, 1876-01-30
ABROAD,

| In OPERA.
M1ls. Ttiens made her debut in the opera Of
"Eorma," in New York, on Monday last, With
| great success. The cast was a. follows: Norma
Mile. Tt,ena; Adalgiso, Miss Beaumont; Polio,
Signor Baccei; 0roreso, Mr. Mcdonald OF
Titiens' iupersonation OF Norma, the New
| York Tribune says:
splendid house, and the satisfaction Of the spec
tators seemed to increase the opera went Her
5 s5s Of which
she il often called the Inst representative. The
"cae.a diva which followed was little dsappotut-
ing for almost sil through 4for,aa tras below
the pitch; but IN the passionate finale tbs noble qua
| ty q her voice the breadth aud splendor Of her
method, and her :. dramntte fire, carried
| tain fel amid aec1am4tiona. In the second
ast The beautiful duet vh datg.sa vas inaessfsaoy
had tho impressive BY tho couch Of the sleeping
children and lastly csms tie long concerted passage
esmut Of Fasslon from fury to despair grief. tender
ness, and love. ill through this closing scene lille.
Se II IT Is hn i Il tDs
expression Of gsnso snoons and the tricks Of vocal
ization, we'll in otbu1sss Of tempessuous feeling,
she is one Of the foreos artists Of time. It Is
| thousand pities that hid not opportunity to
know her for what she is when ahe nrst among
us.
Miss Beaumont received very enthusiastic
notices OF her performance Of Addlgisa. Her
success IT, to say the least. astonishing, when it
is considered that ouly three four years since
shp was with the Lydia Thompson troupe, and is
now singing in Italian opera By ths side OF
| Titiens.
| MUSICAL NOTES.
Carl Rosa is said to have engaged Nilsson for
an American season.
"Malak Adhel, new opera BY LAMBERT hss
proved fsilurs at Alexandria. Egypt.
Annie Louise Cary has been engaged BY Gre
to sing next season at Covont Garden.
Mlle Therese asks Of the Ofcnbach-P Paquero
speculation 520, GOO monthly and expenses for q
tour in America.
Detroit is Boosting comic opera, sour Nam
ma, written BY Fred J. Thomas, which il short
" to be produced.
Wagner is said to be writing an opera upon
the poet Mlckeiw,tz.
bliss Adelaide Phil,pps will introduce her ais
ter to the New York public in LA Cenerentola
in q fortnight hence.
Rubinstein, who Was entirely to return to pri-
vate life, il projecting an artistic tour through
Switzerland, Germany, and Sweden.
Mr. Planche has arranged his familiar comedy
"The Follies OF Night" 2s An opera for which
Virginia Gabriel has arranged the music.
Mme. Arabella Goddard has organized con-
cert company for Canada aud the West. She
kAf6 QEI l1Et EQuCE1l Ill hOuk16A1 Oh the AD1Q.
Minnie Hnck gains immensely in Berlin. She
Ia gradually assuming Lucca's roles amid great
snthueiaam, The Emperor presented her with
costly bracelet.
The Handel aud Hadyn Society Of Boston havo
now in rehearsal Handel's "Josbua," which has
not been given in Boston for many years. This
is for Easter-tide.
Be'lini has not Jet monument in Italy.
NeApolltan named Florino has opened sub
ecriptlon to repair that omission, heading it with
= sum of 1000 frances
Mlle Sauz, who was member of the Lucca
company when that willful little prima donna
made her debut in this country, is prima donna
conttalto st La Seals. Milan, this season.
At the last rehearsal OF the Boeton Handel
and Havdn Society. the President. Mr.. Perkins,
presented the Society with accompaniments to
the Messiah" written out By Robert Franz, at
the request Of the Society. They are sup
elementary to Mozart's scoring. It may not be-
generally known that the is Messiah >" was never
finished Many Of the accompaniments-to
"The people that Salk in darkness" and with
bis stripes" for iustance-are usually filed out
bJ the organist. This is the only Society now
possessing the peculiar property OF full and
complete score OF the ''Messiah," which they
will gj4e at the next performance Of that or3-
soxia