Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-19
OPERATIC.
Gossip about Singers and Com
pOsers.
Sketch of the wonderful Rise of
n swedish Peasant Girl 10
the Queenship Of Song.

The British and continental journals
have made the Old World familiar with
the name and history aud marvellous
gifts and accomplishments o. Christine
Nilsson. Everybody in Europe knows
how, from being peasant girl at Weder-
slofs, where she was born on the 20th OF
August, 1643, and a wanderer with her
violin, her flute, and her voice, already
full of promise, in the streets of WeXjo
snd at country fairs in Kronoberg'5 Ian,
she has at length been crowned the sue
cessor Of her celebrated compatriot,
Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale.
At the June fair at Ejsngby, in 1858, her
clear and powerful voice attracted the
attention OF Mr. Frederick Tornerhjelm,
whose offer to rescue her from her wan
dering life and to pay for her education
she rejected, in order to aid her parents
by concertiziDg in company with
ventriIoquist, who tempted her by prom
ising gold and green woods" as Fisk.
ir., now promises her " greenbacks y
and Erie bonds. Tornerbjslm, however,
atterwsrd persuaded her to accept his
offer, and she began her education at
Halmstad, where she also received gratu-
itOus lessons in music and singing from
Mile. Adelaide Walerius, now Baroness
Lenhusen, who predicted for her young
pupil a brilliant future. After a
year at Gothenburg she became at
Stockholm q boarder with NJ. F.
Bervald, the concert director under
whose tuition she acquired such prof.
cheney that when, in 1850, she appeared
in q concert at which the royal family
were present, she made SO favorable an
impression as TO be invited to perform
before them in private. Subsequently
she received musical instruction in Paris
from Profs. Wartel and Masset, and in
1864 she made successful debut at
tn ater in that metropolis. Her first ap-
pearance was not at the italian opera,
which is jealously guarded against all but
italian singers Of the highest order, and
is st fret almost inaccessible to singers
of French or OF any other nationality,
whatever may be their qualifications.
But her claims as a a musical phenom-
enon - were speedily discovered and re-
cOgnizsd At the Theatre Lyrique. The
patronage of the Emperor Napoleon, one
of the earliest to appreciate her eXtraor-
dinary talent, sutficed to level all OBJ
stacles 10 her obtaining more favorable
engagements. During the past year her
portrait has figured in all the European
illustrated journals, and her triumphs at
London and Paris have been duly
telegraphed to the New World by
the Atlantic cable. We have learned
that young, fsir-hsired, taller
and handsOmer than Jenny Lind,
she is endowed with superior genius.
The rapid recent development Of her ge-
MUS Lay be expected to continue during
her visit to this country, and she will
probably, like many Of her predecessors,
return to Europe with a more perfect
aa 4
heavier purse.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OPERA IN
PARIS.
The Paris opera was established by the
following edict, remarkable for its inge-
nious and patriotic tnne-Which was is
sued by Charles N in 1870: We,
Charles, by the grace OF God, King OF
France, send greeting TO all men now
living and to come. As we have made
it our care, after the example Of King
Francis, our predecessor, Of good and
prsisewortby memory, whose sins may
God forgive, to see that literature and
science should flourish in our kingdom OF
France, and also in our town of Paris,
where there are great NUM- bers OF persons
who devote their daily labor ard study
thereto, and as it is highly important for
usually and commonly cultivated il
State should be subject to certain laws,
and the more SO because that the minds
Of most men are formed and directed by
il, in such wise that where music is neg
lected manners are apt to degenerate, anu,
where it Is properly regulated, men are
of good morsis, For these reasons, and /
after having seen the petition addresses /
to our privy council, and sent In by our
well-belOved and trusty J. a. de Bslf
and ]. T. de COurville, which sets forth
that for three yesrs, with great industry
and persevering labor, they have worked |
together for the improvement of the
French language, which may be applied |
both to the construction Of poetry and to |
the nature and regulation OF music, as
those arts were well cultivated IN former !
times by Greeks and Romans. With |
the wish that l may multiply for them |
the Grace which God has shown them, /
l hershy permit them to establish, on the |
model Of the anoients, an academy or
society, consisting as wen OF com pOsers, !
singers, and performers upon musical |
as of worthy auditors, which |
academy shall not only be nursery, |
whence we shall one day obtain poets |
and musicians, but which shall also profit |
the public. CHARLES"
NILSSON COMING.
The manager of Fisk's Grand Opera |
House, Mr.. Tayleure, has effected an
engagement with MILE Christine Mil
sson, who does not come, however, till 4
next year and has also made an offer I
to Adelina Patti, in competition with the
Emperor OF Russia, who now pays her
$4,000 q month and all expenses. Mr.. /
Tayieure has also secured VictorieD Sar-
dou's new play, which is to be produced
next month at the Porte st. Martin,
Paris. The piece illustrates the wars of
the Netherlands, that our own historian /
Motley has so nObly commemorated.
"LA PERICHoLE"
One little incident of La Perichole.n
in Boston, was rather funny. 1t was in
the last act, when Irma and Aujac ap-
pear as street singers. Aujac finished
his song, and passed around his guitar
for contributions, when some fscetious in
dividual in the gallery tossed down a
q cent. This WAS signal, and from ali
parts. of the house rsined coin, pattering
upon the stage, and humping the sing
ers, who lodged them with considerable
anxiety. Aujac picked up a hstful, and
at last pleaded an "eDl6aTras de
aickels.n
PAREPA r sA.
Nine. PAreps Rosa still lies very i'll at
Baltimore. She purposes, in event OF
ler recovery, to commence a season OF
English opera in New York next fall on
\ truly grand scale, opening with Z" Lur-
ine." She will select for her repertoire
IN entirely new field. The company
will be made up of the best materials
which money can procure in Europe or
America.
FORTUNATE COMPOSERS.
Auber, Verdi, Gounod and Wagner are
'leh, their aggregate fortunes amounting
% two million francs. Offenbach might
nave been as wealthy as either If he
we're not so infatuated in stock specula-
ions. Auber thinks that Offenbaeh will
10 we'll to lay by something while he
8 popular, ss he believes that the term
II his popularity will not last much Ion
ger.
Miss Rose Craig, OF Marietta, who, for
some weeks past has been an inmate of
/ house of ill-fame, in Parkersburg, West
Va, killed a man in that place few
nights ago. The man insisted upon go
ng into the house, and Rose threatened