The New York herald., 1864-10-26
Foreign musical News.

ful engagement In Lyons
Gounod continues to be the regning musical favorte
10 Europe His opera the Queen OF Sheba. lately
put on the stage at Darmstadt with unusual
Meyeroeer festival lately given ss Pssth. the
opera being the Huguenots. All the parts-sven the
most insgnihcantwere performed by first class artists
monument to Mayerbeer ~ilI be raised In Milan
Az Baden French opera company has lately closed
series OF performances and Italian troupe has opened
In RigoleIto.
me Grand Dukeof Baden has presented Herr Strauss
his chapel choir master, with . snuff box, ornamened
with brilans, and bearing portrait Of the donor.
new English company has been formed In Lon
don with sherrpgton, Huddart and Psrepa as the lady
singers and Weiss and Hagh on the gentlemen's side.
Miss LOUISA Pyne and Sims Reeves viii also sing in Eng.
lsh opera this fall.
Creseimano, young prima donna, who was Drought
to this country years ago by Strakosch and failed
at her New York debut, singing at the great San
| Carlo theatre at Naples
Badali the baritone so long avore u this country
ia a, ,"ging in Florence
Ara n 'rthday soree at Lepsic, on the occasion OF
ventieth birth day the programme was made
nm or ns conn ositions and after the performance the
professor ascousd the orchestra, aud with perceptibe
emotion addressed tho audience to the following
.Frst OF all must express my gratitude to God the
Almighty who pr sssrved me TO this day in such CON-
plete health and strength; and then must thank tho
directors my colleagues and the pupils for tho affection
they have shown me to-day. AS long as my mental ana
physical energies are u nope 70 devote om 70
the wei, being Of the Conserva orum and to the pro-
aress OF art and when this time that they begin
wane be lenient to me, pray ou as you are aztec
tonate now"
Petrea, the composer OF lone and 'ther fine operas
lately broke his left leg while descending from his
rage.
The leading prns donnas engaged for thSs season Of
I86465 at the Italian Opera In Paris are dNna Patti
and Anna dc Grange who some years ago sang 10 the
same troupe n the New York Academy of Music. The
ss Of operas to be played includes Matde d Schalran
Itaana In AIgeri Mose oelAo Cenerentoia II Barbi1re
Semiramide. La Gazza Iadra, Puran La Sonnambta 2,
Lucia di LAmmermoor, Linda, Maria di Roman, Pouto,
Elsir, Lucreza Borga Roberto Devereux, Don Pas
qaais Giurameno, La Sorva Padrona, Ernanir Un Bao
in Mascnera Ii Troyatore Rigoictto Traviata, II Mari
mo,o Segreto Don Giovanni, Lc Nozze di Figaro, Cost
Fan Tutte, Marta. salo, Don Desiderio La Fora del
Destno Lecnora, Don Buceslo CTtSpino 10 Conare ana
La Duchsssa di San Ginliano.
At C1rlsruho lately, at performance given AZ The
theatre the programme was unexpectedly, not agree
ably varied by little disturbance among the members
OF the In Of the waits between tho acts
some Of these geRsemen began disputing concerning
iss0nance Their companions took up the discussDn
side ana tbs other, till ut last the
kettle drummer administered bis colleague before him
sound rap the head with one Of LIN drumstickL
This was the signal fer general fgat.
Mile Sannier Ia this name OF now prima donna at
Paris She is saidto DO an extremely beauAifu woman,
but not great singer.
At choral festival at the Crystal Palace hymn
composed by the late Prince Albert was sting by five
thousand voices
vieuxtemps, the violinst has written overture for
full band and chorus upon the Belgian National hymn
The singers selected to part 10 Myerbeers forth
coming opera LAfricaine, Mario SaxS Marie Battu
and Naudin, ,Beval and Faure.
