The New York herald., 1878-11-09
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.
Matinees at all the principal theatres to-day with th.
exception Of the Park
IN Trovatore' is to be repeated this afternoon 1t
the Academy of Music.
Mime. Gerster present rehearsal yesterday and
will sing in La Sonnambula" on Monday.
M Edouard Remenyi. the Hungarian violin yir-
tuoso arrived from Europe yesterday and is at the
Westminster.
The farewell concert Of Mr. Frederick Mollenhsuer
at Steinway Hall is announced for Thursday evening"
November 2s.
The last matinee and last night Of Modjeska are m
nounced to-day at the Fifth Avenue Theatre On both
occasions Nine. Modjeska will appear in Camille"
At the Grand Opera House this afternoon the Will
iamsons give matinee, during which they will appear
in their well known "Struck On' and "The Chinese
Question"
A Ceclian concert will take place at Steinway Hall
on Sunday evening. November "a. The entire enter
tanment is to be given by the artists and chorns of
the Mapleson company.
Mr.. Rudolph Aronson deserves the thanks Of the
New York public for the effort which he proposes to
make ut Gilmore's Garden tomorrow evening in in
Producing series Of Sunday night concerts wherein
the will be suited the popular taste. and the
price Of admission will be popular basis. The
privilege OF listening to fifty artists from Maplesons
Strauss, Lecocq, Ofenbach. Gungl and Metra, has
before been enjoyed in New York with an entrancs
fee Of only twenty y-fve cents.
The New York Aquarium has just received by the
steamer Pomnerania some interesting specimens Of
fishes from the coast Of Norway. They very much
resemble the tropical snapper They are called Lip
fishes ballan Of various colors the male
being blue and the female red and the only ehea
on the Norwegian coast that have any bright hucs In
the tanks there very beautiful marays from
Bermuda which possibly the nearest approach to
the serpent known They about three feet long,
have mouth and teeth shaped like snake and tut
fn which extends the entire length of the body.
The cast Of almost Life" which is to be put on
the boards OF the STANDARD Theatre tonight, is
follows :-Avisie Doranche, Miss Maude Granger;
Countess Melanie Clairnct. Miss Rose Osborne: Mar
chioness de Bonneville Miss Virginia Buchanan
Franciha Carlotta Eveyn sIsdeaine. Sadie Bigelow,
Jules de Bonneville, Mr.. Eben Plympton; De sau
maisc, H. A. Weaver; M. Gerome, g. Levick; Count
Cairnot, Harry Eytngc; NJ. Manuel, B. T. Ringgold;
NJ. Doranche. g. H. stephens; PHILIPPE Ben Msgn.
ley; Collinate Charles Lecercq; NJ. Douma Randall;
Antoine, A. @. Enos; Briencourt. l.. Weaver. The
drama includes twenty-one speaking parts.
The fourth week Of the Barnum show has been al
most successful those which have preceded it.
All entirely different programme s given. with fea
lures. his week pSu euucrIiaI, Woouh SOok, Mouo
his in performance better than that Of
the average pad rider. Marquisi Brazilian rider,
gives illustration Of the peculsrtes and ways that
Poor Lo" has Of managing horse. An acrobatic
trio the Herbert Brothers, have ways Of accom-
piishing old tricks. They turn double somersaults
from the ground without the aid of springboard, .
feat which has been considered an impossbility.
Morgan and Fish, Miss Katie Stokes and Miss Emms
Lake recalled at every performance The latter in
her manege act is considered by horsemen 10
the superior Of the late Nine Tournsire.
Carl Antony introduces his educated stations in
a variety If difficult acts ALI styles Of horseman-
ship be in this equestrian school. Each kind
has hes. represent to demonstrate the pecul
ares to the audience. The original conicalities Of
James Holloway the English clown, also feature
of the show. The menagerie is large one full Of
classes and orders of the animal kingdom to the
people The museum contains many objects of in.
terest. Two performances are given each day.