Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-24
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC ART.

II We may Judge from Appearances Will continue to
do during the coming week. The tide Of dramatic |
affairs has ieo1 flowing quietly and peacefully on,
and its aim surfice remains as smooth as sum- |
mer lake which, like glass, mirrors the stars At
eve.
Nothing worthy Of special note has occurred at
any II the Theaters, and while the mere sterling
works Of the greater dramatists have occupied tie
stages a. two # them, the third has shown its habiss
infant prodigy which like all Of that class should
be and then forgotten.
ThaliR will preside at establishment during
the coming week, while at the other two the dark
browed Melomene with drawn dagger, and measured
phrase, and stately step will wake the sympathies
we feel when woo, which, throbbing, IN the
breaking heart, speaking in the weeping eye, or
sobbng in the husky voice. is pictured to the sense
PIKE's OPERA HOUSE, HdmIet, marvel to minds
that do not sympathse with the character, will be
performed, this evening" at this establishment with
Susan Denim as the lovely girl whose sorrows dis
enthroned her reason, and whose love broke her
heart, and Mr.. Taylor as the pensiVe "Prince Of
Elsinore." The performance will conclude with the
capital burlesque Of The Lady Of The Lions
NATIONAL THEATER,-Mr. J. d. Roberts opens the
second week of his engagement at the National, this
evening, in the character Of "Hamletn He has al
ready made very favorable impression on the minds
of the hdbiHes Of this establishment and his audi
ences have thus far been large. The programme
concludes with Buckstone's farce of The Good For
| Proctor will appear "Nan."
SMITH & NIxoNs HALL.-Thiodon's Museum of
Arts, which is said to be of the most novel and
pleasing exhibitions offered to the public, and
which has been very successful in most Of the East
ern cities. will be opened this evening" at Smith
| Nixon's Hall. In mechanical construction, the
Museum, s heralded as wonderful and the beauty
Of the different scenes as beautiful in every respect
| NEW YoRK.-0pera in New York has not been
| tha fhRra
was peace proclaimed throughout all the world-so
| far musical matters In New York were concerned
The lion and the lamb patti and OortesD lay down
together Righteousness and peace Ohat is Ser
Vadio and Strakosch) kissed each other. The Tenn
pie Of Janus (Niblos the of nights) was closed.
The various forces were allied, and their powers
were to be directed solely against the common
enemy-the public. But such unusual circum-
stance the continuation Of this tranquility was
not to he anticipated.
An absolute and open breach occurred Cortesi,
unable to sustain 'the insolence Of ofice and the
spurns which patient merit of the unworthy takes'
aud especially her violent Illness certified to by Dr.
Ceccerini, went to Niblo's on the of nights of Mr.
Forrest, and relieved her cold by singing the
sumptve strains of the Trdviatd, and Fabbri, an
especial rival was brought out at the Academy.
Thus the war began, and thus was II carried on,
until Strakosch abandoned the Irving Place, carry
ing with him his best forces, but leaving la belle
! 4
Fespri Sicildni and Don Giovanni to the myriad
of capita snortua, who always fill the boxes at
this establishment, while Cortes, on the same
nights, sang in the PoIiato and the hedea at
Niblo's. Oh, Gothaml thou city of crooked streets
and yillainous musical aud dramatic taste, wilt
thou never learn to love the gentle Euterpe and
honor her representatives.
In regard to the Drama there is little news OF
interest. Forrest played Hamlet very badly al
Niblo's on Friday, and every evening during the
week the judicious disguised at Laura
Keene's with a monstrosity, which we hope will
never come West, called The Monkey Boy. At Wal
lacks The Royatsf Is the card, and at the BoWery,
George Wood introduced Satan to his patrons in the
shape of a page.
PHILADELPHIA Patti sang the music Of Gamma"
to the music-lovers in the Quaker City few
nights ago, and sisters Natal that of "Leonora"
and "Azucena" The audiences were not large,
and the posted off to the Front-street Thea
ter in Baltimore, where this company will appear
, this evening.
a two weeks engagement at the Boston Academy Of
Music on the LIST prOximo. The prina donna
and contrato, recently engaged by Seryado, will
shortly arrive and join the company in this city.
The Draytons have been giving their unique
and elegant parlOr to good houses during the
: past week.
J VARIETIES -signora Ghioni, who sang acceptably
in this city year ago, has improved very
much of late, and is now the prina donna of a com
| pany playing in Guatemala. Carroll, Maccaferri
Lorini and Gudi, also belong to this troupe, whcl
includes in its repertoire, in addition to the
list Unpopular operas, Donzettis Bellisairo We be
/ lieve that the oPeratc company the pioneers 0
Italian opera in Guatemala.
-Tamberlk when he comes here, will sing In tn
Prophete, HuOuenotS, and similar great operas.
= Jenny Lind is at present visiting Stockholm
= with her husband and two children.
4 Madame viardot intends to edit series of tn
= best classical music Of the italian, German an
French schools.
5 Macbeth will be brought out in splendid styl
for Forrest at New York, the Cortesi opera troup
= having been engaged for the choruses.
Y Charlotte Cushman will play engagement a
e the Boston Theater in December.
= Mr.. Haekett, who recently sold his remarkab
beautiful residence upon Bellevue Mound, near Car
: lyle, Ill, has just purchased neat and much ad
r. mred one, covering few acres, upon the nights
y Yonkers
AT Milan the adventures of Garibadl mad
= the subject of a military ballet In which the heroi
leader dances and wields his sabre, amid the almca
d frantic plaudits Of the public.
n Gabriel and Francois Ravel announce that thei
h names are used without authority by the Martinez
e Family, playing in Philadelphia, and that the
q will sail for Europe on or about october 6.
Mrs. Anne Seguin, the charming prima don'i
If Of the late celebrated Seguin Opera Troupe sti
d giving musical instructions in New York City.
D. -Bosio is still gratefully remembered in Englan
n London critic says, in describing the fayDrit
le the Frenchwoman, Miolan Carvalho, that she
spretty and piquant in appearance, most charmiI
" actress, and brilliant singer. As the Queen,
le the HOuenots, she is decidadly the most admiral
4, representative Of the character ever witnesse
N while her Dinorah is perfection, and in Fra DidvO
she is only second to the enevertobe-elualed Bosio
The new Academy of Music in Brooklyn, Ne
s. York, Is rapidly approaching completion. Up
u the present time $3.50 900 have been subscribed
ID paid in The total number Of subscriptions is 81
l. The largest individual subscriptions S6OO0
le are by Messrs. s. b. Chittenden the President, al
r A. A. Low The next largest are $1,000 and $40
and are by Messrs. Thomas Hunt and II. II. PierI
r point. The number of $500 Subscribers is l25.
IN The theater at Montgomery, Alabama, h
a opened for the season. Among the company are
X. Chester and ]. w, Albaugh, formerly of t
at Richmond Theater, aud two sistersOf Maggie Mitc
ID ELL Among the "stars announced during thS &c
~ son, is John Wilkes Booth, brother Of Edw
TO Booth, and one of the company in Richmond Ii
year.
~ The prospects for new operas are small. Mey
he beer writes considerably that he is not to be
O. pended upon for gushing supply; and it may
d soberly questioned If his Lass work -DiRorah-wo
do better here than his Russian opera, which
en- not succeed. Verdi is resting from his labors
MT cepting these two, amid all the masical talAn
ne Irurona do NOT hear Of a name gafciently ff