The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-17
MUSICAL NOTES.

AT Niblo's Bdrbe Beue has been grand sue
cess, as crowded houses show. On Saturday 1T
was given In BROOKLYN at matinee, aud is thus
spoken OF by one OF the critics of that city:-"A
-Bdr6e B eue matinee took place at the Brooklyn
Academy OF Music on Saturday. Notwlthstand-
ing the intense heat and its conseq Ient dis
the audience-well, we can barely say
appreciatiye. The proverbial camness of
Brooklyn opera-goers was once more con-
spicuous, though lrma looked aud sang in a
manner which elsewhere would have excited
the widest enthusiasm. During the entire first
act holy hush sat upon the audience 1t was
net the silence of visited admiration, but dis
consulate sort OF silence as If they doubted the
propristy of doing anything at all but sit still.
To Aus &c is the honor due of starting them into
comprehension OF the trest before them. His
rolllcking,, impulSive acting and clear musical
voice broke the ice and after that until the
close OF the opera the applause was frequently
and judiciousiy besto we'd. Ali the characters
were well sustained though we missed much of
that charming by.play which is one of Mad'lle
Irma's most irresistible seaturcs."
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg arrived in New
York on Tuesday morning IN the steamship
Russia, from her brilliant and successful tour In
Europe, accompanied by her parents and ser.
want On the arrival of Miss Kellogg and party,
they proceeded to the Westminster Hotel, where
soon after she was warmly welcomed by many
OF her friends, who congratulated her upon her
safe return. ia the evening Mr.. James
McHenry, one of the principal officers of the
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, who had
accompanied MISS htliOgB dbu parry OIL Tue
steamer to New York, gave private dinner in
her honor at the Westminster Hotel. Mr..
McHenry presided. The party was very select.
Among the few guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Kel-
logg. Mr.. III. G. Stebbins, wife, and son, and
Mr.. e. Cunard, of the British Steamship Com
lany. The affair was very pleasant one, and
lasted until late hour At the conclusion of
the dinner Miss Kellogg and her parents de-
parted for home in Fifth avenue.
Mr. Grau has the French Theatre, In New
York, almost in order, and his artists are On the
ocean wave. His new scenery IS painted in
Paris. Among the artists now en- route to New
York for Mr.. Grau's company, are Madame Rose
Bell, Miles. Maria DesclauZas and Fontanel.
The tenor, baritone, and Dasso lists are dlled by
NM. Carrier, Beckers, Gabel, CODY, Bourgoin,
Bataille, Emile Petit, and Paul Mussay. MIR.
Stoepel will have the musical direction of the
performances which Mr.. Grau now proposes to
inaugurate on the 9th of October.
MIR. Bateman's travelling opera boufe COM
.pany have opened in Chicago with great success
Mad'lle Tostee sustains the role of the fair but
fckle "Heene;" Madlle Lambele assumes the
tights, the riding whip. and the Tsing-la-la OF
the Jolly "Orestes," with M. Deere playing the
part of the uncomfortable "Paris." La Belle
Helene will be followed by the Duchess, which
in turn will be ousted from the boards by Barbe
Bieue. All this will occupy two weeks, and
will probably satisfy the gay Chicagoans for q
year at least.
Madame Amalia Patti strakosch is to appear
In opera in Paris this winter. Some OF the
American papers speak OF her as a new dis
covery. As Mad'lle Patti she sang at Castle
Garden in 1850 with the Havana troupe, and
there has hardly been year since when she
has not appeared in opera in this and other
cities. She formerly had great celebrity in
the contralto parts in Luorezia Don GiOpdnni
and other operas, and she has still fine voice.
-Barbe Beue will be PLAYED only three
weeks more at Niblo's. Mr.. Bateman has re
take command of the forces engaged in the
provinces.