Rennyson and Remey;
mezzo-sopranos and contraltos. Mesdames
Ivell and Dufre: tenors, NJ. Sheehar and
D. Aubigne baritones, NM. Goffe and Car
rier: bassos, NM. Boyle and Coombs. The
organization will be the largest that has
ever attempted to sing grand opera in the
English language. numbering 135 people,
and ii is stated that the productions which
are carried by the organization are COM
plete in all of the details and very hand
some. The organization is booked solid for
forty-three weeks and will play but ten
cities.
There have been two changes recently in
the cast of the prince of Pilsen," at the
fremont Theater, Boston. Jeanette Bag
card has replaced Miss Montrose in the
part of the French maid and Nellie Haw-
thorne has succeeded Henrietta Lee in the
part of the dashing American widow.
When the prince of Pilsen' closes its run
at the fremont Theater it will have the
remarkable record OF nineteen weeks at
one theater to its credit and that in the hot
weather.
Henrietta Lee, who has been playing the
widow in THE Prince of Pilson" at the
fremont Theater in Boston, will play the
part originally created by Lillian Russell
in 'Fiddle-de-Dee" on the road the coming
season.
Cheridah Simpson, the prima donna of the
King DodO" organization, was educated for
a pianist and before she went on the oper-
ATTIC stage was accounted a most successful
concert artist. Miss Simpson plays boys
parts almost exclusively and is accounted
to have an almost perfect figure. She has
a soprano voice of great power and she
uses 1t to extremely good advantage.
The first prize in the violin class at the
Paris conservatory was awarded to Mile.
Strubenrach, who, as a girl violiniSt, trav
eled IN this country with the Banda Rosa.
Van Dyck, the tenor, has signed with the
Paris opera and will sing in ''Tannhauser,"
Lohengrn' and the "Valkyrie."
Myron w. Whitney. jr.. will make his
debut In grand opera in Nantes. France, in
September.
Victor Benham, the American pianist and
composer, has been SO successful in Eng
land that he will remain abroad and fulfill
engagements in England. Germany, Aus
trla, France and Russia.
The Paris Opera is to be enriched by a
marble bust of Marietta Alboni, for which
the sculptor MOncel has received an order.
Mrs. Henry W. Weber and children will
ieaVe the city on August IS for an extended
TRIP TO front Royal Va, where few days
later Prof. H. w. Weber director of the
RebeW Orchestra will join her and the
party OF young ladies, members OF his or
cnestra, who are to accompany Mrs. Weber
Ihose composing the party are the Misses
Emma and Tena Rosenbaum Misses Flor
ence and Grace Wilson, Miss Mae Thomas
ana Miss Annie Seckinger. Mr.. Jas. Brear-
ley Will join them shortly before their re-
turn to the city, which will be some time in