, 1879-03-23

gers option The singer seemed to think the
opt1on was with her, but the Colonel Is conf
eent sue Will see her error and sail peacefully
a, tuom shores where she has had so much of eoa-
Hlct- Apropos, IN evening paper makes this
editorial Comment:
Minnie liauk Is on the wa.path again. This time
II IS the Colonel and young Mapleson who have
uaan3aea ana inlsrcprcsented her. The latter
escs 10 &c the special object Of her wrath, for
while she SAYS she likes Marie Nozc, she adds 1nnt
or 5os nes Maste Roze's husband does not exist OF
GGasse ;d s not Minnie il would be very wrong If he
uIu s1lsL 1or anybody but his wife, aud JoEnS
Mapcson Is proper man.
as 1or the continued success Of this second
season. perhaps the best assurance is that an
fhtta EXT neek is announced 1t is also promised
novelty to our operu-gqcrs. H. 6.
MISS EELIoGG's MAPLEsoE ENGAGEMENT.
Aetc lorx Dram4ttc 4yr,cs.
IN the meantime, Mr. Maurice Strako5ch takes
Kellogg to Europe, and it Is a singular com
1nentary that the first one he signs All engage
1neht LOT her services with is Mapleson. The
contract Is not for London, but for the English
provinces, and from certain dark hints already
thrown out It is intended That ke'logg's career
,rm;t taroa@h England l shall not be e., the the
would not be the first artist who had been
thrown by manager for ulterior purposes. +
her engagement IN England can be made fail
ure, even though it be only newspaper failure,
+4'a t4E 4CcDEA we're IuuuSLTlOuStF CliCulaLEu III
the press OF this country, it would at once and
forever end any possible future rivalry On her
part against Mapleson on his return here, and
she would simply pr brushed out OF the way
once and for all. Mr.. Maurice Strakoseh, bow
ever. has sufficient shrewlness and sufficient
experience to tAwart, i'll great measure, anY
| such devices. AL we ask for our American
prima donna is lair play. She is an artist of
exceptional merit, and we trust our English
cousins will see that fair play is meEcd ou1 to
deserving fitf1p woman. Mics al intpn.
lion Is to remain abroad some length Of time,
and not to come back here next season if she
can help it. But by all means Mr.. Strakosch
must sue that she has u London opening either
with or against Maplcson.
THE LONDON ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA SEASON.
The London Figaro says:
T. The Royal Italian Opera season OF 1879 will be
under the joint direction Of Mr. Ernest Gye, aus-
band OF Mmc- Albanf, and Of Capt. Gye. 1t is
possible, ao"ever, that, to avoid confusion, the
Or. So fur as the novelties concerned the list
ls not quite settled; hut it is arranged that lie
Nine. Patti, and ''polycucte" for Mime. Albani.
oFs gre Norma" for Nine, Albani, ..car1nen' !"
rone." and others, aud il is possible tiafune or
more may be Included in the promises, Of the
new artists, Mdlls. Aiwina Valera will it is as
tion) leave Ar. Mapleson to jon the troupe 0i the
Royai 1tellun Opera, winch will also be recruited
by allles Adele Garb,n' and Emma Tsrpl'a, Italian
sopranos; Nine. Rosine Bloch, the celebrated meg
zo-soprano froc, the Paris Grand Opera; anl Mile.
Maria Pasaua. u contralto from Italy; ~ sylvia. 4
tenor from the Paris Grand Opera; and N .Lassale,
the celebrated bari1ouc and ~ Ga1lllnru the fam
Gus basso, from the same opcra-house. Anon.
the troupe Of eight fret sopranos will be found the
Miles, Smerosch and Zarc Thaibtrg; The con,raltos
will he Mesaancs Scalchi, Eiuch, fasqua, and
Delocca; the tenors. sisnori Gayarsc, Acolini,
capoui, Bolis, Sousclli and sylvia: the baritones,
signori Maurcl, Coto.ni. Grazuni, LassaIle, and
Carbone; and the basses, Sisnori capponi, Gail
hatd silvestre ordlnSs, seoara, Ga1aecoo vidai,
remain in their post OF conductors, Sisnor Tag
liaico will still be stage managez and Mr. Russell.
