, 1876-04-30

days, and May II haa been deaignased as the
date of his first concert. Il is an expenaiye an
!erprise for the management but in these days
OF Centennial e1travaganco the light. cheery
sparkling music OF Onenb1ch wilt be more ac-
ceptable to the massea than Wagner, and Chopin.
and Beethoven, and the other classics, 40 thor
oughly drilled into the public (not the popular)
ear by Theodore Thomas It may well be
doubted whether the sevarer ordeals Of tha
hagher-toned composers to which for several
years We have been listening with au tho hu-
miAEy and grace which como from tho idea that
! Hb em1nently classical and propaf, may nos
nave paved the way for the tripping tones OF
tne f1encnman- Verify, Ue cannot stnils Bur-
sunay 1ofeVer,-,gtve US sparkling Clicquot &C.
Ma GMas,onal1y and so. ~hile ne revere the hesvy
lighted By the Oneubach airs, Yet. in the pon-
mar mind Onenbach is allied to the naughty
french opera, aud We shall miss Aimee and her
aaan1ng g.. roltekiug, 1tss lnsinuating and wipsome
merry laugh-Aha! These Ire Censenaiai dsvas @
Why may We not be gay Tor season.!
HOW TIE BoHEN1ANs LOVE EACH OTHER.
doubtless you have observed the feeling map
ner in which the New York critics have dea,s
with the new play called tbs ''Twius," recentlv
] produced at Wallack's Theatre. The piece itself
is moderately good. bus the delight OF the news
paper butchers, who have chopped it into smalt
bits, borders on the savage. Worse pieces have
been successful because the critics praised tne1n,
and the occasion Ut the present pother about tha
''Twlns is because 11r. Wheeler {Nym Crinale;,
Of the World, happens to be one Of the authors
The piece has proven = failure, however, and
the inquiry is being made "Who killed it?'
One OF the neanest features Of the care Is tho
effort to make Miss Ada Dyas, who sust&ins =
soemn TACT thst the manaea1s are afraii of tho
criticy and althouRb tLia identicaf nece without
the snite and nate Of the newspaners might h1va
had 3 run, it has been withdrawn in aefereooa
to their views.
1n. eAAa'AA W AnsoApaf.
Ii angtolng 1unnlof than tue Hdna1e1 perform
ance OF the Count Joannes Ut the Academy Of
Music last Monday night ever took placa in th1s
countrv il has mt he-n recordad for y ;a wv
,o.s;hi. H. .oa,a,.. - ..-t:
f,nn~ T. ua. n,t;r.,, ,a.1s.s ~
connt biraf, tho bn;,d;na h;raa -. as..a .s
scane.ahiftsra hnt il ID 1,ot oharrea 49,.
tha and;a,ce In1aad ,,a ~ ,,or.a.. -.s~
ant ont t,air rnonavTa wo-t,, ~ ~ ~. ~ r -
them won]d hava missed !, ~ +ui,. 49, 49,. ~
thav maid TIE covnt 10 cr.ctaa .,+, 49, 49, ,....
that ha ia horr, octo-a -, ,za,.;., ~ 49, s;,.
of 1hom G,rr;ck ,f,craadv nd -. s1dar poa.s
are not worth mentioning He has bored tho
public With his idiotc desires for SOHO time, but
not until Monday has he been able to do himseif
Justice to speak, descrlption Of the
Aomet portrayed ~ tne Count rs simply I'M
posslnie. NO os1el as"'t* Wa oFeI seen aR9
II. tine general 1aea tudk TIC fT7Ht1 waa
= selious sJnsh' n.'ton VIZ Mu oo* e7te >
WA ehown bv tho Connt n he ant,retv srrn0a. a'
ous. It is a comic part. as much so as .Jeon
Baags in ''The Wandering Minstrel" The
story OF his personal appearance. prepared by
William Winter, OF the Tribune, is so vivid that
I give it entire He aays thst the Couns repre-
septed Hamlet as ''ricketty, lantern -fawed old
person. oraamented with big dyed rnustache
gifted with the smile Of q rejoicing tom cat,
jerky, ,as to gait, thin and acidulous rs to vocal
tones, as metallic alike in temperament and
manifestation as japsnned coalscuttle-" The
audience roared, laughed. and roared lncessapt-