Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-05
WILL MAKE HIS DEBUT
. THE FIRST OF THE YEAR
Engagement Will Be Actors First
Outside of Grand Opera
and Concert

Henry j. Balfour has signed a con-
tract to join the Ferris Hartman
forces and will make his debut with
that organization at the Grand opera
house January Is in a light opera, the
name of which has not been revealed
but which will provide him with
role suited to his marked vocal talents.
Mr.. Balfour will continue regularly with
the company and will sing the tenor
parts in all of Ferris Hartman's pro-
ductions. Where the roles as origin
ally written do not themselves offer
him proper singing opportunities new
numbers will be interpolated.
Locally Mr.. Balfour's work has been
in concert and song recital, with the
exception of a single eng9 cement with
the bankers when they put on. "The
Maid of Manalay" last summer. He
has a remarkably true and melodious
tenor voice and should prove valu-
able member of the company which
he is to join. His musical education
was gained chiefly in Paris and he has
large repertoire of grand opera roles,
singing in French, Italian and Eng
lish His work with Hartman will be
his first essay in light opera or musical
comedy. Madam Constance Balfour,
his wife, is a soprano of note, and it
is rumored that she also may be heard
on the Grand stage from time to time.
December q Mr.. Balfour will sing
before the Women's Press club, and
| three days later he and his wife will
give an operatic recital at the Friday
Morning club.
The single seat sale for the second
Los Angeles symphony orchestra con-
cert to be given at the Auditorium
next Friday afternoon opens this
morning at Bartlett's music store.
Seats are now selling for Emelio de
| Gogorza recital tomorrow night at
Simpson auditorium.
with such we'll known acts as
Harry Van Fossen, the minstrel man;
#. Nelson Downs, the king of coins,
and Campbell and Yates in one of
sketches, Sullivan & Considine will
this afternoon offer another all new
bill of eight acts to the patrons of the
Los Angeles theater.
H:rry Van Fossen, at one time n
grocery clerk in a small town in Mis- e
souri,, has in a short space of time
risen from that obscure position TO
the foremost comedian of Al G. Fields
minstrel organization and is now OH
his first vaudeville tour with his
thirty minutes of burnt cork comical-
tiles. There is no cleverer manipulation
of coins appearing on the American
stage today than T. Nelson Downs
who with his skill in this direction, To-
gether with a fund of funny stories,
will add much to the new bfll
Others on the new bill will be the
Three Escardos, Marie Cheville, Celest,
European wire artist; the Three I'm
perials and two new films OF amusing
motion pictures.
Splendid entertainment is promised
by the Pantages management for the
week beginning this afternoon. Tne
program presents Bigelow's \ Merry
Youngsters" in a musical comedy
called "School Time Frolics; the
Baader- -LaVelle troupe of acrobatic cy-
clists, Victor Finn and Bert Ford,
Kentucky dancers and black face
comedians; Hamilton Bros, comedy
acrobats; Guido Gialdini novelty
whistler Romanelli, trick violinist and
new photo plays.
After having seen other Russian
dancers galore, it Wills be entertaining
to visit the Orpheum this week, and
see those the czar selected at the be-
hest of M. Meyerfeld, Jr., president Of
the circuit last summer, to come over
here and eXemplify the Russian bal
let work Another foreign act there to-
day is Mile. Camille Ober, a phenom-
email French chanteuse, who not only
does limitations, but has the highest
vocal range in the world, singing the
counter G in the fourth octave, and as
cending the scale even higher than our
own Miss Yaw. Felice Morris and her
company come in clever little skit,
"a Call for Help" The three white
Kuhns, more singers of exceptional
ability, are also on the new bill The
Barrymore Rankin all star cast. in
'The White Slaver,'' the old soldier fid-
dlers, the Gus Onlaw trio and Frank
Morrell, with special motion pictures,
are still to be considered. Altogether,
it is varied and unusually fine and
interesting bill.
The visit Of Joseph Brooks of the
firm of Klaw & Erlanger to this city
last week was attended with results
that must be particularly pleasing to
the management of the Belasco thea
ter. One of the earliest evidences of
Mr. Brooks trip will be the perform
ance for the first time on any stage of
a new play that will be used next
season by Lillian Russell Mr.. Brooks
was an interested spectator at the
Thursday night performance of "The
Test" and at the conclusion announced
that Lewis S. Stone is ready for
Broadway at the head of his own
company. AS a result Stone will
shortly have a chance to play a role
in a new play that will be provided
by Mr.. Brooks and in the event that it
comes up to managerial expectations
the tour will be directed by Mr.. Brooks
in conjunction with the Belasco- Black
wood company.
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