All BenJen- kns is the name OF player cna saxaphone
fnnAn nuhf
ly diverted the audeuce in his solo, mixing up uDcere
moniously the French romance, Ma Normande ond the
English air Mapping Old Stairs submitting both TO pecu
liar manipulation. Loud cries Of .Jenknsn celebrated
his departure from the orchestra at the sound Of which,
he had been what the French term desoriean, which,
taking his gsrb into consideration warranted come mis-
givings MS TO his abstract nationsli,y
The sisters Bafnett daughters Of John barnet the
English composer) have been singing at Bergauoinver
DIS Bao In Machera with captsi success, and ere
engaged for the autumn season at heghorn.
young English baritone, Mr.. George Lennon who for
two years past has been filing sorsss Of succes1fh en-
gagemens the Italian STAGE has just left kilan for
Zante where he engaged tor moahs he gives great
promise Of making brilliant career.
Maria Siebs, Brazilian lady, twenty years CID, Is
singing at the Carcano theatre, at Mi'nu She has do
iiciousy fresh voice. and marvellous vocal execution
The La Scala theatre at Milan, this year will open
its doors until the Carnival which commences Devon
Der M but the season s given al the other royal
Ia with an opera new for Milan) Isabella dArragona
by Pedrotti The other operas announced for perform
zettis Maria di R0han
Willie Pape the Mobile boy pianist is giving concerts
In the English Towns with success.
Howard Glover series Of 'ETand musical
singers and large orchestra and chorus ere engaged Al
The second entertainment two scenes from webers Der
spectral Illusions effects (or the first any
will be given Az tho third Mendelssohns Antigono,
andes Acs and Ga!atea, acts OF popular operas Men.
dessohns Wapurgs Nacht and Italian Symphony, both
with scenic and dramatic Illustrations. Ths Discela'
parts OF each festival will consist Chiefly Of seec
lions from the newest vocal and instrumental works OF
living composers British and foreign, and illustrate
lar time and space may permit the present state OF
musical art at home and abroad. instru-
mens will likewise be introduced and their peculiar
powers exhibited by performers OF the very highest
class. Il also contemplation to give pictorial Illus,
(wthout dramatic acton OF certain portions OF
Israel 10 Egypt and Elijah, with all the reverence and
mer work Under the immediate direction OF Mendes- |
sohn. the Dusseldorf theatre in 1885, ars respecting
which he says in his celebrated letters gOnder effect
than this have rarely seen."
At Melbourne, Australia, Lucy .Escot, AZ American
lady from Springfield, Massachusetts, now me eadin.
prma donna She has lately sung In BcnediSrs Lilly Of
killarney, and Bellinis Purtani. /
series of called Gurzench concerts 70 be given
Cologne and the managers Of the enterprs, announcs
that every anything written by living com
poser executed the composer will receive rotcs OF the
fact, together with pecuniary prespt Tho latter viii
works; ten for symphonies and vocal work., Of higher
fifteen for works filling the gSeaer por
ton OF tne evening, ana twenty as UP
whole evening.
Verdi Ia busy employed in making serious alterations
in OF hts last opera. la Forzn cd Destno.
which intends bringing ts amended state At the
San Carlo at Naples before submitting 1t TO Partisan
audience.
NJ Leopold do Meyer, the lion pianist, hoas casd
has been astonishing Rossni mt his horse, by .ho
performance OF some of his unpublished wsks among
others Q fantasia on Semiramide.
Charles Adams, American tenor, has tesn engaged
Al the Royal Opera at Berlin When the present
broke loft for through tire Weet'Indes and
has sung Holland Germany, Hungary, and lastly
in Berlin. His voice is pure tenor, renching up TO G
With Mr.. Adams ~ very prepossessipg IN appear
and, although st young thorough oxper anced
IN his art.
Gouuods new opera Mirea has been alrtady produced
In Dublin.
Iisz to compose oratoro, with the sacred titls
jesus Christ"
NJ Fetis, the eminent musical writer will fnish BY
New the eighth and lass volume o bis Univevsa
Biography Of Musicians.
Donizettis OPERA Ion Pasquale has laseiy been pro
Theatre Iyrique Paris f1r the 1rst limo