The Portland daily press., 1875-03-31


nr.s Matilda Phillips, sister OF MISS Ade-
H. hos been studying music in Italy
49, ., --oors will appear upon the lyric stage
- th;s country next season.
al vr'1 ~ he Haas is engaged on sope rnusu-
,,,rine views off the coast of Maine.
''i,1 l1I sbonbard is vocalist who has been
.."ootin1 attention in Washington. His
,oice is said to run from deep mello" o"SS u
= soprano, like two voices in one
Onr eminent basso, Mr.. Myron w. Whitney,
NOW in London, is acknowledged to stand WIN
ont n peer as basso profundo in the oratorlo
.nd concert halls of that great metropolis, anu
fairly divides the honors with Mr. Charles
Santley, the no less eminent baritone. ME-
whitney has been received everywhere WIN
the most flatteriug testimonials, and the press
is laudatory to an unusual degree wherever DC
is heard, whether in oratorio, which IS rea'iy
his proper place, or in the many classical anu
miscellaneous concerts which London seaSon
might almost be said to be surfeted Swltn'
William Bradford is painting Arctic scenes
onl hos NOW, ~, his easel "The Polaris in WIN
ter Quarters" o, Cow
Verdi is said 10 be writing funerai sym
phony. with chorus, for the translation Vi 'no
remains of Donizetti from a rural celne'eiy
near Bergamo to a splendid sepuicher pre-
nared for them in the cathedral of that city,
Wilkie Collins has been turning his story
aArmadale'' into play. In this work he has
been assisted by M. Regnier, the French actor.
The great picture which Gustave Dore is fin
ishing for the forthcoming Salon represents
scene in the Inferno. 1t is work which has
remained in the artists studio for many years
unfinished. The Academy says: 'The criti-
csm that we have heard passed upon it is that
it is so full of writhing serpents that it resem-
bles nothing so much as a bag of eels'' The
Dore gallery ia Bond street is being enlarged
at one end for the reception of this enormous
work, for il is intended to exhibit it in London
directly after the Salon. M. Dore has also fin
jshed his characteristic illustrations of the
Crusades, and the work will be shortly pub
lished in Paris.
The chief attraction at Her MaJestys Opera
during the ensuing season will be the t1rst per-
formance in England of Wagners famous OPP
era, ''Lohengriu," of which Mr.. Mapleson has
secured the sole right. The version used viii
be that which was so successful at bologna,
when Siguor Campanin sustained the title
role and in which he and Nine. Nilsson Gre
ated so great Juror in New York. The cho
ruses have been drilling in Italy for several
months past, where magnificent dresses, seen
ery and appointments are also being prepared,
in order that the chef deuvre of the famous
composer of the Emusic of the future" may be
produced with the utmost eclat. The cast Will
be unprecedentedly strong, Mile. Titiens being
the Ortrud, Nine. Nilsson sustaining her orlgi-
nal part of Elsa. while Signor Campanini will
doubtless repeat his Italian and American sue.
cess as the hero, Lohengrn.
A new painting by Boughton, the American
artist residing in London, has recently been
purchased for the Corcolan Art Gallery in
Washington. tits entitled "The Heir Appar
ent" Mr.. Kauffman's large historical paint.
ing OF columbus Before the Council at Sala-
manca" is also on exhibitlon4at the Corcoran
gallery.
A concert complimentary to Mr.. Charles G.
Bush, the young artist, and Mr.. William ID
Beckett, the baritone, has been arranged tc
take place at Steinway Hall about the middle
Of April. The English Glee Club and
Mendelssohn Glee Club will participate.
Mr.. Bush goes abroad to complete his art stud
les, and Mr.. Beckett visits England for the
purpose of studying oratoro music.
The centenary of Michael Angelo is to be
held at Florence, sometime the next autumn.
His works will be exhibited, house shown, and
all his drawings and other relics. Also new
life of the great man is to be published by the
commentators, Aurelio Gotti, director Of the
Ufizi library, based on previous life by Va
sari, but using the archives of Florence, which
contain 40 letters written to Michael Angelo
and $50 written by him, now for the first time
placed at the disposition of biographer.
Among these is mere scrap of letter, writ
ten by Michael Angelo from Venice in Sep
TENDER, 1880, to explain his mysterious flight
during the siege of the prince of Orange, for
which the state paid 10000 francs to its pos
SCISSOR, some years ago. Other works of special
interest are also, to be brought out on this
occasion. This work of Gotti's is to be used
by Charles Heath Wilson, an English scholar
in Florence as basis for an English work
which shall be critical as well as narrative.
Mr. Wilson has been granted favors by the
pope which would never have been accorded to
Signor Gotti, and James Jackson Jarvis, the
we'll known artist and conoisseur, warrants
that his work will be worthy his opportunities.
A very neat compliment for Mr.. Thomas
comes from Baltimore Theodore Thomas is
a vrtuoso, and the instrument that he plays
on is the orchestra
At Rome, the new "Venus' found on Christ
mas Eve has been placed in the gallery of the
Capitoline Museum. The statue is only four
feet in height and represents young girl
of the Roman type of beauty, of about
thirteen years of age. Although inferior to
the celebrated Captoline Venus, it is most
lovely specimen of sculpture.