, 1876-09-03

Saint-Saens, the composer, writes the musi-
c2l criticisms for T. EstaJette of Paris.
Carleton, the baritone Of the Kellogg English
opera company, has returned from England.
A Universalist church in New Haven will be
opened as IN opera-house on the 1st Of NoVem-
ber.
The Boufes Parisiens will reopen in Septem-
Der with Herye's new opera, "Estelle ct Ne
morin.''
At Dieppe, PATHS house was decorated with
flowers, and the renowned songstress serenadcd
on her arrival
party Of wealthy men, It is reported, are to
build fine opera-nouse in San Francisco for
Strakosch.
The expense Of producing Wagner's opera at
Bayreuth was about $225, 600, including the fes-
tiyities connected With it.
The Soldcne troupe will leave England for
this country in the City Of Berlin Nov. 2, and
will probably open At the Globe Theatre in Bos-
ton Nov. 20
Mr.. Wertheimber promises to bring On as sup
port to Nine. Essipof, the Russian pianist, sew
eral vocal artists whose tllents will fully equal
those OF bis musical q star"
4 grand musical festival, with a choir Of 4 900
singers, will be held in Amsterdam On Sept. . to
II. Brucl, Gounod, Hitler, Liszt, Vieuxtemps,
etc, are expected to be present.
Mile. Leontine Mendes, an American singer,
has gained the first musical hDn0rs at the Con-
servatorie, Paris, another example Of American
talent on the other side Of the Atlantic.
The performance OF Prof. Macfarren's new
oratorio, s. The Resurrection" at the approach
ing Birmingham festival will be conducted by
Mr. Walter Macfarren, brother Of the composer.
Mr.. P. 8. Gilmore rehearses every day the
Fifth Symphony Of Beethoven. It is feat never
before attempted in the world by military
band. It will be given in New York Thursday
evening.
It is reported that Nine. Pauline Lucca will
sing for the first time in Italian opera at Mos
COW next season. Some papers, however, au-
nounce the engagement Of this laly at St. Pc
tersburg.
It is said that Herr Wagner has been so de-
lighted with the ." Life of Schopcnhauer,' lately
published By an English lady, that he has pre-
scented her with ticket for the performances ut
Bayrcuth.
Nilsson is making furore in Sweden. Pleas
ure-trains are being run to all the towns where
she makes her appearance. At Stockholm,
where there was no possibility of finding cou-
cert-room sufficiently large, the doors OF the
Cathedral were opened in ner honor.
The London Athalsuna says: "The hope en-
tertainel that the state OF Dr.. Won BuloW's
health would have enabled him to conduct the
Glasgow orchestral concerts has not been real
ized, and the Committee have again appointed
Mr.. Arthur Sullivan IS Conductor, who directed
the concerts last winter"
The Offenbach Garden, very costly establish
1nent opened by Otfenbach in Philadelphia, has
failel and closed. The owner is wealthy New
York lady named Cameron. The Forrest mau-
sion concerts having been abandoned by Theo-
uore Thomas, and the Operti Garden being in
f1,e banda nf n renpiyer infee great Centennial
"side-shows have ended in disaster.
A London correspondent Of the New York
Grapsc writes: +" Nothing in the musical way
is more surprising to me than the singular iuap
probation of Parcpa which exists in England.
Musical amateurs explain It in this way: that
Parepas voice aud figure lacked the dramatic
requisites necessary III their opinion to the sat
isfactory assumption Of the roles Of opera;
therefore her place was marked out as mere
balladist or concert singers only. She hoped,
poor dear, to change the current OF English
criticism BY her appearance in .Lohengrin,' af-
ter her return from America Her husband was
an accomplished conductor; they had large
sum Of money at thejF command, the savings Of
their profitable 4Rasons 10 America. aid tbs