The San Francisco call., 1905-02-19

Minetti Orchestra. assisted by thirty
professionals. will be heard in two or
chestral numbers. THE Nabucco Over
ture' and The Sicilian Vespers,'' and
will further be heard with the Howe
Club in the finale of the third act of
"Ernani.'' Another favorite Verdi
number will be heard in the we'll
known quartet from "RigolettO." in
which Nine. Caro- Roma, Mrs. Edith
Scott Basford. SignOr Borghese and
Signor Cortesi will take part.
The rest Of the programme contains
also much of interest. The orchestra
will give a composition for strings en-
titled 'Un Baisir Mimi" by local
composer, Adolphe Locher; Miss Grace
Freeman will play the Saint -Saens B
minor concerto; and wenceslao Villal-
pando, a 'cellist, who halls from the
Washington Cd. CO Symphony Orches-
ira, will contribute Bruch's "kol
Nidrei." The Howe Club also will fur
nish several choral numbers.
Seats for the concerts will be on sale
at Sherman & Clay's tomorrow morn
ing, and it is expected that the Minet-
ii Orchestra, which is the leading spirit
in the affair, will have the pleasure Of
the Verdi fund.
Mr.. Bispham furnishes most OF the
concert interest of this week with his
recitals Of Tuesday and Thursday
nights, and Saturday afternoon. The
barytone has hosts of admirers here,
and his delightful programme will
doubtless attract large audiences.
One regrets to learn of the approach
ing departure of Madame Caro- Roma.
who leaves San Francisco for London
some time toward the end of March
The singer. during her two years stay
here this time. has done some admir-
able work. Chief among it is of course
her Santuzza, sung under Mascagni's
direction, highly musical and very
clever dramatic performance. Madame
Roma's work in the comic opera at the
Tivoli has been throughout valuable
her Katisha and other such character
performances certainly never having
been bettered if equaled here.
Opportunity to hear the singer in
grand opera roles in which she has
appeared with distinction in England
has not been ours, outside of the San
tuzza part. She will, however, be
heard in scenes from some of these
before she leaves. at an operatic and
ballad concert that will be given on
March % at Steinway Hall. The con-
cert will be doubly interesting from
the fact that several of the singers
own songs are to be given during the
evening Assisting Mime. Roma will
be Miss Eugene Barker, soprano:
Mrs. E. S. BasfOrd, cOntralto; Mrs.
Domenico Russo, eontralto; Signor
Domenico Russo. tenor; Signor G..
CCrtesi, tenor; Signor Borghese. basso;
Elks' quartet, Messrs. Ogilvie O'Brien
Kay, O'Donnell, b. P. o. E. No. 8;
Minetti string orchestral Signar Min
etti, director; Edgar Strakosch, stage
manager; Fred Maurer, accompanist,
who have all volunteered their SER
vices in honor of the singer.
A remarkable production of. Cold
smiths sterling comedy, .-She Stoops'
to Conquer" under the direction 'of
Liebler & Co. and Messrs. Klaw & Err
langer. will be made soon at the New
Amsterdam Theater in New York. The
character of the presentation will per-
haps be best indicated by the remark
able cast, the principals of which will
include Miss Eleanor Robson as Kate
HardcaStle, Miss Clara Bloodgood as
Miss Neville, Mrs. Charles Calvert as
Mrs Hardcastle, Kyrle Bellew as
young NARROW, Arnold DAILY or Henry
E. Dixey as Tony Lumpkin, Louis
James as Hardcastle. Frank Mills as
Hastings. j. E. Dodson as Diggory. 1t
need not be explained that this cast
has been made up with a regard to
fitness alone. The names are, all IA
miliar to American theater goers. ex-
cepting perhaps that of Mrs. Charles
Calvert, who has long been recognized
as the most noted actress in all Eng
land in roles of that character. and
is especially famous as Mrs Hard
castle, in which role she is without a
peer. Her engagements for twenty
years have only been with organiza-
tions of the highest grade and she is
now playing at the Haymarket in The
Beauty and the Barge" Mrs Calvert
will be brought here for this produc-
ton alone and will remain with Ii
throughout the spring tour, which will
follow the four weeks at the New Am
sterdam.
The entire undertaking is with the
view of giving a presentation of gen
uine excellence of a comedy which
has for over century been recognized
as among the very foremost of the
standard plays and the cast as above
indicated will leave little doubt Of the
earnestness of the intention.