Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-23


OPERA BoUFFE.-The fifth night oil op-
era bouffe was as successful as any OF the
preceding. Notwithstanding the ex-
sremely unpropitious weather there was
q large attendance of ladies, in coInplI-
ment to q troupe that has sustained It.
self, all things considered, very well.
The bill was lie Pont des Sou
pirs," in which Aimee appeared as
OGthGTfRd, and M, Noe as FabGiao Fd-
baiRi MalGtr0Htbd, to the delight or the
audience. The particular musical fea-
lures, and those that attracted most
attention, were the ASSASSINATION Cho-
rus" the " Crazy Song" and the "Sob-
bling Chorus" all In the second act, and
q duet in the third, between Aimee
and Berthon. Everything that is roman
tic in Venetian lite, or thai has been ideal
izsd In poetry, was sstirizsd or funny ized
or joke lied. Absurdity and the ridicu.
lous prevailed. Aimee was the rulIug.
snimstIng spirit; and it was generally ad-
mitted that as OdthaTinG she was more the
Queen Of Comedy than in q other Of the
operas Of her repertoire. To-day at the
mstlnee we are to have Lecocq's
"Fleur dc The" The music OF the
new opera Is rather different from Often
bach's, but 1t is peculiarly light and
ripping, while more than one CT the NOR
ceQHI are popular and captivating. As tho
shrewish eoqusttish OeSdTine, Aimee IL in
her glory; Noe, as Pi1Sonnet-ship's cook
by profession and henpsekeG husband by
accident-has room for capital cot
ing; while Duchesne and EdEsrd,
respectively, IS "Ohief of the Pc
kin police" and "Oaptain of the
Tigers" appear to better advantage than
in any parts they have yet assumed. The
Chinese setting snd dresses OF the piecs
are very rich, and the burlesQue of mar
ried Irritation among the "Hesthen Chi
nee'' is acutely ridiculous. In addition
to this, for tonight, when we
hope Aimee and her company
will have a crowded house, there Is Often
bsch's 'Les Brigsnds," an opera which
the renowned composer Of opera bouffe
claims is his masterpiece.
ABROAD.
EDWIN ADAMS, the t~ragedian, has been
Visiting 10. Jefferson ss his plantation In
Louisiana, on the Bayou Techs.
MADAME PAREPA Rosa, n the recent
production of . u Smpan in Baltimore, in
vited sll the children Of the blind ssylnm
of that city to attend the opera, which
they did In q body.
ANEW York LETTER says: "Lanten
smusements continue TO employ the lnge-
nuity of our bellies, and n boasts that
she has attended twenty. seven services
Blu OdA lAAAt1@OA0 HONGAG GLAC5 ASH
Wednesday.
WE LEARN from Nice that the veteran
bssso, Signor Tamborini, a. the z Of
seventy three years, had been singing the
aria d'sRtrdtG of the Count from Bsllini's
''SOmnambuls, and ss well, it 10 affirmed,
as he first sang it In 1877, when the air was
composed expressly for him by Bsllini.
TEE LAST SENSATION in reference to the
musical Jubilee at Boston, is the report
that several prominent electricians have
applied for the opportunity to fire the
guns as an accompaniment to the national
music ct the festival. It is proposed to
ask the use of the cable for a very short
period 10 fire the guns in London during
the performance of "God save the Queen"
THE DAILY NEWS says of the audience
at the Saturday nfternoon concerts at the
Sydenhsm CRYSTAL Palace: ga considers-
BILE number Of the ladies bring their work
with them, and while Mr.. Manns is con-
Quoting his corps through the msz9s and
intricacies of q remarkably solid move
ment, the tatting or the crochet proceeds
With a vigor which sensibly dlminishss
when q dainty morcesu from Schubert
ripples along the violins, this horns, and
the reeds, and seems to come like light
upon the faces of the listensrs."
A CORRESPONDENT thus describes the
hAON~1A - OAcINAAOa [SL1N 4A&Ah We
visited the theater. The entrance is
through the largest b2r-room In town,
which is saying 8 good deal for it, for the
competition is strong in Cheyenne. The
theater is q branch of the bar, as are also
q museum and q faro bank. If one can
Judge from the siZs of the crowd the latter
must do q smashing business. We are en-
tertained for & while by the minstrel per-
Torrance. During the entertainment q
of b actors jumps over the front of the
stage, goes to the bar and gets s drink,
thea climbs back, takes his place and the
plsy proceeds"
To ALL present appearance, says the
Montgomery Mail, our theatrical season
has closed. Wheeler on the whole it has
been q successful one, to the companies
which have visited US, we have no means
of sscertsining; but that it hss been one
of unusual brillisncy there can be man
nsr of doubt. We have hsd with Us dur
lug its progress the best burlesque opera
Mrs. Oates'sl the best oRntstrice MRS.
Moultoal the greatest musical wonder
blind TONY, the best orchestral company
(Thomss'sl, the best comedy company
(Wyndhsm's), and the best company In
tragedy (Jsnsuschek's) now travelling
the continent. In addition to these,
we have had the dsshing Lydia Thompson
aud her lovely blondes in opers boUffa,
Miss D'Este, q star OF no smsll magnitude
in the higher walks of the drama,
the Templstcn troupe, Harry and Rose
Watkins, Lingsrd, Abhott's pantomims,
De Castro, Kste Putnam, the Berger bsll-
ringers, two panorama ("Psradtse Lost"
and "Pilgrim'S Progrsss") and perhsp5
others not now remembered.