Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-25
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MhliN - oPSAd WYNN Staits tiia
IL J evening, when the San Carlo
Grand Opera company begins
its annual engagement at the Boyd
theater. The opening bill will be
Madame Butterfly" with the Jap
anese diva, Haru Onuki in the role
of Che Che San. Agostino will be
the Lieutenant Pinkerton of the cast.
The rest OF the singing roles will be
in capable hands, and the Puccini
opera is assured not only worthy
treatment by the principal singers,
but the orchestra and the scenic
equipment are such as add dignity
and beauty alike to the presentation.
Everything has been arranged to
make this season of opera the most
enjoyable in Omaha's experience.
The transfer of the scene from the
Auditorium to the theater is ex-
pected to compensate in added eX-
cellence of performance any loss
that might be experienced in way of
lessened seating capacity. The de-
mand for seats has justified the
move, for all day yesterday, as well
as for several days past, line was
in front of the box office window,
buying seats for the different operas.
AT the matinee on Wednesday a
double bill, The Secret of SUI
zanne,' Tin English)S and "PPag-
liacci' will be sung. On Wednesday
night, "Rigoletto"; on Thursday eve
ming, Aida; on Friday evening,
Carmen; Saturday matinee, Mar
tha," and Saturday night I'll Trova-
tore" Amsden will sing Suzanne
and Wentworth Media; Queena
Mario. new to Omaha, will sing
/; G!0x, .4:nsYcn viii sing Ada, Siciia
DeMette will sing Carmen; Queena
Mario will sing Lady Harriet, and
Wentworth will sing Leonora, these
being the soprano roles in the order
named.
Stella Mayhem immensely pleased
the great society night audience that
filled the Orpheum last evening.
This star of innumerable musical
comedies retains her ability to rouse
heartily laughter. Her coon songs
are an unfailing source of merri-
ment. The bill this week is not
merely entertaining, with many
lively elemrnts,' but also offers one
of the most artistic features in vau-
kdeville. 1t is the concert work of
the eminent Belgian 'cellist, Elsa
Ruegger. Miss Ruegger has been
soloist of many symphony orches-
tras and has won international fame
as concert artist. She is assisted
this time by the operate soprano,
Grace Marcia Lewis.
A screen classt that critics have
placed in the slime category with
1.-THE Birth of a Nation" and
Hearts of the World" has been
produced by Allen Holubar under
the title OF "The Heart of Human
ity," and is being shown at the
Brandeis twice daily during this
week, with Dorothy Phillips in the
principal role.
Lew Kelly is a smileless come
diana veritable gloon" if there
ever was such thing. Never once
does he venture a smile, but his
lines are all smiles. Over in Lon
don during his engagement there in
one Of the musical revues a dra-
matte writer labeled him "an cpl
grammatic lunatic." He wasn't far
from the truth, either. Mr.. Kelly
has caused his dope" character to
survive all his imitators, and while
doing so has ripened and developed
in most satisfactory manner. But
don't become possessed of the idea
that he constitutes the entire per-
Torrance at the Gayety this week.
Ladies matinee daily.
A very effective comedy sketch
headlines the bill at the Empress
this first half, Lots and Lots of It,
offered by Joseph Greenwald and
his company. Another feature of
the bill is the singing and talking
sketch presented by Frank Fisher
and Eldrie Gilmore. Richard Bur-
ton proves himself an excellent
singer, a splendid comedian and a
raconteur with fund of anecdotes,
stories and Jokes,