The New York herald., 1876-07-16
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

Dusseldorf has been visited by Rupinstein's "Tower
of Babel"
Harry Leslie exhibits on the high tight rope daily at
Rockaway Beach
Miss Jenny Lee played Joe in "Bleak House" for l2O
nights in Lon ion.
Marie Sass will be the heroine in 'La Refine de Saba
| in Paris In the fall
Rubnsein made sl2 900 from his five rocitals at ST.
James Hall, London.
Business has been very bad this summer at the two
| London opera houses
Al OF the London theatres half salaries meted
out owing to hard times.
slcnor Massni, the young French tenor, will spend
| the fall and winter season In Russia.
Mss Glyn, the celebrated actress, has been impris
oncd in England for contempt OF court
! The Municipal Council of Paris encourage musical
composition by grant OF So, 600 prizes.
Nine. ThGo captivated the London public In ''Mme.
L'Archduc, at the Opera Comique last month.
Bret Harte's play will bo brought out Chicago
by the Union Square Theatre company Monday
Alexander Henderson, husband of Lydia Thompson.
is about to take the Charing Cross Theatre, London.
The hot weather in Paris does prevent a success
sion OF brand plays being brought the
theatres.
.rhe Mighty Dolar' still continues It's sway at Wal
lacks with those admirable artists, Ar. and Mrs.
Florence
Mss Helen Fauct appeared at the Lordon Lyceum
on June % at the benefit Mr. Irving in King Renes
Daughter"
The programme for Gilmore's Garden tonight will
be scale OF musical atractiveuess fully equal to
the big bill OF last Sunday.
Mapleson's opera house in London will be
unitco to the Westminster station Of tho District Rail-
way by covered passage
Mile Ida Corani, OF the most rapidly progressing
IF Emo ic NJ N,vlp forb
ensuing opcratc campaign.
BY government decree the "Assocation des
Ar,istes Musiciens' OF France recognized an
establishment OF public utility
'Our Boys" ut the Chestnut Street Theatre, Phia-
dephia is in the full tide OF AMI there is still
no announcement Of a change OF programme.
"Pique" will DO played at tho Fifth Avenue Theatre
until the LIST OF August when sothern will
his engagement at Mr.. Daiy's pretty little house
French engineer proposes TO build an immense
concert hall Paris the model Of the Royal Albert
Lon ion 1t will be ready for the Exposition Of 1878.
Italy, Austria aud Germany all right Mr..
Leonardo, OF Venice, has composed q national hymn
commemorative OF their friendship. They may fight
all the same.
A lady advcrtises In a Birmingham (Englsnd) paper
that she WILL give two lessons the piano Tor 'nine-
pencel" Selling ''exras'' or 'third editions would
be more profitable
They played Norma" the other day at a theatre in
Prague without any Adagisa II was bad
''Trovatore" at the Terrace Garden Theatre, New
York, without an Azucena
"Princess Toto,'' tho new comic opera by Mr. W. 8.
Gilbert and Mr. Frederic Clay, produced with
markab!e success In Nottingham England, June "a
Miss Santlcy made n hit as the heroine
One OF tho most important events OF the London
tumn will be the revival by Mr. Chatterton
Drury Lane. of 'Richard III" scale OF unprecc-
dented magnihcence. Mr. Barry Sullivan Is engaged.
Mr.. Sothern still too III in Philadelphia 20 be able
TO resume his engagement ut the Walnut street Theatre
where "Pygmalion and Galasea" with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles wocott, have taken the place Of Dundreary
aud the "Amercan Cousin"
Mr. Robert Buchanan's play, "Corinnc," was
produced at the Lyccum, London, June 20, with
Mrs. Fairfax in the part of the heroine. The piece
deals with the period preceding tho French Revolution
and Is n work of considerable dramatic power
Mrs. Howard Paul is about abandon the entertain.
ment SO long associated with her name. She CON-
mcnccs her farewell this month with sum mcr tour
through Wales, Cornwall and Devon accompanied by
Nr. Rutland Darlington aud Miss Helen Fcathcrstono
Mr.. Rud Aronson. young American musician,
who studying in Paris, has had the honor OF being
represented by one Of his works, "Marcho Triom
phale,' at concert gwen by Strauss at Berlin Mr.
Aronson will visit the Wagner festival Bsireuth IN
August
Mr. John I. Raymond is playing Colonel Sellers In
San Francisco to the biggest business in the history Of
the California Theatre The receipts were $1,000 for
the first three days 1t is Mr.. Ray mond's design TO
produce 'sevenoaks" during his San Francisco en-
gagcmcnt
Speaking of the recent performance of 'HAucrczia
Borga" Her Majesty's Opera, London, the AtcmGam
ys:-Ncver has the trio in which the Duke poisons
Gennaro alter u stormy duet with Lucrezia been
more finely gwen than by Mile Tetiens, Sgnor Cam
panini and NJ. Faurc."
The notable dramatic event Of the week Philadelphia
will be the debut OF favorte pupil OF Charlotte Cush
The young lady's name is Miss Addie V. Van
Kocng, ana she will undertake the hazardous part Of
Meg Merrics Mrs John Drew's Arch Street Theatre
Tho critics sharpening their pencils
During his recent engagement at the Queens
Theatre, London, Savini played Hamlet to SIS house
On Que occasion solitary person purchased a ticket
and the night following one offered to pay any
money whatever. Last summer Savni the lion
OF the day In London. such Is theatrical fortune
The approaching marriage OF Mile. waldtnann with
Count Massari, rich Venetian nobenau, will deprive
the lyric stage of OF its finest contraltos Her sing
Ing in the Requcm" OF Signor Verdi will easily be
forgotten, and her action and vocazaon In the part
OF Amncrs IN "Aida' OF the chief attractions
OF the during It's late OF twenly-onc repre-
scntaticns
Mr. Palmier has engaged the Academy of Music for
seas on OF Italian opera, commencing on November
g. The new impresaro popular some years
ago in London and at Les Itaens, Paris The
pany will OF artists to the metropolitan
stage and among the works to be produced are "Don
Carlos" by Verdi and al Guarany by the Brazilian
composer, Comes
'The Lucky Starr ~ill DO presented at the Kiralfy's
Alhambra Philadelphia this week ior the nrst time in
this country. II is said to be rcpletc with brilliant
spectacular effects like ''Around the World Eighty
Days" and "a Trip 10 the Moon,n both Of which have
had such brilliant at the Ahambra Tho gardens
and the cascade at the Alhambra still retain their popu
laritv as pleasant resort on a hot evening.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg has not yet completed her
arrangements Tor the fall OF English opera Mr..