, 1875-08-15

rand Opera; Mdue. wtzt.k teaer-
neriY ~ well a. Marco {American). will make their
N Of debut. ai $ speeiaed % are Mesdsnes De- aiai,
I'M to me othe5 De Monale, Proch, and Moreno the
sday cnntr,, aaenofa ses!cni anu ms1 ods sssn.h
oons ieap] Phs ~. esnJ1' sn ashs.sr Iar;unon
this N!conus.nonl Trench, n Marin French,:
will {BeagAnd passes a1a Signort Cotogni, St1ozzi,
y-six fne bAxolo, Bosd, Capponi, ciampi, and n.
City K1aRoth).
% ~ ~ the 18th Of September, Of opera 1t the
49, Angltre in Munich, prepared specially for me
noeo Coudtors to the Bavari1n Capital during that
end, is to t. giSen w the osheT ~orls AZ By
aint- | I'D 1taltAn. ~ well as German composers,
usic. rEhe William Tell " Of hossini, lies qen1
sbunod. the t4Joseph and .'Uthai" Of Ne.
,xx,r, 9"Arnoner" Of tortz,ng, re "Fteschntz"
Gernau prima donna, Mdle. TorTaant, who
the italian Opera in Paris, ne1t At Her Males
o'on peEa Drury Lana, and subsequently, IL 4mesca,
feen engaged for English opera at the PEancess
'aher 1e under Mr. Carl Rosa, who h.s also secured
Yoke. an American contralto, Miss dasior' and
nsnni Marchetti the composer o "huy Blas"
't{ng another work Don dioyannt d'Austra"
can approach st al the Don Giovanni of Spain, the
uot MUSICAL NoTE8
Nile. Ca1lotta Patti is making \ professional
:, tour through the south Of Germany.
! is about to marry Miss Minnie Conway.
The English opera troupe is still at Maguire's,
In San Francisco.
Signor Campohello has been engaged by Mr.
Carl Rosa for hia Princess English opera season.
According to the Menestrel, II. Tournie. the
new French tenor, has been engaged by Mr.
Gye.
The Pal Nal Gazette says g Roger, the well
known French tenor. is publishing in the Paris
Figaro BONE fugitive "reminiscences Of his Ca
reer."
The poet seidl, author Of the Austrian nation
al hymn, - Gott erbalte unsern Kaiser, - died at
Vienna on the 18th OF July.
BIns. Arabe1la Goddard. who has been gum
merng at San Francisco. will appear in concert
in New York in October next.
Mr. G. Il. Davidson, musical and dramatic
publisher-who bought out Cunberlaud's edi-
ton Of the British Drama-iB dead, in London,
aged IA.
Miss Adelaide Phillips is organizing new
Italian opera company at Boston. Her sister,
Miss Matilda Phillips, will stng In the new COM
pany.
Miss Blanche Cole, formerly Of the Rosa
opera company, is managing a series OF Enghsh
opera performances at the London Gaiety
Theatre.
l. Copenhagen letter states that Nine. Chris
tine Nilsson aud Nine. Trebelli-Bestlnl are ex-
pected to arrive shortly at Copenhagen On pro-
fessional tour in Scandinavia
Nine. Nilsson has been compelled to decline
the liberal offer Of 300, 900 for 100 nights, made
her by Mr. Max Sfrakosch, of New York on &C.
count of indisposition. She Is now in Paris.
Mdlle. Albani, Nile. d'Angeri, signon Marini,
Maurei, and Dagagiolo will give serles OF ope-
ratio performances this autumn in Venice, at the
Teatso Ia Fence. under the direction Of SiRnor
Beyignani.
The Goloss gives the following list Of artists
engaged for the next winter season at the st.
Petersburg Italian Opera: Mesdames Adeina
PATTI, Stoiz, yolpini, d'Angeri, and Scalchi NM.
Nico}ini, Marini. Capou, Cotogni, Padi1la, Ssxoz-
ri, Bagaeioio, Jamet, and Clampi-
a festival was preparing At Ghent for tho 25th
and o6th July. First day, "Jubllant Overture"
BY Hansenns and Haydns IS Seasons" Second
day. cantata De Schelde, By Pierre Benoet.
another new caotsta BY Adolphe Samuel . con-
certo by Vieuxtamps, performed BY III. Wieniaw-
shi. The orchestra and chorus number $40 ex-
ecutants.
The subscription for q monument to Auber
will close at the end OF the month. II. Ambrose
Thomas is President Of the Committee Ibesum
already obtained is said to be very satisfactory:
thoue b the amount is not stated. The list OF
subscriptions numbers 254 ladies, gentlemen,
noblemen. musical firms, journals, and cerces-
Nine. Adelina Patti, Mile. Cariotta Patti. Messrs.
Roosey, Offenbach, Lecocq. Gounod, and Nine.
Meyerbeer are among the subscribers.
Mr.. Carl Rosa will open the Princess Thea
tire, London, in September. with his English
opsra company The cast Of - The Marriage OF
Figaro, the n,st iyce to be Sung, will be as fol-
lows susanna Miss Rose Hersee: Countess
Aimauira, Mile. Toriani; che7udino. Miss
Ataduira, Dir. Campobello; Basalso. LII. Charles
Lyall: Bartolo, Mr. Aynslev Cook d1,tonio Mr..
Arthur Howell aud Figaro, Mr. Santley.
Mr August Wo1n,' head Of the house of P1eye1,
Wolff & Co., has invented what he calls the
''tonal," or "harmonlc pedal. which only holds
or prolongs the sound Of notes in harmony With
what the performer is executing. It is effected
By smaller keyboard placed above the ordinary
one and handled IN the same way, only with the
difference that every key touched remains down.
as all the smaller notes in the instrument thus
if "a" is down, all tho "A's " are prolonged,
etc. This smaller keyboard can be worked with
the same facilty a the organiat works the stops
Of an organ.
The Pall-MaE Gazette Of the cath nit. says:
"On Wednesday, the 14th inst. Mime. Nilsson
gave grand evening concert at the Albert Hau-
ut which she was assiated by hfdtte. Iitieaa,
Nfdile. Anna de Beiocca, Nine. T1ebellt-Rettiut,
Mr. Sims Reeves. 6lgnor Camp8pinl, Signor De
Reschi, sisnor Foil and Herr Behreus. On Sst-
urday the last grand afternoon opera concert OF
Maplesons company. The first part OF the con
cert consisted OF selection from So Lohengrjn."
Mdlle Titiens will have q farewell boneht cou-
ce,t at the AIber. Hall on the 18th inst,, pre-
yious to her departure for her American trip,
which will Inst until March, 1876. Mime. Patti
will sing at concerts in Brighton on the 18th Of
September. Birmingham on the 21st, aud Man-
chester on the Esd, before her departure for
Russia. Before fulfilling her engagement at
Venice, Mdile. A!bani will sing at the Norwich
Festival sud at concerts in the provinces"
Lucy Hooper, writing to Appteton's journal,
says:
It is highly probable that M1le Aimee will not ap-
pear Paris next winter ali reports to the contrary
% % ne5 m IRON e sns @
put On such airs, that managera find 1t hard to
to terms with her. Vizcutin Of the G2ur tried to
character LII " The Journey to the Moon, which ia to
be the de r1ssace at TINT theatre next winter.
But the fascinating singer exaced, among oher
dftious letters should nlacAd