The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-25
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.


MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.
Madame Ristori leaves Havana to-day by the
steamer Columbia. Her farewell performances-hve
nights and two matnees-wn commence on Satur-
day next with "Sor Teresa, or Isabel Suarez,n play
which caused considerable sensation in Havana.
One OF her farewell performances in Havana, given
for the poor Of the city, realized $4,000 in gold.
At the end OF last month Mr.. d. @. Anderson had
benefit at the Metropolitan San Francisco, pre-
vious to his departure for Europe Barrett then
at Maguires, doing good business.
The Dramatic chronicle Of San Francisco does not
like Corbyn, OF the Opera House. Kate Denim has
returned from Australia.
Ada Webb, according to rumor, is going to form
matrimonial engagement In California.
Manager Thomas Mcguire has returned to San
Francisco, after an absence Of eighteen months
Charles Wheateigh has been playing "Arrah ma
Pogue' to good houses at Pper's Opera House, vir-
ginia City, Nevada. The papers speak OF Wheat
leigh's Shaun, Woodward's OGrady and the Arrah
Meelish Of Miss Hnckey In the highest terms. The
"Oct0r00n" was to follow.
They purpose having another large theatre I'm San
Francisco, called the Pacific Academy Of Music.
The La Grange and Brignoli opera troupe gave a
successful concert in Utica on the 10th.
The Richings company is doing well in Phia-
delpnia:
House, New Orleans, on the 18th inst.
Forrest is drawing large houses in Pittsburg SO
Is Leo Hudson. Edwin Adams follows Forrest.
This Is the last week OF the "Whlte Fawn" at the
Boston theatre.
excellence at Irving Hal on Wednesday. Mrs.
States, Mrs. Jennie Kempton Miss Jennie Bull. Miss
Toedt and Messrs Pease Hoffman, Thatcher, Beck
EFT and Crane assisted. The programme was a re-
markaby fine one.
Lolita closed her Cleveland engagement satur-
day. It was In general very successful. Lagrange
and BrignOH go there next week.
Addie Reese Is captivating the citizens OF Little
"Leah' and the ''Frisky Cobber" were given by
MISS COlebrOok at the Salt Lake City theatre on the
julius Cesar was given at Maguire's, San Fran
cisco, on March 81, with Barrett as Cassus, McCu
Tough as Bruins and Fitzgerald as Marx antony q,
the Paris Exposition on pianos which has been pub
lished, the highest praise Is given to the American
wonderful improvements made by the system
OF overstringng the bass and the dispositions
piano for the placing of the strings. The seniority
and brilliant quality OF the tore Is also praised.
double iron frame and cross bars being cast in one
piece. The left side remains OPEN and through this
opening the sounding board is insertet special
apparatus adapted to this board, which consists OF
certain number OF screws, serving to compress the
sides Of the board mt will.
| Drury Lane last month:-Allle. Clara Louise Kel-
| lOgg, the young American singer, whose advent
among us impaired ecdt to tho winter season or
1867, Unexpectedly cut short, made such an inn
preston at the time that was pretty certain she
Of ' again. at one or another Of our Italian opera
houses. Anything fresh and new, % we nave more
spirit and reawaken the sympathy Of hbituai opera
| gOers, and In Mile. Kellogg this desderatum was
enhanced by qualities that rendered it douby acccpta
BILE. How frank and legtmatey earned was her
Is pleasant be able to state that the interest very
naturally attached to the appearance OF young and
prepossessing stranger IL sustained now that though
nnar nc H. n
at all. 1t may not have been forgotten that the
strong impression created By Mile Kellogg IN
g Shams%H,S ana , sMar,ha; and that Ssr
much less anxiety than pleasure: In short, Mile:
Kellogg did quite enough during the brief period OF
claim to be acknowledged artist OF ordinary
1 powers and of still less ordinary promise.
at the Theatre dcs Italiens, is in no sense .
success. Great liberties have been taken with the
legend Of the Maid OF Orleans. Joan is represented
as In love with Charles vi and wagng against her
| passions fight tenfod more desperate than that
she maintains against the English. Her father is
so disgnsted with her unconcealed affection
into the hands Of the English. rue author
OF this plot might be voltaire redicicus. Joan's
death occurs in a fight against the English. Crude
and unsatisfactory as Is the plot, the music Is not
noisy beyond yerds wont, and altogether deficient
In melody. Many pieces were applauded the first
| production a dead failure.
| A new drama entitled "Dianc de Chiyri,- has been
| produced at the Theatre de Belleyille
| A new theatre Will shortly he opened IN Paris, IN
| what Is known Us the Quarter du eros Gallon. No
| name has vet been bestowed upon the house, which
viii, however, be principally occupied Win vaude-
| villes
| At the Vaudeville new five act piece by Henri
Pecaue ..I,Infant ProdIguc,- has been received. NJ
Becque's previous contributions 10 dramatic lttera-
tue have only consisted Of the hDretto o the opera
| OF "Sardanopalus."
| de 10 Chausse d'Antin, wiii he opened with pro-
| logue by NJ. Emile Angler, one act c0ined!ctta by
M. Theodore Barriere, and two act piece Of NJ. Vic
I toT1en SardOu.
AT the theatre OF Bordeaux new play called
| 'Koscusko,r was produced last week. Whenever
pauded and on kosciusko saying, at the end OF the
second act III 20 10 save the repubc,' braves burst
forth from all parts Of the theatre.
Adylces from south Africa state that two members
of q theatrical company-Mrs. Cooper and Mr.. Alfred
| Ray-were drowned by the upseiting OF the ferry
boat on the Fish river at Committees Drift They
were their way TO King williams Town from
they had been playing In ''rhe Colleen Bawn''-Mrs.
Cooper az Ely and Mr.. Ray as DanDyman, having
drawn great applause In the drowning scene
In the archives OF the Opera curious discovery
has been made. IL consists OF the original book of
the ballet, lie Triomphc de FAmour." THIS was the
| first ballet In which female dancers were allowed To
exhibit on French stare. 10 irst performer IN
| 1891. In 1867 the experiment OF bringing woman
on the stage was tried at the Theatre du Nafas Dut
proved failure. Female I'd es were playeo by men
| until four and twenty years later, when the opera
succeeded at length In overcoming the deeply rooted
prejudice against the appearance OF WOMEN.
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