On January 14, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, traditional master in the production of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, opens a four week engagement at the Colonial Theatre. The high reputation which this company has gained is due to the fact that for many decades, it has regaled British audiences with the finest in Gilbert and Sullivan production. This year marks the first time that it has ventured from the Savoy Theatre in London for a visit to the United States; apparently, from the New York and Philadelphia reviews, this venture has been highly successful.

Their repertory includes most of the old favorites: "The Gondoliers," "Iolanthe," the "Trial by Jury," The Pirates of Penzance," "The Yeomen of the Guard," "The Mikado," "Princess Ida," "Cox and Box," "H. M. S. Pinafore," and "Patience." Portions of many of these operettas have been sung by glee club members since time immemorial, and it is to be expected that some usually enterprising devotee of Gilbert and Sullivan will be so swept away as to join in the choruses from the audience.

Another interesting musical event centers around the appearance in Boston of Lucienne Boyer, the widely known French diseuse, in the Continental Varieties with Vincente Escudero and a large supporting cast. The Continental Varieties have long been successful in Europe, and Mile. Boyer is widely known by her interpretation of d'amour songs. Annually, six hundred thousand of her phonograph records are sold, and George Gershwin, Arthur Hammerstein, and many others have testified to her great artistic ability. The engagement is to open at the Wilbur Theatre on January 10, and is to remain four days.

It is opportune also to mention at this time the concerts of Albert Spalding and Arthur Schnabel on January 19 and 20 respectively. Both are widely known -- Mr. Spalding as an eminent violinist, and Mr. Schnabel as a notable pianist whose interpretation of Beethoven is supreme. The recital of the former is to be at Jordan Hall, and that of the latter at Symphony Hall.