, 1879-06-29
EISTWHERE..
NILSSON IN LQHENGRm,

i ELSEWHERE.
NILSSON IN LoHENaRm.
The London dthe,euna says:
When it was announced that Herr Wagner's op5ra
wopl4 be produced on the boards Of The lta)ial
Opera here, it was pointed ont TINT under the ney
system, now In full work at both theatres. OF night
!y or daily performances. 1t would be utterly i'm
taa "a cS sustent tine could be gwen to
with changes Of casts the revivals would be q
troublesome and as ineffective a. The original rep
IN tue ''Flytns Dutchnan, after the drst out
break Of amateur curiosity and OF Germanic par
tisanshtp, have ceased to be attractive. and the
%gssss' hs ans 1s1;s aSfs's4 mode os ts:
seth ult at He. Maie:ys Thea.rs tas
depends on the concerted pit:es. The CHIEF char
acters were os we'll sustained as their anti voca
attributes would permit. On the whole. the Eisa
best deltneationa Of part which almost exacts
German trsining to do it fall justice. 4 surprise
IN etore In the cast for the Austrian contraIto
| Mile. Tremelli, made quite sensation In the
peculiarly disasreeabe strains allotted to Ortruda
| It NAV be remembered that even tho late Tletjcns
failed a. 10 produce any effect IT, u The mYs3e wn,sh
Tremeit ia, Of COURSE. familiar With the German
school, but, With an organ Of such charm us she
slgnor Foli vas The KIM. siTnor Ga1assi 7s:ra-
| tnondo, and Sfnnor Franceschi the Herald. "Lo-
hengrin " is after all, essentially orchestral
| first gave due effect at Drury Lane Theatre when
| Louengrin II WAS mounted, to the eIaborate and
IN many respects splendid instrumental pieces Of
's17 wAs TIE cAE.n
The San Francisco Chronicle of the 18th, tells
the following. story, in which one OF our Own
singers is concerned: -
At the Remenyi concert given at the Standard
On Sunday night there was an occurrence conform
ing with the unit1sa to considerable degree. As
Miss Thurston was caro1ng forth romantic di,ty
/ to some onc who In the suna-ns Home one IN the
cong generally does-proves untrue to fervent
love, large, energetic. and frightened black cut
sprung through one Of the windows opening from
pianist OF Remenyi hfmself-who was tuning his
ttdd!e IN the wngs-wnich attracted the cat. re-
mains in doubt; but the cat nevertheless made
landed on the head Of the amazed and bald headed
manipulation of the big base fiddle. The cat from
stsse at s Hiss Tnarston bad Observed @ ' The cat cat
from Its. entrance. hnt managed TO re-
tain her self:composure until nervous old
not noticed The cause OF the commo1on, exclaimed,
''Gracious me: Why, what is tnat:" To which u
Ee,y boy sn be- It %as
entirely left her, and Just AZ she delightfully."-
executing staccato caaenzc, she broke OF in
her train. The pianist, who had not yet seen the
car, mistook she applause OF the audience, and
thinking his efforts had orawn it forth. ouluid him
self. The result was unpleasant. He inter-
poIated an intermediate movement a IA dzoia. with
double-bass action, which wonld have killed a
tlatts Aall pianist with envy. The cat by Ibis
Dashing of at the wings. it encountered Kemenyi.
who was working up his inspiration LOOK with 4
mug OF ha!f-and hull. Remenyt has certain
aouot by bis unhappy experience with B lat
strings, and this nnme1y apparition 80 frightened
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