, 1876-01-04
north of Harrison. which Was referred 10 Tho
Committee on Hailroats.
Tho Council then adjourned.
AMUSEMl;NTS.

ADJUSTMENTS.
| THE ENGLISH OPERA,
\ The nineteenth English opera seaaon in Gill
cago was opened Inst evening at I1ooioys Oncra-
liouao bg the ko!logg troupe, with tl,o repro.
scntntion of tho familiar s'I,ollemiau u,r1,"
which. upon tlis occasion, vas given for tho
tbirtetl tImo In this city. and llay been called
upon to do duty as tho openug wosl; Of eight OF
tho nineteen aeaaons. Al tho psuteut season
bcg'ns tlo now Ycaf, and also Ihaugura,ch ths
opora neaHon Of 1870 brief retrospect Of tho
English HeasonB will DO Interesting. Tho i,rst
Was gtveu by tho Lrstes-Dutand troupe in bcp-
sembtr, 1858, period almost beyolId tho rccul-
lectiona OF tho present raco Of opefa~goers thu
second and third by tho Cooper troupe, from
ly tho EBtcots and Miranda troupe 10 November,
1859; tho fifth by tho Holman troupe
in November, 1868 tho at1th by tho Campbell
md Castle troupe, In which were nosa Cooko aud
51T. and S1rs. 6egufn, In September. 1865 the
seventh and eighth by tho lEichingB troupe in
March and November. 1853 tho ninth by tho
e earsn .rG%p9 y ~ the
! ~ October and December, 1861 tho twelfth by
the niclngs- bernard troupn In January. 1870
tho thirteenth by tho PAropa-Iasas troupe til
April, 1870; slo fourteenth and ilitconth BY tho
!!ichtnRs-bernard troupe in October, 1870. ard
March, 1871: tho sixteenth by tho lIowson
troupe, patched-up and ahort.jived osgan,za-
ton, tn January. 1871; tho seycntconth aud
eighteenth By tno KcIlogg troupe In December,
teentla In no" in progress. It is how
orcr fifteen yonrB einco Miss Kellogg !lrBt saug
upon tho Chicago boaEda mid. ~ sle Is shoro.
foFo IN old friend az sell as favorto Of our con-
cert and opefa-goors. o brief tenlinsncopce Of
her career in this city may 10 admissible. Sho
tnado her debut in concert In November, 1860, IN
troupe Of Which Colson, Btignoli, and sussnl
| were e. mcnberp. Her next appearance was Ia
| the Italian opora season that iuaugurated tho
Crosby Opc1a-liouse IN April, 1865. sAo camc
nEa!n In concerts In February, 1862 with Petrol
y mud Lottl, Aida Iopp, tho p!anst, and Kopta,
TIA sho asso!lntst; hnd November, ls10. with kan.
fs-bandea-SUcct-u uome-snasher, Well. nian-
| ist. Ia February, 1873, sllo appeared in Italian
| opera With Lucca md ainco that time haa been
| hero three tirnca "a tho pilot OF her own English
troupe.
Miss Kellogg ha. never met with a hcartier
reception tn my OF her visits thsn sI,o did last
evening from tho lmmeuso audience In at
tendance 1t mas not 70 much Of that euthusi,s-
TIC Character with which new singer Ia gomc-
| timcs grected. a. Of cordia friendly nature,
Which nav bo got down not ouly al q recognl-
ton Of her ability NJ an artlss, but also aa
sincero welcome Of her from personal and
brinGs will, her differs from tho last ono {wish
the exception Of Nfr. Hall, now with tic Oates
troupe}, only In point Of acccssious, by which It
Is materially strengthened aud secured beyond
f1e SsA with ar0 tho 20 regular a' rou.oe 10 oi inter,
SEASON. In addition to a1rs. Van Zendt, Mrs,
Seguin, aiiss Beaumont, alessrs. Caatlc. Mas,
addcd MisB Montague (Hopfano), n1r. Hamilton
(baritone), and hts. Comfy (baaaol, 20 that each
part IL doubled up. thus On tho one hand giving
tho needed tcsts, aud on the other removing
RI JFlT4$
tions: ....
The cast WAS Us follows:
At!h.. Kellogg
Can't .r7,h.,r Mas
1,oI beRntn
1!cv!shuot Pcakcs
..........Aorgan
Tho story and music Of tue opera aro as fnmi1-
iar az tlEaery tale, 10 familiar iu fact to all
art.sts OF tho English opera that thcro is d
temptation to 60 through tho work mechanically.
Although it Is 3 light work for an artist 1ika
Aitss Kellogg. 1t is essentially baIlud opera,
and is thus adapted TO ons special plase Of llor
succcss-that II ballad singing. Khllo Hhe In
rests tho character OF Arl,ne dramatically with
all tho Charm OF youth. With rA!nces. yiyaci-
ty and freshness, her best SUCCESS III in her vocal
is'n, and her numbers arc interpreted With con-
summate Bkill and excellent taste. Her spoken
lines lack in dsanatic forcc, but when 1t comes
70 her vocal numbers she is tho trained artist
Her bright and beautiful voIco IL ~ fresh a. over
willio her style fec1nB to have gained in breadth
and intensity. The .'slarble Halls" which is
hur principal number, although 1t was taken
wlsh serr slow tempo, and ono that wonld be
dangerous to . lcss skilled vocalist. was charm
tugly given and encored, and IN tho cou,or.ed
numbers her clear voice told with 4Ju,j1ablo
effect its bright quality and lnolodIousncss, and
especially her clear ennnciation heiug very tell.
tng In this little oapdbo1 OF . tloat1c. slm.
seguin took tho rolls Of tho v!ndictiyo
oxaII by virtue Of her dramatic ability
~ well aa her vocal into = Leading
QUO. sho was suffering from very aoge1o cold,
against which she had constantly 10 labor NTH
apparent effort. Notwithstanding 1t. phe gavo
her teclalnations with passionate vigor, and. BY
her tlno singing o. tho !nserpolatod song IN thu
round upon round OF applause. Tho encore.
however. ailo was compelled to declnc, owing to
tho roason wo have alteady Stated. both Nr,
Mag i1aaddeas) and Carleton (couut Ar1utcinl)
flied thcs PARTS very, acceptably. The former
developed delightfully."- musical quality Of tono,
aud sang worry smoothly, although in action he !
shows little Improvement since ho was last hare.
MIR. Carleton sang with e,cat care, and showed
very married. Improvement ssuce lid last appear
Hncc. His principal number, "Ihe Heart lowed
Down" was sung with line expression, aud de-
served the hearty recognition it received f1om
tho au1tonce.. alr. lealea WAS in the role OF
Dtrilshocf. which he las given hero boforo, aud
which he sase this timo with gzea. unctiou, both
Of yoca aud action. Ills yotco Aaa lost mono Of |
i.s Tc'ght or depth. nor Is there my lnarLed |
difference from his singing Of past SEASONS. |
Tho choTus. although. sometimes out OF tune, |
dId its work worry well, and tho orchestra, under |
Mf. HohrenB' direction, mns bcttor than most Of |
the oneEattc orchebtras that have been huro.
Tits evening, "Iho lfoso OF Castillo will bo
given, In Which Miss Montague will mako her
debut. s..
M'VlcKER'S THEATRE,
Lea Pres st. dcsyniA comic opera that hhd
never besu given in Chicago before, was the at-
lin ptro