, 1875-02-28

! 20 veil togetle7. do no. believe, for my Part.
that we'll or i'll, sha will sing tais sprung ~ the
t Paris opera"
The New York Tribune Of tbs 25th inst. says:
1.-THE Academy Of Music will ba opened next
Saturday evening for the benefit Of the Free
framing aud Cooking School, when Johann
Stfanss' operctta, Die Fledermaus' {1he Bntl,
t will be presented, under the direction OF Mr.
| principal role. The work has amused Iargs au-
diances n tho Stadt Theatre, but has never baen
| played before an English-speakins public.
AR Max strakosch undauntad 1t the depsr-
| ture of Mile. Mbsni, ia determined to complete
! his season and ENGAGEMENTS, and has nok tho
slightest Intention OF patronizing "the ragged
edge" He commenced season at Washington
On the ed inst, md will open in New York sarly
| next month with .' 'Lohengrin," Nile. Hellhfon
taking the part Of Elsa. The rule Of popular
prices will be strictly observed. and one novelty
is promised in tho shape Of Wagner's Flying
Dutchman-"
| According to the Bayreuth Tayblnn, the prep
arations Tor the representation Of Richard Wsg-
ner's national piece, ''The Ring OF the Nibeluc-
gen, are SO far completed that the times Of the
| rehearsals and the date OF the festival itself
| have been fixed. It is announced that the first
rehearsals for the vocal perts will be held with
| pianoforte Accomplishments weekly in the course
Of next July, when the feur main divisions Of
| the works, viz: - Rheingold, ~ Dio Wa]kure,
"Siegfriod," and :. Gotter1ammerung," will bo
| taken separately and in succession The eano
parts will be again rehearsed early in August
while It is expected that the more difficult scenic
! representations will be sufficiently developed to
admit of their being tested BY the e7a Of tho
month The final and complete rehearsals will
not take place till June or July, 1876 and in &C
! cotdance With the programme the first deduite
public representations will be held ia the first
| weak Of August, 1876, in the following order:
/ NtA 4 In bn;. vvStt In
giyen; Monday, "Do Walkure," Tuesday,
"Siegfried," and "Wednesday, "Gotterlar- "
merung-" Each act ia to be followed By a long
interval, for rest and refreshnent Of the audi
gardens and covered-in surnmer-houses spec,.lly
provided for them.
| CONCERT GOSSIP. !
| Mile. Di Murska has been heard from in Sd
I vanuah.
Nine. Arabella Goddard has just given one Of
three concerts in San Francisco.
| Miss Carlotta Patti and Theodore Ritter will
| appear in concerts next month IN St. Petersburg
| and Moscow
| Herr and Frau joachim wera the artists At tbs
| tenth Leipzig Gewandhaus Concert, at wklch =
! s'Wanachtslied " OF the twelfth century, trial.
| scEibed by Herr Volkmann, and sung BY tho
| ''Thomasschule," Was performed. At tho elev-
enth, new Symphony BY Herr Reinecks Was
great SUCCESS.
| Theodore Thomas has closed his Boston sos
! aon OF ak concerts and five madness \ letter
| infor1us MS thRs Mr. Thomas has received the
last symphony and the now pianofozte concerto
in E tlat Of Rnhinstein. Thess works will short
II be produced in the Thomas concerts, Madame
Madeline Schiller performing the piano part in
| the concerto.
schumsnn's "Paradise and the Peri (" Wis Civ
| en- at Boston last week, and, cur1ouslT enough,
nearly all the Boston papers claim it Is being the
first public performance in this country OF this
| work. The principal yocallsts were Mrs. H. II.
! Smith, Mrs. B. T. Gilbert, and Miss Il. a, Rus
Porter: contrn1tos; Mr. George L. osgood aud
lr. Cornelius Cheneryv, tenors; and Nr. Jaha
=. Winch, baes. The performance is said to have
been remarkably excellent one {Doria did not
sing) and Jet the work failed to make hit.
which has almost always been its fate.
PERSONAL
The cards for the marriage Of Mr. Louis Fslk
the weu-tnown organ;st. aud Miss Cara Dick;n.
| son are out. The happy orent takes Flact
March II.
The new organ Of the Trinity Methods.
| Church will be- opened with grand concert,
March ., upon which occasion the organ will be
played BY Miss Carrie Kiusman. tho church or
ganlst, and 3{r. Louis Fnlk. Miss Ella White,
| ar. Schultze, 1Ir. Schwartz, and othsr siugere
| will also take part.
! The management OF the College OF Music
have awarded ths medals for excellence during
! the past year to Louis Oester!e and Miss CLARA
! Murdoch, the two admirable pianlsts whose play
| ing attracted SO much attention 1t the recent
| college concert. Tho medals arc OF gold, and
beautifully engraved, the diverse .laving harp
| upon an open music book surrounded with .
| laurel wreath. It is pleasant to know, in this
connection, that they are richly merlted ana
honestly Won.
The attention OF our readers is called to tho
advertisement Of bliss Ada L. Hosmer, who has
lately taken up her reaidenc:s in this cty, as q
pianis and teacher Miss Hosuer has studied
with Ernst Perabo. the wen-known Boston pian-
notices from tho East The following is e1-
1act from the Springfield (Mnss.) Republican:
We regret to zay, and tnere are msny who Ei reret
to read that Miss Ada Hozmer leaves the city this
mers shy and retiring disposition has prevented her
from that prominence ~ pianist which Is realty her
taste In music, her departure will be appreciated
noteworthy loss She has tho fairest prospects for
in the great city of the Vest and takea thhsr
the warm goodwill Of those who hars known her
social aud artistic accomplishments here.
NEW MUSICAL WORKS
Verdi is at work On + new opera whose gnbfect
is drawn from Shakspeare's liking LoAr."
stin another new piece from the indefatieab1a
psn OF Oaenbach ia promised; it is to b. en-
titled ''The Creole-"
u. Geysert the Principal OF the Brussels Coa-
acrvstoire, has work in the press, being the
first volume OF L'Histoire ct Theorie de- Ia Au-
sique d'An:iquite.
Herr Gehard Breuning, member Of the fam
iiy OF that name with which Dsath oven was init
mate, has Published in Yienna, his youthful 70
miniscences OF the composer
The Mtsikalsches TochenblaH announces thst
Offenbach is writing = rnass, which is to be pei
formed at family festival II the statenen. Ls
correct, the work will doubtless be looked Tor
With much curiosity.
Two new biographies OF Rossini have been
published in Italy. One at Milan. by Siguur
Luduyico Settimo Silvestri, entit!od "Detla
Vita delle Opero d Gioachino Rossini," with
portrait and facsimile; and the other at Bo-
iogna, by Slgnor Antonio Zauoliui- It ia stated
that in this work there are details OF the COM
poeers career which had not been previously
printed
THE CINCINNATI FESTIVAL
The list OF soloists for the Cincinnati Day Mt
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