, 1875-01-17


visit to the baths st Teptz, and that there is no
prospect OF her visiting this country, Or indeed
PLAYING at concarts at all, during the present
! season.
The musical and dramatic.l entertainment in
:he Catholic Library-rooms last Tuesday for the
benefit OF tbs HouEa OF the Good Shepherd was
art1s2icallY and financially success The ama-
teug actors were very cred1ta,ie, whils the vocal
musi: by Mrs. Dr.. ). F. Sullivan won for the
lady the warmest p|audits. Tne receipts Of the
evening reached nearly $50.
OBITUARY.
Death has been very busy among the musici1ns
during the past month, the following having died
within that time: Heinrich Schae4er tho we'll
known soEguriter. at Hamburg: Joseph Noll,
the yioliuist musician Of great talent. who was
at one time conpected With Thomas orchestra !;
Wilhelm Ulrlch, concert-master at Sondershau-
sen, and famous throughout Europe as violin
virtuoso j; Weldemann an operatic tenor in Sax
ony; Justin cadAux, FEeach opera composer,
at Paris Michael Topler. music director at
It Konlgsberg ]. N: Wolf, teacher Of music At
Munich, and F. ". Grund, founder Of ti,s
- Sing Academic at Hamburg. In addition to
tia above ne may also record The doath OF Cephas
Church, member OF tho firm at George II. Guild
q Co., Boston. planofoEte manufacturers, which
took place last week.
oPERATIo GOSSIP.
Tha Kellogg EngIlah Opera Company will con-
cIude their Philadeiphla season this week.
Their r repertoire for last week was ~ Trova;
t'if a't'taRs nsfoIoa sItes and Rfa.D Rdn
Giovanni" "Ernsni" aenma to have been
added to their repertoire since they were in Chi
cago. Next week they commence q season at
the New York Academy Of Muslo
The soldepe Company have already become
popular favorites In Phlladelpbia. ''The Arch
duchess" and :" Madame Angot's Daughter" wore
given last week.
Mis-. James L. O.tos ,nd her comic-ope7a
company commenced m engagement at De Bars
last Monday night, with "AadAne Angot's
The Holman English 0pcra Troupe began An
engagement at tho Boston Howard AthouRum
last week, appearing in ''Barba Blcue" The
company consists Of forty artists Of acknowl-
edged merit with Misses Saille and Julia Hol-
man at the head.
st. Lonla is rejoicing over German opera, home
manufactured by Theodore Habe!mann, but M
Fortunately st. LoulA is not altogether satisfied.
The Democrat says Of the performance OF The
Marriage OF Figaro u: =.
has been presented in The city by German opera com
pany. It includes Miss Drone Nils Roe1nor, hIrs La
Foptaine, and Theodore Habe!mann. Such COM
ereditaby, and far thesa angers concerned
Nozze d Figaro was produced crelitabiy. Bu. ali
praise e. eeasss . ~ hers Tle choruses fortunately t1els
badly, and resembled series Of bowling dlsco,ds:
With exception, the final Of tho third ac they were
at lines It was very nnsseaay cd Ind I'D no
answer the baton Of the director who Was evidently
doing his best to remedy the evil Now, tnese arc
tho more deserving Of decided censtre. Theodore
Habelm has 1t in his power 20 make OF the materia
now in h!s hands very etfestye company with ca
pabty Of presenting the Lest operate works better
than they have before been given here by what
may b. tsrmed stock compsny and ha does SO he
alw4y hare dons literally support that which is de-
serving Of it. !
A oomprtitor with opera-boure has sprung up
ip New York in the shape OF the opera-comlque,
which has been inaug ugucated It the Park Theatre.
The opening work was Dnzin's ''Le Voyago en-
Ghlne,' and after the performance, tho Express |
says: 1.-The PIECE employs but nine characters |
III its representation, but each Of these WAS so |
carefully and capisa1ly played last evening that
the performances recalled those bright days Of +
bad his malchess little company at Nibio's |
Saloon, or when Mr. :Batenaan introduced his !
more pretentious one at the Theatre Francals."
Pauline Lnoca has fulfilled her engagement in
Vienna, ar,ecelvlng 10000 gul{lena fol ten even
fngs. The endeavors Of the agents OF ths
Berlin theatras to 81 gage her wero fruitless. |
though from LOCO to 1,2o2 thalers per evening
were euarantaed her.
On the 7th of December Nine. Patti made
her reappearance at the Imperial Opera Of St.
Petersburg in yerdi's II. Traviata.'
lie Domino Noir' has been successfully re-
Wired 1t the Opera Comiqus in Paris. ::
The new opera, BY Msilhac, Halavy, and Often
brca for Schneider, is in three short aetz. It IL
called 81 La Eoulangere des Ecus."
johann Strauss latest opera ia called "Cag
iastro in Vienna" and was brought ouE early in /
luis month in that city.
MUSICAL WORKS.
The last number Of the Musih4asches Wochen-
'!du gives detailed oTitlelsm OF the recent per-
IT Friedrich Kiel's oratorio "Chnstus." WITH |
eferenoe to the work it saya: "kleTs pra.otio |