The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16

in musical tastes in the last half dozen
years, although they signify more for
the abiding nature Of the star system
than for the permanent qualities OF
Gouhod. "Rigolette" was, given five
times, chiefly to the glory of Melba,
who has been in even better voice than
ever this season, and has drawn the
most fashionable audiences of any of
the company. Thanks to Calve, Car
men, WAS also given five times, and,
furthermore, one novelty was produce
edofor-t the display Of her charm.
M. tMissa's "Maguelone" probably
would not have been heard If 1t had
not9 hadthe good fortune to provide a
part that was manifestly cut out for
Calve. Otherwise it didn't amount to
rnuchrg o.
Everything considered, the three cy-
cles of the Wagner tetralogy, under
the unrivaled baton of DIR. Hans Rich
ter, were what gave theIseason it's real
distinction. Many there be who af-
firm that even OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sur
passed the excellence of these perform
anceS. a
On Aug. "a the Royal opera house re-
opens for popular opera season with
the Moody Manners company, last
years experience having proved pretty
conclusively that grand :opera in Eng
lish at popular prices can be made to
pay. q
The autumn invasion from America
begins next month with etheaproduction
at the Avenue theater-where bad
luck and good luck alternate in pro-
nounced extremes-of Dolly Warden
by Stanilaus STANCE and Julian Ed
wards. Mabel Gilman will have the
title role, and the rest of the COM
pany will also be chiefly Americans,
including the entire chorus-the COM
plete supremacy of the American cho-
rus over the English variety being now
generally acknowledged.
The United States probably will be
represented soon at Comedy theater,
where Sidney Valentine and Reeves
Smith, capable actors both, set forth
on perilous career as London man
ayers, with Clyde Fitch's play, 1.-THE
Climbers" After the run of that play
the work of yet another American I'm
the Palace Of the King" by F. Marion
Crawford, is to follow
When Marie Tempest comes back,
after giving the United States the first
taste of her quality as an actress, in
stead of a comic opera star, she ex-
poets to produce the American play,
"A Japanese Nightingale at The Ave-
nue. theater.
America also is the origin of 'The
Soothing System which Arthur Bour-
CHER produced this week as the curtain
raiser to the Bishops Move" which
also twas written chiefly by an Amer
lean, Mrs. Craigie. The little play was
adapted by Bourchier himself from
that grewsome story of Poe's, which
depicts a scene in a mad house. one Of
whose physicians has himself become
mad and has assisted the patients to
lock up the other officials. A French
adaptation of the same Story has been
going well in Paris, whose inhabitants
are fond of horrors-witness- the daily
throngs of idlers at the nforgue-but
1t didn't take well In london, despite
the admirable acting of eMr. Bourchier
asstle mad doctor. The. gloom of Lon
don is such that its inhabitants yearn
increasingly for gayety lat fheir play
houses. The Soothing system how
ever brings out in excellent relief the
delightful urbanity of iethe Bishops
Move" which keeps going SO well that
no date has been fixed for Haddon
Chambers play, Golden Silence"
which was to have succeeded it ere
this.
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Yet another American play which is
to be seen here presently Is Richard