, 1875-06-27

sinking INTO tho saa he exchange of noble and tender
sentiments between "Brnnhilde md "S!egfned, & !"
sunnonng his followers with his horn, are e1ne!ant
dramatic plctuItns The masterpiece ts the death Of
Siegfred.s Wounded, bleeding. he invoEo& :" HTun-
hilds" the orchest1& echoes thu cali with strain Of
exquisite pathos that, beginning tn khe loud smooth
roll Of hors gea Into the finest Vocing Of the no
Inns aud dos away in the scarce audible notes of tne
harp This repeated after each call upon his holy
BRIDE" whom sieg1ried supposes 70 bc asleep he
cries again: Try Fafes M eenea - ana n1M ss. Ie h
seems to $50 her eye openlng upon him, and tho muac
renders iii the bliss a.,d tcnderuess of dying III hes
smile, This wna sung by Nenlann. and tha audieuca
inssted upon It's repetition twas followed BY max
veolta funeral march, pictnrng the bearing OF the
dead conqueror TO his Tes Hera Wagner il o. grand
sva and a. spiritual ~ Beethoven himself. The con-
cert wcs triumph Tor Wagner. AL the n0hadt and
best IN society and art were there His countsnance
warmed he received the vocferous plaudits which
he divided In tbs most courteous manner with the
singers. In leading Wagner has the quiat enerRy Of
perfect se1-couamApd.
Row THE SULTAN GOES TO OPERA.
The Paris correspondent OF tho London Post
writes:
Tbs Ps.is,.ns have iatter1y beer much amused by
the puhicaam in tho daily Journals OF many curious
stories shout AtdulAxz, tho Turkish Sultan, whose
Tins eccentric posautAte when b CAME here, behaved
much ike ordinary oEtsls seeming TO have LETT bis
peculiarias behind him. but 1T ho1na he cazriea them
tdea of the mannar in which he goes to the 1ziian
opera In Cost.ntfnope It appear thAt be does not
to whit that 1n.utauon more than once ysartT,
and that on that grand OCCASION selections from =.
great number Of tbs principal operas, now and o nfe
presented. few d&ys ago ths Director Of the Opera
sossed orders to fof ths ea%n8 IT. ct @
ing until In the morning. 4 short time after the
reception Of the 1mperil order, 4 long cor5eRe Of
mules beariug provisions Ill the cooking apparatus Of
the Royal Kitchen. and arke part OF the Sultana
wardrobe made lta appearance 1t "a customary 1of
the Sultan Lila toilet several times during hts
rived and tho officers Of the household busiiy 1t
work uppaekng and arranging, the s9Aare IN front Of
the uaeatre reeembled vast market, When every
thing WIS ready the Sultan Ad took his seat in
tho hoyal box The curtain 1t upon tho dec
ond act Of the Barber Of Seville" After he hid H.
tened few minutes, Abdnl-Az1x discovered that he
OF Ministers In his box The consultation Tas not
finished, when thu " Rarber Of seviusa WA followed
tie sultAn had not heard he dismissed the Minis
ters and listened eagerly Tor few moments: shen,
suddenly Calling bis Grand Cham he sgd thas
with great disllsssure- reanf1oa &nok1n4 1ara-
cnsiy.
With au act from Ernani.' and during This PART Ct
the perfornance real c4tas tronhe occurred. In the
chorus Of praise to Charles Quint introduced At the
Glory to AbduhAxiz" THIS find Of demons: sation
haa always heen especially dstatat to the Staa and
os soou ~ he heard his he left ths taeatrs
c.r1e Of the musical department While be remained
II tie thestrs the scene In the square outside of
UNUSUAL splendor- Five hundred nagnihcanuy c.
n.risa,ad horses hitrhed to ratings; richly np1
formed soldiers rociued under the trees the chair
bearers OF the various high funcona1ea aoksd their
long pipes and sang their eternal songe and electric
tights tried In vain 10 rival the splendog Of the Oriental
moonlight which cast glamour over the wholn apec
tace II 11lmored that because Of the Sulans anger
these will be no more opera In oonsantinople foz
long time.
MUSICAL, NOTES. ::
Nine De Murska leaves San Francisco, short
II, for Australia.
a London paper announces that some difficult
II has arisen With respect to Won Bulows vlaat to
America.
lille. Thalberg hss sung GAert.bino at Cayaat
Garden. The performance u spoken OF rather
as the result OF instruction than Of rginai study
Of the character
II. Georges Blzet, the young composer Of
Carmen" the new opera which recently enjoy
ed q success at Paris and has just been accepted
ut Vienna, died 1T Bougival on the Sd INST =
Mile. Aimee has been engaged for four months
al the Paria Varieties, where she Is to - create "
successiyelv, commencing in September. new
opera by Offenbach and another BY Lecocq. In
January and February she Is to pa1form in St.
Petersburg.
hrs. Weldon, who In at present living In Paris,
has commenced in the French law courts, an
action for breach OF contract and for libel
against II: Gounod Tbs articles which che
considers ibelons appeated in Par1s journal.
but the composer denies that be is the author ot
Them.
Among the forthcoming novelties at the New
York Central Park darden Ooucsrs is "sytn-
phonietta," By Raf, for wind instruments only.
An "Allegro Agitato," by Dr. Pearce, Of this
CITY, and "Festival March" by Mr. seifert
first viouaist of Ar. H&meik's orchestra at the
Peabody Institute ooncasta in Baltimore, have
recently been played ut these concsrts.
The Duke Of Edinburg has, it ia understood,
composed, and in private played, several pieces
OF his own,-solos for the violin aud Violoncelio,
and duets for the violin aud futa. 1t ia likely
they will soon be published. The most am-
bitlous OF these musical noFeitles-a concerto
(Quiutst) in minor-has recently been played
in an anonymous form, in many London draw
g-rooma.
The Nsw York Times of tho Esd saya: ''The
mention in tie Times OF Sunday OF a proposed
BeAson Of English comic opern at Wallaeka The
atre was founded. We are sorTy to hear, npon in
accurate information Massrs. Co1ville J. Fryer
have abandoned the plat, We now learn. and
their first united venture viii be the ftlallment
commence, SO far a. the United States is con-
cerned, in August: 1876-~
The firm ct Breitkopf, OF Leipzig, which has
published the complete edition OF the works Of
Beethoven. now proposes to do tbe sAma with
tha compositions Of Mozart, one-shird Of which
sro in manuscript, provided subscription Of
printing will be at laast 5000. AZ BalzburR,
the place Of Moza1ts birth, at Vienna, sud at
Le,pzig, considerable sums have been already
contributed by the admirers Of the music 1T Mo
2art.
L letter from St. Petersburg in the Figaro ssates
that tie benefit performance at Nine. Jude pro
duced sum Of Il, GOO francs The stalls, which
xNAtn maid ut