, 1873-05-11


q reliable sourca that ahe has been offered hna
salary, and the position Of 1eading soprano in
one of our wealthy and sristocratio Churches,
which ahe declined, In order to continue her
Some benevolent ladies' residing1 at Nice re-
Gently organized musical service at TIM Church
OF 1t. John tha Baptist for the beneft Of char
ity- When the anthem ras dniahad and the col-
lectors had made their rounds, sudden noisea,
and afterwards cries Of a1e, weze hsszd: 4 scana
OF 1ndescnbab1e Confusion euHued; the Women.
screamed aud rushed to. the altar for protection,
and q band Of thieves, who had canaed thu
alarm, threw themselves On .tho afEghted
crowd, seized the money collected, the watches,
made their escape before any geudsrmaa could
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>: Atthe Grand Opera, Paris, duringa late 7sp-
ressntat,on Of the frat act Of '.La Prophote," u
spectator in the stalls seemed very i'll indeed,
his head rolling about On his Shoulders. His
neighboz, believing him to be snherinE from an
ing him violently all the while. Tho performance
is interrupted, the actors stand still upon the
stage, and the emotion OF all is indescnbable. A
crowd Of police agents and soldiers rush into tha
stalls when suddenly the gentlenan, earse Of alA
:" What! an not allowed to sleep in peace 2
After roar OF laughter from tho audience thi4
eccentric individually was latt unmoleated, and tha
opera was continued without further Interrupt
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I: Aco1respondent at vienna writes That the op~
cratic season has been most brilliantly Huccesa-
full. Mime. Patti having attracted moat crowded
/ and enthusiastic audiences The gifted priua
donna has sung already in :: La Trayiata>: La
Sonnambula,". II Puritani," :" = u Troyatore,"
receipts have besn over Fl 900. Tho Emperor
End the Archduchesa GiseI1n honored the first
performance Of III Puritani with their prea-
.ence, aad on zach occasion innumerabla houqueta
80
success achieved By the artist 31me: Patti has
also sung In grand concert for the Concordia,
society for the relief ~bf, poor Journalists the
>receipts realized amounting to FL ,20o. /:
Tho London Daily Netos OF April 2a las the
following notice OF the appearance of thefavorite
American tenor in " Mariana" as produced at
cast Of the opera was the. appearance Of Mr, ".
Castle, tho American tenor; who made so good
an impression on his debut, and afterwards at
the Morday Popular Concerts. This gentle
eqnaled By that which he obtained on Saturday
as the Representative Of Don 'CEs01' de Bnzdn
in which character Inequalities OF voice aid styld
were displayed with great etfcct IN: several In
stances particularly u ths YES,
peated the cavatins, s'There ia q flower that
t1ooneth," attended with alike resuls : aand in
various concerted pieces."'
Il The Abbo List has re-entered secular life by
playIpg at q concert at Peath given for the bene
ft Of his friend, Robert franz The Imperial
their departure at the close OF the concert. Tho
| audience, in their mad eagerness to- preserve
I some memento OF the composer, gtor1ned tha
! PLATFORM and. endeavored TO seize aud carly
away whatever relic they oon1d lay hands on. A
flower from his bntton-ho1e, q scrap from his
niusic-book, alock OF his hair button, q trowa
! er-strap, his shirt-coIar, any personal souvenir
| was roughly olutched and borne away BY sne en-
Il : ~. II. n1$.AA sA-l -
al they were about to drag Of Liszt'a boots and
break up the grand piano for relica. List is
said to have shed tears as his private effects dis
appeared piecemeal. He thinks Of retiring again
to monastic life, for the world is iar too exciting
fo1 him, he says
:: Verdi, the idolo adorato of his comtrymen, has
| just been the recipient Of an extraordinary de-
| production OF "L'Aide'' st tho San Carlo, and
| the production OF q quartetto, the first in this
peculiar style, By the great maestro: The pro-
rnoter of this step in new direction ia7 said to
| be the yiolini5t Pinto, who,:cin conversation
| with Verdi CATER having taken part in sone of
Bcethoyen'a quartettes); said to him: = Maes-
tro, ne always p1ay the. classic ;tauartetti
| Of the German: mastera.' Why, not write
| world may know what wond1ons inspiration
comes from our glorious Rky." Verdi made no
| reply; but few dAys after q hAlt-dozen friends
we're invited to- his hotel, where we're assembled.
tha Pintos, :viollnists; Salvatore, yiola and'
Gianitiello,. violoncello. Verdi replied to tho
questions Of the uninihated,: Wore to have
F. Lit Of: music all to ourselves. but don't so to
| elcap.n Tha quartetta Was executed in 'she best
.etyle,: Verdi directing, and proved, worthy ths
! greatest OF modern Italian masters. ,..r
The Cairo correspondent OF the 1ntef5can Reg
,isser gives . glowing account ct t. the benefit
given to Madame Parspa-Rosa 81 the Viceregn
Theatre on the 25th u1t. There IS large colony
OF Greeks nj that city, and. Madame Pareps-
Rosas father being . Greek, they united with
| cantatrice: The subecribers presented Madame
I Parepa-Rosa with magnificent Egyptian neck
| lace and pair Of earnings" The house was
crowded to it's utmost capacity Of accommoda-
tion, every seat having: been disposed OF
several daTs previous at an exorbit6nt price.
The performances WAS continuous ovation. the
stage being covered with bouquets every time
she appeared. Besides the gifts already men
toned, abe received presents p 70 ne ;smnan. OF
the Crown Prince. the Princess Said, the wife Of
the lste Viccroy, the Princess Tussun Pacha, and
other Indies of the Court :" The nrtoles given
consisted Of 5 large diamond bracelet, black
ena1neled 1ocket With au: immense diamond in
the centre. q turquoise and diamond ring, tur-
auoise and diamond lockes. gold Arabic Brace
let watch chain Of acarabeeb, very old and ral-
aable,; awatch With monogram st IN disrnonds'
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4 HNaples 1atter to the Boston Advertiser says:
Music, and, believe, Bdgnol's instructor when
he was pupil there, pleaded for. him. H., ana H an
| arrangement: WIS nado ut San Carlos :Ihe SUB
| sc1ibers were privately requested to make the
best Of hin Neaeltan h9 hsa s,at5a made e. ths Ro
bores trcated him kindly enough and aPplauded
a1a which ns nttoanssq d ao II b tbs s ihtd sa sad
~ nnsrs xso1r;e5 itsen to nn end In the midst
Of Of hisses dR and storm Of tho indescribably de-
.rieivo. hoo-ooh'e which a. Italian @ audience ia
tslity @ or f Weak inedc,ency. t is but fair to
saY. saw howeyor, that the violent disapproba.s,
ti6n which followed the great terzeto WIS not all
for Brignols feebleness, but that the ronghness
and negligence Of the other stngeEo helped to
butte sufficient to prove that Drignofi had best
take up P'a connections g thez saJ 2: aas. M
further trial Of -ths patience Of his tenow-citi-
zcns, whose comments in The lohbies; and cafes
we're too severoly sarcastic Tor mo to repeat here
Never great ginger or q good declafmer, he
| seemed to me- to have fallen of greatly IN sn but
| circumference, since heard him last, and hjs
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