Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-07
MUSICAL AND

Advices from Paris Of October 18th.
state that RiStori and her company arc en-
gagged for America, and start at once
La Signora has been playing Medea at
Trieste.
A novel, and somewhat noisy, musical
contest was commenced In the Dublin
CIreland) Exhibition room on the 18th OF
October, in the shape of a competitive
trial of skill between a number Of brass
bands. Ten English and four Irish anna
teur bands entered for the prizes. The
contest was to be brought to a close Satur-
day, October 10.
While performing the second act of the
Child of the Sum-" at Astley's Theatre.
London, on the 18th, Adah Isaacs Menken,
riding on a dummy horse, fell through an
opening in the stage, and though she re-
celved but little injury, a scene shifter
upon which she fell, was much hurt.
Miss Menken resumed her part after a
short delay.
Peto, from being an unknown. has be-
come of late a very popular name in Amer
lea. The other evening, at the Chicago
theatre, when Mr.. HacEett as FalstafF in
the robbery scene at Gads Hill. was bel
lowing "Poins Hall BardolpRl Petor
some wag interiected, "Peto2 No use now
Just struck lie; cut US and run out of hear
ing" An ilLsuppressed litter pervaded
the immense audience ON the occasion.
Grau opens the opera season at Chicago
next Wednesday night, with al Trova-
%tore;" Signora Noel Guidi as Leonora.
Signora Cash Pollini as Azueena, Musiani
as Manrico, Orlandini as the Count di
Luns, and COletti as Fernando. Signor
Muzio conducts. On Thursday evening
Faust will be given, with an entirely fresh
cast, selected from Mr.. Grau's large
troupe. Buschetti will be the Margherita,
Oligini the Siebel, Anastasi Faust, Bran
DIM, Mephistcphiles, and Fellini VaIlen-
tine.
An audience at Memphis, the other
night clamored for Miss Charlotte Thomp-
son to make a speech. She modestly re-
treated. Mr.. Garden, the actor who at
tended her before the curtain, trieS to de-
tain her, but failing to do so, came to the
toot-lights and stated that he had visited
Miss. Thompson that afternoon, and had
seen upon her table a neat little speech
written for that occasion. Miss Thomp-
son returned and denied the impeachment,
and confessed herself coerced into making
a speech.
Concert-goers, among whom Carl
Formes, the celebrated 6asso profundo, has
so long been a f~avorite, were greatly dis
appointed at the conjunction Of malapro-
pos events, at the Formes Brothers oper-
attic concert on Monday night. The or
chestra had struck; and staidaway. Theo-
dore Formes, tenor, had lost his voice in a
Russian bath, and Carl, the Jupiter Tonans
of the lyric stage, was so evidently annoy
ed at the turn of affairs, that he broke
down completely. Wilhelm Formes. the
other brother, a capital baritone, did all
that man could to redeem the concert
from failure, but, nevertheless, it was far
a success.
A German paper has been deceived by
an absurd story as to the celebration at
opening of Crosby's Opera House.
Chicago, and given circulation to a hoax
which is going the rounds of the papers in
and universally accepted as true.
One paragraph says that "in the chorus
here were five hundred singers: the prin-
'lpaI arias and ehoruses were accompanied
by the tolling Of bells and salutes from
annons. Every lady received a beauti-
III bouquet, and every person who bought
ticket received the bill of the perfor-
nance printed on pink-colored satin with
.olden letters. The performance lasted
X hours. and after it there was a grand
where eight hundred bottles of cham
were drank"