, 1875-05-16
Following is the programme OF the. Turner
Hall concert this afternoon. ..


IKE uN1tA EAAHIl-tEMEHiCA4EE.
Tho new French organization OF this oame
will make ita debnt aa musical club with te-
coming csremonies. 4 grand concert in which
tho beat artists, both singers and musicians, will
participate, will be givon 10 Quo Of the tboatres
or large music-halls Of tho CITY, Further notice
OF the event will be made in due Season. =
* NEW OPERAS.
Tho Berlin correspondent OF the London
Standard writes on April 20 =" "Rubinstein's new
opera Die Makkabaer;' founded upon Otto
LudWig's drama OF tho game name, Was pro-
duced hero at the RoJsl Opera-Houae last Sat-
ntday. and Seems to hare been fayorably re
caived. Rubinstein'a fame as composer reeta
chiefly upon bis chamber music., This is, how
eTer, his third essay upon the lyric. stage.
Some VIII be allurcd, and othose as decidedly de-
terred. by the announcement that throughout
the three acts the 'MakRabaer' does not ticEle
the e4ra OF the groundlings with Bingle air, and
that one duet alone recalls any OF the tin1o-hors
orcd traditions Of the opera before Wagner ill.,
trodueed his new manner; for the mighty. seer
'LohsnEnn' as the frivolous abe1ratious OF M
tutored youth. Unlike Wagner, however. Ru-
b!nsteln sticks to the chorus m esseutial ele-
msnt OF operahc effect, md the tMakEabaer.' !
which have not heard, ia described as consist
ing OF 8 series Of choral pieces, broken hero and
there by Wagneran dialogue Judged By. old
faahloned Euies, it has tha character rnther of
al oEator2o than OF IN opera 1{auy Of tia
chornses pleased the critics greatly, and ss
whole the piece is pronounced success sl-
though, as . Berlin public never hisocs, and 3D.
plands rcry feebly it is not always EASY to iudee
OF tho general Impression produced"
Ihe Pac1a correspondent Of the Loudon Times
telegz1pha. April % -" At the Renaissance last
night tha prolonged run of&' Glruae GiroHa,
gave place to the first representation Of an opara
boolfe BY Joha,n Strauss, the celebrated Bnitz
composer Of Vienna. In Reine, Indigo '--eucl
Is the title OF the opera-waa produced before
real hrst-night AUDIENCE and, as far as the music
goes, obtained = great SUCCESS. The score is full
ot melody, and Is moro carefully written and
tnors precise than the generality Of these operas;
whils the orchestral parts teatify to q thorough
kuoaledge Of the effect produced BY Tho various
mue1ca1 ius:runeuta. Most Of the. princ1cal
passages mere justly redemanded. Strauss
nouM 10 Unworthy Of bis reputation had he
not introduced both into the oTert7re sud
opera itself some OF tho noet enchanting
waltz Symphonies, all of- which will doubtless
become popular, and be perpe:uated not on}s On
tie piano, but also By means Of the street or-
c.ns in London, for. happiir, in Paris these IN
s=ruments ere forbidden: It would require TOO
much space to zualvze the twenty airs which ara
% be found in tho three sct8 of : Ia Reiue Indi-
co. As to the ib1etto, it in impossible to ana,-
Tzo it. Tho plot is iacoheEent, and yoid ,of sny
semb1auce OF reality. The authors haYo nat
ziven themselves the trouble to invent. - TIE
concludes by repeating; the novs
IT the SUCCESS of tbs music, which u ueddsd: ha
unmarked. h :. Erstohsa HocdA+ = :.,::a