, 1874-10-25

York, has engaged for the present season this
! celebrated German soubrctto Lena Mayr, and
for the next Wa:htel, with \ complete grand
| opera company, and tor tho season Of 1866-'G7
| Nllmann and Naabe.
Nine .Pautine Lucca las bought the - Gold
enburg," near Schrmensee, tho Lake Of
Zurich, where she proposes to live quietly after
| farewell European tour. She has matto en-
orchs Wilheimsstadt Theatre, Berlin. Her first
| husband hag married the Sister or Grossi, the
! celebrated cont1alto.
1--WE need scarcely sny," remarks the London
| Alhenguu, s'that the acoustica properties Of
| the new Grand Opera-House in Paris cannot DO
| stage is covered with scenery. &c. All the trials
| by Mme Patti, Nine Nilsson, lille. krausa, and
! II. Faure IN the empty house, give no indication
ut all OF how tho sound will travel during the
performance OF operas. The outside and ill.,
| ward scaffoldiuga OF tho theatre have been re-
moved. and the decorations Of the interior are
fast advancing to completion"
| The Belgian paper lie Guide Musical hiss come
| notes firm Belgian musical litterateur who ia
travelling in Italy. Writing from Milan, he aaya
music there is Italian. but nothing else Crea~
tive genius ia consnicuously absent, and the new
operas flo OF one after another without leaving
| o song behind OF "Salvator Ross," the new
| work b7 Gomez, 1e says: lit is an Incredible
| piece Of feobleneas, Of which shall nttcnpt no
| Analysis.
The recognition which Miss Antoinette ster-
ling has received in England il gratifying to her
countrymcn, who know 50 well how to prize her
| r1ch contrato aad her womanly worth. She ROW
enjoys tho distinction Of being the first Amer-
cau who has been invited TO sing at one OF the
great musical festivals of England, aud ct
Gloucester, last month she did credit to the oc-
casion, her country, and herself
And now comes the question, " Has Murska ,
double ?" In tue London Academy for Sept. 26
appeared the following pxragranh 'uow arc
the mighty fallen! lima dl MursEa, once the
~ star Of the Vienna opera, and afterwards
1u,w singing ut the Polish National Theatre. in
x,nnherg, one Of the dlrticst towns in Galicia.
8 NOR Naudiu, the once admired TENOR, joins
u | e. Muiska in tia Same honors.
he Emily Soldeno English opera bouno COM
pa will appear At tho Lyceum Nov York, Nov
z, n, clover translation OF " GeueEiove do Bra
basu-" Iiss Soldene will enact Drogda. sup
poi i ID by Misses Agnes Lyndnurst, Lizzy Rob
son.. Maria Williams, CecilY Durant, Anna
Bro Ike, Laura Cattaow. Helen Traccre Clara
las. mily Clair, Julia Roberts. aad clar. yesey;
aud " Hessrs. E. D. Beverly, II. Lexens. E. Mar-
shall, J. 3. Rae. c. ". Norton, J. Wallace.
On i'aturday afternoon. Oct. 81, Theodore
Thom will give his first grand mstineo at Mu-
sic lf:l. Boston. 4 progrz mms OF strikirE va-
the yc u ug American pritna donna, Miss Cunna
Crancii, will mako her debut before Boston Au-
dionco.. The first symphony ooncert will tako
place O. II "Wednesday evening. Oct. 29. whom will
b. prrf o1 med Berliozs Symphony, t. Harold in
Italy" II ID Beehoven's Erolca" Hy7nphony
On this ccasion Mr. S. Z. Mills. who ras to
have ul,,! cd Rats Concerto 1t this concert, not
having k'u iicientty recovered from the conse-
quenco en his recent seve; accident lr. F. Hos-
coyitz ri q perform Grlegs Concerto IN A-minor.
The ia - Nourr;t, the actor, and Emile Des- |
chanps lpe .ritor. helped afayorbeer to crown
lug sens4.uon in "Les Hugueuoss," is iutarass- |
ing and o: generally known. At the rehearsal,
when No 4. Tit, who played Rao..l cao,e to the |
iuale in the fourth act, when he is 1t Falcn- |
f.nes fert, while tho P1otestauto arc bling mas !
sacred on ,tha Grove, he felt instinc. velv that
Raoul coutl not co Lave staid with no stronger
motive tha hai then bocu offered him. "Oh,"
+a:d Nou11it ono day to Scribe, the brettist, |
- wers rhlt. wornaa to say to R1o1A for the pur-
pose Of ks.e2iug him. that she loved him, he |
would I,aby remain but she docf not SAY
70. and, yot ,le atavB. It is impossible" Thon |
acting tho scene that might take place be-
tween the lovers after Fa!e7ti'le's confess
sion, Nourr1t aided: II she lad avo we'd her
love, ehonL fua up to her and take her in my
murdered ami to the report OF the arqucbases;
/ should see only her. AL the uorso. You have
.aid it. you hayo said it; you love mol"
rTaat ris; tt las dit, til fss dit :; tn r'airaesD y
1t tbeso words, Scribe suddenly stopped him.
:. You have hit it," said he. uuryng OF to
Emile De.ch amps. he described the scene to
aim, ard quoted the very words used Then
lad there Emile Daschamps wrote the duet
err "Je t'.ime! "-aud RdouTs rap |
:ure ''Tu m 'aimos (which Scribe carried of
% Leyerhoar.