The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-26
GEtMina TtIeataph
MUSICAL IOrruNes.

r~AAmDtlllh u 70 hANB next Nlutti AN
--oounod is already at work on no" opera
"A daughter Of Madame Lagrange has been
married to q rich Russian prince
--Madarie Fabbr who sang 90 wei here IN Ia
Juirs. NabtoO, and other opelssi rs ~ Wgs IWngIhs IN
concerts Rtthe German waterihb-PiASo' hVloDu'B'
A ouaytet society has been started as Milan,
nends1ssohn and Beethoven being she composers
A. whom The most attention will be given.
Tbe new Tentro Rosslni AZ Madrid has
proved . allure as far as acoustic propcrties are
oCncfrred.
--0biopl, the prima donna, has returned from
caiifornia where she hs- met with signal success
IN Heratole, Irariatd, LEcrezia, and ErfdHi.
r The rumor that Gonnod, the composer OF
Rsni ard 1tTeAa, has become insane, Is authod
tAnvely denied.
: Benedicts optra The Lin Of RiUay,sv
fcoiieen Rapn) is TO be brought ont at the Theatre
LyIiqne, Paris.
--Naudin the tonor 10 engaged for Prague for
tAe mon,h OF September, and goes thence for the
winter to Madrid. The Narcnisio ST sers have
achieved great popularity At Pragno.
--Carozzi Zusch, ia new stlr OF The Marofaek
rompany, has lately made great BIZ at
1inigagila on tho Adrintic-tho birthplace Of tho
present Pope-in the Bail0 in Mdschera.
Z Tho newest OPENS composed In Germany
are: 4 Winters Tale, by BaTberi, conductor Of
Ae orchestra at the Pesth opera house, aud Dag
Rosomadchsn, by Louis SchL bert OF Cassel.
An enormous new theatre, to be called the
Theatre International, is 20 no built in Pads. Il
Wln seat Nix thousand four hundred people, AMI
ne stage viii be nearly double the deyth Of that
at she Grand Opera.
.-a The London opera singers have flown NJ the
eonclusion of the season. Junca 10 at Trieste
eAfd0ni in Paris, RODconi in Spain, VOlpini 90
Lisbon, Trebelh and Beftini 10 Rome, and 0as5ieT
h Madrid. Sintley has been engaged ut BARGE
Iona Tor next winter.
The Theatre Royal of Dresden has been COM
pletely renovated and reftted. The Grst opera
SsrioTmed after the reopening Of the theatre was
AeyeTbeer's Huguenofs, the representation being
nienoed as sort oil mark OF respect for the de-
ceased master.
The rehearsals for the Birmingham music
kFtiVal are taking place chiefly in London aud
tnelude three new works, COstas oratOrio Of
aaa9an' henry smarts cAntata, TIE Bride Of
DunkeTgoa, and Mr.. Arthur s. Sulliyau's Renl-
worth.
"A life OF Meyerbeer u 70 be written by NJ
Georges Kastner, q friend of the composer, who
% has received from the composer all the neces-
saIy documents. the work will he 10 two octave
volumes, and will be published Immediately
after the production of LAtrieaine.
d. The pupils OF the Royal Academy Of Music
4 ~ Naples late gave a concert In honor OF Mey-
erbeer, ut which various extracts from his operis
were performed. The concert was preceded by
an address from Signor N. Baldacchini, Governor
81 the Ac- deny. ....
There is to bo held nt Dresden In June of
Le65i grand German Musical Festival, for which
NE most celebrated oompO ers Of Germany have
been rec uested 20 send In elaborate works Adspted
foF mems voices, and themselves to Conduct such
Of tbese works may be accepted. Il Is, how
eyeI, Inter ded TO perform old works OF merit as
we'll as lew ones.
AT Leeds where they have IN the town. hall d
new organ, there has been an excitemelS because
abe town autl Ories propose dispensing wish tue
Saturday organ concerts, because they do not
3 pay. The authorities say that tbese concerts
we've intended principally for the working classes,
Who, however, prefer beer 20 music, aud will not
v come.
. The King of Tally hes conferred the order OF
d. Maurice and Lazarus ON the tenor CalzDlAri.
Ths same artist received. some years agI, from
tke Empei or Of Rus. ti, the gold medal of eit,
with portrait of the imperial givrr. The nd Al,
vtleh was bestowed up'n Lablache, Tamherlik,
ana BosiO as we ]. Is worn suspended from the
Ieck, and is set with diamonds 10 the value of
zen thou snd francs.
