The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-18

AZ the point OF deatn-
San Francisco has been exercised over the late
sHenry "" imbrogo.
Brandt the Berlin contral,o, has been lately singing
at Frankfort on tho Maine.
Kelly & Leon places Norma in opposition to tho
ssTwo Orphans' this week.
Mr. ). d. Mills has been pronounced in the West
the first OF all American pianists.
Fanny Herring will illustrate Jack Sheppard this
week at Hi,chcock's Third Avenue Theatre
The Florenccs still continue their inimitabe per-
Torrance Of tho '.Mighty Dollarn at wallack's."
'.sardanapalus under Calvert's direction has made
hit at the Princes Theatre, Bradford, England
Gounod's Greek pastoral opera. s.Phcmon OF Baucs''
has proved bonche tho Paris Opera Comique
Harrigan and Hart still at the Arch Street The
atre, Philadelphia in their peculiar sketches Of Irish
New York.
Miss Lydia Thompson succeeded Miss Gcnevieve
Ward few weeks ago at the Gaiety Dublin Reductio
al dbsurddm.
Nine. Grimald an Italian pianist, is trying prove
to the London people that there Is nothing clownsh
about her playing
Miss Bjou Heron and Miss Constance Leigh, with
dramatic company appear at stapelon Staten Island,
Monday evening
Mr.. Joseph Murphy, regardless of the thermometer,
says no will shoe horse every night this week ~ the
Park In .'Kerry Cow.
or the musical artists in the country APP
pear at tho Academy Of Music, Philadelphia, on Mon
day night, under Mr.. Morrisscys management
Tho Kraliys' theatre and garden In Phiadel-
phia, the Alhambra is crowded nightly and is the
most popular place Of amusement in tho Centennial
city.
Mr.. Rignold ana Miss Sara Jewett appear at tho
Academy OF Music in "Romeo and Juliet on the goth
inst for tho benefit OF tho New York Central Dspen
sary.-
Nh
Philadelphia, q Dundrcary. John Brougham's bur.
lcsque columbus RECONSTRUCTED" is to be brought
out this week.
The death Is announced In his sixty fifth year, of
Mr.. George Barker, tho composer OF .Mary Bane,'
"The Irish Emigrant ''The White SqualI" and many
popular songs
The Women Centennial Garden has failed to make
Theodore Thomas and hts superb orchestra pay
Philadcph and he played there for the last time
Saturday night
Tho vokes Family, the merricst Of tho family OF
mimcs, begin the Union square Theatre to-
morrow night in their most laughable sketch "The
Bellies OF the Kitchen"
Marie Heibronn tho handsome prma donna, who
came here before Albani has paid large forrest to
Partisan manager for violation OF contract, and will
sing in ST. Petersburg next season.
On Friday evening next the 200th performance Of
"Pique'' at the Fifth Avenue Theatre In tho
afternoon .Dvorcen will be given. solid silver
ticket viii be presented 70 every lady entering the the
atre in the evening.
AT the judges Pavilion, Centennial Exhibition, GEN.
era Hawcy gave farewell reception TO Gilmore and
his band before they loft Philadelphia for New York.
The band, eighty five strong, played como national
pieces with wonderful effect
Tho spectacular play Of sAround the World in
Eighty Days" has just been Withdrawn, to mako way
this week for dramatization Of Jules verno's "Trip
TO the Moon be produced for tho first time in this
country on Monday night after much elaborate prep
aration.
Bernard Latte Paris music publisher, died last
month, At the age OF sixty. lie was the intimate
friend OF Rubn Labache and Nine. Malibran. and he
4 made the Paris musical world acquitted with 'Lucia,"
/ "Lucrcxia Borgia" "L'Esir dAmore' and other
I works Of Donzettrs
Mrs Cornne Young announces an .'audition, ;, or
ceremonial grand orchestral rehearsal OF the of
the American opera OF ''ougerita" in four acts,
composed by her. take place Chickering Hall,
"Wednesday evening Twelve numbers will be pre-
scented, under tho direction OF Mr.. Roosenboom.
The great SUCCESS achieved by ~ Henry Kowalski,
the pianist, at Gilmore's Garden since tho
of tho season, and the profound impression pro-
duced by his play ing such magnificent instrument
| as tho representative American grand induce the
management to re-engnge him. Ho will appear this
| week with Glmoros band.
The charming old comedy sJohn Bull vs. English
| man's Fireside,, by George Coleman, tho younger,
which was first brought out in London in 1870 and has
held the stage since, TO be produced at the
Chestnut Street Theatre Philadelphia, Monday night
This week will be tho OF this the Chestnut
1 under its new management as first class comedy
| theatre.
curious character lately died at Nice. This was
the Count Eugcnio SpItacr di Cessoc, for time the
pupil and aftcrward the intimate friend OF PaeaninL
| He entertained SO grca. admiration for tho
violInist that he treasured up as precious relic
bow with which the liking OF the Fiddlc executed in
Vienna of hts most curious fantasias In 1868
| rich Eng,ishman, informed offered the Count
| x4oo for the boA but he refused In 1865 the
rich Englrshman, according tho undoubtcd au
thority offered him twice much Tho Count still
fused Alter his death It found that he had be-
| queathcd the bow to Verdi
| In re Rubinste,n the london AMenrum says:-"An
original mind with unparalleled physical powers has H.
Illustrated the panoortc composition OF mod
ern masters such manner rs 70 throw new light
Their works Herr Rubnstein has the faculty Of sciz
ing upon he notation he intcrprcts from memory and
presenting under fresh aspect II nc astounds by
his fortissmos he charms by his pianissimos; no
pianist has ever approached him in tho production OF
grada.ons OF sound Most strikingly was this Illus
trncd In his singing Of Chopins 'Bercense, and his
management Of tho crescendo and diminucndo in
the Turkish march. As tone picture, his descriptive
performance OF the Fri King almost appalling In
its vv,dncss II requires Titanic hands like those OF
Rubinstcn to illustrate the Hungarian Rhapsody OF
L,szt, or realize tho bravura passages OF his own
waltz" And yet accused or being too cnthu-
siasic when the Russian pianist was hero
dcplorablc occurred at the theatre Nicc,
short time SINCE during performance Of La Chalet
Alter tho duet between tho bass. NJ d'Herd and tho
tenor " Duplcsss, there fcw Kisses IN answer
to them ". Dupcsss appropriated the audience no
very complimentary terms He simply called them
s.un tas ddio TIA lot of iiiots y Thcrcupon
OF Indignation burst forth from all parts Of the house
~ Dupcsss renamed unmovod. looking m
the Infatuated public with air OF de-
| rislon At length the curtain dropped
| The manager forward for the
nnrnose Of calming tho agitation His elorts IN