, 1877-02-04
MUSIC.


| EVERYBODY OUT or TOWN.
Special Correspondence ef The Tribune.
LONDON, Eng, Jan. 10-Thc winter season l.
not thu. Of opera in London. The operate
] warb1ers take flight i'll September, and return
! with the May swallows. This year one might
except tho English opera troupe Of Carl Rosa,
which remained until December, and had very
full houses to the misunderstanding that
1t was ut q time when :'eycrybody Ito speak
aristocraticsally) is out Of town. But mo
body" especially in a metropolis, has Z very
large family; and, to judge from the white
c1oaks, ostrich piumcs laecs, lavender kids, and
swal1ow-ta:ls which flutterel about the stalls
| and boxes OF the Lyceum Theatre, he is even !,
! totcrahly ornamental member Of society.
THE CARL ROSA TROUPE.
| The reliance OF the troupe in leading parts
may be said to have been Mile. Torriaui, who is,
think, somewhat known to Americans; Miss
Julia Gaylord; Mr.. Nordb1om, Il tenor, who, il
l am not mistaken, sang for some time in CHI
cago at the beginning Of his career, few years
ago; and A1r. Santlcy, the well-known English
bass. The latter had pronounced SUCCESS In
Chcrubini's s'Water- Carrier" an opera which
hc may be said to nave taken almost entirely
upon his own shoulders. in a hgurattvc as well
as literal sense. Santey is frequently criticised
By musicians: he does not utter his notes prop
er1r, it is said, and there further criticisms
OF his method OF phTasina. But he Is certainly
q yery agreeable singer; his voice, Wlilc It has
considerable depth and calibr. as bass,
has 4 smooth1css and q sort OF sympathetic
vibration which suggest sweet baritone. and
one might almost, ut times, be leluded into
saying tnat it has even certain tenor qualities
He has also kind of bonIonaie Of manner which
makes him popular With his audience. The
troupe had q great success with Wagucrs
FLYING Dutchnan,'' and with "Fide1lo.:' They
produced the standard German and Italian
operas, AngiiGsed, and revived some not 80
well known, as i'Thc Lily of killarney,'' Balfc's
"satanella,' ~ Bellinis 'sPorter Of Hayrc," and
others The decided success Of this company at
what is usually regarded an unfavorablc time Of
the year gave rise to many such editorials and
arguments in musical Journals, and in the daily
press, us were evoked observe, by thu success
OF Miss Kellogg fu similar undertaking on the
other side OF The water.
PROMENADE CONCERTS.
Another musical solacc of the autumn was
the Coyent Garden Promenade Concerts These
were decidedly "popuar'' affairs, but not with
The great stage Of Covert Garden was opened |
for promenaaers. The orchestra occupied IN
elevated tribune in the centre Of the entire |
space thus created; the seats generally known |
as stalls were removed, and ornamental |
"promisruous.' Seats could be reserved as |
usual i'll the boxes. dress circle, and upper gal |
lerics, but By far the larger part Of the audience
we're the promenaders, who, for the cntrance
thither upon the floor Of tie house in one one
great moving panorama I call it panorama,
because, to . stranger in England, this great
restless throng was no small part Of the even
lns's entertainment. i have come to tie con-
cfusion that Taine did not exhaust the subject l.
Of =" English Notes." and some pcculiarities
noted By the present correspondent might in
tegest even those familiar with the Travelled +.
Fsenchman's witty observations. Not to dwell