The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-20
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY, JULY 90, 1879

on the first production Of L'Africaine," with
Mime. Patti ais the heroine.
London is soon to hear lie Roi de Lahore"
5trakosch will probably give it In this coun-
try next season.
Rondil, MapIeson's new baritone, Is pro-
bounced by the London critics as q singer OF
Inc highest rank.
The old English comic operas will be re-
WED II !, , England next season, "The Beggars'
Opera, The Waterman" etc. Sims Reeves
will be the Macbeth and Tom Tug.
Inc Two great dramatic attractions In Eng
land just now are Talmage la the p,1lnit and
Warner IN the jim jams scenein Zola's LAS
Bomoir."
Henry Meilhac and Ernest Blum have lust
7 nnlshed On opera In four acts, adapted from
Shakespeare ."Cymbeline.' The music has
been Entrusted to Mr.. Choudens.
Miss Minnie Hauk has just given In London
her one hundredth representation Of Gar
men,. She was surrounded by flowers, and
received D memorial Of the occasion In the
shape Of q beautiful Spanish necklace.
Mr.. Mereli states that tho rumor OF AIDE
lima Patti having been forbidden TO sing In
Paris is incorrect. The engagement is signed
and the first appearances OF the diva at the
Gate Is fixed for the fourteenth OF February
next, as first announced.
Alboni, the famous contralto, Is still alive
and well and yet retains her magnificent
voice. 81 never" she told q friend, ''do any
thing that will tire me mentally or physically,
and literally forget that have u voice, SO that
when wish to sing 1t is there. The dolce .far
niente is the only life possible for a singer
But she worked intensely before her fame was
achieved
1t is not expected that Sara Bernhardt's
resignation OF her position as societaire OF the
administration. A telegram from London to
the Cork kr0natner, however, says that she
has accepted an offer Of $50 600 (s400, 0OO) and
all expenses paid for two years perform ance,
during six months OF each, In the United
States.
Russian playwrlghtg OF the present day do
not appear to possess q high degree Of skill.
Prizes have been offered for the best new
plays, in the hope Of stimulating the writer's
Of the country to produce something credita-
bic In this line, but with no better result last
year than the presentation OF twenty-eight
dramas which were all OF such poor quality
that the prizes were not awarded.
The librettos Of Gounod's lew opera, "HeI-
Disc and Abelard," Is said to embody a strong
protest against the abridgrnent Of liberty Of
minds by the priesthood. That Gounod, who
was educated for priest in Rome and re-
celved into minor orders, should, Nat the ma
ture age OF sixty one, be concerned in what is
practically Protestant opera" is considered
remarkable.
M. Saint-saens has, 1t is said, agreed to
write a new opera for the firm Of Ricord.
The opera is to be- called Il Macedoni,"
libretto by Ianardini. NJ. Saint-Saens Is just
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