The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-22
Abroad.


Signor Ferrar's "MenestrellO' has been O great
success at the Fondo in Naples.
There Is said to be very bad prospect of an opera
at Calcutta for the next season.
1t is proposed that, following the example ut
Bonn, o monument be erected In Vienna to
Beethoven.
"Ein Schritt von Wege." the successful comedy,
written by Herr wichert, has been very favoraby
received at Gratz.
Mlle Nilsson, after her marriage in Westminster
Abbey. will sing at st. Petersburg and Moscow, one
month in each town.
The family of a famed Polish musician Monuisko,
left destitute, has been granted an annual pension
of2,ooo roubles by the Emperor OF Russia.
M. Lafont has signed an engagement with the
Theatre dc rAmbigu-Comique, and will shortly ap-
pear in new comedy entitled "Le Centenaire."
At the Hofburgtheater OF Vienna o new drama,
entitled 'Marlno Falieri," by Murad Efendi the
author Of "Selim LII, Is to DO brought out next
season.
"Les Castelans sont Prohibes" is tho title OF
an amusing farce by M. Lassouche, the Well-kn0wn
comedian, which has been given at the F0ues-
Dramatlques
At the Munich Residenztheater the first per-
romance OF Gtebert Won Vinckes three-act comedy,
entitled "De Feuerprobe," obtained only moder.
ate reception.
NJ Conducts drama, in tour acts, "Christlane,"
WAS brought out for the first time at the Berlin
extraordinary success. .
It is stated that Signor Mario has been lately
singing In Rome, privately at court, with decided
freshness Of his voice has returned.
The celebrated tenor Herr Sonthem has retired
from the lyric stage, Llonella, IN Herr Flotow's
MARTA" being his last part at Stuttgart In GER
tain characters he was unrivalled.
The Wustrirte Zeit,t,sg announces that the man.
agement OF the Vienna Stadt Theater have accepted
alderman translation OF NJ BarrIere's 'La COmtesse
de SOmmerive,r from the pen Of Dr. Laube for per.
Torrance this season.
three.act drama, by the well known coz1aoofu-
teao's, MN. Meiihac and Halevy, with the title OF
has ossn s M g. e paas Its
cinthe and LassOuche.
National opera seems to be gaining ground In
or less e ne in
namely "Pskowidianka,n by Rimski-K orsakoff;
ris-GoudounoG,n BY Mussorgski, and "Opit'
schnik, by TsChaYkOwski.
gust. under the direction OF NJ D'Aiglemont with
new comedy, by NJ Georges Petit, entitled "Papi::
threeact vaudeville, and cemedietta, entitled
"La Bonnie Aventure." Other novelties are In pre-
paratiOn.
''The School for scandal' has been produced Mt
the Vaudeville Theatre, London, with Mr.. Farren as
Sir Peter, Mr. Neville as Charles Surface, Miss M.
Oliver as Mrs and with MISS ANY
James, Mr.. Thorne and Mr.. Fenton in other
characters
At the performance at Drury Lane recently
for the benefit of the London General Theatrical
Fund, the part Of Captain Vernon, in sour Ameri-
can Cousin" was played by Mr.. Litt0n SOthern o
son OF Mr.. A. SOthern. This was the first appear
ance of the young actor, whose performance was
easy and unstagy.
At the performance at the st. James Theatre, for
the benefit Of the family Of M. Raphael Felix, Nine.
Chaumont reappcared IN her favOrite character
OF Madame in MADAME, Attend Monsieur" The
death of NJ. Felix will not 1t is said, influence the
future production Of French plays In London Tho
direction will pass into the hands Of Mme Felix, NJ.
Schey and NJ. Valnay.
Nine. AdelIna Patti "a Marquse de Caux) has
consented to sing in Paris at the request of Nine.
Theirs, once In the Huguenots," for the benefit Of
the sufferers from the war. She will sing at Hon.
bourg for few nights, prior to her engagement at
st. Petersburg, and from there will go to Vienna
to play during the first two months OF the
exhibition, and will be in London In May, 1873, for
Covent Garden, where she has renewed her en-
gagement for two years at f200 per night reservng
her own repertoire At the end Of the season 1873
Nine. Patti Will make a tour in tho United States,
under the direction OF her br0ther-inaw, Herr
Maurice StrakOsch