, 1874-06-21

The annual benefit OF Mr. Thomas wiil taso
! pace neSt week. Serprnl novelties will then "a
p'ouuced-among them musical illustration Of
Wo,mar. A>0"' ~ ~a1' o'oi' w
a'le., 1,' 'Uan1ssa. well-known as prim. donna OF
rare aoiiits, haa been meeting viii, a.traor1-
nary success IN English opera throushou: Cansda,
ssIar;.sna .ra n!tn Apen. Or Boston, male hit in
char'tans, at Toronto last week, tho Governor
General aud suite being Present. and warmiv
actor. ~ 'ne cn1t~
co4sn Ms dsss Aasa Patti p III ps s;ssay
Don Giovanni, +" and ?" Crown Diamonds" md
Nine. Nilsson ut Drury Lane. In u F,7xt 0Ao
"agners Tristan und Isolde y IL to be r;ren
at Me.msr - on June II. II, and 81. The sans sans
composers " Die Wn4kure" was performad >'-.e st
Munich on tue l4sh of May. King Lutl,f;r .raa
| present on the occasio6. WAC
! kubensteln's new opera, ''Die Naccabaer
has been accepted for performance at tho ROYAL
Opera, Derl'n, aud is to be produced noxt saason
herr Iauoert has composed comic opern on
tho subject OF Shakespeare's Twelfth Nirht y
which is to be produced next season At tho sau,a
house. ~'N~@S
The New York Grand Opera-House will be
converted into West End music hall 80 soon as
Tue capital stock OF tue proposed new lesseas ia
enlrelS subscribed Tor. Over SEQ ooo is already
promised: Jubilee Gilmore aud lis band are "a
10 the principal features.
j.. Hsandisi, the tonor Of tho Holman Ooera
company. was srrostad for Smuggling and f,nad
Slo5 at Detroit, Michigan. on june 4 hayino
ing dutiea> ' "'"|'o1' "a,
=, Adelina Patti has induced the management ot
the Rorai Italian Opera, London lCore,,t I3ar.
den) to rovive Yerdi's !" "Irnani." wi;rh ~ v1evad
the1e as too old-fashioned-as an "oparnffc
corpse" "poA"Na@
:, Miss Edith Wynne will soon take her leave al
.. sne stage aud fuhil an old engagement of mar
Eu11fN
IRON pm lndia, whittier she will return with him.
N,lssons first appearance in London tb;x
season was in "Faust" The London Time,
makes tue mistake Of saying TINT it was har frsi
appoatance on any stage in this character, and
thus attributed to nervousness certain stshort.
commas 1t Will la remembered that Nilssos
sang this part number Of tinos in this coun,
Try.
Brignoli's atrocious English is we'll known.
W 2ne OCCASION, while stopping at tue Contineu.
tai Hotel, Philsdelphia his hair brush was stolcr
from bis room. Tho infuriatcd Italian rushed
down to the Office and propounded the following
question to ono OF the clerks: 4. 4.Clerruck! Cler.
z1ek! ' Yesterday, was ono l,air brush; today
Aliss AEabella Goddard 11rs Davidson) the
celebrated London pianiste, Who for quarter
OF century, las enjoyed the hishest artistic rep
'as;t ulat!on III the English metropolis, has been
from China and India to Austrniia, and thence x
California, whence she intends proceeding to the
3arftr kfn%nu ;.
ossses' IN order to give series OF con-
"a ~. Dox., =, ~.. ,,
rpo,, ~ ~ nSSae s: ua@gne Aus7cae c'tea lette1
r;o.n T. o.. eSIolnana aner OF Cologne who con-
hs "agneI OF sot:ie signal blnnders. in
nta s.uoy h1on me execution q the Ninth Sym
aH un N me -Austf0t.s sc''es ,toctr'-
cant Harr W,nun-s sAIr.ons musicians not to &C
AZ tba :. ;rf.iI;h;a qIotatlons from tue scoro.
1ova.o o. 10 sn'Atao'o ofae!e ie quite wrong IN Ills
aonnI,', aeso.Ins.s ~ @ho 0''od'te IN the mlaor
~ WV
.os ns ,t!1ppos mas organized com
ba.iao, " 4tAaiau opo1a ~ lSeeums unqfr
:.. ~ ananasenent. farrentl and Ion harl,
ara5 - Eaae.s as accompanst, nave been en-
Nesoaaons ato pending WITH two dis
.,,s as:s 1os tae remaining parts
:. no. 1oi .nS 1enaI3on Of tue barber Auti
raI'n.n Doa asqua'e' 1h1s WILL DO Alias fhtllppcs'
nalr en season;
~ e1,.uSpenaeas aSsefts toat tue reason of
aae.' TT t.oolnste1as absence from England is
u1ss, ahs "snt ~ valuable engagement and;
'econ5' tuG s1cken1ng adn!asion OF his so-called
nuoioaten oei!ghts III war aud moth
=. elses - nl1u greater pleasure than DESTROYING
yAlpa ~ !. le'ense 70 Mmselt against the critics.