, 1873-02-16
to add somo German verses at Meyerbeer's re-
quest, when Scribe WAS out Of the Way.

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ut the New Orleans Opera House, last Saturday
afternoon, the cry Of "a Fire!" wns raised, and
the usual scenes ct alarm and confusion fol-
lowed: It transPired that some person in the
upper tier had lifted up one of the red curtains
which there adorn the windows, and by some
sudden freak Of nature there was thrown ray
| Of bright reddish light into the circle in such
yiyldness as to startle some ultra nervous person
INTO the premonltory cry, whence. came all the
evil
At the Opera Housein Vienna, IS operas and 0
ballets form tho repertoire. The only novelties
produced in 1879 were Herr Rubinstein's * Fera-
mors' e. Lalla Rookh) and Weber's s:Abou
Hassan-" The works given the most frequently
were, Meyerbeer's "Africaine,'' II. Gonnoas
| Faust, Herr Wagner's :t Rienzi." and Webors
for Meyerbeer's operas. Operas by Gluck, Mo-
zart, Aubor, Flotow, A. Thomas, de-, were next
| in rotation.
At Nice there is Russian who made many
millions OF roubles by his spcculations. He re-
fuses to go into society, and receives ct his
house m none but the persons whom he knew in
bis happy old days When he had not d sou- To
them ho makes little presents OF thousand or
| two Thousand roubleB, and SO on. He is an un-
educated man, but passionntely fond Of music,
and 4iis one pleasure is to maintain orchestra,
He engages by the year the best musicians lo
| can obtain; in the morning they take mp their
position at the end Of salon in his villa. he sits
down in his armchair at the other end and they
play to him all day.
Rubins:ein has found couple Of remarkable
pianlets IN st. Louis. AT private eptertain-
ment at tho Conservatory OF Music there on the
"a ut, the hunkel Brothers played his - Fam
~ ~ r.;s
When they had ended their performance Rubin
stein said to tue planists "Gentlemen, must
make you the compliment to say that this is the
II Is Tia trst t;ma Rava erar 1,aarJ nv cwn
81 eTcent vha,, s
sisted. You have given me now and delight
cor,nosar na vol veil na - nerfornar" Il Tia ~
1moSt IN HIaas-a Enri,ni ranaato1 t1o;r ~
fnrmanrn and Ia ndv;so1 them ~ On to Fnrnna
md n;va ooncar+s 00@ @11oA1 ~ o0 w. - WV
Tho first night OF u. Diez's new opera in Paris
is thus relerredto by the correspondent ct the
London Times: 80 Ia Coupe du Rol DO Ihulo
has been gwen at the OPERA All that Par1s CON.
talns OF nobility, beauty talent, or fortune
seemed to have made rendezvous of that lrst
representation. The Comte and Comtesse de
Paris, the Dtcs dAumaIe, de Nemours. and
Montponsier, the Princes dc Polignac, Thenin,
WittgenBteln, Chalons. and Sagan, the DUO dc
Rianxarce, and the bearers Of hundred other IA
nous names, tho princes of finance, Of lette1a,
OF arts, tho notabllitles to whom people bow
III t aH sd soso ~ WIZ te, 40 s4aue
gal1a11r onnlandinc Fsura w;th vs,amonca +be
a,sa ;tI a.,ti4,o;,4 41a ho1t ;ti o5aar
o,'I ~ ,.,e; m.,G ;4 .;ot a1,.a*,asa r. ia Az;
III - ;,atxa ~ ~ ~ ~ s.t Laor;
~ tIna s,ss;o - th;s ;s onsont a,,5 1n166
,3ona onI ~ caicni.IaG ~ a1c;1a .,onr1.r MS
s;on ~ '.J art;at;c ;,d;,-sat;on t''0
otou ~ u ''esA1 '''oi ''@'4ot'
From Berlin We learn TINT at the invitation of
the Association for producing the staSe-Festi-
val-Play," - Der Ring der Nibe!ungen," by Herr
r. Wagner, large number Of ladies and gen.
tl.men attended meeting held a short time
since. Herr W. Tappcrt, the Secretary, read a re~
port on the object of the Association. From
this report it appears that this object is not
merely the production Of sDer Ring der Nibe-
1ungen" at Dayreuth, but it's performance at
Berlin also, Ill theatre erected especially for
the purpose. Subscription Lists we're ready to
hand, and several rev members signed them.
Every member has to pay tha1er entrance
money, and an annual subscription Of tha1erB.
s,rod 30 ~ .uo sn;t: ~ + Aasoc;at;aT,
;s tn ha devoted fn the nnrchaso of
n+rona, +;oko+s /r1fo,,fsscbe e;,,o, wh;ch 1;11 h.
e1I 80 ~ ~, ,ts~ ~ ,thar h..f ~;
ianeu " ~ VIC uaeI1ooin NJ o.nGt ua.1 WI
% pnt ons .! interest," 1o1 tne ptoJee!eo pol.o1m
the Association. Immediately the Bayreuth
scheme is SAFE The crowded state Of the room
nroyed yery nlainly thnt in Berlin. as elsewhere.
Herr Wapner ran boast of r. larra number of
.a..t neti maeuei ea' ooao' " 'aie' no111oot "
9AA @4s0tia'
According to the Gazzettn h'Itnli1 the Pope
yyes very anrrv IN heinr in nfnrn1e,J that the An
h. -, 49, fs1+ ~ WV a,awa1 h;s dourhto-
Tns;,, - -a,,o,ncs ~ Pononn ra,boi;c fa;th
Cos!' " leuouuce ano n9t.au oasuole I'LL.
Hans yon Bnlow, and OF becoming the wife OF
..ol1 tssI'"1 10y ~. :- H"11.n 13,i | ~
o~.1a;n, ..r,,S. T;.,+ ID roo1lv ond ttr,1v