Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
HOFFMAN'S LOVE TALES
To OPEN SECOND WEEK
Aida and Faust Will Be Given
for First Time by the
Bevani Company


ers of Los Angeles have been quick to
take advantage of the exceptional ope-
ratio offerings of the Bevanis at the
Auditorium, and every evening the big
play house has been well filled with
enthusiastic audiences. This excellent
company came to Los Angeles prac-
tically unheralded, for this is their
first visit to the Pacific coast. Mr.. Be
hymer heard the BeHanis in San Fran
cisco and Oakland, and Immediately
booked them for the Auditorium. His
keen judgment in musical matters
again proved correct, for the present
opera season at popular prices was a
foregone success before last Monday
nights opera was over.
Tomorrow will begin the second week
of the Bevanis' Auditorium engage
ment, and they announce repertoire
that should prove even superior to last
week. For Monday night and Saturday
matinee Offenbach's Love Tales of
Hoffman" will be presented for the
first time in Los Angeles by an operat-
ic company. Hoffman," the Bevanis
state, is one of their most successful
presentations. The advance sale for
tomorrow night has been exceptionally
large, and a capacity house is antici-
pated. The story relates of the three
love affairs of a youthful German
poet, Hoffman. He relates his stories
in a wine cellar the three acts working
out his story. Eugenio Battain, the
tenor who has made himself SO popular
with Los Angeles music lovers, will be
the Hoffman. Regime Vicarino will en-
act the triple roles of his three different
sweethearts. Achille Alberti will sing
Miracole and Florian will be Crespel.
BATTAIN WILL SING FAUST
"Aida" will receive it's first produc-
ton in Los Angeles by the Bevanis on
Tuesday. Anna Frery will have the
title role and Eugenio Battain will
sing Radames. this announcement be-
ing sufficient, for during the past week
Battain has won high favor in the
opinion of music loving Los Angeles.
Margaret Jarman will sing Amneris.
Ettore Campana, one of the Bevani ia
yorite baritones, will carry the role of
Amonasro, and the other roles will be
in the hands of Helen NeWcombe, Will
liam Giuliani, Joseph Florian and Al
exander Bevani.
Wednesday and Friday evenings will
witness productions of Gounod's
"Faust." This is another opera famil-
lar to all music lovers. Nine. Frery
will be Marguerite on Wednesday and
Guiditta Francini will sing the role on
Friday. Excellent renditions can be
expected from both, for during the past
week their work has been highly sat
isfactory. Eugenio Battain will sing
the title role. Margaret Jarman will
sing Siebel Ettore Campana will be
the valentine Mephistopheles will be
in the hands of Alexander Bevani.
Florian will be the Wagner and Lucy
Van der Mark will sing Martha.
Flotow's tuneful and nearly comic
Martha" a favorite with the musical
ly uneducated as well as the artist, is
slated for its first performance by the
Bevanis before Los Angeles audiences
on Wednesday matinee. This English
opera will be sung in italian, and the
Bevanis regard Martha" as one of
their most popular presentations, its
fresh comedy in a way relieving the
of many of the Italian
operas.
The entire repertoire for this week is
excellent, and it would not be surpris--
ing to see the large Auditorium filled
to capacity on many of the evenings.
s.
BELASCO-''The Blue Mouse" will be
played for a third week at the Be-
iasco theater commencing next Monday
night. 1t was the intention of the
Belasco management to present Pi-
nero's play "The Gay LORD QueX,
but the demand for seats for 'The
Blue Mouse has been SO literally tre-
mendous that it has been necessary to
offer one more week of this wonderfully
funny farce.
This will be the first time that any
farce has ever been presented for three
consecutive weeks on any Los An
geles stage, or for that matter by any
stock company in the world, and 1t
demonstrates very clearly the capacity
of the Belasco company to put plays
over for runs.
Nothing cleverer than Eleanor Cor
don's portrayal of Paulette Devine,
known on the stage as the Blue Mouse,
can be imagined. She brings to the
part a keen knowledge of the require
ments of farce, while her physical
charms are most enchantingly en-
HANGED by some of the most gorgeous
gowns that have ever been displayed
on any stage in Los Angeles.
Mr.. Stone as Augustus Rollett con-
tributes a fine character drawing to
the performance and Frank Camps
of the sportively in
clined railroad president is another
happy bit of acting.
The Tuesday night performance of
"fThe Blue Mouse will be in the nature
of a benefit for the local mail carriers
for the purpose of adding to the fund
that will be used to urge the claims
of the local postmen to bring the ma
tional convention of mail carriers to
Los Angeles in 1913.
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