The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-05-12
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

Mr.. j. NJ. Bellew, the popular reader, is
dangerously ill, at his home in England.
Thursday evening MendIessohn's oratorio,
"Elijah,u will be sung. Mr.. Whitney will
sustain the part of "The Prophet
Fechter is drawing big houses at the new
Park Theater in New York, and is winning
golden opinions from the critics. m
Mr.. DAILY proposes to bring out in New
York Mr.. III. j. Byron's piece, can Ameri-
can Lady"-done in London, at the Criterion
theater, with Mrs. JohE Wood as the her.
Dine. Ni
King Ludwig, of Bavaria, has opened
provisional credit of 100000 gulden toward
the completion of wagner's theatrical enter
prise at Beyrout. According to the latest
accounts from Germany, Wagner expects to
open the theater on May l, 1875.
Wednesday evening the chief feature will
be the cantata "Prometheus," by List, based
upon the poem of Herder. 1t will be the
first rendition of the English translation of
Prometheus in this countr y. The remainder
of the program will be filled up with a
miscellaneous vocal and instrumental con-
cert. I'm,
A new five-act backwoods romance Is be-
ing played at the Grand Opera House, Now
York. The play is called Donald Mckay,
the hero of the Modoc War" and Mr.. Oliver
Doud Byron takes the roles of three princi-
pal characters. The drama Is sensational
and spectacular, and has been well received
i'm various parts of the country.
At Cincinnati, last week, Mr.. jefferson
eldest son, Mr.. Charles B. Jefferson, acted
the sailor, Hendrick Vedder, In the last act
of Grip Van Winkle." Ths Gazette says:
"He bears striking resemblance to his ia
Their, and in the little piece of acting he had
to do he does no discredit to his parentage."
Hermann, the magician, will como forth
at the New York Academy of Music on the
18th of May, and once more astonish the
puzzled observers of legerdemain. Five
wears have passed since last in that city he
4 amazed the faculties of eyes and ears"
Meantime, he has won a great popularity in
London, at Egyptian Hall.
Mr.. Horace a. Furness, of Philadelphia
the editor of the new variorum edition of
Shakspeare's works, has been presented by
Mrs. Frances anne Kembls with pair Of
Shakspeare's gloves, given to Garrick In
Siddons. They were left by the queen of
tragedy to her daughter, who gave them to
Mrs. Kemble.
A minor musical festival is to be given in
Cincinnati by the Harmonic Society, COM
mencing on Tuesday evening, May 18th.
For the opening concert, the {" Dettingen TIE
Deumn and Rossini's " Stabat Mattel" will
be sung. The brilliant tenor solo, Genius
Amman will he sung by Marley,
az Pro Pecatis /" by Whitney. /" Inflsmmatusl
Accenus.n by Mrs. H. M. Smith, and " Fac
Mt Partem by Mrs. Barry. The magnificent
choruses of this work will be sung by two
hundred thoroughly trained singers of the.
society, and sustained by the full Cincinnati
orchestra. b 10 t To rt
The New York Tribune, in speaking Of
tho close OF the musical entertainments
given by Theodore Thomas in that city, pays
this tribute to his labors: Winter after win
tar. since he began his career, he has
brought us richer treasures OF art, and
taught us new lessons of taste and discern
ment, Thanksto him, nearly all the great
est works for the orchestra, both ancient
and modern are rapidly becoming familiar to
u.s. There is no good school of composition
which he has not enabled us to understand.
There possible progress in the art OF
music with which we may not hope through
him to be kept well abreast. he has SO OK
banded our capacity for enjoyment. quick
ened our appreciation, and reformed our
aesthetic Judgment that every branch OF
music has felt his wholesome Influence. A
fresh life has been everywhere breathed into
the concert room, because we bave learned,
through Theodore Thomas, to demand bet
ter things than used to be foisted upon US;
and if a regeneration of our operatic stage is,
in truth, at. hand, as many OF US hope, we
may thank Theodore Thomas for 1T, who led
us to insist upon reform, and inspired us to
discriminate between true art and false.
Lord Spencer has done what is deemed a
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