, 1873-03-30

VIII ltA'c tuaL ClLF Ill ApTl4 1Dr San trAuclHC0.
for concert season, and may possibly give L
concert hero en- route. Tfa Club has now a new
'cel]!st and second yiolinist in place OF For;es
a:'d Meiztl, who have gone to Europe. Mrs.
.iana Granger Dow, All excellent soprano singer.
accompanies tho Clnb.
THE oEnMASIA CONCERT.
The programme for tho Ger1nania Concert,
this afternoon, Is a. folloEb:
l. hnsnia Icmnar March ,Rsch
: wait1ns .,1.css n,caa Mokatt
Io:rourrt-"sounds Of Schiller al~nzvi
y o'@'' ''1 si III. n:feitler: o''A'
6. poIk.-*Thc Golden 1tobin .Bousoust
Gsefta5 Gses'a'st bsns, Muess de Portic Autes
>. ouadrilsNa amusement: '11hns z;i
MUSICAL NOTES.
Ammo Mchlg is meeting with great SUCCESS in
her Boston ulatlnees.
sIme Aaelna Patti Caux is engaged for tho
corent Garden opera season at c salary OF 1000
night.
4 school OF music has been established at
Athens. This is the first establishment of tha
kE2d IN tho East, and already numbers 400
pupils.
London is constantly projecting new theatres.
the latest suggestion IN the former city being
opcra house for Mr.. 1apleson.
The Apollo Theatre q: Romo has the opera or.
"Guilaume Tell" in rehearsal. The principal
character Is to be enacted BY the tenor Lofranc.
H. B.gior, formerly the impresario of tia
Paris Theatre 1taien, is striving to make
rangements for its reopening during tho month. :
signo1 Muzio will bo conductor.
Otfenbach has tho gout, and ne may now look i;
out for a now section Of high-pressuro opera
bouffo that will be rough on the legs OF the
actors.
An Italian operatic company, with .Arditi as
conductor, commenced series Of performances
al Vienna, on the 18th inst. The List OF artists
comprises tho names Of Adelina Patti, eoprnno,
and MarcAisis, contralto; NM. Nicolini sad !,
Marini, tenors; Graziani, baritone, aud Vidal
basa.
AmuRical prodigy, in the shnpo Of pianist who !:
executes admirably, though he cannot read d ;
bar Of music has been discovered in Lafayette, :
1ud. His name is David Pohhman, and he ID
employed as . common 1aborer on tho Tolodo
Wabash d Western Railroad
The death is announced Of the singer, Isabella
Fabbrica. She was born at Milan, aud Douizetti
and Mercadante, among others, wrote several
operas for her. THIS once celebrated prima
donna died at Lisbon, where she has resided for
some years past.
The father OF Minnie Hauclr, the now popular
prima donna is both shoemaker and carpenter,
and till within short period worked At both
trades es journeyman- He is q German Ma
retzek and Leonard Jerome both assisted
toward Minnie's musical education. She is doing
well in Europe as u scccnd-rate prima donna,
and makes money.
Tho London Choir has the following story:
An enthusiastic precentor the other Sunda7,
sssns Msd5 s t. s %es % % e a"
how do you like the GregorianB? 2? I haven't
the pleasure Of knowing the family reioine1
the other, md then inquired with naive sina-
pIcity, Whereabouts do they st:' "
Herr Wioniawski will shortly finish his con-
tract with Manager Grau, with whom Lis coancc-
tf01S have hcnn tho ncat n.Tanah1a md will
start out for hi1nsolf. Ho il too hard-workei
under the present arrangement After his
Western tour he goes ia Sew York, thero to bo
Joined BY small company lie has engaged, nnt
will then start for the Pacific Coast, after Which
he leaves for Europe.
