The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-07
MrstcAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

Fisk Jr win reproduce opera 6OaD3 at the Grand
Opera House about the middle OF September.
| The company, engaged in Europe, is very large
one. numbering some eighty artists Mile Silly, the
rival OF Mile. Schneider VIII be the leading female
singer. The other members OF the company are said
TO be A No. IN their respective lines OF business.
A large force Of macbinists carpenters and scene
painters at present at work reconstructing the
pretty little t1narre No. 72O Broadway formerly
Kely& Leon's which Will be opened on or about
the 18th OF September under the management Of
Miss Lima Edwin and viii be devoted exclusively to
puresque, COMEDY and yautevie. The business
management will be under the direction OF Mr.. John
p. Smith. WHO has already won quite favorable
reputation in connection with theatrical matters.
| Miss Edwin intends TO have a company second TO
| none IN the city
Mr.. l.. p Barrett. who has met with such fa,tcring
| success in California, has been engaged Tor the fan
and winter season at Nblo's.
Mrs. Barry, leading lady at Sewyn's theatre, Bos-
ton. last season, will fill Miss Louisa Moore's place
81 Wallack's this fall.
The olympic theatre will afforo Fox an opportu-
nlty TO repeat his success as pant0mimlSt III
pantomlme during the coming season.
Miss Matilda ileron's new plav OF ''Pear will pro-
badly be produced at the Fifth Avenue before the
Organ-die muslin, with futed nounces and pip.
ings, is the newest style OF toilet or the concert
THE Invisible Prince" is the title of new serious
| opera which Marshal Prim, the manager Of the
| this season. The following Is a trio from The iirst
act, which recalls musical Inspiration OF Ballet:
PRIM-l' have king-ah all J
| PRUssrAN PRINCE-i be your kng-Yal va!
| DUc DE GRAMMoNT-You be KING Va! Bds!
| IUfTI-Ah; va: Ydi Basi
London with all its operate re ources Is after all
pretty much ike New York. The people care
nothing about the perfection OF the ensemble, but
| their sole anxiety is;-"Does atti sing docs
| Ns-on' does Nilsson sing docs Pattit'' There
Is tue whole argument IN nutshell. II is state OF
things tnat leaves 10 hope OF art progress; but to
hQ Al hot nf
! the ostrich
1t is stated positively that Messrs. eye Mapleson
have dissolved partnership, aud that once more Mr.
eye reigns alone at the Royal Italian Opera. There
is another runor to the purpO that Mr.. Map eson
goes 70 the new Her Ma1csy's theatre, with the con-
sent and approval Of Earl Dudley.
The s.st aSC for Scandal" has fprsved on utter
failure at the Strand London, owing to the incon-
potency Of the company. Some OF the critics call II
a capital although uniDtentiOhal burlesque.
singular 10 Incoming stage effect is thus
I described from Pars:-In one of the scenes of Sar.
dou new fairy extravaganza. 'Le Ro Carveten the
stage Is to be filed with crowd OF girls and youths,
who are in the presence OF the audience to seem
ingy grow older and pass through the various
changes produced by increasing years, until at
last all grow gray or bald ana crooked and bent
Mr. T. Falconer VIII, 1t is sad, open her Majesty's
theatre at Christmas with pantomine.
AL a fashionable private concert in London the
cost Of some half dozen singers eSceeded0n dit-
three hundr ell pounds.
lie NGnestra announces that NJ. vieuxtemps, NJ.
Verger and Mile. Cart have been engaged by Mr.
| Max Strakosch to accompany Mile Nilsson IN her
American tour. The utpiessdrio is in treaty with
other artists. M. Verger has lately married Nile
Fioretl, danseUse from Drury Lane.
Ia spite OF The war theatrical enterprise in Berlin
seems nowise to suffer- Berlin counts the respecta-
bic number of twenty-three theatres. most Of which
| have had double eXlstenCe--as winter theatres
under cover and as summer theatres Ia the open air.
! OF these places OF amusement only the Opera and
! the Johanspelhaus have closed All the Others are
! keeping on win vgor and are full to the brlm
| every evening" though the accommodation for the
public IN each or them is very extensive And the
numerous music gardens, or still larger dimensions,
are also filed. The sudden change which has taken
place IN the character OF tne theatrical representa-
| TONS well as Ill the performances OF the bands OF
| music. Is remarkable. Nothing but patriotism and
| war are cultivated now. Subjects taken from the
| seven years. war and from the war OF 1916 have
| driven away The operettas VI Ouenbach.