New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-26
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

MUSIC.
CLOSE OF THE OPERA sEAsoN-BENEFIT OF MISS
KELLOGG.
The last night of Mr.. Maretzek's opera season
respectable force testify their personal regard for the
for the benefit of Miss Kellogg The fact that
the last night apparently excited no particular pub
cinterest the friends of Miss Kellogg assembled in
prna DONNA, and although they did not quite I'll the
house they excessively cordial and shOwered upon
their favorite a profuson of beautiful flowers. The
opera was Martha" sung by Miss Kellogg and NJ
Jamet-we cannot say with the assistance, but rather
with the interference OF several people who had
apparently rehearsed IL with each other or with
the orchestra. 1t comparably the worst perform
ance OF Martha heard in Italian, and we can
hardly regard 1t anything but affrODt 10 Miss
Kellogg TO put forward such representation for her
benefit In the first place, she obliged TO sing with
accidental tenor Sig Verau, who has no voice and
who in the narrowly escaped breaking down
completely. Then the Nancy of Sonora SAM was dull
and weak; the concerted numbers went wrong; the
minor parts exasperatng and chorus and orches
ira crowned all their previous oenses with aston
ishing of blunders and extravagances. As the
has drawn near its close the opera has grown
more and more shabby, the manager more and more
careless II relief 10 feel that Mr.. Maretzek has
nothing more for but at length know the
worst
The two parts into which the season has been divided
The first began with LAfncaine" the SOth of Sep
tember and closed with TrovatOre," the l4th OF De-
cember The second began with La FavOrita" on the
OF February. Seventeen operas have been repre-
scented altogether, the favOrite being Faust," which
has been given eight times. d" La Favorta" has been
sung seven times "MgnOn" SIX; Don Giovanni" five;
"Trovatore" and lie Nozze di Figaro" four each; LAT
ricaine," ERA DiayOlo," the "HuguenOts," and
Der Freischitz," three; La Traviata," "Crs-
pno," the "Chld OF the Regiment" twice :;
and Linda" "Lucreza Borgia," 1.-The Merry
Wives OF Windsor" aud Martha once, beside
which there was composition-night, devoted
to fragments Of operas Five OF the operas
have MENTIONED Traviata," Trovatore" 'Crispino"
Linda" and Martha were allotted 10 Miss Kellogg,
and one" LucreZia to Mile. Leviell In pecuniary
sense the has doubt been successful the pub
lie interest in Mme Lncca being strong enough TO fill
the house whenever she appeared Notwithstanding the
general irritation al the inecency OF the company and
the nexcusable ooseness OF the management None Of
the novelties promised IN the prospectus-GOunods
Mireile," Flotow's Hombre," Petrellas Duchessa
dAmalh,"-haye been produced. How far any particu-
lar person may be responsible for the dis
crepaney between promise and performance we
have means OF knowing. Mr.. Maretzek,
in former years, has deserved well OF the
public and proved himself manager OF signal ability.
lie is old acquaintance whom everybody IL disposed
to like and applaud We all pleased when he 10
prosperous; have sympathzed pretty often In his
reverses; we are rather proud Of possessing ip-
pyeSariO has been oftener picked himself
up again QUICKER than anybody else in the business IL
h disheAreniug 10 hnd that with opportunity
the cement Of Nine Lucca afforded him has done
himself little justice Complications perhaps Of
which public knows nothing have tied bis hands; II
so IL pity that his hands were not tied before he
wrote his prospectus