Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-07


this evening. Ths Draytons are s,lI In tho modern
Athens singing their capital operettas 70 excellent
audiences lo'ii 'i
NEw ORLEASs.-The critic Of tile Delta says he has
never seen the equal Of Parodi In Jscrefid Bor0id.
The troupe have been singing with the completest
success at the Amphitheater. The PicaVuHe says {;
"Sbriglia Is wonder to us. who ever before heard
Of tcnor singing frst class rolo ia seven grand
operas, on successive nlghts1 and yet this is the
work that Sbrgla is doing this week" For our
part VIC wish the company were at tho Opera house
but their disastrous engagement, last Autumn, at
this establishment, will doubtless induce them 10
shun our city which to them was a kind Of musical
Charybdis. .
: The present week Of the summer season at tho
Varieties has boen comparatively languid The mis-
take was made early in the week By dropping bur
lesques and cxtravaganzas, in which lies Mrs
Woods peculiar forte and putting Oh exceedingly
crude versions Of French comedies, small English
comedies, farcos and forth Out other line gro
tesque and extravagant personation in burcSquo and
extravaganza, Mrs Wood is prone to be too BOwory-
sh for this latitude either forgetting her situation
or unable to do justice to IT,
ST.. LoUIs.-At the 81. Louis, Edwin Booth con
oluded his engagement last night. He has been
playing with good success; and gives way to Miss
Annette Inee, an actress with whom our public are
already quite familiar. She has been absent for
long time, making trip round the world by Of
California and Australia, and has, doubtless, i'm
proved greatly by her extended experience She has
purchased from Dion Bourcicault, Esq the exclusive
right to produce his highly successful drama Of
''Jednie Dedns' In every city Of the United States
except New York, Boston and Philadelphia. She
has also two new tragedies written by the late H. j.
Conway, which are said to be Of thrilling interest.
In speaking Of the Peoples Theater the Democrat
says that "the separation Of Mr.. Grifnu from the
management Of this Theater has left the old concern
all adrft. The stock company tried to do something
with sensation piece entitled HeeHcH and Suysrs,
but we have not learned Of any very great success
attending it. We are afraid this old establishment
is beyond all hopes of resurrection. Time was when
II the leading theater of the city. Bad manage
ment through succession Of has at last re-
duced 1t to mere rat-hole and the sooner IL Is re-
moved or converted to some other purpose the
better"
BALrMoRE.-There is nothing whatever in this
city, dramatically interesting save Mrs W. @. Glad
stane.
WASHINGTON. Heller the prestigiator is
still at the Washington Theater. II he could but
make the acquaintance Of some members Of Congress
he might learn tricks; for instance, how TO
get reputation for courage and how to "cave."
The Annual Convention of the National Musical
Association will assemble at the Smithsonian Inst
tuition, Tuesday morning, May s, at ten o'clock A.
NJ, and continue during four days, closing with a
concert on Friday evening.
The exercises will be under the direction of Prof
B. F. Baker, of Boston, Mass.
VARIErIEs.-The last of poor old Burtons house
hold gods and hereditaments were swept away by
the auctioneer's hammer, in New York, on Tuesday
Mrs. Toodles was there, of course
1t is rumored that Laura Keene and Bourcicault
will open the Princess Theater, London.
Jean Marie Davenport will return from California
in September. Colonel Brough, l76 Adams street,
Brooklyn, is authorized to make engagements for
her in her absence
Mrs. Macready, the Shakspeareian reader, who is
now in Albany, New York, it appears, has for many
years made II her practice TO visit Insane Asyums
and read to the inmates She has recently visited the
Utica Asylum. Some five years ago she made one of
her visits to this institutions and two years aerward
she was met In Rochester by young lady who told
her that while an inmate of the Asylum, her case
was regarded as hopeless; but listening to Mrs
NJ. s reading she passed from sphere of darkness
into light" and was again.
Mr. and Mrs. Waller are in Rochester, New
York.
Miss Kimberly is about to disgust the people Of
Cleveland with The Octoroon.
According to the authority Of the Calcutta
papers, received by the last mall Miss Emma Stan
Icy had made an extraordinary hit in India by her
eutertalimeht OF Inc seven Ages Of Woman. The
critics there speak rapturousy of her powers, and
her varied deneations Of character arc pronounced
superior to anything before seen in tho ''city Of
palaces" native admirer, in his enthusiasm, had
exhibited his fervid appreciation of the entertain
ment by begging the fair entertainer to accept an
elephant slight token of his esteem but consid-
erng, perhaps the present rather too weighty be
the companion of her tour through India, it de-
clined ''with thanks"
In Paris Tamberlik is carrying all before him at
the Italiens. On Easter Monday hundreds failed to
obtain admission. Verds Tropatore is an i'm
mense attraction. Tamberlik's 3 "Manrco is perfect
The Lyrque has an amusing opera under the title of
Gil Bias. Nine. Ugade takes the part of Gil Bias >,
and her acting and singing are inimitable. The
pleasantly entitled La Grande Prdre, the late ex
pected high tide. Nue. Ristori is here, but simply
On visit of pleasure and repose.
The critics, in talking over the merits and de-
cover nothing to find fault with but her imperfect
Italian, and the shape of her nightcap in the last
act Of the TraUiotd
-Letters from Havana announce that the Tacon
Theater has been taken by Signor Volpini, with an
Italian Opera Company; He engaged the sisters
Fanny and Agnes Natali, and Signor Rocco and
resta, the latter an Italian tenor. Florenza, the
baritone, was also Of the company, and Signor Vol
pini and his wife also singers The season began
With great brillancy on the 10th Of April, with La
Ff0ha, in which Fanny and Testa had great sue
cess. On the 10th, Agnes appeared Norma, and
Fanny as "Adelgisa," and the sensation created
IMMENSE. The Havanese declare that they have
had no Norma" equal TO Agnes since Stedanonc
Their enthusiasm surpassed anything ever seen in
the States; The opera was repeated the 22d, and
again on the sd, with similar success.