The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-17
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THE sERIEs or nAskED BALLS
has begun for the winter IN TIE sale Favart g
the Opera comique. They are enlisened by an
excellent band and the price OF admission II nxed
at ten francs, as WIS formerly tue case ~ the Old
opera house In the Rue Lepeleter.
The Society OF Sacred Harmony mas performed
at the Circus In the Champs Elysses HsDdelf
oratorio In three paris, entitled Judas Maccs
baus;n and the crowds Who nocked 20 hear n
offer sufficient proof that the stndy OF scientific
music has made enormous progress IN France u
late years Both the chorus aud the orchestra
were very effective at the oratorio, and the per.
Torrance was great success
''LEs AMorRs Do DfABLk"
has been reproduced with entirely new deocrs-
tons at the Chatelet. IL Is an opera IN our acts
and nine tableaux, OF which the words are BY NJ.
de Saint-Georges and The music by Albert Grlsar.
IL was first played at the Theatre Lyriqae IN 1854
when 1t had brisk run OF nfty nights ull II was
Withdrawn by government interference. The sub
Ject treated Is the story OF young devl who mas
taken the form OF pretty woman TO lure a wild
young scamp into peroition. But the she demon
becomes captivated by the young man and falls In
love with him deeply that at the critical momenl
she determines TO return alone 10 satan and fo r.
bears TO destroy the soul OF him whom she has N.
deavored TO entrap. The whole work Is made up
OF striking tableaux, OF which tue
PALACE OF BEELzBBUB
is the most remarkable. Nothing can possibly be
sweeter or more delightful than the ballet which
concludes the first act, and all the music 10 iull OF
grace and tenderness. 1t attracts crowded houses,
''BEPPon
is a trining production, which has be en- brought
out at the Opera Comlque and or which the music
Is by NJ. Conte; the liDretto by NJ. Louis Gallct.
The plot OF this little opera is OF extreme sim.
plictty. Laura. pretty young widow, refuses %
marry rich sutton, who is violently in love with
her, and who is jealous OF a tail Turk, who moves
about her house as II everything in 1t we're his
own. In fact he Is justly entitled to DO So Tor no
is really Beppo, the husband, whom Laura sup
poses to be dead. He succeeds In making peace
with his wife, and the curtain falls upon their
reconciliation. There are some pretty passagea
in this operetra. and it was prettily executed.
The Paris theatres are at this moment passing
through their annual crisis, tho latter half OF De-
cember being generally bad time for them, and
being rendered worse this year by the eXtrems
severity Of the weather. Few playgoers can 10.
member such heavy fan OF snow as that which
now lies upon the streets, and locomotion is al
most impossible. For this reason the morning
performances at the Porte Saint Martin have done
better than evening amusements; and on Sunday
last M. Ballande brought out a new piece. eutlted
"UNE FAMILLE EN- ls70-7l." PAR NJ. CoUENIER.
The plot of 1t Is laid In Paris during the siege,
and shows that the French are already beginning
to look upon their disasters with an eye to bust
ness.
Nine. Olympic Audouard has been delivering lee.
lures on Splritualism at the Sale des Families,
and has attracted large audiences.
"CHARLEMAGNE,"
grand historical drama of the middle ages IL
announced at the Francois. where the denai-moiade
still hold possession OF the playbills.
FREDERIC LEMAITRE, ANOTHER IMMORTAL,
has appeared again at the Theatre des Arts ana
has acquitted himself creditably in spite OF many
evidences Of hard living and physical weakness.
TIA FILE DE MADAME ANGoT''
appears to have become an institution in Paris
and is still playing to crowded houses at tho Foes
Dramatiques.