, 1876-10-22

in@ Themselves the 10 sing with no other troupe On
iast M Saturday, it is alleged, Nr. Thamms gave no
cc to all but eight or ten tnat lnee
that it was not thought the season would
BE- good enough to u,, warrant them in
having tueh large eoIu5 a. Tf for
week, 1t the rate of 81 per night, the season TO
Commence this evening. As result OF this sudden
ehorns are left without money and deeply in debt
Church Gu % Of the immaculate Conception, on the
came % fsom distant pats Of the Country IN August
and have paid their board here since forsaklng
their business, and all have attended. rehearsal
and their pro rata share expenses for the rent of
the hall at Sixth and Arch Streets where they prac
ticeu. 1t is alleged that Mr. Thamms kept them
even last week would not hear Of any Of the com.
pany going elsewhere. After being disposed OF in
this manner the members of the chorus engaged
the Hon. John Goforth as counsel and euit wlli pe
company's engagements, as Miss Kellogg and Mt.
Hess are provided with bail for all the suits.
MUSICAL NOTES.
Blind Tom is in Philadelphia.
Nine. Madeline Schiller is in Boston,
The Irish critics like and praise Emma Alb
bott.
1t is reported that Sims Reeves is going to
Australia.
Ole BULBS first concert in Boston is set down
for Nov. "a.
There is talk about q monument to the late
Carl Bergman.
Thomas will soon perform Robert Goldbeck's
"1dyl" for full orchestra
The last concert of Nilsson in Sweden was
given at her birthplace, Wcxio, for the benefit
Of the poor.
!: Mile, Hcilbronn, who failed here, opened the
Italian opera season at st. Petersburg with sue
cess.
John Z. Paine, of Cambridge, Mass, has
written an overture suggested ny ShaKSpeare's
"A5 You Like It."
The Duke Ernest Of saxe-Coburg has written
an opera, "Dianu Of Solange,'' which is soon to
be produced on the stage
Nine. Di alurska is now en- route for Califor-
mia, where she will be heard in opera next mouth,
under the management Of Signor De Viyo.
Before her departure for Europe the highest
remuneration received by Adelina Patti was $50
night. Strakosch says her price for America
now IS $4,000 night.
Miss Kellogg's season Of English opera at the
Philadelphia Academy Of Music commenced last
Monday evening, when '1Lucu" attracted m
oyer1owing audience.
Mazzolcni, the fayorite tenor Of italian opera
Ill Lul3 EOullLIt Lcu 4Cdlb AD. ID UAEA 4ssAAA4
with Nine. Alazzoleni 0ec Ortolani-Brignoli)a and
boy pianist, who is said to be marvel.
Miss Laura Schirmer, an American vocalist
who sang in Chicago last season with the Bos-
ton Philharmonic Club, is now in Vienna, and is
said to be possessed Of phenomenal voice.
Nine. Otto Goldschlnidt {Jcnny Lind) has just
presented 40, 00U crowns to the Stockholm Acad-
cmy Of the Liberal Arts, Of which she is mcm-
ber. With the interest Of the said sum an ex-
1{h sc% tof 1n1f fnc ct1Ifonfc
And they we're right. The women in the
the manager put them on the bills IS 'fe1na1e
sirgers,'' instead Of "lady singers" The ad-
jectiye "femalc'' is o1ous, and thes sex arc
entirely justified in repuaiating it.
The Bayrcuth performances have, it is official
II stated, resulted III loss Of nearly 93, 900.
The municipality Of Bayrcuth have taken the
debt on their own shoulders. and intend to re-
coup themselves by the proceeds Of q fresh Sc
ries Of performances next August.
The Reyre ct Gazette 1fusicule states that the
medical advisers Of Nine. Adclina Patti, who
is in Paris, have prohibited her from going to
st. Petersburg again to sing. Yet the lady is
seen ut one OF the theatres every night, so that
it would not appear as If Sue we're afraid Of
catching cold.
The Neue Zeitschri1 fur iAusis states that
Frau Matcrna has received letter from Wagner,
addressing her as the "Treueste untcr den
Treuen,'' and oncc more thanking her for her
devotion to his cause, ard for her performance
| as Brup,liide. It is added that numerous en-
gagements have been offered to Frau A1atcrna,
from Italy, England, and Russia, especially for
performances Of Wagner's operas.
The Philadelphia Times says: sA1r. Hess has
evidently organized his troupe this season OH q
| new plan. He has no prina donna capable Of
filling Miss Kclloggs place aud no tenor capable
Of making good Alr: Castles absence: Besides
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