, 1874-10-18


tionhl force from the present state Of Spanish
Affairs. So keeuly wero some OF these taken up
by tho audience that it 1s said tho performances
OF tho opera will be prohibited.
OF the musical letters in the October Atlantic,
tho muse of tho Literary World writes:
There wsa young woman IN Berlin
whose brain was ! musical whirl In,
When aho got really frantic
She wrote Off to the atlantic,
This melod1c young woman OF bcrhn.
The comic opera hJ Johann Strauss, which is
now in rehearsal at the Haiety Theatre, Paris,
Will be entitled "a The Forty Thieves" 1t was
originally brought out in Vienna at the IheateE
nj der Wien {the cradle Of ''Zaubcrtlo;e =
md "a 'T;delio"j IN March or April, 1871, under
the name Of "Indlgo and die Vierzig ltaubeT'
Jennie Juno writes from New York that tho
opeta season, 30 far, is not success tho
audiences are thin. and grow thinner-they arc
NOS opera audiences ut all. There Ii "att OF
style and fashion and dress On the part OF the
apparently from their clubs, that the aspect ID
dismal, aud to the manager il not to the artists,
thoroughly discouragins. This state OF things
NAV mend as the xutumn advances and the
regular opera-going people settle down for the
winter; at least it ought to do 60.
The New York Herald OF tho 11th gays: s'This
is the La: week OF the Aimee opera-bouffe At the
Lyceuu1. The fayorite psirna donna will haze =
benefit on Friday night, appearing IN - La Fille
do Nine. Angot," which opera will also bo the
feature of tia farewell representations. TN the
10th inst. Hiss Adelaide Neilson appears as
Beatrice in ss Mich ado About Nothing" assisted
bv Mr. Il, Barnes as Be,ediek. Her ason will
last two woels, and will be succeeded by tho
Emily Soldene English Opeia Company,
VINO will give performances OF "Genevieve DO
bssan bnsSsss Ef1ssf Es Faas et Ghprc @
Creve," s' 'Fl.1ir do Lys." and La Fillc de Nine.
Augot." This English comic-opera troupe has
enjoyed considerable SUCCESS in London"
The critic Of Gallgnan7s Messenger writes Of
matters al tho paiis Grand Opera-Housa:
'Donizetti's Favorite has been given here for
the debut Of II. Alzuoury in the part Of A!pnonse.
journegmnn dyer at Puteaux. n. Pfei7er, the
pianist, discovered him there, and. being struck
By the beauty OF his voice, had not much dill
Guilty in persuading him to enter the Conserra-
toire of Paris. At the end OF two years his
education WAS terminated, and he shared with
II. Ve1knet the first prizes for both grand sing
ing and for comic opera. His voice, 1hich ia
bigh baritone, Of the kind which Verdi's music
requifes is pure and OF excellent quality, and ho
uses it with considerable skill. He sang the
romance Of the third act extremely well, aud he
may be regarded a. decided acquisition io1 the
French OPERA.
A New York correspondent sayB: Tho primo
teno1a OF the Italian opera troupe is Slgnor Carlo
Carpi. who has sung with great SUCCESS III his
native country. and would havo appeared in st.
Petersburg this winter il Mr. StrAkosch had not
snapped him up. signor Carp has II tho m maklng
bands. His voice is one OF unusual he1lbllsy,
and OF more than ordinary strougth and cleat-
ness. He takes sustained high note oftcn,-
TOO often, IN fect,-aud shows by the ease with
which he does it that he Is perfectly at nome
among the chest notes up tho scale. That style
of singing is effective but it is not true art. It
is great temptation for Joung eiuger to elvo
hign &C" when he knows it will bring down
the house, but Signor Carpi is trihing with his
talent when he Bcattors such notes throughout
"F2ust" On the whole, however, wa are lu
clined to like the young tenor. whu, llko CAM
raniui is destined to make his greatest reputa-
tiun in this country. He is not much Of an actor,
but voice is much moro desirable in an opcrz-
singer than dramatic AGILITY
The regular September Cathedral festivals in
England arc coming to te among tho most i'm
portant musical events OF the year. Trey aro
held alternately in tho great cathedrals OF Lin
colo, York, Gloucester, otc., and given for
charitable purposes. The most eminent singers
III England deem it an honor to sing on these
occasions, md they are supported BY choruses
val this year was held in the solemn old cathe-
tral Of Gloucester, which las just been
undergoing extensive restoratlous. Tho cho-
rus aud orchestra we're large aad mag
niEcent1y drilled. The great singers WHO
lent their presence and assumed tho lead
Ing oratorio roles, were Mile: It,ensg,
AdcIina Patti, Trebell1.D .Dettini, Miss Edith
Wyunc, Sims Hceves, Mr. E. LloCd. and
81. Lewis Thomas. Tho performance WAS open
ed by Spohrs Last Judgment" one Of the
music. Then came Weber's canrata, 1.-The
rraiso of jehovah" aud all adaptation OF the
celebrated "Jube1 Cantate." The evening was
devo,ed to 1soseini'a 'staba. Mater" and sslec:.
tionB from Haydu's ''CIoatiou." On she second
day tho Elijah OF hlendelssohn vas perform
ed: selection from ''Don Giovanni y OF Mozart
tl.e Jupiter" overture by the saino composer and
Bccthoven's - Ruins Of Athens" On the third
day was sung AendelEsohn's symphonic cantats.
(Lobeeaang); Rosslnis - Aesse 5olone1lo.';
and i selection from the ''Oberon" J." Of Weber.
The last day MAS devoted to the - Messiah Of
Handel, nnd to miscellaneous SERVICES.
The new Beethoven Hail WAS opened at Bos-
top on Monday evening last. The Journal says
that the hall Ii 95 feot long. Is feet wide. and
IL feet high. Tho stage, which Is partly IL an
arched recess, has \ front OF ~ feet, and is 70
feet deep. There are roomy balconies on tbs
sides aud rear, which almost double the seating
capacity. All the woodwork is OF ash. Tie
hall is lighted 1t day By largo Windows oTer the
rear balcony aud through largo circular light
Of ground and colo.ed glass IN the centre OF the
ceiling. while At night tho hall ID brilliantly
lighted By fout sun-ournsrs, and by handsome
DIackets on tho walls The walls and ceiling
ara richly decorated, the colors blending and
contrasting with artistic effect. The walls
are in butts aud warm grsys. The ceiling
light and delicate blue, with small, white
figures. rhe stencil work is IN ricb colore, and
gold is used sparlngly and with good results
The seats a,e Of tho anne comfortable style Is
these in use in fremont Iomr!c- The seating
capacity is ,526-sS5 on the floor and GAL in tho
baiconies. Hiss Charlotte Cushman read an aI,-
propriate dedicatory address,. written by Ar.
Nathaniel Childs, Of The 1,.arete7, and the great
sonata Of Beethoven for violin and piano (Opus
~ was performed BY Ainlc. Camllls Urso snd
Nine. lndeine Schiller with exquisite oelicacy.
Mrs. Sophie Donand, an Englisu balfad-slnser,
made her frst appearance in America On this oc-
cas!on, and gained great favor; and . new Ave-
Maria" by Dudley Buck, ras sung for the first
time BY Mrs. J. Ii. Otsood in such an admirable
manner that the audience demanded its repel-
tioc-
TIE DRAl1A-
Tho record Of the week Hhowd that the dram =
has continued to flourish, although the general
attendance may not have averaged as we'll as it