, 1877-03-18
ABROAD,
SAINT SAESS' NEW OPERA,

Rudolph Arouson writes to the New York
| Home Journal from Paris, under date Of Feb. II
as follows, concerning Saint Sacns' new opera
''Le Ti1nbrc d'Argcnt'':
On Friday evening 1attended the first representa-
ton, ut the Thcatre Lyrique. Of Camille Saint
| number OF celebrities present. Among composers
! not noticed , Charles Gounod, Ambroisc Thoma<
neyce. Vetorn ssase Joneieres ''eie1 Paladih ia5e
Dnvcrnoy. and t;uirlud. Tile opera wis
| not warmly received. The l1reNo and
rornes j. like mixture Of - IL Muettc d Portici "
aud Faust" The introduction to thu lltst act,
on account Ut its Tine orchestration, was much ad
! nired. a melody for Bened,ct ''Dc Mau C l'oi-
scau qui seveilIc, - WINS pleasing In act second
romance, lie Donheur est Chose Lrgcrc " for
son Sapotanc. :pc Naples az Florence. t'r Thc
latter however is not original. In the third act
:. M ehuasoa, "La Papiion e Ia F'eur." for Hoss
is the .Dansc Bohc1nlennc and Finale" Tic
''aasiqnt 4" laase" in net fourth, it may be said,
was not worth Of y ~ Saint $acns. This work
and inferior to any Of his latter compositions, par
ticularly as regards the Instrumentation. II. Saint
s, consequently. not great fayori,c anon. Fsenct,
n'nsicials. However, his marvellous ..SymphonY
oss fc M paysd s wherever classical music j. Up
surpassed by few living musicians.
WHEREABOUTS.
lima dc Alurska is singing In opera in San
Francisco, with F;lbbri labclmar, Forn,es, and
othrr veterans, Airs. Oates Is ut the Iyccuu,
Theatre, New York. The Kellogg troupe open
cd its Boston season last Monday evening with
- Lucia" The Wagner Opera Festival is pro-
crossing satisfactorily in New York and Brook
lyn. Aimee is still III New York and las rcviv-
GU . La Belle He1enc,'' The New York Ora
torio Society Is shortly to brng OLE Bayl,,s
" Actus Tragacus," and Brahms German Re-
1u1cn'.n The Weber troupe is in Louisville
Ess@I pei! played At Rochester, y: T., OF, the 18th,
anu viii be i'll Cincinnati OH the 233l and Nth
So!ucne was in Pittsburg last week. and will be
III f{u Halo this week. The Boston Philharmonic
Club play In CINCINNATI on the 1871, aud 10th.
Vlc buIl played IN Baltimore on the 18th, Gin
ciiltlati Oh the 14th ami 1Gth Louisville oi, the
Ttl, alld Is due in Chicago on tile I'D.
MUSICAL NOTES.
Miss Cary arrived in New York a week aeo
Saturday.
Rubinstein is to give pianoforte recitals in
London about the end OF April.
Nine. Isabel Mccullough lsrignoli sailed for
Europe on Saturday in the Celtic,
Herr Nilhci'nI, the great violinist. has nost-
poned his American tour, waiting for t.tter |
times. ~ De''e'
:" Der Freischuetz - has been sung in Italian
Egypt. - o'''o'
Inc Inc vile 81 Mr. J. 3. Polk, the actor, has an
" 9esIeo II Malta uudcr the uperatic mimi. III
iiulia Mario. '~A41e o4
Nme Madeline Schiller has had co,n,1.
hehtafy concert given her in Boston, which MS
q great euccess. "~4 ""'
Charles NJ Adams the Boston tenor, who has
uns very successfully for years in Vicnna. has
,een engaged by Carl Rosa 4or uert rearis
eason IN London '.@'
Nine. Ade1ina Patti has sirncf, an eno,,er,,on+
'ith tue Theatre 1talieu OF Paris for tic BURN.
,,R u NOV November She is to appear forty times
"a EaIl u, rosa continues to bring out new OPENS
J nn an nls E1sllsh company, and delights as much
u season in Liverpool. 1~'7 ;
4 Paris correspondent SAYS; aft Is dtff,cp,t
: = say "ord Tor the plot OF La 3iarjo!alue.n
nc new opera bonffe which has won triumphant
access at the Renaissance Theatre, and Which