The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-06
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
The city Amusements.

| A
| comic opera of &C. VIII De performed Ior tne
first time in Philadelphia this evening, by Miss
Susan Galton and troupe. The farce of 4 Pair
Tomorrow evening Mr.. j. @. Gregory will
| have a benefit.
! AT THE AMERICAN an attractive programme
| will be presented this evening,
| THE MISSES DURANG will give grand cal
| concert at the Foyer OF the Academy of Music
! this evening, assisted by Mr.. George +. Bishop,
! Mr. GiIchrist and Mr.. Dietrich Tickets can
! be procured at the principal music stores. and
at Coverts continental news stand, and at the
! Academy of Music.
MCEVoY's "HIBERNICoN" will be exhibited
! at Concert Hall this evening.
THE GERNANIA ORCHESTRA VIII give pubs
! lie rehearsal at horticultural Hall this after
| noon.
THE MAMMOTH SKATING RINK, Twenty first
and Race streets. will be opened this evening.
Colonel James Page will deliver an address,
! and the celebrated Meagher brothers will give
exhibitions OF their skin. This rink is fitted
up in superior style, with parlOrs, dining.
rooms and ample accommodations OF every
j. w. Price, the well known caterer.
THE CHEsNUT STREET SKATING RINK. Ches.
nut and Twenty-third Streets will shortly open
under the management OF VIM e, Sim, Esq.
Musical Items.
AT the Varieties. Paris, was announced 10
appear new piece, entitled La DtUd, on the
lst OF January.
Tomorrow evening Herves opera of EEd
Creue will be produced at the Theatre Francois,
New York, by Grau's troupe.
Madame Parepa Rosa will give concert at
stenwav Hall, New York, on Friday evening.
This will be her first appearance since her
return from California.
-signor Petrella's COntesSd d'An1lf has been
brought out in the Teato Apollo, in Venice, for
| the first time in the "silent city," but without
success.
Strange though 1t must seem, it appears to
| be no less true that Meyerbeer's Dinordh has
never yet been given III Berlin, the city OF the
! composers birth and official residence. 1t is
now to be produced with Fraulen Mathilde
Sessi as the fantastic heroine.
-Ofenbach's opera of La PericbO'e was pro-
duced on Monday evening at Pixies Opera
House, New Yorx, by Bat eman's Troupe.
Mad'lle Irma appeared as "La Perichole," M.
Aujac as "Piqullo," and NJ. Leduc as Don
Andres" the VICeroy OF Peru. The opera is
said to contain some beautiful music and to
be less of burlesque than OHenbachs previous
works,
An amateur, NJ, julie Cosse, has made hit
in an opera boufe, brought out at the little Tue
atre de lAthenee, Paris. Les Horreurs de Ia
Guerre are treated in the burlesque fashion, the
plot turning on the bloodless alteration be-
tween two princelcts, cousins-German IN a
double sense-to the Grand Duchess of Gerol.
steln.n The bachelor prince ucceeds in carrying
of the wife of his married neig hbor, but peace
lie made on the restoration OF the lady.
The Teatro San Benedetto, in Venice, for
which L'Iaidna in Algieri aud EdoardO 0
CriS'ind were written, has just been rechris-
tened III Teatro Rossini." The new dedication
was celebrated by performance exclusively
made up of the name-giver's compositions: 1t
is said that Rossini's widow, in giving her con-
sent to the transfer of his remains 10 his native
land, has expressly stipulated that when her
time comes she herself shall be buried near her
| husband
"A new opera, entitled Ada produced at
the Teatro Communale of Bologna, was received
with favor remarkable even for an exctable
italian audience. The composer, Signor Lonelo
Ventura, was called before the curtain eighteen
times. Such demonstrations do not mean much,
but we are informed that Signor Ventura has
real talent. Ada is his first operate compost
tion, but he is well known as an accomplished
writer on musical matters.
Dramatic Items.
Mr.. I. w. Robertson has completed new
comedy which will shortly be put in rehearsal
at the Prince of Wales Theatre, LONDON.
Mr.. J. 6. Clarke, the wel-known comedian
has entered upon a farewell engagement Of
twelve weeks at London prior to his return to
this country. His career abroad has been most
prosperous, and has won him many friends and
high reputation.
AT the Gate, Paris, La Mddone des Roses, a
drama by NJ. Victor seiour, iu FIVE acts aud
nine tableauX, has been produced. 1t is a thor
! oughly melo-dramatic work. and has been
mounted with great care. Lydia" the
heroine, who Is called the "Madone des Roses"
in consequence of having once taken refuge in
a niche intended for a statue of the Virgin, and
dispensed unexpected aims to u supplicant who
| took her for statue, is sought by two lovers.
One Is Cesar d'Este,n wicked prince, the
other Andrea handsome youth, OF
parentage supposed to be obscure. To
protect herself from the prosecutions OF the
prince, lydia" destroys her beauty by means OF
an acid. Andrea" challenges Cesar dEste, bat
is refused on account of having NO social status.
He appeals to his mother to tell him who he is,
| and learns lat the man he wanted to fight was
| his father. UltimatelS he is married to Lydia,
whose beauty a clever chemist restores. "Cesar
| d'Este, - the father, makes a most Sardanapalus-
like ending, in the conhagration of his palace.
The FIRE with which the piece concludes is the
most elaborate spectacle yet attempted on the
French stage. Sheet-iron covers the floor Of the
stage, upon which no less than fifteen hundred
blazing beams are said to be hurled. On the
first night the performance occupied seven
hours.
M. Carmouche, well-known French
dramatist, has died in Paris in his seventy.
second year. He was one Of the most prolific
of writers, having produced over two hundred