, 1874-05-31

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ward her husband opened this divorce 30 Tar Us
to allow him to put in defense. il lie could;
but this was coupled with leave to Madame Lucca
to onlarge her charges against Llm to period
subsequent to her original complaint. hhe ac-
oord,ncly submitted new complaint. aud then
moved on it to strike out the husbands answer.
The main ground OF this motion WAS that the
husband had procured q decree OF divorce in
Austria on the ground OF Abandonment, and that,
therefore, his present proceeding was mere
spite. Judge Donohue denied tl.ls motion.
NEXT SEASONS orERA.
The following manifesto from the No" YORK
Herald shows that the Strako6oh DrotheEs arc
already busy preparing for uext seasons operate
campaign:
Mile Henbxon IS to bo the psima donna, to replace
Nine Nilsson. She comes from the Italian Opera At
Paris, where ahe has achieved very great sussss+ a.
London. lille. Donadio has also been engaged
Tl,res tenoEs, new to tus country e5e eo1n.nS-A. *
gether with bgnor Tasnapetra the baritone and s'g-
Fiorui basso- III addition number of the f4sor-
ties Of last season have eesn se-eugaged for tho
I Miss Annie L. Cary, who was 80 emintntly
st ssa:on in 19n; l<,ss n liz n
| uon," aud Croano iu "Lcs Huguenots nome Of
she had snnE Of sad ,ro 81
A. at pre1eut constituted the Sakosch company for
tie next SEASON ia H follows:
Nile lIolbron, pE!ms donna assoluta-
Mile. Douadio, prina donna soprano.
Miss Cary, pritua donna contano
s;sss: s;sss: Bss;:s!eii, B:s;:se' p''H' se"'s
sEnez siEnoE T.Espsstfa' H.fanaass prsml oaritoni.
Slguor Fiorini basso, and
6isnor Naunu.d, basao.
Other artists to be engaged opportunity oferr,
and sgnor Muxo nho retains ne ,i.1 n = t dreeon "a;
ton Of artists and new and efficient chorus ihe
chorus is to consts. Of l5o Voices md hs @
Also assist In making purchases Of new music scenery
apa II SE H IND II
| harmony with the progress shown Last aeason. The
intends in addition to the f.xos Tfs. roFhs Ks
Beethoven; ~ Le Prophetic" by Meyerbcor; haenzl
b. Wagner a Romeo ct Juliet" by Gonnod; :. Don
di F1ssro," By Mozart, md 'Wln.u Tell, )" by Eos
sini and Verdis Mass. These are certainly great
promises to be made at 50 early day, and With tho
psny The season of 1915 will exceed in ec1at ths very
successful one which has just closed.
THE c1NC1SSATI FESTIVAL.
The festival OF the Harmonic Society, under
tho able direction OF Mr. Otto Singer. its loader.
commenced at Cincinnati on Tuesday evening
last, with the performance OF HandeIs =" "Delun,
gen Te Deum," and Rossiui's "stabat Mattel.
0u Wednesday evening. the programme included
Liszt's cantata Of "a Prometheus, and miscel-
]aneoua programme. The soloists arc Mrs. Il.
II, Smith, Mrs. Flora Barry, and Messfs. IL. u.
Whitney and Varley. The festival thus far has
been o great Buccess, as might bare been e1-
pected under the management OF euch compo-
tont musician and skillful conductor az Mr.
Singer.
MUSICAL NOTES.
Nile. To1riani departed for Europe last week.
Miss Kellogg has In contemplation the bring
ing out Of Balfe's opera. "Ihe 3allsman, III
| the fall. ...,
Herr Von Flotow has completed the opera he
anrored to compose for the firm OF Ricord Of
| Milan. It is entitled "Lora~" ...
! Aaelina Patt, reappearod at the Royal Italian
| Opera, Covent Garden, on tie Eth u1s' 1oe
| piece was tho "Barbiere."
| The pianist and composer, Fr. Gernsheim,
| has accepted the post of Carell!nelster 1t not
| terdam, in the place OF W. Bargiel, who goes to
Berlin.
"La Battaglia di Legnano," one Of Verdi's
! earlier operas, and work wholly unkIo"n here,
is to be revived at the Politeaua Theatre, Eorne-
The receipts of the last festival Of the Boston
Handel and Haydn Society did not meet the ax-
ponses by $4,000. The guarantee fund, how
ever. amounted to $50, GOO.
Hans Richter, tho conductor OF the Hungarian
National Theatre. has been selected by wagner
| to assist in tho preparation OF the Nleoluh8en
| performances at Bayreuth.
sirF, 4. Cora Ousely, Bart, H. A.. Professor
| of Music in the University OF Oxford, has no"
| in course Of preparation at tho Oxford UnlEeE.
eitv Press L. Treatise on Form IN Music and
| General Composition"
| The performance Of Beethoven's Ninth byn-
| phony in the Crystal Palace OF London, recent
| f. wss distinguished By such eoloiats IN tho
| choral movement a. Nine. Lemmena- -sheIlnRton,
| the American contralso, Antolnette otefunR,
Edward Lloyd, and Mr. santeY.
aIeesra. william Castle and 8. g. Campbell,
| formerly members Of the Pa1epa-Rosa Opera
1roune. sailed from England last week, and are
| daiiy expected in New York It Is possible that
Carl Rosa may visit America this summer.
Herr Joachim has sent to the Committee for
the erection Of a monument to Bach ct Eisonach
| -. 4hnfarH fta nroceed8 OF aGY-
eral concerts given by him for that object
The composer OF Faust" has produced =
cantata in two parts, for voice and grand orches.
t1A in commemoration OF the fate Of the great
African e4pioror. the bringing nzck o. =; h1s W.re re-
minister Abbey. The voice part ia set to Lord
Houghtop's lines en- LivlngBtone.
Our musical readers will be pleased to hear
that Mlle Dl Mutska, who leaves this week on q
summer Writ to Europe, will return hther IN the
Mr. De Vivo to sing in concerts, opera ana ora-
tozio in the United States. Canada, Cuba, he1l-
CO, and Central and South America.
Sir julius Benedict is to compose an overture
and Gounod cautata specially for the LlEerpoo5
festival, which is to commence On oeps 20, ~. Ir
To comprise two morning and thrco evenlng COZ
certs. ball, and grand military Ano n1l7ce1-
IAneoua concert on the last day.
Hiss Antoinette Sterling has been sin9fns f91
Queen Victoria At Orborne House, where s1nal
of he Court, assembled to hearher The Q1ssn ftsr
treated her NTH great consideration, and @.;ef
she Ind sung twice begged her 70 sing fgam; .a.
One Of the beat authorities IN 1oee
as1pTetation a. sns Of Of Is1s md RUBIN.
STEMS songs: "Amongst our London a:I slngef' ss
po .eas fspsSact saa tsae sf dong s 3sp e
resented by German song.
Tha nroposcd memoriAlt to the composer, Louis
n Gattschslk, whose nntimely death near Bic
1.re;rn, iu 1863, will be we'll remembered, Ia.
tsksn the form Of marble bust, which has beer
On exhibition in tho library OF tho Academy q
neai9u. in Nor York. for SONS TINA past 1t u