New-York tribune., 1881-03-27
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.


Maurice Dengremont will play at the Metropolitan
Concert Hall this evening.
At the Saalfeld concert at Stenway Hall to-mor-
row evening. Miss Belle Cole will sing. and num-
ber of other artists will take part in the perform
ance.
Miss Blanche Roosevelt will give concert in
Brooklyn at the rooms OF the Long Island Histori-
cal Sooiety. on Friday evening. She will be assisted
by Mrs. Rlce-Knox, Sig. Montegrifo. Mr. Hassel-
brink and Mr. Case.
The sale of seats for the opening nights Of the en-
Ragemcnt of Mr. John Z. Owens. at the Fifth Ave-
nue Theatre, began Thursday. Mr.. Owens, rs
i" That Man from Cattaraugus," will appear next
Monday. succeeding Miss Geneveve Ward.
The managers of the dav Festival. TO be held at
the Seventh Regiment Armory in this city, wish to
call attention to the fact that the choice of for
the Festival will be sold at auction at Chckering
Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, the sale
TO besin at s o'clock.
In a recent lecture on Chopin at the Peabody In.
stitute in Baltimore, Asgar Hamerik. the musical
director of the Institute. said that Stephen Heller.
bosom friend of Chopn's told him that the Polish
pianist rendered his own works in all easy. natural
manner, altogether different from the extrayagant
and affected one adopted by most modern perform
ers OF ilis works.
The concert by the chorus Of the Brooklyn Phil
harmonic Society tomorrow evening at the First
Baptis5 Church. PierTepont and Clinton Brook
lyn will be for the benefit OF the church. 1t will
be especially interesting because of the performance
by the chorus of several works IN which IL has not
been heard heretofore. and because of the appear
ance OF Mr. JOseffy, who Will play number Of piano
selections.
The De Beauplan French Opera Company will
make its first appearance in this city on Monday.
April 25, in Les Huguenots." The Other operas
for the week are: Tuesday, La Juive" y; Wednes-
day. Faust y; Thursday, Aida" :" Friday, lie
Trouvcre; !" Saturday afternoon, z" La Traviata =
Saturday evening, Robert lie Diable" The princi-
pal artists engaged will be Nine. Ambre. Nile. Nina
LablaGhe. Nine. Lablache Nile. Lagye. Mile Del
prato Messrs Tourne, PellIn aud Armand, tenors (;
Messrs. Utto and Mauge, bartones; and n. Jour
dan, bass.
"CinderelIa at School i" Is having great success
at Dalys Theatre. in spite of its defects which
seem to impress the public far less than they did the
critics. The handsome scenery and the charming
dresses az well as the clever acting of Of the
performers and the boisterous spirit Of fun which
pervades the piece seem to have taken strong hold
ON the fancy of theatrc-goers and now that the
rouehuess and awkwarduess incident TO hrst per-
formances have worn of. aud the play moves with
smoothness and spirit, they find plenty to admire
and enjoy The house Is crowded nightly and num-
bers OF people are turned away from the door.
The programmes for the forthcoming series OF con-
certs by Mr. Hans Richter at ST. Jamess Hall, Lon
don do not seem TO he interesting as those OF last
year. Only three Beethoven symphonies are in-
cluded in the scheme, the Sd. 5th and 9th and two
overtures, that to Egmont and the op. 12i The
Missa Solennis, however. is to be given. Bach is
represented by concerto for orchestra, and Haydn
Mozart and Schumann by one symphony each;
BrahnSs two new Overtures, Iragische ana
sAkademjscbe" are to be played. well as his
Symphony in T. minor. There are also symphonies
by Dvorak and 4. Cowen, There seems to he MOTH
ing ellie promised either new or specially important
during the whole series.
Lucia" was admirably given at the matinee at
the Academy of Music yesterday afternoon. The
house was densely crowded, which proved once
more how popular is Nine. Gerster'S impersona-
ton of the unhappy heroiue of Scotts novel,
and all of the principal artists - Nine.
Gersttr. RavelH and Galassi - were In cap
ital voice and sang with great effect. Nine.
Gersters performance of the Mad Scene has steadily
grown IN strength and dramatic intensity. and she
has never before been impressive IN It, whie sne
saug the dicnlt music with which II ab0unds WIN
astonishing briliancy and certainty. Ravell was
good throughout, but especially III " Fra POGO, ana
GalasSi both sang and acted superbly.
The sixth concert of tho Symphony Society will
occur at Steinway Hall on Saturday evening. and
the Public Rehearsal will be held there on Thurs
day afternoon, The programme will include the
overture to Wagner's Flying Dutchman and All
aria from the same opera, sung by Sig. Galass
BeTliOz's "Carnaya Roman" overture and lie
Cna Wain the latter sung by Sig. Galassi aud a
male chorus and Beethovens Seventh Symphony.
DIR. Danlrosch will be the conductor.
DRAMATIC DIARY.