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,,,, English Grand Opera Company 00't to Bring Great Aggregation Here Jan. SO.

hooter has just compieteo a'1sh7 .ats to bring the famous Aoorn u,;sb Grand Opera Company to 1,,,,a Tbeater on January 3O, TOT ',a performance. This noted orgah- t;an ~ nlavs very few cities that are 1a,oe enough to support an en- saoment of one week or mofe' anu saouently it carries complete ana ,s,.oto nroductions for six differ nt oneras, all of which are present ; in some cities, and only one' two
 .ore in others, according to the angth of engagement. The local management requests that all of the ansic lovers here and in surround- no cities and town let him know ,,eir first, second and other cholces the list of operas given. The khorn repertoire includes fhals' .Madsm Butterfly "The Tales oi 1offman. I'll Trovatore," Lucia dl oa,,ormoor" and Martha" a most t+r,ctiye group of works, all dis ;nct1v different from each other, ana rh representing the most en]oyaoe Features of it's class.
 aThais," by Jules Massenet, the uoo+ modern French composer, was Iba vehicle in which Mary Gardeh sde her greatest success in this pountry, first produced in it's orglna! sngnage by Oscar Hammerste1n at ha Manhattan Opera House, New Enrk and has since been a sensation o, snccess in Chicago and a few ot7- pr very large cities. It was first pro auced in English by Messrs Abora hast Spring at the Boston opera uouse. where it was received with .,eat enthusiasm, and repeated this reeeption in New York, Philadelpa3 l, Baltimore, Washington and Chicag a,nder the Aborn management. A dramatic version of the same story was also one of the biggest hits o1 the past season on Broadway, and closely approached the great success of the opera.
 Madam Butterfly" by Giacome Fuccini, the most famous of living Italian composers, the story of whics was taken from the drama of tht same name by David BelascO and JohT Luther Long, needs little introduc tion to American theater goers, tol its great success in both Italian ant English is one of the striking n stances of recent theatrical history Messrs Aborn made an elaborate neV production of it for their revival 0 this oper ain New York last winter which is now carried intact by thi company Puccini is also the com poser of La Tosea," La Boheme and 'The Girl of the Golden Vest"
 Jacques Offenbach, the compose of "The Tales of Hoffman," was tn idol of Paris for a score of ycar' where his delightful operas comiqu succeeded each other in cumulatiy esteem, each one outdoing the sut cess of its predecessor. "The Tale of Hoffman" was his last and gra1 est opera, first produced about thil fy years ago, though it was not adt quately introduced to this contine1 until Hammerstein presented it as novelty at the Manhattan, where i triumph was instantaneous, an Where it remained one of the stron. est drawing cards in the repertoil every season. Shortly after the Han merstein production in French fol years ago, Messrs Aborn gave "Tl lales Of Hoffmann" for the fir tune in English, and duplicated u Manhattan success.
 Il Trovatore," by Giuseppe Yer, IS one Of the most familiar and pop
 SAoiO OpCIdS, anu uO Cld SIC repertoire is complete witho t. 1t is so we'll known, the world c er' that it needs no extensive I counting of it's musical and dram tic beauties.
 Lucia di Lammermoor." by Ga .ano Donizetti. it's pathetic and bea 'nul story taken from Scott's fla ous novel, "The Bride of Lamm,
 .oof' IS one of the greatest of
 .ne lyrlc operas. and one of the f "o'As of this old school inyarial oen'anded by operagoers every s, soa at the Metropolitan, Manhatt anu other great temples of must
 Maftha," by Friedrich yon F .o"' IS lighter and more buoy,
 an the usual offerings classed