, 1876-04-02
ABROAD.

Mr. Theodore Thomas is making rapid progres
with bis arrangements for Centennial music, bu
he nill not BE- prepared for bis best display q
the opening day. This he hopes to make on til
Fourth of July. The Philadelphia Telegraph q
| the 23d ult. snys:
| Mr. Theodore Thoraaa, having been placed ii
charge Of the musie On the opening OF the Exposi
this city nearly 6uished his selection of the voices
which are to take part in the chorus the opening
day and Fourth Of July ores DO applications have
been made, and from these between $40 and QUO viii
he selected The bass aud soprano will be rep.eeent
cd by about $50 voices each aud the remaining num-
ber equally divided between the coutrpHo and Az
tenor. Rehearsalu to commence at Concert Hall
this evening, under tho leadership Of ar. Dudley
Buck, wcii-known orgaEist and composer Of Ne1
York The redcsrsals will not ia open to the public
tho chorus itself will fill tho hall For tho oacaiu
exercises the ctorus will rehear=o weekly during the
casion hy Nr. Back, TO which wordA have been fur
nshed by Nr. Sidney Lanier, tho Southern roe. and
the - ualeluIah Chorus from ths Messiah" wag-
ners grand Centennial Match. for which the Woman
Centennial Association ara 10 pay 5000, will also
then be presented There te no longer time to pre-
para other pieces for the opening exescises but the
elaborate programme for the Fourth Of July. Mona
Of the musical societies arc to BE- represented sGch
in the chorus but the best talent from I'll Of them
has been selected. An organ, manufactured by
Roosevelt Of New York. is to 10 placed in the north
transott Of the Main Building, Ind viii furnish an
accompan iment for the grand chorus. 4 Hook organ
valued at o0 is to b. placed At the western end Of
the Main Building and third will te Fut up near
tbs eastern ona.
oLEAN1xus.
Mile. Tietje1s sails for Europe April Is.
Anna Mohlig's concerts in Milan wers e1cood-
ingly well spoken Of BY the local critics.
Senor Joseph White, tho distinguished Cuban
yiolinis&, is keeping up his furore in Boston.
Otfonbach, as leader Of IN orchestra Of 100,
will open in the New York Hippodrome May,.
A1r. straEosch being unatae to give the Pap
pcubsim opera as announced loses thereby ST.
642.31.
Wagner has already forwarded 10 Phi,sdo1phia
the Centennial march, for whic:, he is to receivo
5000.
II. ". Whitney has been engagel to sing 1ith
the Thomas orchestra At Philadalphia during
the Centeu NAL.
III. Gounod's new opera, Polreuc.e,- will bo
produced on the same night IN New York As in
Paris. Strakosch haa purchased themusc OF the
opera. as Carmen, Nile. Belocc1 will sing the
principal part.
"Piccolino." u new opera, the music OF which
has been composed BY II. r. Guaud youus
composer, and tbs libretto bv Fictorien ssrdou.
will be produced At the Grand Opera in Paris i'm
mcdateiy after the run Of Jeanne d'Aro."
Tho Vienna opera-season which begins March
4 will close May :. The leading eopraui ara
Patti and Lucca; tho tcnors Nicollni and Capoui;
the contralto, Miss Cary; aud the basses Janet
and Zacchtui. Two novelties arc auuouuced,--
Gounod's - AIeriille' and Vesdi's "Don Carlos"
Liszt Is hero as paeaionatcly admired by some
as be is disliked BY others. Tho other day at St.
Francesca Nomana he played 70 divinely that the
ladies-c!ericai, OF course-ail went down On
their knees. with the tears streaming from their
eyes, ami wanted to kiss the hem Of his long alb
bots rohe.-Eonee Letter.
"Hamlet," By Ambrose Thomas. is in couraa
of reheareal At the Theatre dc la FENCE in
Venice, under the direction of II. Ue:glio. Mile,
Gestcr takes the Fart Of Ophelia, and H. Graz-
ani that OF Hamlet AInbroiso Thomas finds it
impossible to attend the first performance he
being ut present too much iudlsposed to leave
Paris.
Tho Han1ol and Haydn Society, Of Boston.
will give Bacn's " Passion Music" April Q, and
Handel's ''Josuha" April 10. They havo secured
for these performances the following artists:
llme. Van Zandt, Miss Henrietta Beobe, a1me.
iiudersdorf, Miss Adelaide Phillips. 3fessrs.
William J. Winch, Joseph Mas, John T. Winch,
and II. ". Whitney.
Richard Wagner conducted tho orchestra in
he Vienna Court Opera-{ouae on the I'd Of
oers Of the chorus The opera was = Lohensr1n," +"
Ind the chorus aud orchestra Wed with each |
1ther in deserving tho plauil:s bestowed on the |
performance Nearly every member OF the I'm
oerial family Was present, as WnS clso tho Grown
Prince OF Hanover.
Theodore Thomas symphony concert in New
Fork on the 25th ult WAS very largely attended,, !
.ltbough the weather WAS horrible. OF the pro |
,ramuae the HeyalN speaks in h.en terc,s, call |
ng particular attention 10 the Bach suite No, /.
L G, which Was presented as an absolute novel !
y 10 tia audience. Rubinstein's concs1t aria, |
: Hscuba." was acceptably rendered by Miss !
Auns Drasdid. The programme also ipcludrd
,umbers from Beethoven. Wener, aud Wagner.
raphs under dato Of March IS: From I
he grand rehearsal Of the opera Jeanne |
fArc last night the public was excluded. Musi-
ians Who have had accesa to the scors eeaer-
liy consider the music poor, with the exception
nth an accompaniment Of ten ha1pn, producing
thrilling affect Tbs scenery is aaid to bo rpn-
erful, nothing Lie it syaz having been seen
q any stage