San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

December 23rd, 1899 Tips for Theatergoers To begin with, always come in late and slam down your seat as hard as you possibly can. If you are a woman, do not remove your hat until after the curtain goes up. If your seat happens to be behind a pillar, blame the usher — he built the theater. Encore everything, good, bad and indifferent. If you have seen the play before, make it a point to let everybody know what's coming next. In the case of a comic opera, hum all the choruses and beat time with your feet. If you are a man, always go out between the acts, but never return until the curtain has risen — unless you have an aisle seat. If you are a woman, make yourself conspicuous between the acts by trying to carry on a conversation with some friends six or seven rows distant. On your way out pull the play and players all to pieces and ogle and elbow everybody like everything. Great Memorizing Maud Liluax Berri, the California primo donna soprano of the Castle Square Opera Company, is credited with a rare accomplishment. She was singing in New York a couple of weeks ago and was cast for the role of Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, but was not advised of the fact that she would be expected to alternate with Miss Golden until the Thursday preceding the opening performance. In that brief time she memorized the entire score, lines and "business" of the part, in which there are something like 3,800 musical notes and 3,000 words of dialogue. Monday, Miss Golden was taken suddenly ill and Miss Berri was called upon to sing the role a day earlier than she had expected to. Her success was pronounced, and the New York papers contained flattering accounts of her work next day. Rose c/ldlers Success* LAST Monday night at the Opera Comique in Paris, in the title role of Delibes, Lakme, Rose Adler, known as Mile. Relda, the San Francisco singer, achieved marked success. She studied in San Francisco with Mme. Fabbri.and in Paris with Mme. Colonne. In person Mile. Relda is a petite brunette, with a mobile, expressive face, and a graceful figure, exceedingly light in all its movements. She is a proficient French scholar, speaking with so perfect an accent that she has difficulty in persuading Parisians that she is not native-born. Her voice is described as a lyric soprano of the colorature type, excelling in runs and trills. She will appear in the title role of Mignon some time during this season. The number of theaters in Germany is increasing constantly. The city of Cologne has decided to construct a second municipal theater at a cost of more than a quarter of a million francs. Nuremberg also is going to construct a popular theater. I I GUARANTEE YOUR FACE will positively be beautified. Wrinkles, moth patches, freckles and all facial blemishes removed by my personal office treatment. 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