Mr.. Mapeson, the isspyesGyio of her NJ MljeBty's
ThsaiIe, DonGon, will soon start a provincial
tHr b, ginning on the 10Th Of September &C
MsBchester, where the operas will be HireAo,
laust, and Fidefo. The troupe consists OF |
Tjtions Snico, GTossi Mr.. Santhy, Mr. Swift, |
Casaboni, BOsiO and GrdOnI From NJ "a nsstsF
ehey 20 10 Dub 10 for fOrtr ight. Tho operate |
performances will be succ eded nv a concert tour,
20 terminate with series of performances In |
London.
The band at the Birmingham Musical Fssti-
val will comprise picked play ers, Of VII Jm oue |
hundred and six stTinged instruments, |
namely, tweDty-eight FIRST yiol.ns, twenty ak /
second Addles, eighteen VloiAB, seventeen YioOn-
eellos, and seventeen double basses. The W,od, |
Nass, ard percussion number tbirty- one; the /
auies, oooes, clarionets, and bass1ous being
4oubled. The principal Vooaliss AdelinI
PATTI and Tliens Madame Rudersdorf and Ma
dame LGmmens SherringtOn, sOprani; Madame |
eainton Dolby and Miss Palmer contraIti No. |
Sins Reeves, Mr. Cummings, and Mario, tenori; |
saSsI ninety @ soprsD twenty eop S
nabi hfty-eight alli; eighty-seYep t,nuri; and
eighty. eight bassi-total, three hundred AMI my
si1 which, With band, will be close upon an
effective Of Ave hundred executanis, all carefully
selected. Mr.. Costa will ee conductor.
-Malibraus singing is thus described by
g"Natalie Mn,z,' the heroine Of Miss Edwards
Eovel ''rhe Ladder Of Life -
"Suddenly little bell is rung and dead
gilonce ensues. Tho singers open their books
Mr.. 0ammicge waves his baton, and the yoicos
bnrst ont tOge her in fall chorus.
. "To the chorus succeeded quartet, and 70
the quartet @ song by the tenor which. though
he sang u carelegsy enough, and without oven
rising from his seat hlled me with deliLht and
amalement Ihen TWO more cboruses, and then
--ob, never shall forget itl--c- me q piaintvc
httle ballad, snng by slight, pale lady, upou
whom my attention became exclusiyely riyetod.
her eyes were large, glowing, and expressive;
her brown hair was parted and drawn
back quite SIMPLY from her white forehead She
was not eeantlfnl, bnE there was soul of good
ness and intellect In her lace that surpassed alI
mere love iness Of feature. She sang lit would
be vain for me 20 attempt q degcrip ption OF that
pure aud ezqui-le style, that Intel nBy Of express
sion, that Woudrous Voice she sang, and while
she sang forgot ali in the world besides. The ,tro
4 --IOnd1n--all inded away, and could only press
ny hands upon ny heart and listen. Whom it
one IN dream and said, breathleggly,
"'Who ig she ?
"'Madamc Malihran.'
Mr. Gye has brought 10 o succUsslul close tuo
eighteenth season of his operate management In
London. During Tho season nc has produced
twenty-five lyric works. Adolina Pats h's been
the reisping star, and is described as "ycr3a!,o
beyond any Other artist on either the operate or
drama ic stage 3" while another critic says that
"eqnally gifted IN tho deiiDc8tiou Of toe deep
passion OF lepnorG, the arch coquCtry of an
'Adinh, tho playful SIMPLICITY Of q 'larlmuf
and tie guilelts3 tenderness Of an 'Am,na,'
this unmatched artist has won her wav.
step by step, TO fame; and the onthUsi-
asfic appreciation of her e0orts manifested
by tho pubic has been fully endorsed bv
svery critic whose opinion Is entitled 20 tho
slightest respect. But great as have been her
eTiumphs in almost every walk Of art, we arc
satisfied that there is in the genius Of Madlle
Adelina Patti q lower deep which yot remains 70
be explored, and that even those who most
highly estimate her powers now will be startled
hereafter BY some Of her triumphs which viii
eclipse all that have gone before" Luoca
has given satisfaction but La GruR sue
coeded only in Norma. MiolRn- -CGrValhO saug
well in LEt0iis d. Nofd Madue Dostinn
and Mad'lle Tstd were failures Frieci
De-. L.