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and an orchestra Of forty-fvo pieces. The cast
OF the principal chnracteEe will be a. follows:

lie may look forward to very nosao4e ser1es Of
performances.
- PRAISE SERVICE.
This evening there will be praise service d"
at the Plymouth Con yregational Church, corner
Of Indiana avenue and Twenty-si1th street, the
musical features Of which will be as follows:
3nxse 3nthe.p@ Preaaa ai Toii; and d;ofi. from
Third Mass. .Ahyan
nGlorta Patri
Aatho1n.:o s1i; thou th.t DTsllast in
. Heaven n"................-.....s .sixto Perez
PRISE tho 1Fd II INV r:t
Aerciea A1oAque
Anthenn-" cantato Domino F'ager
oi4snpreiads g;s1s .nd faguo. Bach
oPEHAT1C GOSSIP.
Mr. Ma1 6trakoach has made public the exact
results Of luis operatic campaign IN Boston.
These results secua to have boon equally glori-
GUS to art and to pocket. IN Two weeks boston
spent on the Slrn1:osch Opera Troupe no losa
than $4,000. On three separate occasions tho
receipts exceeded 1000. The Boston journal
gives, apparently from Mr. 6.rakoscL's books.
minute details as to the results Of individual
performsncos It is rather disconraging to maa
opera like "Aida" draws only S2,83l to tho
house. while repetition OF hacl1neyed and
'second-rate work like "Martha brings in Sc ,9l9
OF receipts. "Lucia" and "Fauat", also drew
each over 81, 600: The other popular operas,
ment, were "Don Giovanni" - Mignon," and
"Troystore," Ernani " and "Aida y drow the
least of ALL. On Friday evening next, the CON-
pany appears in New York:
Next Thursdy Mle. Di Murska will Icavo Ha-
vana for New York City. to enter into an en-
gagcment for IN elaborate oporatic tour through
this country. The seasou, in which she will be
supported by Natali-Testa, Fizzani Mali: Roesl-
Cali, and other we'll known artists, will begin
on tho I'd OF March, in Albany, whence she will
20 to Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Cleve-
land Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia
On Easter Monday, April 6, sho will begin
four weeks season at the Academy OF Music in
New York. The musical direction Of this enter
prise is intrusted to Max Maretzek.
On Thursday next Madame Pauline Lucco will
also leave Hayana for New York City. to enter
into an engagement for 4 season OF niue nights
OF German opera at the Stadt Theatre. bhe will
be supported by the best German artists in the
city
Conder, the chef d'orchestre OF tho Gymnase,
died recently in Paris.
The doath is announced, ut Milan, Of the
clarine.iat, Ernesto CaTallni, + renowned
Italian player.
tenor Of the hartneEthoT Ineatre, at Vienna,
died.
The death is announced, in Agiers, OF Albert
Don,anxe in his day celebrated French tenor.
The death OF. Mrs. Cowdery, formerly we'll
known alto singer Of this city has already been
announced in The TRIBUNE. She was member
OF the old Mendelasohn Society, whose members.
many of whom ere still in Chicago, WILL recall
her and regret her DEATH
MUSICAL LITERATURE.
The first portion OF t1ane1ation OF Ferdinand
Hiller'B new book on Mendelssohn appears in
this months number Of Mdcn1|1dn's Magazine.
On it's completion in this form the work Will be
published in volume.
The first edition Of the little book entitled
!" Goethe and Mcnde1ssohn" having been e1-
hausted, the publishers, Messrs Macmillan
Co., have just issued second edition, enriched
By fourteen hitherto unpublished letters from
Mendelssohn to tho members Of the family Of
the late Mr. William Horsley.
Sir julius Benedict in lecture before tho
Royal Institute on Weber and His Times has
recently undertaken to show that the composer
the modern school Of music which has culni-
mated in "Tannhausor," and 4" Die Nalkurle.
But this is no new theory. Wagner acknowledges
in his writings the strong effect which Won
Weber's music made upon him.
Mesare: George T. Root l. Sons, Of this city,
have gone into the publishing business, and to
them We arc indebted for the following new
music II Voices OF Angels" a eacred quaftette
with solo, by James R.. Murray j." Now from
Labor an evening song, organ accompaniment,
BY Battiste, the voice parts added BY james
Flint - Where Earth and Heaven meet, anng.
by George F. Root; and Robert Goidoecks
Is isEsperRuza, morceau tof piano.
MUSICAL NOTES.
Lefranc the tenor, and Moriami, the baritone,
a1u nor singing at the Fenics in Venice.
"Petrus," new oratorio, by Theodore Ber-
told, las been produced in st. Petersburg.
King Albert Of 6a1ony has granted his Royal
patronage to the Dresden Conservatory OF
Music.
Anna Bishop is said TO be On her way to the
Sandwich Islands to give concerts there.
schumann's " Geneyeva," his only opera, is
to be produced early in the present year at
Dresden.
II. Emile Perrin il to succeed II. Holan1er Is
director Of the Paris Opera.
Mrs. Richi1,gs-Bernard il giving e COSTUME
concerts " in New York, which seem to be
3" "old-folks' concerts" only on much diminished
scale-
Here is . medley. At the Berlin opera-H House
Gluck's Aceste." Halevys Mosquetaire de
preparation.
The American prima donna who under the
name of Signoria Paolini, has made q hit on the
ore1ato stage in Italy, is Miss Pauline Nininger,
daughter of John Nininger, OF St. Paul.
con Of Staudigl has been singing with great
success. Aftor the song of Polyphemus, Rud-
dier than the Cherry" he WEB called Tor 611
times.
STEMS successful career in Italy ~ pianist.
The enthusiasm Of the Roman audiences was as
great as that displayed in Naples, Milan, and
Venice.
Thirteen new operas are nndor weigh at the
theatres in Italy. The various composers are
Lauri, Rossi, PonchielI1, Braga, Petrel1a, Pa1un-
bo, Bacchini. Cortesi, Valensin, Luzzi, Platanis,
Bombara, Caracciolo, and Maui.
Johannes Brahns is expected to visit Leipzig
early in the present year, having been inTlted to
conduct hls "Triu1nphlied at concert for the
benefit Of the peuslon-fund Of the. Gewandhaus
orchestra
4 young American girl, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
has made, under the name OF Laura Bellini,
most successful debut At Vigevano. The night
Ct her first appearance she was called out nine
times, and though sustaining very difficult char
acters, she has given more than satisfaction.
The new Comic Opera House WAS opened in
Vienna on the 18th Of January. The theatre will
hold about 1000 persons. Herr Heinrich -Proch
composed an overture for the Inauguration; he
is kapellneistar. RosBini's 'Ba1ber Of Sc
vile lin Germany WAS the opening opera. with
Hiss Minnie Hauck az Rosina, and Herr Erl aa
Count 4l1nacird.
to.,t in, = rananf ,,o+n ~, IT nora pni1fa