, 1872-11-03

MUSICAL NOTES.
The Italian opera season at Cairo, Egypt,
commenced Nov. !, under the condnctorship Of
signor Bottesini, the great double bass player.
The leading prima donna is Parepa-Rosa.
posthn!!mnous n opera By Lortzing-!thec com,
Regina" is to be produced ut Nuremberg.
The Leipzig qemandhaus concerts COM
menced on the Sd ult., with 6chumann's Sym
phony in G for the leading feature At the
second concert on the 10th, Beothoyen'a
| Peschka-Leutner sang at the first concert, and
Mr.. Adams, the American tenor at the second.
The new Swedish monarch, Oscar the Second,
is said to be an able musician.
| The two once great prime dome, Persiani and
Laborde, are teaching music in Paris.
IL. Capoul has just made his debut at the
Italian Opera House in Paris, in s' Martha" II.
Gounod has promised this house three-act
| which is already written.
Virginia Gabriel, the popular English song,
| " Evangeline."
. Marefzek has made change Of base in New
| York by transferring his Sunday night concerts
from the Grand Opera House to WallacA's
| Theatre.
Mrs. Gulager is making sensation in New
York by her singing in Wallace's g Lurline."
The New York Tribune says that the perform
ance Of " Trovatore on the 28th, with Kellogg,
Abrugnedo, Moriamo, and Sanz in the cast,
WAS dull and shabby, and would only have been
pardonable in q third-rate provincial city.
| The New York World and Tribune have fol-
| the Lucca-Maretzek season OF opera failure.
! Out Of tho sixteen operas announced, only si1
| have been given, and four Of these were fail
u1es.
| A. Vienna correspondent of the New York
| World writes that Mimic Hauck is carrying that
city by storm.
The Rubinstein troups appear in Philadelphia
| this week.
The oldest living violincellist is Van Gelder,
Of Brussels. He is 80 years Of age and is still
playing in concerts.
Gungl is giving concerts in Berlin, where his
dhsnghtssr t Ter recently made successful debut in
At recent performance Of Herods " Pre- aux
Clercs," at the Opera Comique, with Madame
Miolan Carvalho in the principal character,
MadA.ne Christine Nilsson WAS present-come,
80 she was heard to Bay" prendre u''e kcon de
chant"
It is rumored at Vienna that manuscript
opera, entitled "Tancreda," has been found
among the papers Of the late pianist, Theodore
Dohler, who wrote it (on dA), aided by the coun-
sci and instruction Of Rossini.
The young cancatrice, Stella Bonheur, is en-
gagged BY signor Mereni for Moscow. Her en-
gagement will last two months, after which abe
| returns to Turin. Verdi is said to be very
anxious to hear her. There is no accounting for
tastes.
Herr Josef Schulz Weida, the composer Of
humorous pianoforte compositions, died at
Brunswick, short time since.
MoZart'a too much neglected opera, " Cost fan
lutte, has been produced With great SUCCESS at
Bologna.
II. OTenbnch appeared both as author and
composer in his new three-act OPERA ''Le Cor
saire Noir," in Vienna, on the 21st ultimo, at the
An der Wien Theatre The singers we're Mes
DANES Gestinger nlila Roeder, Nile. Meersberg,
Herr swoboda (the chief bndo). The ibretto
was regarded as weak, the Black Corsair
being 3 kind Of Croquemitaine, the bete
no1re of bourgeois Lambrequin, whose
two nieces and their lovers, the brothers Mis-
tra1, frighten the uncle into assent to their
union. The overture and couplets for the 60
prano and bass in the first act, the air OF Suzan-
ne in the second, q waltz-eon8, drinking-son
and the finale, won universal favor in the second
act, and in the third barcarole q de1r yoi1 for
two soprani, in the ballet-music, and a chorus,
quite delighted the Viennese. III. Offenbach
conducted, and was called for FIVE times. Musi-
cally the "Corsaire Noir" was decided suc-
cess.
The New York Mail has compiled the follow
ing shaRspearean quotations adaped to artists:
"Not shaped for sporive tricks"
-R1chaTd III. 4ct1, Scene !.
tnd t6;na sa9nla ~ dig lSvs bright particular star,
--Alrs WeH ktat Ends Wen. Act1, scene1 i,
What think you Of this Duchess 2"
Henry VI{L. act e, Sceae 8.
~ a melliauous voice.n
-T@etNh Nighk A;t2, Scene 5.
THEODORE WAoaTE1:
Hark, do you hear the sea ?"
King Lear. Act 4, Scene
CHARLES aAHTLEY:
I" He makes sweet music"
Izco Gentlemen Of Verona, Act2, SccneT
"Ttled goddess"
-AlPs Welt that EndsleU. act 4, Seene q. |
CAH1o1E1 PATTI: .........
"'Tis Patti, aud Patti It's, it's true"
--Hantet. Act 2, Scene O.
"6esaoued with gracious voice."
Merchant u Venice Act3, Scene q
ROBERT S1oEpE1:
"Twas he that made the overture"
King Lear. Acts, seens7.
1--WE shall know him by his horns."
-Asrry Wipea Of Rindsor. Act S, Scene 2. |
DAN BRYANT:
"That face Of his do remember well; yet |
when Baw 1t last 1t was besmeared as |
black as Vu1can.n
-Itoetfth Night. Acts, seene1 |