THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2317, 28 July 1898, Page 47

THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES.

By Pasquin.

Tuesday, July 25.

Mrs Collet Dobson is praouc-Uly abturc;! of abucper Louse at her benefit, r.iiich comes off at the Dunedin Priccets on tbe evening of the 3rd prox. Tickets for all the available space in the circle have already been disposed of, and b number if orchestra stalls Beats have been reserved for those unabls to obtain circle seats. Tbe bill, "Pygmalion and Ualt.tea " ar.d '• Sweetheart-," is tn attractive one, arid as Mr Riid Mrs Dubson are to bo backed up by ■a stroi g cast, aiid to'h pieces wdl be admirably stage d, there cau be no question that an enjoyable night will be afforded to friends and patrons.

Tae Fredo family will renew their acquaint* *nee with a Dunedin audience ou Monday, Angu^t 1, at the Alhambra Thrairo. They bring w^th them s-veralncvchi 8 roni Ara c ric?, where they bavt juut concluded a raoet s.icces - ful tour. Madame Fredo performs daring feats on the I apeze, end she is well supported" by Miss Polly Robertson and other athletes. The comiany inrlulcs vocalists, daucerc, slack vice va'ker?, and comedians.

Miss Maribel Greenwood and her company Lave been recalled lo Auckland. In consequence of the theatre being eHgsgr-d the company were uu&ble to appear in Dunedin prior to their departure for the nortb.

Mr Pollard has booked the Chmtehnreh Eoyp.l for the Canterbury Jubilee period in 1900.

Mr Julae Simon3en is said to be lying ill at Sari Francisco.

Mdlle Antoinette Trebelli lately appeared in Sullivan's " Golden Legend," performeS by the Ccc lia Club, at Boston. " The most dramatic feature of the entertainment was the tainting of Mr Htinrica as he was mocking the ■pilgrims. During tbe process of resuscitation on the stsgc Mdlle Trebelli and the orchestra •weut on with their work. The singer recovered tufiit3itntly lo go through (he fourth scene.

Orpheus M. M'Adoo, who, with his two companies—Jubilee Singers aud Vaudeville Artists — has been playing to largo audiences in Sourh. Africa, is back iv Australia again. In his Jubilee Singers will still be f-een the familiar faces of M.JHB Mattie All* 11, the " Lady Tenor," *nd other old f&vonritis ; Mr B M'Adoo, baas, a,nd Mr Orpheus M'Adoo, the celebratf d double A flit basso-prof undo. The Vaudeville troupe is composed of iifgro artists, who have won the plaudits of American and English authencis.

M'ibs Pattie Browne's engage ment with Mr Harry Riekards is (remark? the Leader) for six months tnly. The company -will open in Sydney at Her Me- jetty's with "The Litlle Minister."

Blacisme Adelaide Ri&tori is (?ays an exchange) t bout to send to the section of dramalic art at tbe Exhibition of Turin the costume which Bhe woie when for the first lime she appeared in herianiGiis character of Marie Aufcointtle. The costume ia said to have really belorged to -that unhappy queen.

Among the r-ecent arriva's in London from your part .of the world (writes the London correspondent of an exchange) is Miss M&y Pollarrl, of comic opera celebrity.

Mudfenie Frances Sarille made her rentru at Covend Gardens last month, when she Appeared as El zabelh in " Tanuhauser," supported by M Van Dyck, the new tenor, and a powtrful company. Since her appearance at Covent Gardtn last season, Madaiae Saville has sung with enormous 6ucteso in Vienna, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Paris, and Italy. Her selection for the arduous Wagnerian part proves the groat opinion which the Covent Gordeu management entertain with regard to this eha>mii>g artiste.

■Report speaks highly of the music which Sir Ailhur Sullivan has written for "The Beauty St'.Le," the new Savoy opera. Whenever the emi'iieut composer, wfeo, by the way, has just celebrated bis fifty-sixth birthday, has the fccore of a tew opera on hand he goes away from London. He has a delightful old house at We) bridge, iv Surrey, and it is there almoßt nil his (successes hare been written. When engaged in this way he will see no one. Sir Arthur does all his work at an old-farihioted <teek standing in the embrasure of one of hia study windows, and with 'hill and dale stretching away for miles in 'front of him. There is an old-f»sli>iied grand piano, two or thiea comforlab'o armchairs, and a few books of reference scattered about the room. Two pictures hang frcm the walls. This is the whole of the furniture.