The Portland daily press., 1874-10-14

Olive Logan and her new plays have not
been very well received by the Chicago news
papers. y - -
''Marston Hunter is the title of a new
play to be brought out at Mrs. John Drew's
Theatre, Philadelphia. '
''Faded Flowers" little comedy by Ar
thur A'Beckett, has been produced at the
Haymarket Theatre, London.
Mrs. Henrietta Chanfrau, as the playbills
now make her name, has been acting in Mr..
McCullough's California Theatre, at San
Francisco.
Mr.. Henry j. Byron, the author of 'Part-
ners for Life" has written comedy called
sold Sailors" as a pendant" to his ''Old
Soldiers" which was extremely successful at
one of the London theatres.
Madame Nilsson has accomplished great
deal Of work recently. Before she LETT Eng.
land, besides fulfilling promise made six
years ago and singing gratuitiously at two
concerts at Norwich in behalf of the "Jenny
Lind Infrmary," she took part in many other
concerts, including one at Brighton, with Miss
Edith Wynne and Mr.. Nelson Varley. She is
now at Vienna, and will soon make her first
appearance in the great city on tae blue Dan
ube, either at the Hofopern Theatre 1.-THE I'm
perial Opera) or in series of three concerts
arranged by herself Her engagements at
Moscow and st. Petersburg will occupy all
her time until the close OF December. M.
Thomas has made new arrangement of
Hamlet for Nine. Nilsson and M. Faure.
Interesting particulars as to the progress of
Wagner's great Bayreuth enterprise appear
from time to time in the German musical
papers. A recent number of the Siqeale
says that the composer has nearly finished
the Instrumentation of the last act of the
"Gotterdammerung," the concluding piece
of tetralogy, and that the close of this work
Is 'sthe most colossal thing that the genius
of the master has ever produced" Offers of
singers and players come in from all sides.
Wagner wishes to have all his singers tall, as
ha wing to represent chiefly gods and heroes,
and thus far it is said he has been very sue
cessful. His siegiried (Herr Glatz) and
Brunnhilde (Frau Materna) are both of i'm
posing stature. For the two giants Fasolt
and Fafner, after long search two singers of
enormous height have been found, who, how
ever, are both lean aud will have to be pad
ded. In Bayreuth, where it is we'll known
that Wagner requires only tall singers, it has
passed into saying, if tall man passes
along the street, ''There goes Nibelungr'
The full orchestral score of 'sDie Walkure,"
the second part Of the work, has just been
published by Messrs. Schott, of Mainz. A
Mr.. Alfred Forman has translated the whole
Of the drama sDer Ring der Nibelungen''
into English, and three of the four parts
("Rheingold," 'sDie Walkure' and "Seg-
fried'') have been printed for private circula-
tien in London.
The new Beethoven Hall was opened at
Boston on Monday evening The Journal
says that the hall is ninety-five feet long, six
ty-five feet wide and forty-one feet high.
The stage, which is partly in an arched re-
cess, has front of forty feet and is twenty
feet deep. There are roomy balconies on the
sides and rear, which almost double the seat
ing capacity. All the woodwork is of ash.
The hail is lighted at day by large windows
over the rear balcony and through large
circular light of ground and colored glass in
the centre of the ceiling, while at night the
hall is brilliantly lighted by four sun-burners
and by handsome brackets on the walls The
walls and ceiling are richly decorated, the
coloIs blending and contrasting with artistic
effect. The walls are in bluffs and warm
grays.. The ceiling is panelled. the ground
work being very light and delicate blue with
small white figures. The stencil work is in
rich colors, and gold is used ,paringly and
with good results. The seats are of the same
comfortable style as those in use in fremont
Temple. The seating capacity is 1,526-SS5
on the floor and GAL in the balconies.