The New York herald., 1868-05-29

MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES.


The Bateman French Opera Troupe will give La
Belle Helenen at Newark this evening, the "Grande
Duchessen at the Brooklyn Academy tomorrow as q
Matinee and on Monday the company will appear in
Boston.
Miss Mary Wells who has filled the most resp0n-
sble positions in Niblos for the last seven years,
takes her leave Of the theatre on Saturday next she
Is deserving artist and cannot fail to hold her
place in the affections Of the public wherever she
goes
The New Orleans French Opera Boufre Company,
under the personal direction Of the distinguished
director M. Alfalfa, from the New Orleans Opera
House, now performing "Orphee'' In Boston with i'm
mense success, have concluded arrangements with
Mr.. j. Grau to give short season Of French opera
bouDe at the popular Theatre Francais They will
commence on June 3. Painters carpenters, &C., are
Lambeie who possesses splendid voice and is young.
and beautiful, besides being captivating actress
marie Antoinette'' will be given again tonight at
the Theatre Francois, and at the matinee morrow;
also on Monday and Tuesday
Mrs. Barney Williams, the favorte actress, will
Hour in Sevlle,n with the talented ben6Hctaire in
both, cannot fail to crowd the Broadway theatre.
Kelly and Leon's Minstrels have another great bur-
lesque on hand, called la Bell. NJ" Mr.. Ed
win Kelly Will make his appearance as Paris, and
the irrepressble Leon will personate the naughty
Helen.
On Monday June l. Madame Parepa-Ros sails for
California in the steamship Arizona, accompanied
by Messrs Carl Rosa, g. w. Colby and BrOOkhouse
Bowler. carefully selected company will follow IN
a few days.
Auer played a short time ago in Dublin. Hear
what the Saunders Ne,cs Letter says about HIM
"a truly great viOlinis Is Herr Auer He Is, we be-
lieve Jew While he plays the physical accidents
of lingering, bowling, &C., are lost to vew and one
hears the spirit Of the music disembodied."
Richard Wagners "Lohengrn'' was performed one
evening during the recent visit OF the Prince OF Prus-
sia at the Princes own request
The London Musical World says:-"A New York
In NH w
equals in vagueness the first intimation Of matri-
mOnia alliance that Ole Bull is developing musl-
Cal invention which, when developed, will revOu-
tionze the manufacture Of certain popular instru'
ment."
don the 25th inst promised to be one Of the great
features of the All the artists OF her Maes
ty's opera are engaged: Mile Nilsson was 10 sing
Ophelias music In the fourth act OF Thomas "Ham
letp which made such sensation recently among
the Parisans Miss Kellogg a new valse written by
SignOr Ardit and called after her name; and the
s'whOe strength Of the company" were to join IN the
esleemed conductors Turkish Hymn" erst the
great feature Of the Sultan's Jste at the Crystal
Emile Devrient took his farewell Of the Royal the.
atre. Dresden, in Goethes ''Tasso."
Madame CarvalhO will receive $400 per night dur
ing her engagement at the Theatre de la Monnaie,
Brussels.
the son Of poor farmer from the vicinity of Mar.
settles. Arrangements are made for three years.
An ui author whose work had been refused by the
management of the Theatre de 10 Gate, Paris, re.
6ssen BY IA s 'naf a
onicial contradiction became known no person
would 60 near the establishment. s.
The AthenRunl says:-"NOthing rs belonging TO the
Mr. Mapesons cast Of "Don Giovanni Nv with E Miles,. sNs
tansky and Santey in the leading parts-not one Oh
these Italians"
Another proof of the English constancy may be
found In the fact that the messiah" was recently
performed at Newbury three times in the course Of
Pnsdelon4 ibe indefatirable conductor has az
last successfully induced an audience of six thousand
persons to listen in the church OF Sainte 70
! an oratoriO no less difficult than the Passions
| Musik' Of Bach.
