The New York herald., 1879-12-01

and Herr Behrens were pleasantly REQ lived and
heartily encored.
these concerts which. to some of the audience. is a
source OF dissatisfaction and to which the manage
probability. to meet with prompt abatement
OF an annoyance. At least such should be
the y result ,s the universal C, custom ts avs IN
ing's entertainment for the use of an audience. At
Mr. Mapleson's sunday concerts they are printed
only In the books for sale in the obbies The
purchaser OF seat discovers on entering the
house that he must remain in ignorance
of the names Of the artists. and even of the
music they singing. unless he purchases =
book The cost Is trihng; but accustomed to free
proarainme the additional tax imposed in this way
sort of cheap card of the entertainment ia prefer
able to having any OF the audience dissatisfied
Mr. Mapleson has ably produced Rossini's
s.Stabat Mater that he should follow it with some
Mass music of which there is u wealth from which
to choose, and which, being we'll suited to his Com
pany could be produced undar Signor Arditi able
direction with great effect These concerts are of SO
excellent quality that they deserve encouragement
which they will undoubtedly receive il the pro-
grammesare varied-and free.
FRENCH CONCERT AT BOOTHS THEATRE.
Alarge audience sat down at Booths last evening
to taste such pieces of French musical cookery as
Mr.. Grau thought meet for Sunday repasr. TWAS
a very light one indeed. but enjoyed without
question. Even when it was announced in
grave but witty way from the stage that
"Les Canards Tyroliens" had been left behind
in Boston, there not single murmur
of foul play over the loss of those Birds and when
Mile Paola Marie came forward to sing instead Isl
vous croyez," from Ofenbachs forgotten "For-
tunio, everybody looked as II they really did be-
lieve it. Here and there was found o make-believe
of giving the concert lift out OF the
region opera of boufe and the cafe-chantanf. but
nobody took it seriously to heart. NJ.
Capoul quivered from top to toe In IL Extase'
Of Felicen David. and called on to
quver again to the touching tune. Later on he
sang Lies Etoiles."a pretty BIT OF melody ny N;
to repeat it. Mr. A. II. Pease, the pianist, played
Gottschalk's arrangement OF Verdi's "Miserere.
which he followed up with variations upon "The
Sweet By and Bye and ''Suwanee River" He knows
tis public But the comic songs-the chansonettes
by Mile. Angelo and Mile. Paola- Marie-were the
supple backbone OF the entertainment They brought
the Frenchmen back to the days before opera boufe
loomed upon the theatrical horizon-days whose
traditions are merrily kept up still in the singing
halls Of Paris In this branch of art-the French
make 1t art as they do with everything which
manufactures-Mlle. Angelo excels. and Paoa-
Marie is not far behind. Angeles "C'est
dams l'nez que ca m'chatouille we'll her
"Bras dessus bras dessous' delight to the om-
nivorous audience and would be q revelation to our
variety women, though we doubt that in plain Eng
lish they would be palaable to our public So 1t
was with Mlle Mares "Par 10 trou de Ia serrure."
whose andacity could be learned from the
distinct pronunciation had failed to
vey the sense of its words. These ladies
Mile Gregoire family recalled the lost Aimee by
singing LA Paloma" and pretty as a Picture.
and Messrs. Juteau Vilano and Poyard added
more less to the programme. NJ Jouard sang
in q duo from the Daughter or the Regiment"
This was ambitious at least.