The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-28
pTus,c.l and Dramatic No,e..


Ign Academy Of Music on Saturday, May 80, b.
Bateman's splendid company.
A Springfield (Mass.) paper says:-The German
opera troupe which gave us Martha" and Faust
few days ago was to appear In Troy, N Y, but Ia
torn down its bills, and, for aught we know ha
withdrawn from the amusement field. Its caree
has been financial failure from the start and In th
respect has been remarkably similar to every pre-
vlous venture with German opera In this country.
A bouquet OF decayed vegetables was thrown Il
Mons. st. Ody, leader Of the ballet at the "Blacl
Crook" Troy, one night last week, which causet
him to leave the stage In disgust.
The Princes theatre, Manchester, opened for tho
summer season on May H. under new management
Of the new company placing the management OF thu
theatre In the hands Of Mr.. Charles Calvert.
An amusing incident happened lately at the Sal,
Lake theatre. During the performance OF of the
most absorbing scenes the prompter was heard by q
large part Of the audience exclaimng to the supes
"Hurry up that thunder and lightning there, your
The Chicago saengerfest, which takes place next
month, Is TO be grand AFFAIR Ffty-six societies. In.
c %n both the Liederkranz IAN and Aron Of New
present There will be grand reception ct Crosby's
Opera House June H. concert on the 18TH another
Halle on the 10th and a monster picnic on sunday,
the 2lst. The orchestra which Is to take part In the
concerts Is to be composed OF one hundred must
waukee and Cincinnati.
The theatrical critic Of the Deseret Ne,cs says OF
stage business by some Of the characters was clu.
silly got through with, and the storm scenes were
Which sounded like The yeipine OF NANCY cur
A San Francisco telegram OF May % announces
the arrival In that city OF Z. L. Davenport, the
actor.
Mr.. Carl Bergman commences his Terrace Garden
concerts on sunday next. fg -..l
Mr.. J. :. watson's benefit takes place tonight at
Mrs. Barney williams has benefit at the Broad
II is rumored that Max strakosch is about conclud-
ing Arrangements with jarrett 4 Palmerso bring ol
Meyerbeers "Prophete" at Nblo's 10 style never
before Witnessed p America, with full accessories OF
The Kieine Masik-z eftuno, Of New York thus re-
piles TO the witty remarks Of the London Orchestra
English which we use In our paper. We win state
that the publisher and writer OF this paper and Of
n sas esS ce nas ne Is sc Wen at
In the English as In the German language az regards
elegance OF expression, &c. or course he needs I'm
signor Perensi, the favortte tenor OF Vienna, has
left the Imperial opera having an engagement with
Scast wbS Ppe o. ssr to by
Beriot and fantasies from Meyerbeer, without arms,
has arrived In Paris. He places his violin on 9 stool
foot and presses the strings with the toes OF his right
foot He has given several concerts az Berlin ana
Leipsic. The young artist Is tine son o. av'iase
Neapolitan youth, thirteen years Of age, Alfonso
Rendano, is among the latest arrival In London from
elegant nocfu,pes brilliant waltzes and other NOR.
cedUx de salon.
A wag, after listening to the performance OF one
Of Lszts orchestral rhapsodies, In which the wind
instruments have much to do, remarked that 1t was
the best illustration he had ever heard OF the scrip
tural text, "The wind boweth where 1t Lissteth."
A Bufsio critic thus discourses about Gounods
'Faust:r-ssThe introduction 70 this opera Is most
mastery piece Of composition The snuops, serpen-
tine winding Of the bass instruments introduces
series of chromatic fugue themes Suggesting gu that
s dark and devpsh In the nature Of the plot" There
Is something very dark about those remarks.
an an, Italian opera troupe. Tnc season opened with
III Trovatorc.v a.. ,
Divorce cases are becoming very frsQuens since