New-York tribune., 1869-03-17
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
MUSIC.

MUSlC.
ITALIAN OPERA.
The second performance of 1.-The Prophet"
an Monday night was even better than the first, the
t,e working with greater smoOfhlessahu
th artists, chorus and supernumerares being entirely
,apar with the business" belonging to their respect
v arts Boetu sang better than he did before and La
G-re Miss McCuoch. and the others dame fully up TO
the III 81 standard which they had already established
fol themselves. The house Of course was crowded. ana
tlc public seemed upprecIative The skangscene' INC
grad interior Of the cathedral OF Munster ana the e
ion and fire in the banquet.hal at the close OF the
opr,a drew forth marks Of warm approval No ltalah
o,,i, has been so we'll represented in NeW-1ork ioi
many years. The third performance is announcer IO ~
night and during next week (the last OF the season. W
presume the opera will be repeated i'i
pr,itises 70 draw for some time
JERSEY CITY HARMONIC soCIETl'
Tie above mentioned Society gave e,nnu 80,
concert last iyht at the Tabernacle III JeiSvy ~ ~
yre Insisted v the Elizabeth Musical Union ana Anoo
,ri,y ,,el,cstra and by Mrs. George Sheppard MISS
n v Hutcbu,es and Miss Ella Meyer NoeanslS' 1no
buildiue which Is Of considerable size was con'eVoy
d,d with the elite Of Jersey City ana nuheI0uS 'iOi
from, te adjacent towns. Inc pIosI"nlnO We"
a very strong one. the first part miscehahcous'
ana the second part, consisting or the "noIe
of ucpdelssohp's music to Athalie, work winch
IA elou performed in IT'S entirety. 1t replete through
ont with the poetic melody and delicate treatment which
distinguish most Of Mendelssohns composuohs' A'o
TRAGEDY Of Racine was IN this instance preseh'eu III W
form OF a cantata, the text OF whlch was 'Ha'
,,,,v years AGO by Mr.. W. Bartholomew III Lonuon'
rt u,rs,e NJ each act is preceded by rectaton epo
nllpr The action OF the piece, and all the eDoruseS anu
sos are given ms written, The poem was Feclteu U! ~
12,v George H. Pecke. The united force OA tho '"o
s.i,,s formed powerful and effective ehoruS huuiel
opsaud we-balanccd Their admirable execution o 'lo
, ,lote1 10 them showed the effect OF careiu tram
,d hard. practice. The excellence OF the orehes'la
a ,oo wei known TO need comment. The overture anu
d march Of Presto are familiar pieces In the concert
r,u the former was executed In splendid sye' ouV o
effect o the latter somewhat marred 10y peing 'hon
I'm TOO fast time The conductor eVlden'y nau ~ NM
rheWed3pg March by the composer TO when 'niS
,.ors soroo resemblance. Miss Hutchugs has pow
ern,I voice Of great compass, aud she sang III
c,reful and conscientious manner. MIS- OeoISlo
sbr,ard possesses voice of moderate power e1eehenV
culfiyatlon aud sweet and sympathetic Quah'y' anu -
sings with more taste and feeling than many arls' -
greater prctcntlons she should DO heard more iio
op.,,tlv m tho concertroom. The undertaking was
80 an litioi,s one for provincial amateur society, puI
IA. real excellence OF the performance JuSthou Ao
o,'rupt and reflected the greatest eremt on All tahlus
rfiu II Mr. william +. sherwin was the conductor
Hr WAS asasssted by Mr.. John =. Morgan
MUSICAL NOTES.
The Italian Opera Company goes from here
Co rhilHdephia
Rosa rcuans quito sick in Baltimore
Musical Congress of all nations Is to be
f h,ji a, Florence, Italy, on Sept 20 next
Mr.. Ignatz Pollak announces for to-nlght, at
Irrirc Han, his farewell concert in America
st PATHS second performance IN st. Peters
bu private sodfOr $780, and chair In the tWenth
Tuo brought $40.
Carlpita Patti, who is to sing in the United
States next season under Max Strakoschs management
g. lDW COustantnOple.
Mr. Lew the famous cOTnet-player, proposes
stgrtluc on concert tour immediately after Easter We
understand that he has organized an attractive htile
rrtptuv and have doubt that he will draw immense
auGitI.ccs wherever he goes.
What has become of Maurice StrakOsch's ro-
mantle plan 0f simultaneous production OF ROssinls
Ms m a the great cities OF the wOrldi Paris has OD
tanned the the rest OF mankind, the Work havlng
bon brought ont there already, with great success Al
boni the principal singer
There has been an open rupture between
the King Of Bavaria and Richard Wagner number OF
Letters ubuuling with bitter recrminaOns have passed
brtwrCu these two distinguished men, and Hans Won
Bu3a Wacprs most intimate friend has been dismissed
ti0In his p0sl f1n leader Of the royal orchestra
At circus recently in Edinburgh, after an
aclubaiie performance, SignOr. Luigi played
sonata Of BccthOven's-and then there was grand
stpeple chase" That must have been better than the
Tammany concerts. We have heard many piano per-
formgnces that reminded us Of gymnass and steeple.
Chasrs but Beethoven had nothing TO do with them.