, 1876-01-09

| even op tho OF nights tho audiences haye Eaer
! very large. which is almost An anomaly in GU
| opez&tic history. All the members Of the troups
have now been introduced aud been hear1
| sufficiently to warrant tho verdict that tha
| Kellogg troupe Vas uever 80 strong before in
It's principal parsb. Years OF dlsapp0lotmsn ant IN
regard to debutants had led us to suspect rep
| esi;ion Of tue disappointment II the cnse ol
the newcomers, Miss IoataEue, Mr. ConlE, ant
3Ir. Hamilton but the disappointment was OF q
happy description. Miss Montague is an un'
| usually promising singer, with i very muaica
voice, and no faults that cannot be speedily cor
rec1ed. Mr. Couly has d more than Ordinarily
powerful and musical bass voice. and Mr. Ham1l.
ton, though he disappointed US in tho - Roso oi
Castillo" in "Fra Diavolo" displayed dec.ded
vocal and dramatic ability. Ihe chorus is a.
good ss choruses 50, aud the orchestru, unde,
Mr.. Behrens' careful leadership. letter Than
oporatic orches.rls average
Tnie week tho troupe will grapple With heavier
and more difficult works. On aioaiay evening
DAles posthumous opera, '"The Ta;,smau, u
which is written upon the scale OF graod opera,
viii b g.veu; TUESDAY evonin., 1.-The uu-
euenots." With A1me. Van Zanit; Wednesday
evening. "Luca," 3" with Kellogg; Thursday sven
ing, "Fausk" fur the beuetl. Of Van Zandt !;
II
day evening, FRA DiATolo," with Van Zandt.
Tho opera tor the matinee III not yet announced.
THE CHRIST CHURCH CONCERT.
A concert was gisen last Friday evening at
Christ Church By the chorus choir, uudrs the
direction OF Mr. Tomlius which was superior,
muslcally. to church conce.ts III Renelal. TIC
chorla consists Of some fifty VOICES, dlstrib-
uiou as to.loua: About ffseeu eopranl; thlr-
teen altos; twelve tenors; and ton basses.
Thero are few lending yoices, and these are
only in the tenors and bassrs. but, neve thelsss.
they ac.l laitlcd themselves nicely. The:u WAs n
lacx OF couidence ID themselves anpsreat At
ti,uea, out this viii wear OF with study. Tho
souraDi are decidedly weak, the teuor5 are much
better than the average, while the Atlos a3d
oasees are va1y sirarE Ihe best rendered
iart-song. 20 Hush Thee, Ny D4ble." whtoa
Was beautifully euns. displaying a fine quality
Of tone. Mss Nlatt1e G. Brewster sang an ''Asa
Maria" and the Scotch ballad "There's Nae
koo1n for iva" A'ss Brewster has rtcn
soprano voice OF an extensive regis
ter, and eni ,ys most excellent schoo!ln!-
Miss Emma Easer ia to DO congratula ed for tho
wouderful improvement ehe has made lately in
her t!nginx She has d powerful contralto yosc.,
which she uses admirably. Her singing Of :nss
Hodges - 'Kosebdah WAS simply Ok lrlislte, an
was Ut course enoored The other Holoists wera
M.s. Tucker, Miss Fannie Whitney. and Messrs.
Brode1ick and Osborn, al Of ahom d1d we'll Toe
Z 1aAer CITY Quai tetta made their inst apprar-
21C6 6l0c4 t1ef EeOI HaQLaslO0. auu e3n1 SOME VI
sdcir ~ell-knuwn ouartett-s. II Id DO disparaee-
mant 10 then to say lhat thew have not arrived
at that degree OF pei fec lou which tn-r prede-
ceSsor3 Possessed. There Is peAty OF room tor
imp. oye,ueut. lbs audience IS Large aua FASH
ionablt, and very LIBERAL III applause, cueoung
almost ever; r;sb,ng.
THE MESSIAH.
Thursday evening the ozAtocso OF 1.-THE Mes
aiah will be gwen Ut ths First Congregational
nv t,o rt,n fh>f
oucod it at the Centeuarj Church. uad d,r the d.
reotion Of :Ir. Q. Blackman. the eolo!sts will
Also ba the sAlne as on that occasion, with the
e.oept4ou rnAt Hiss Ella 4. White viii sake the
alto pa:t III pace Of s.iss Mueller, whose pny.1-
ciau has furb.doeu her to sing for tue pre5ent-
LIE accompan'naeuts viii be played uy alr.