Herr von Hulsen, tho Intcndant-G General OF
tho Imperial Theatres in Berlin, has been circu-
lating among all tho artists formula OF tho fac
ulty to step the spread OF colds in the head
which are 50 often pleaded. and cause eul<lc:.
changes of pieces. It may be doubted whether
tile singers will take tho viption-golden
ointment is the only specific for sudden iI1tliapo-
sitons.
aenor domez's new four-act oporn, "Fosca,",
tle Hbretto by Signor Glis-nzoili, based on the
romance Of '' Capronica, was produced on tho
lillian composer was called for eleven times, the
result il cnly regarded e.tto di sinsa (success
OF esteom), and tho expectations raised br his
previous production, "u Guazany,' we're not
realized.
The debut of Nile. Evclina valleria in Iii
ian, rs the Princess Isabella, in Meyerbeers
D." Robert 10 Diable," WAS ruost successful. The
dcbu.nnto is o pupil Of 6ignoF Ardlti, and v7a3
heard last season here at some concerts, when
she Gang the Queen Of Night muaic in Mozert's
81 Magic Flute" IN tho original key, which re-
qui:cs the ascent Of tho voice to in alt.
musical critic in New Orleans has passed an
evening at the olnora, and thus vrites "I1,elo
sre strains in the opera that bud out timorousy,
Ind otllcrs again that blossom into perfect BON
4uets Of rayishing sound-eome evanesccut aud
ielicato the odor Of fral wild flowers, aud
others interponetr.ting ones being with pas-
sionato and iaHting perfume"
From Athol wo lea- OF Methodist pa.sou.
somewhat eccentric, and an excellent aingcs.
Sunday after Sunday lis rich voice c2me froEa
he pulpit with tho spirit and tho understand
ng." Not 80 st the other end Of the church,
where, with abundance Of spirit, there WAS t.
ack OF the otlor virtue. In fact, tho singing
VAS e1ecrab!e. The good brother could fna};
.nduEo it lao longer, aud exclaimed, Bro:heEs
md Sisters: ! "sh those OF you who can't ring
would wait till you get up to tha celestial city"
Writing from st. Petersburg on March 2. tho
correspondent Ut the London Daily Standard
'ay5.
This week the opera has been, will not say more
:rowded than A,ai. for it ia alxayR ful, but
crowded than Patti aud si!sson
aave tecn throughout the feason dividing the hono,s
ooween them, aud Lare taken their beuehts Iatt1s
st the end OF Last week Nilsson took hcrs thta
xeeI. The enthuszgu 1t PATHS Ltueht VAS tEtiue1i-
ious indeed, to Eug!ish1e2, who take 1lcso things
quietly It unaccouatsbIe ba: was surpassed ai-
heightened, no doubt, by tho f4ct that 1t
1as her farewell performance before Having
Russia She had selected the part II
In Faust" and, wild I'll had
oeen the enthusiasm during the pe1to.rarc.,
he At the f=l Ut the curtain was bcxilderrg.
one would thought that every one In the ho5sa
aad gone mad. How many Zines she was recalled
'uppose could Say, and 1t Last ahc had to
main peTna1eaee Then theso we're sre:n*aaoa.
.lla f0r 2 song. Tho orcheatra h1d all gore, hut a
limo WAS brought forward aud two aocgs arIg
Then At lass-anh It WA now JUS: oclock-ahe w:s
Lowed to leave the stage. bhe escorted to her
:arriage, which waa surrounded +; guard Of honor
II Jonng men with torches, wl4o accompanied her to
ler hotel, where military band stationed. Tha
lumber OF bouquets thrown upon the stage saa pro,
lgous, and the size Of some Of those banded bu: net
htown, no lesa so,-and Towers In the depth ~
tntcr In Eussia articles which cost mn!.oy-s.a in
tldition to these ahe received so.te very valuable
ewels, to Say nothing Of golden chape.s and an adj
ress, siRaed ly thousand admirers, and ent.:atov
'er TO return soun, aud furnished with arpi, .i.
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