The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-23

vogue OF late In Franco selected
This will be novelty from the fact of this being the
FIRST time that these opereas will be introduced here
These comic operettas, by Oaenbach are well adapted
for the Stadt theatre boards will doubtless be
cessfuy given, as the performance OF them requires but
small personnel, although good deal OF talent In
ing as well as in singing and music required to repre-
sent them In satisfactory manner The opening viii DO
made however, by representation Of Lorzngs popular
comic opera, SCAR und Zimmerman" This class OF
pieces which include the operas of Fotow and
Lorzng have been represented here with great doal OF
ceverness, but are nearly out and require great
deal Of artistic strength to DO successfully carried out
FOREIGN.
piece ridcuing American strong minded women has
been produced at the London Haymarke unor the tito
of The Soft Sex" II is adaptation from the French
by Charles Mathews. 1t has had only partial
Adelina Patti has been playing opera at Birmingham
and Liverpool, supported by Madame RudersdorT and
Sgnors Tiberini and Roncon
Harold Power, son of the late Tyrone Power, whose
Irish characters in the pleasant remembrance of
many has just entered the theatrical profession under
the Of Page.
George Jordan and Mrs. D. p. Bowers are playing In
London the at tho Princess theatre the
Sadlers Wells.
Drury Lane theatre was to open about the 18th of this
as musical director and conductor.
Prince Potter, of oldenburg, has brought opera
entitled "Das Kathchen Hebron" The critics do
not speak very favorably Of it,
new drama founded the life of Christopher Column
bus has been produced with great the Gate
Paris.
AT Strasund there has been theatrical accident like
that which occurred at Philadelphia tho other night.
While performing pas de der at the theatre the dress
o. Mdle scheies took Are and her partner Mdle Fors
rushing to her assistance her dress also caught and the
injuries sustained by both resulted in death. similar
casualty occurred at Leicester (gland) in circus
tanning about 1000 persons. Tho entertainment Of tho
evening concluded with piece entitled The Monkeyand
the Rcd Indians" in which Master Stevens son the
proprietor, and about eight years Of age enacted tho
monkey. In making up for the part the boy was en-
veoped in wadding and in which he had to climb rope
Unfortunately he assembled too high the rope, so
to take fire from the chandelier. Tho poor boy in
stantly of fame and although every excrtion
was used in cxtingushng the flames, he severely
burned that he died the next day.
Paris paper contains the following the taste Of
the Germans in music-A pervesity Of the Germans in
musical conocasm has reached the pedestal OF Webers
statue They are now finding out that Der Freschutz"
is ''trivia' in many portions. The people who
dure the Aimsy "S,radela" and the faded Haimonskin-
dcr' speaking saref,oay Of the want of popa-
larity FOR "Eafyanhen and sO5eron" The same people
who swallow the reca,ives OF s'TannhauserD and the
cacophones OF "Lohengrn"--who eyat schumann above
Mendelssohn--who pity grandpapa Haydn, aud who,
among The works Of Beethoven defy Beethovens aberra
ons-are trying to cry down Weber There is no turn
ing back the of the great river Folly but in the
storm Of It's own Violence it runs itself dry.