The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-02
MUs1cA1 AND DRAMArIc NOTES.


MUsICAL AND DR1MATIC NOTES.
Verdi expects to pass the winter in Genoa.
Edmund Falconer has written new play
for Lolita.
-Fechter refuses to play at matinee per
formance.
-ofenbach, at last accounts, was at Nice
with Schneider.
-Fontana, editor of the posthumous works
of Chopin, has hanged himself.
Mile. Cerny, a new prlma donna, is,to ap-
pear at the Lyrique, Paris, In ''Don Pasquale." !"
Nilsson wants to come to the United States,
and is likely to accept Manager Palmer's Offer
Patti sung in "Falst" in st. Petersburg
with posies.
Theatre parties, including supper at Del
monico's, have taken the place of the German
in New York society.
Madame Viardot- Garcia denies the report
that she is about to return to the lyric stage,
which she left seven years ago.
Theresa has played in the ''White Cat" at
Paris for l4s nights, without missing per-
formancc, Sundays not excepted.
-Rossini's Mass has reached Moscow, where
it has lately been sung by the Marchisio Sis
tiers and other italian opera artistes. The
Mass has also been brought out In Brescla,
Italy.
Opera singers of celebrity have, In days
gone by, made quite as much money as they
do now. Rublnis income in one year was
s9O, 900. Mrs. Ellington one year realized
sl4,OOO.
Camille Guiccl is the name Of boy pianist
who is protegc of Liszt OF Rome. Liszt pre-
diets great things for the gifted youth, who is
the son of an Italian literary man Of local rep
utation.
-weber's opera "Der Frclschutz" is known
in Europe also under the titles 'Le Franc
Archer" s'Le Tireur Sorcier" and 'Les Bales
Magiques." The plot was originally taken
from story by Frederick Kind.
The Roman Censorship has decreed that
the music of the "Huguenots," in Hcyerbser's
opera, shall be given To Catholics; that Mephis-
tophelcs, in "Faust," shall be only doctor;
and that the monastery In 'Favorlta" shall be
hospital.
Moscow has "Russian Musical Society,"
which lately gave a concert, performing Men
delssohn's 'sMidsummer Nights Dream" music,
Beethoven's Fourth Symphony, fragments
from schumann's Mass and Wagner's "Tann
hauser" overture.
"A young sister of Miss Adelaide Phillips
now studying in London under the direction
of Signor Garcia, promises to attain great EN-
inence in the lyric world. She will return to
this country in about year, and will appear
in public soon afterwards.
Crisis death resulted from her refusal tt
have poultces applied 10 a carbuncle on hel
face. It was, at her suggestion and with the
consent of her medical adviser, repressed
and thus poisoned the blood and affected tht
brain. At her death second carbuncle hat
formed near the eye.
AT Exeter Hall, lately, Nilsson gave con
cert, in the first part of which every one o
the aelectlons-with single hendelssohnian
exception-was from Handel. In "Let tht
bright seraphlm" the vocalist was special.
successful. Sims Reeves took part in the con
cert. Thomas Harper, the trumpeter, wa:
among the performers.
-Titiens is more devoted to art than tt
love. romantic story Is told about her ear
ly career. A young man Of wealth and posi-
ton once wished to marry her, but he mad'
1t a condition that she should give up her pro
fession. She asked for nine months to con
slider his proposals, but happily at the end
that time she made choice Of the stage, tt
the lasting benefit Of the world generally.
The Pilerari music by the peasant min
strels at Rome is described as peculiarly hide
ous. "First there is the bagpipe with its sus
tanned chords, and then suddenly commencln!
on the sixth, the fearful zampogna, with ton
resembling the shrek Of a tortured ape, hllr
rying down, with certain quick cross-fgnrcs
to the tonic; stopping there for awhile, AM
then beginning the horrible process from tn
commenceinentagain."
London Is TO have "IIamlet' In new way
An eminent reader, Mr.. Bellew, is to rcat
the tragedy, or the principal parts OF it, whil'
simultaneously series of tableau1 uiuants
with living figures, fine scenery and correc
costumes will be presented to the audience
The theory is that all the essential features o
a stage performance may be enjoyed, withou
the infliction of bad acting; but the expert
ment seems hazardous one.