Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-23

We doubt not IN tho present dearth Of irst-class
musical attractions, our music4lovArs vonld make II
both profitable and pleasant" tti
NEW ORLEAss.-Last Tuesday Mr.. Sage commenced |
engagement at the st. Charles, with operatio |
company The opening performance consisted Of
La Chaae MetomOrphose, in which Mile Darcy, from
the Bouffes Parisiennes, appeared "Minetto' and
La Parodie dc Lucia de Lammermoor and Ia Posed |
SoiHt FlsW I.. ss ,..
-Messrs. Pougaud, Dutasta, Duplain, Manure, |
Bordais and Marechal have taken the Orleans |
Theater for tho representation Of dramas and Naud
eyilles, and buffo-operas. Hul. I .H sIuHrgH 81
ST. LoUIs,-The worst possible play The Hidden
Hand-s drawing largely at the Peoples Theater
and the piece, according to the Baleiin, which,
through typographical error, tells the truth, Is
''slayed we'll" fGI " .tHlif l..I fsH |
At the st. Louis Edwin Booth opens this evening
with Riohfeu. I f .-J .r. ra
BALTMoRE.-There is really nothing at present Of
interest in the way Of amusement going in the Mon
umeutal City. Chanfrau and Zoyara--the worst
comedian and the best eduestrienneare still there
wAsHISoros-Th only item Of news from the
capital is that Jane Coombs is about to be married
young man from Richmond, Va, who is said 10 be
quite wealthy, and first attracted to hor by her
impersonation Of "Juliet." She is quite pretty and
agreeable, but no aotress-so much for her lovers
taste in the dramatic art. We arc not sorry Miss O.
less better adorn the bridal chamber than the stage
CnIcAGo.-Julia Bennett Barrow, woman with
immense Eastern reputation, not half of which she
deserves, Is playing at Mcvickers Theater to fair
audiences.
VARIETIES .-Bochsa, the world renowned musician
is buried in sydney, N. s. w, where his pupil,
Madame Anna Bishop, some time since caused
appropriate monument to be erected to his memory.
1t represents q Tyre with broken strings, hanging
from a tree, at the foot Of which weeping woman
kneels, with cIasped hands and dishevelled hair.
Like Mozart, Bochsa composed his own requiem,
which was chanted over his grave at the time of
burial. .... .rt...r .utff ., .t. ......
"A young lady Of Boston, Of very prepossessing ap-
pearancc, whose education has been carefully at
tended TO, will mako her debut at wallack's early in
May. ..- ...
Madame Celeste recently brought out at the Ly-
ceum Theater, London, piece, replete with the
most startling effects 1t Is called the Able Vatdicul
and is spoken of as kind Of between Faust and
| the Corsican Brothers .. .H.fH.t
| James p. Murdoch will commence an engage
ment at the Louisville Theater,- this evening. A
good story is related Of him to the following effect:
While in Washington City, short time ago, he met
| Tom Corwin, and as he about saying good bye,
| MIR. G. begged him TO make him visit at Lebanon
after both should have returned home. 'Il be glad
to you, Murdoch, said Corwn, "n fact, Iii give
| you an nducement to come-I'll, Ill-tedoh you 4
| read Shdkspearel" ri, .l-. ... .,...... .
The manager of the Walnut-street Theater, Phil
adelphia advertises that in consequences of the
expense attending the engagement of Mrs. John g
Keenan, the price of admission to the family circl
will be twenty-five cents. ...t .
| Maggie Mitchell commenced an engagement a
tho Memphis Theater last Wednesday night to a re
spectacle house. .. ... .I.f r. fe.. ID. -r.
--Haleyys grand opera-The Kings Musketeers-
was produced at Drury Lane ON Easter Monday.
1T may be interesting to the American admrer
of Mrs. Charles Matthews to know that since sli
has been in England she has grown exceedingly fat
and wonderfully improved in her acting, having wori
sharp edges of her STYLE she has Of her limbs
Old Chippendale is playing at the Haymarket, appaI
emily quite as sprightly as when, twenty years ag,
, he was at tho Park Theater. I'd '1'
Mr.. Ellsler, of Woods Theater, in this city, la
made arrangements to appear with his company
Metropolitan Hall, indianapolis.
AT late performance of the Parodi Oper
: Troupe at Macon, Ga, Lueretia Bor0iG subst
tuted for Erndni, many cf the audience igno
rant of the change, and industriousy followed tn
singers through the three acts of Lucretia with tn
Erdni ibrettos, and then at the conclusion of tn
opera, finding another act in their books, becanl
tumultuous because they didn't give them the four
: act. .H .. ..
y Frau Jachman-nee Wagner-the celebrate
singer, has become the mother of a fine girl, and
going on very well. Notwithstanding the accessiC
OF the family cares il is not her intention to lea
II the Berlin Opera, her husband having lost the who
his considerable fortune Just before his marriag
Since Madame Colson-who has lost much of h
freshness and beauty by the and fatigue she h
% recently bcen compelled to undergo reappeared
u New Orleans she has been used as sort of operat