, 1875-09-26

These salaries may sppEsr very large to oul
choir singers especially OF the sopfanos but il
must be remembered that these sopranos att
not ouly among the very best church sopranos
in the United States, but many Of them arc pro
fesaional concert singers.
WAGNER PROTESTS.
Wagner writes to the Bayreuther Tase6lan Of
the repeated dissensions anorg his singers and
the secession of He1r Nienann, az follows:
"since sl the press, including tae leading papers
reproduce these c2lurios rerors It IA Iereby simply
declared from the place itself that c7arythng con-
tanned IN them lying fabrication which cannot 1e
be aschug importance to tho instances Of nisunder
standing which really did occur. bat which were
pFcssnt settled II the rrilogy": Bruahstdz, Nine.
friedrich Materna, Of Vienna; Jooe, Herr Vog', OF
Munich; siegfr,ei. Herr George Unger, Of Mann
Herr Aber Nlc1oznn, Of Berla A!oer.:h, Herr Casl
Hiu, Of sehvesin Guntter, Her Eugen GUN,
of Leipsic; At,ne, Herr cafl sc1,oaaer, of No.
Mannheim; Haz.n, Herr En-u scaris, Of ,y;saaa ;
Ycsoit Herr Ao Eiiers, Of coburg; Auna.ng end
Liot,+cr, Herr Nerrins: q Ds1nssadt; Efae IN and
va. III ,,un!:A GutzHne. 1llle. "ecleTdp, Of
Au...a; :i.cka. Nad. '5n GraE-S~ d!er, Of Coour:
!orne, sLle: P1eiss Of b7qnsKief; Fsf,.a, s3e Me.
Lin Lehmann. Of Berlin; Nile Marie Lehra.nn: < Of
Hcrltu: MIle Lammert, Of Berlin; Naserks. Nile:
Muller, of Mannheim a9d 1e: n3en hnsao1ee e a.
Burger Of Cobuzg; Herr Her.ich, Of Berlin: Herr
ETers aud sang, Of Berlin, and Herr Koch Of b.es-
Mu, will figure - iegers tAdn1t7> II G1ft<7aan'aeT-
tin1. -
TIE NEW oPEHA-uoCBR II LONDON.
Speaking Of the plans for the new Opera
House, tho London Telegraph SETS:
Tho building faces towards tic E11bankmaat. but
has reay forr ddes three Of which have opeonge ca
roata 70 that the house be emphed TerJ apeeduy
Trits frorn the xtala nre made from ethe- stde@ u
1v1|i as from the 'front.' 2nd entrances and exits Of
snitheatro and sal1ary though under cover. are AZ
forethsr separata by which plan much confusion WILL
he avoided. But there Is another and Mcss aom-
10 need of nzgardly pairing anl scrapug in The dis
o6itIon Of spice fet AZ there ts no cr1nptaE Or
waut Of room IN The plan Of The National
/: has BEEN found practicable BY the nanagenent TO
st this TeTy eensib.e PRACTICE which Is to number
tho boxes and stalls, in every Fzrt o tae house. with
odd nnd rveu tgres the odd being 1eted 70 ade,
~ even "a tho othar. The paviuonko front Of tho
edf~e With it's three stories at coluuns aud striking
csTcifr for sculpturexque and other ornament, su3
t,ests ueaeaut resort summer nights to the noala
hscuntee overlooking the river at ita most slightly
nd Uraceful cupola rising TO height Of 146 feet In
font Of the root which oEa7B the stage The Plan Of
tha honse HbpEa hrZo yesHbule, leo foet In ieo8t1
from Which, leva, are The entrances to tho staa
IN either xide In the paviHous arc circular
iradiup to tho grand tiers end tbs pit tier - ap-
7,rnached py separate BtAitcase5. The ares wM con
tan sd stalls the grand Ter will be fty and the foyer
on Ieyel with tbs corridor. The snits OF rooms pro-
vided for refreshnept and promenade are, We MY
i1,dra from the drawings, cezt2n1g by
xo1hiu8 Of the lind attempted In this country. Each