Mr. Hall, and the rest Of the personnel OF the
opera will retain tho posts they held under Mr. +.
Gye Such will bo the prospectus Of the Covent
Garden opera season of 1879, which will be issued
to the pntlc in two or three weeks time. The
Icssrs. Gye are to be warmly congratulated, for
more splendid opera troupe has not been collected
for great many years.
MUSICAL NOTES.
Ole Bull announces another farewell con-
ccrt'' in New York. Oh! do 60 and have done
with it!
Tom Karl has been engaged with the Emma
Abbott Concert Company for season Of thirty
weeks next year.
AS Miss Emma Abbott was recently entering
the dress-circle Of the Olympic Theatre, st.
LOUIS, the orchestra struck up Whoa, Emma,''
much to the prina donna's annoyance.
Oifenbach's new oDc:a-bouffe, called ''Mme.
Fayart," after 4 celebrated singer and dancer
who made conquest of Marshal SAKE, is said to
be the chief musical success Of the composers
career.
There are some vague rumors In the mir about
Nine. Lucca's engagement for America. We do
not know who the manager is but there must
hare been some propositions made to her, as we
learn the news from. Vienna papers.
It is claimed that Sl50, 600 is already SUBJ
scribed toward the cost Of the Mapleson Opera
House scheme in New York. Mr.. Mapieson has
fallen out with the present opcra-hOusc owners,
and charges them with non-tultillment of their
contract, which was for seven years.
New York has just witnessed the debut OF
new pianist, Anton Strclc1Ei by name, pupil Of
Rubinstcin. The most remarkable thin:. about
him seems to De his memory, for he played niue
teen pieces from Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert,
Schumaun, and his master without notes.
A cable dispatch just received from Carl Rosa
states that the debut OF Mile. Marie Van Zaudt
at the Tcatro Regio, in Turin, was great sue
cess. Miss Van Zandt is the daughter of Nine.
Jenny Van Zanat, and has been studying dur
Milan.
Mr.. Bellasis' 1sMemoria|s of Chcrubiui' into
German, and Mr. Dannreuther is making new
translation for Mr.. W. Reeves OF Wagner's
Essays on Beethoven" interpoating in it
chapters On Tie MeL1physlcS O1 MUSIC from
Schopenhauer's philosophical works.
Nine Clara Schumann has been the victim of
q heavy domestic atiliction. Sue has to mourn
the loss Of a son, who died at Frankfort-on-the-
Main on the l7th ult. The edeccased had written
some charming poems, one Of which,. "Mine
Liebc ist grun vic der Fliedcrbusch," has been
SCI bY johannes Brahms to his Op. TO.
It is certainly curious to hear Of new Rou~
manian opera, but one has been produced at the
National Theatre in Bucharest. The libretto is
by the reignng Princess Elizabeth Of Roumania,
who has assumed tin. nom de plume of F. dc
Laroc. The music is br the cou:t pianist, Liou-
bitch Skibinski The first representation was
attended bv the court circle, and many foreign
ers Of distinction. Tile poem is stated to he
superior to tile score; PERHAPS this is said as i
coin 1liment to the Royal author.
A London correspondent writes: "afusIcians
and siovcrs of the classic greyc over the loss
WHICH art suffers in Mr.. Arthur Sullyan's devo-
tion to comic opera. Oratorlo, church music,
and the lyric stage OF Coyent Garden, they
think. should have absorbed all his thoughts.
But Arthur has family Of his sisters, his
cousins, and his aunts' to keep. Hc also likes
to live in good style HIMSELF and he did not fsnd
tlla1 the religious world paid him well as the
profane He, therefore, turned his hand to
hurIcequing the classical and tl:c sacred. MIR. |