The New York herald., 1871-09-03
The Musical and Dramatic Season.

The Musical and Dramatic Season.
One by one the promised attractions of the
season are unfolded to the public eye, and the
managers throw open their doors, some in fear
and trembling and others with feelings of the
most serene confidence. Booths, the Olympic,
the Grand Opera House and Niblos, with many
of the minor theatres, are already in the field,
and the Fifth Avenue Theatre will commence
its season on Tuesday. The regular company
of Wallacks will not be called together until
the end of the present month, and Mr.
Fechter's arrangements at his new theatre are
yet unknown. The dramatic managers will
need all their resources to hold their own
world, especially those whose patrons are
stockholders or subscribers at the Academy Of
Music. There will be so many musical attrac-
tons this winter that we may reasonably fear
that some impresarii will not be able to pull
through the season in safety. Dramatic
managers, however, will be the first sufferers.
as music will undoubtedly take the lead in
amusements this season.
The Italian Opera Company, of which Nils
son is the chief attraction, is now completely
organized. The following is the list of art
lists Mile Nilsson and Mile. Leon Duval,
soprani Miss Carey, contralto; Capoul, Brig
noi and Lyall, tenori; Barre, baritone, and
Jamait, basso. AS may be seen, Brignol is
the. only Italian artist in the company, and the
Ngero element prcdominates. 'Mignon" and
''L'Ombre" will be the novelties of the first
season. Mr.. Sarasate is engaged as leading
violin in the orchestra. The management
promises to place each opera on the stage.
with a fidelity to detail which will astonish
the uch-abused ha6itues of the opera.
Nine. Parepa-Rosa, who was so fortunate as
to secure the Academy for the best month in
the year, October, has the strongest English
Opera COMPANY ever oroanized Is. T"-epe and
America. A tower Of strength herself she
has secured Mile. Vanzini (Mrs. Jenny Van
ZandD and Mile Clara Doria as prima donne
soprani with all the old favorites of the Eng
lish Opera stage and Tom Karl and Aynsley
Cook as new candidates for public favor. But
not content with the already formid.
able proportions of the company, Mr.
Carl Rosa is in negotiation with the
representative of the great German
tenor, Theodore Wachtel, who is expected to
arrive on the steamship Westphalia this week.
The visit of this great artist was totally unex-
pected and creates no small commotion among
the managers IF he fails to come to terms
with the Parepa Rosa Company it is likely he
will join the German opera troupe, of which
Nine. Lichtmay is to be, as before, the prima
donna. The concert prospects are no less
brilliant than those of the opera. Nine.
Fabbri, Mle Elzer and Messrs. Mulder and
Miller, the sooists of Mr.. Rullman's great
troupe, are already in town, awaiting the ar
rival of the Vienna Lady Orchestra on the
steamship Vandalia. We learn that Ole Bull
is rapidly recovering from his recent illness,
| and will probably be able to fulfil all his en-.
| gagements for the season. Then Miss Kellogg
| is determined not to remain idle this season,
| and Theodore Thomas has all his arrangements
| completed for an extensive tour with his
! orchestra and Miss Marie Krebs. Lastly, the
English ballad and oratorio quartet, Miss
| Wynne, Nine. Patey and Messrs. Cummings
| and Santley. under the management of George
| Dolby, may be looked for at an early date.
No less than a dozen smaller troupes are pre-.
pairing for action in different parts of the
country. The old adage, sit never rains,
&C., receives strong illustration this season
in the domain of music We have been toe
long deprived Of the divine art not to rejoice
in this grand revival. There is but one dra.
matte feature in the country worthy of notice,
and that is the tragedienne, Fanny Janauschek
Machine plays and other trash fill up the
greater part of the season on the various cir
cults.