The New York herald., 1870-01-09
Musical and Theatrical Notes.

Cincinnati is ncKled with German opera
New Orleans rejoices ia Italian opera and English
opera bou6e.
Caro,ta Patti Is still prevented from singing In
Cincinnati by sore throat
Parepa- Rosa tomorrow evening treats the Puri-
tanical Hubltes to Grand English opera.
Mr. and Mrs. w. j. Florence closed very success.
ful engagement in Washington last night.
choral society called the Liederkranz is occupy
Ing considerable attention in Paris just now
The reported death Of Mario is contradicted by
later news. He is credited with being alive and well.
The Susan Cation English Opera Company VIII
commence short season in Philadelphia on the
l7th inst.
Edwin Forrest, supported by Miss Lille favors
the quiet citizens Of Toledo This week with Rnadul-
terated tragedy.
..Schoor' mas reached Its three hundredth repre-
sentatlOn In London and the scenery has been three
times repainted.
Mr.. Joseph Jenerson Grip Van Wrinkles" this week
10 New Orleans. The Thompsonlan blondes are bur-
MISS Clara F. Norris win make her debut as o
shakspeartan reader at the theatre Of the Union
Kate Fisher and her horse Wonder will appear
tomorrow evening in Rochester in the leading T6Ies
in the drama OF "Mazeppa."
Chanlrau is still IN St Louis, where he is drawing
fair audiences. He varies his BILL however. Too
much tSam" won't do in the West.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Williams open tomorrow
evening at the new theatre in Albany in q round Of
their irish and Yankee representations.
MISS Rose Hersee, now with the Parepa- Rosa
operate troupe has been offered an engagement as
prinaa donna at the Italian Opera at Malta for the
season 1S70-71.
MISS Bateman commences an engagement OF six
nights at the National theatre, Washington, to-
morrow evening, during which she Will play round
OF her favorite characters. From Washington she
proceeds to New Orleans, where she opens on the
24th.
II Is said that Herr Won Dingestedt intends to at
tempt important reform IN the ballet OF the VI
emma Opera by breaking with old traditions and in
troducing humorous element into such compost
well known IN Germany, has been requested TO fur
nish text for comic ballet Nor is this the only
change contemplated the intention Is entertained OF
relieving the dances by humorous dialogues. songs
and ch0ruses.
the indomitable Colvie is stfl meandering
through the provinces with ''The Fox Pantomime
Dumpty Fox-who. by the by, was the soul and
body OF 1.-The company''-has returned to his old
haunt In this city, the Olympic theatre. Mr. Charles
ABBOTT is now filing Mr.. Fox's roe OF clown in the
ment OF "werd and shadowy Coville' for the edil-
cation OF 'our country cousins" tomorrow night
they do .Humpty Dumpty" in louisville.
be as remarkable for novelty as some OF those COM
binations Of architectural ideas which distinguish
the facade and have excited much hostile criticism.
copper screwed one to the other in such way as TO
be easily put together and taken to pieces again.
Part OF The advantage OF the plan Is said TO be that
the ceiling can thus be raised or lowered az w The
whole is divided into several sections, which are
now being painted with allegorlcal representations
OF the hours OF DAY and night. more than hundred
figures being included IN the whole. The place in
which the artist carries on his ldbor s situated in
the grand cupoia over the pit, and forms an I'm
mense rotunda 100 feet In diameter and sixty-nye
feet in height Probably no artist ever before pos
sessed such srudio-ts size, as has been remarked
being sufrc,ent to accommodate half dozen man
siOns OF I've stories high.