, 1877-12-16

{: SUNDAY, DECEMBER
fng ist da " (Abt), Miss Pettibone; 'Greeting y
| {Afendelssohn), Miss and Mrs. Pettibonc; II
doughty deeds - {sullivan), Mr.. AlcWade; Ellie
enade'' (sehubert), Sir. Wendsen; SChristmns
bells at sea (Sul]iTan), Mr. Greenleaf.
The Chicago Musical College will give another
| Of its musical reunions tomorrow evening ut
/ the College parlors. The Misses Belle Corwith,
! Carrie Wright, atillie Waterman, Julia Doane,
Nora McA1ahon, Ada Leekley, Genie Matteson,
| Knott, aud Messrs. Rosenbecker aud Frank
| Smith will appear in the programme The reg
uiar annual concert will take place at aicCor-
| mick's Hail Jan. a.
WHEREABOUTS.
The Kellogg-C Cary troupe commenced their
| New England engagements at Hartford on the
10th, and sang in Boston on the 18th and 18th.
Miss Thursby is putting in her time very
assiduously. She sang at Lowell, Mass,
| on the 10th, at buffalo on the 10th,
at Utica on the 18th. She will sing ut Elmira
on the 10Th, in oratorio ut Boston on the 29d
and 18th, and in oratorio at New York on the
29th. Theodore Thomas orchestra played In
Springfield Mass, on the 11th, and is now back
in New York, giving its symphony concerts.
lndieo'' in New York on the 18th. It is un-
1o~1;roa for . nm NJ ten nnrfor,nonres Emma
Ahhott sone in ST. Louis last Friday. and viii
be fu Louisville next Tuesday. The Boston
Philharmonic Club is playing New En-
gland engagements. Quincy has au ein-
hand. On the 18th and 14th tie Quar-
tctte sang there, and on the 11th the
Quartette The Barnabee troupe is in Michi-
gal' anu % Luz a Hooda, ~ uaa9 g u"
oGiss5 f 1ne ~ ~.toa a ~ ~
~ gge e9Sn a sssah n he lb b on so 1e
lists will be Miss Thursby, Miss Gary, Mrs: saw
yer, Mrs. Barry, and Messrs. Winch, stoddard,
Mans, and Whitney. fryer's opera troupe gave
nipht witI, n fnc selection of oncrotic arias.
Tast Monday il, nerformei HI Iucia. i Tuesday
night tsFidelio,' and ednesday ''raunnnus-
ef.' Cafonne Mc1nss aL iase assoun's "'ls III
Sacramento with ''iortY artists ~
SOME PLAIN Tnu1Rs ABOUT ST. LOUIS.
During the recent enlargement OF the Hess
English opera troupe in st. Louis, Mr. Hess was
tu'et'4e" eo - 49,. 40 ':., 14u a., sano, ~
st. LOUIS us Has1s'cal Guy, ~lta tAe io'1o"1oS
result:
claim to ySe b bbv w. cuIucd st peope M and pa
50 sr IN % swure Of ni that know St.
Rut v;li ynm tcii nc in tnrn how it is 1hat tret.
us 1as WI. 5co G s cae ~ e. nn,s e1
cert to iii up time they cannot utilize elsewhere
aran ,vhan thny do came while in Chicaeo tbey
vii n,nv two n fhrce' and four weeks.'' 0'
Xiv il Il. Nr. Hess:''
..rn fhe seasnns Of 1870 and 1870 I broueht
po-ons ~ au,srco nn1 nv nrnAts m thr frst
xear ,rere S1oo. min. I )oat money in ST. Lonis
hat yery seeson' That is one item to start with.
Eniior;na ,1,a parcnn Comnnnv ,shcn i anI the
rarn1;ne 2;chi,cs Tnmnanv hroke m 7 orcanizsd
ro,n;,;not;n r. the Res; moteriaf of hnth COM,
ganies which Included Caroline Klehi99gs, Rose
Drayton. md Ncssrs. Castle. Bowler. Chatter
son Shar romnhei Alhar,n Laurence Henry
t;as ;th ,his romnanx "I nntt.d - I'M IN
.ies; ~ 49, .u.s -, |I;co na1 Tan,f :o.n ~
nrodt 1%odtc fotent 1Sc {1uresoin H. Cincinnati and
.ost .sth, - hr tha 1rst saason y. ~ por
hed this thsa,re 61nueht hcr hear four scasons
In succession. and LOST money every time, In CHI
IN iS7S wh,ch was tie second in one month.
49, rnod, r,nnav iii Tho t;,nr tnnE there ovcT
Si3 600 in one week, aud lost ST. COO here in four
performances last year with the same prma donna,
w'It9 w .hre, nerinrmpnees have said many tmss
would never como to St. Louis With opera again and
1hst "as on1Y om a ."e insra nnan y =. certa
loss: but be talked me Into giving the place
IN cpt cpnu Hanc peola l uncy nnd
such small places. Perhaps the best evidence
that St. Louis is q bad opera town ia that
Ds oas "ouu "esSs esen sa s.orid o1
let them have his theatre except on
positive rental oi two or three hundred dollars
night; while McNlcSeE. OF Chieaso, would tase
the SAME company On snaEes anu Gtea1 '1ur 10 ass
~ "r 10 NJ ~ ovnans,ro Gnc aithnnoh nodc IN
OF high cass material; it il NOT large in numbers.
there being only IN tue company. ana
that makes II eompatatlvely Inexpensive. Inns
1ael aaoGa 10 nt + wi m tc naf e
shnii mt iose ycry much, hut it il certain shalt
not make anything; SO, there is no announcement
for ME or any other opefas'e manager u Try 'ae
town ,,[e 100 oiten: ao.sons eo sho-+ haro.,
..f,h;;,r r. ! hnrs snn enoueh to answer that
oneatjon nlready. Even the short ones arc almost
certain loss: IN cnlcaso We Ply % from ,"o s' 10
tnsce weeks aMnys; M III no"n W,shingfan !. owavs
WI ~ fro n.esa ~ handsome business: IN
fJnse,a1d ne nlar q ful week to spleudiu houses;
so. alsn. in Albany, buffalo Rochester, Syracuse,
Detroit and 1na.anapol's' 'hes are a' 'ons WHY
aheao u o'' A'a1s.
MUSICAL NOTES.
P. Tschaikowsky, the Russian composer is ut
work on a new opera, entitled 'sEugen 0mag1n.''
~ c+a.oo,a s. oho,,t T., s;,or e., ,,,or,
Mr. harry s'aal'eio - aoou. " s'ns ~ ope'0
with Mr.. Fryer's art'sts anu Ame' Fappchhe'm'