The New York herald., 1874-07-27
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES

ON du that Mile ALBANIA VIII shortly vtsk
America.
Signor Far nj, the opera baritone, has returned
to New York from England.
'Don Carlos" will be one OF the features OF tho
next season at the Academy OF Music.
Wagner thanks 20 his friend Liszt secured .
favorable recognition for his Tristan and Isolde"
at Welmar.
An Italian translation OF the "Mlsanthrope" IL
oeihs performed at Rome with great success In
the Mausoleum OF Augustus.
Mr.. j. l.. Toole the English comedian, arrived
from Europe Yesterday IN the steamship Republic,
and is at the Westminster Hocel
"rhe North Starr LA stella del Nord, has been
gwen at Covent Garden, with Adelina Patti.
Slnlco, Bettlni and Faure in the cast
Mr.. p. 5. Gilmore mas secured the valuable ser
vices OF Messrs. NJ X. Botsford and G. weingarten
for the rwenty-second Regiment Band
concert OF RUSSIAN music lately given at tho
Sydenham crystal Palace, was an entire success.
Mme Essipon being the pianist OF the occasion.
Nine. Nilsson's concert for the Westminster
Training School and Home for Nurses was greaS
success resulting in net profit to the charity oe
$1,000.
.Evangene. or the belle or Acadia" an Ameri-
can extravaganza, will be produced at Niblo's to.
night. Both the music ana the librett0 are by
Bostonians.
Meyerbeer's "L'EtOile du Nordv has been re-
vived for Patti at Covent Garden. Her Catarni 10
unan mousy declared, like all her impersonations.
to be perfect.
AT the recent composition for the Grand Prix 40
Rome IN Paris, the various candidates six In NUM-
Der, had TO set to music a cantata entitled "AcD'
and Gaiatea,' the subject OF Handel's great work.
Mr.. William Candidus, formerly solo tenor OF tho
Arion Society OF this city, lately appeared in tho
opera OF 'La Dame Blanche'' at Munich, and
INs
to the band OF American artists who are winning
lyric laurels in the opera houses OF Europe.
Mr. Map,eson starts for his provincial tour
through England in september or October, his
troupe being formed of Mile. Titens Mile. Singelu.
Nine. Sinico Mile. Marie ROze, Nine. Trebelli. Mile.
Macvitz, Nine. Demeric Labache and Mile. Bauer
meister, Sgnori Naudin. Bentham, Camrobeiio.
Perkins and Agnesi, besides the usual subordi-
mates, and possibly, for short time, Sig. Campo.
mini.
NJ. Garnier the architect OF the New Opera
House, Paris, has declared the National Academy
OF Music" will be ready for Inauguration on Janu.
ary l, 1875. A French composer, NJ. Victor Mass6,
is said to be working on All opera likely to be ac-
cepted, whilst M. GOunod Is expected Co be ready
with an important work. Two or three new
ballets are being composed. Scenery and cos
tunes are already in hand. The theatrical luxurles
OF our day are to be INDUCED In most extensively.
The Erie company recently sent cable despatch
to Mr.. W. j. Florence. the comedian, at Ems,
Germany, offering him the Grand Opera House
at a merely nominal rent TO which Mr.. florence
responded that. having made engagements Tor
San Francisco and other places for the next
season, he was obliged TO decline. It -
now understood that the early proposition
OF Mr.. 2. S. Gilmore to convert the place into =
grand music hall will be accepted. The objection
to it has been that 1t involved such extensive
alterations OF the interior OF the Opera House that
it would entirely lose the appearance and fail to
serve the purpose OF theatre hereafter. Mr.. Gil
more's efforts to raise iund Of 100000 for the
terprise were last week crowned with success.
During the past season, at the Royal opera
Berlin from August 49, 1873 to June 9, 1874, 1t ap-
pears that Richard Wagner figured in the bills 70
times with works; Meyerbeer 20 times with 4
works; Mozart, "a times with works; ROsslni IL
| times with works; Verdi, 13 times with works; I;
! Gounod, IL times with works; Weber, IL times
with works; Ambrose Thomas, 10 times With Z
works; Flotow, times with works; Auber. q
times with 8 works; Beethoven, 8 times with
work; Haievy, times with l work; BOldieu, q
| times with / work; Gluck, times with l work;
NicOlat, s times with l work Lortzing, s times
with 1 work; Mehu, times With work; Cberu-
bini, 4 times with / work: Spohr, 4 times with I
| work: Kadecke times with / work Kreutzer,
once with l work, and Donizcttl, once with
| work