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Show .i , -Amusements. -Emma Abbott brings out two or three lieu 'tfj'cras every jear, anJ usually revives two cr mire (old on(. Thisyear she has added 'llal Masque" and "Anne Ilolcyn"! tothe list, revived "Caimcri" and re-etaged '-Rsmeo and JulIet'JL "EnianI"Tyas first presented late lat season, in Kansas City, and on tli at occasion (lie theatre was filled to overflowing. "Anne Boleyn" was .produced this season for the firsttimeia English. EmmaALbott had the trtrislatlon made from the Italian by Klori, and it has proved In some rennets tbo greatest opera In which" she has er appeared. It was played In bait' Fiancbco la-t week, and iairly tooJ the -uiillencwi by storm. 'The presentation of "Anne Boleyn" occupies more than three hoiirs, but there u no'polnt wherein interest Hags. Events reach their climax at the close, when tlin queen It conducted to the scaGblJ. "Eruaui" runs for uearly three hcunyabciit the same time as "'II Trovatore' but lt is more exciting. "Bal Mjaqu-"occu-ies about equal time. and,, like "ErnanV' becomes more exciting as the plot is rapldjy unfoMfil. For i nntlt.ee bill the "Bohemian Girl" is one of the brightest of all rotuantlcoperas.and it Is more beautifully beau-tifully presented by MlsibbotUhls season thau.it has ever been before.. In the last act Miss Abbuit wearaa" reception dress, which cot S2000. The entirrfcompany -will apnear at the' matinee just as at tho night performances. In no opera, however, how-ever, do they as a whole allow to better advantage than in "Ernant,"1 which opens the season next Wednesday; Wed-nesday; night. The sale of seats brgins on Tus-day Tus-day morning. |