Matthews and .lr. Eddy Tue pc. ior,nanco Is
fOt the oeuenL OF Mr.. IL lttteM0le. lato teA:her
II music IL the public srho is. ghU Ia. beeu Out
Of Aeal for ,onS time. II ou!y his friends
turl, ous On tho OCCASION the church will be
crowded.
THE APOLLO oLUD-
The next APOLLO Club conces. will take place on
he zSsn lIst.. aaa promises to bo Ut inc noel
aterestlug ever giveu BY this Society. In ad- !
1iou TO the niMbera for tha Club Itself. to |
which we sAa! alude more iu detail hereafter, j
he nanagemens Las shown = comoIeudabie I
,p.rlt o1 enter piss in securing the sery1ces vi !
Iss. II. u. S4nt1, tie excellent Boetou vocalist,
sho was tue soprano soloaet Ut the Cincinnati |
FESTIVAL .ast sprtug :. also OF alrs. Aes.na Wat
son. our uwn excellent i,lanisE auu Tie Lew /
.aheE City Qua. tu.te lA1- UsEues, Gral tenor |
NF. Dr2ter. secoul iebor a-r. Ito dnmlth. hrst !!
J1se Aud Mr. Naoie, eecOud LaeB}. With sucu /
tstrarslou5 a. tuese The mtu:,erd Ut Tie Lluu
nay loux howard 10 Very uutlu:u coucert-
KIcH.SGs-nEeSAaD CONCERT COMPANY
Gu tie 10th OF this month, the last Ut the
nf-o r, t,,;
roure. During thu full they L.se uee1 ln4kin.
. tour through The Eastern aud A:d1!o States,
I'd have just STATED for tile West. Several
es members have been aided to the company
Inch now comprises fifteen IN all. Tic COLI
er.s given by -urs. A:4ch!ubs-Beroa4a a have here
ufo9e uten Vi tue NUS. p.ea=.nB cnarA:tci, aud
Lle 4aA~ lakeeide GLt@rtalpules.t Nli uluLauly
u largely atteudea ~ tue iEst-t4e 1Auu4s
Oacert.
TCRSER HALL.
at tue Turner-uall ro4ce1t this afternoon,
he b7at tea.uces OF the proala.une are tie
, ertLre 10 - Iue Wanderers Ueatnatluu," by
uppc tho huaIe from '-Luc.a," the overture to
.euLuer's '' Ltrlia," SJtnlia4's serelade (soio
u rromboue), add Ncrva1A's Lofe!ey Para-
Il. ase.
We have received tiou4 UralnarG's Sons Cieye-
nd, the following 'lss OF tuuslc of the pupAiar
1T: s. bcs,le Clare. song sud choius. anl
kathleen As>oro," sony 24d chorus. by frap3
Toward - lhe ivy uroen NuI.z. by Il. IL
srby; b" Happy Llt.le Maloen,'' = Noon,"
Understood" and Morning." Ut Jules La
ort's sopgs; ''opeak Inc Trutu, =" by Redmond;
The Trte 5hepuerd," hy u. G. Burnap; aud
1irteen new soaks Of tbs IS Comic aud Hum.r-
W Seues.''
sisaos Ca1ozzi, one OF our local teachers, has
suel very Pretty ''Po.Aa do aa:ou,' with
The CoulvlIuouts Of the SeAson,' being the
[Et nume plo1uctIon fur loiG.
The - Dies Ira, written py Thomas of Celano. :
l.31, had been .,ausIateu by tie Lev. d. ", |
Irons, aIa puinsed luz cnan..n2 Ly Il. ".
'arreu, the New lotk organlst.
lie New Ao.x Hottd sajs: "SnDt Cecilia "
tie t.t,e Ut au admiraoie c1lectlon or au-
Iems, mote.s, chozais, hyulns, etc, 10 Iected
OIL the works of Tie beat ancient aud NJ oueru
'mpusesB, aut including lumber OF origaual
'mpOaltlous for s5lo voices, quartet, and cuo-