There is 70 ospernsps there is
Italian singer of Italian music, and singing 1t wel)
"L'Abime'' Ono Thoroughfare'r is in active re-
hearsa at the Vaudeville The principal characters
are thus alotted:-MarguerIte, Mile. Cellier; Sarah
| Madame Aubrey; Karl (ObenreizerL Berton;
Georges DesrieuX, Ralph Munie; seur Joey Lade),
new four act comedy by MN. Regnier and Louis
| Lerey has been produced az the Gymnase with the
| title OF ale Chemin Retrouve." Though a very me-
dlocre production 1t obtained what is called Succes
d'esti,ne. In story 1T strongly recalls lie Roman
dune Honnete Femme" as it follows the adventures
| Of a wife who remains pure under the strongest
temptations and with the example Of faithless and
| dissipated husband ever before her eyes.
Four novelties all successful, now constitute the
programme at the Boures Parisiens. The first, lies
Coiffeuses de st. Catherine" is an amusing vaude-
willie by NJ Emile Abraham well known for his contri-
buttons to the comic journals Of Paris. second In
| a piece of complete extravaganza by MN. Marquet
and Delbes, entitled IA Clarendon un nj la Patti"
by NJ. Frederic VasselOt, Is dainty piece OF bOur-
geoise comedy: and LA Zouave est en- bas' Is what
we may call screaming farce, by MN. Ed. Lackroy
Mile. Nilsson's last performance in "Hamletr was
! for the benefit OF the Pension Fund Of the Opera,
allied by the twenty-five representations OF this
opera which have been given Is 252, $751; 50c or t
lie over go @ oS1 Aabers 1 ri opera Of off, Gusave
a splendid scale during the approaching winter.
Mile. Nilsson will be Oscar, Mile. Battu Ame-
'lie, Mile. Black the sOrceress, M. Colin Gustave
| and NJ. Faure Amkerstroem Some new morceaux
will be added by the composer for Nile. Nilsson
Astley's theatre London, fell under the auctoneers
hammer (Messrs Driver & co., on Tuesday, the 10Th
inst II was entirely rebuilt by Mr.. Batty In 1s43,
is represented TO be capable of seating $500 peo
Nine Ugalde the well known actress of the Porte
great beauty and promise Mile. volctfe Uglde, who
| has died in her fifteenth year
Signor FOrensi. the favorite tenor OF Vienna, has
left the Imperial opera, having an engagement with
| Mr.. Mapeson to appear at Her Malesty's opera:
neX Is onsTa c[ ms ~
Italian opera Is TO be established this spring in
Moscow where the direction promises the engage
ment OF Mines Artot and Ferlesi the tenors Perdng,
| Ambonett, Filleborn, and the basses Padilla ana
Bossi. The conductor is M Dupont, brother OF the
pianoforte professor at the Brussels Conservatore.
The young OF the Convent OF the Sacr6
C9ur, at Bordeaux had obtained, says Ia Gtronde.
copies OF of the famous songs Of Therese. This
fact having TO the knowledge OF the authorities,
the songs were seized. Upon this the young ladies'
broke out into open mutiny, and endeavored TO suf-
focae of the governesses between two mattresses.
The desire TO build new theatres In London Is nos
yet satisfied Arrangements have been made TO erect
| another central playhouse on the site OF the oid
| Lyons Inn, in Newcastle street. Strand. within
| few yards OF the olympic.
Miss Bateman Will appear at the Haymarket
theatre on the 10th OF October. Her first perform
ance will he in ''Lcah.r During the previous month
she will play two engagements at Birmingham and
Glasgow
Madame Emile Naudin. the eldest daughter OF the
| tenor now singing at Covent Garden, has recently
died In childbed at Warsaw. She was married TO
| NJ Lanci an engineer was noted for her beauty and
nracefulness, and was scarcely twenty-three years
| Old.
| SUIT AGAINST SOUTH CAROLINA BANKs.-The gov
ernment has commenced suit In equity against the
Bank of the State of South Carolina, the Bank OF
Charleston, the Merchants Bank OF South Carolina
and the firm OF Uayne Son, OF Charleston, to re-