, 1881-01-30

The Forthcoming Theodore Thomas hlu"
sjca1 Festival.
Notable Concerts by the Liese-
gang Orchestral Club.
All Unusual Array of Solrees and
RecitalS.

hnxc been made TO tho company IL fclnaan9
substantially as it WIS last season, and fncluoes
the following list OF artists the ne" names
being in italics: Sopranos. Nine. Ge1ster. Ars.
Mare Z. S1cift, Mile. yalcrGa, and Alle.
yn11et1a. Altos, Mile Helocca. Mile h'cc' ana
Miss Cary. Tenors, Sig. RaucGi. Sig. Runclo'
Sig. Lazzarii1t, Sig. Graxzi, and Sig. tampanan''
nnrttopes, Sig. Del Puente, Sig. Beadti, anu Sk'
GaIassi. Bases, Sig. Monti. Sf0. 0fds"o* ot9'
Curztnt, and Sig. Nopdrd- Mme- ta'a1a11'
head. the ballet, Sig. Zarin the chorus anu o's'
Arditi the orchestra
, The repertoire for the first week Will " ~
follows: Monday, - Aida: TUESDAY. Luc:a'
with Gerstcr, Navclli, and Galassi; "eanesons'
.<S,ers1ofc1e." with Canapaninf, NovAra- a1lelaa
a.a rarx. Thursday, :" MARTHA" with Ravell1'
11c1 p,,entc, Bclocca and Gerstcr: Friday. :" fa-
volta" with Carnpanini, Del Pncnte. Nont1' ano
Miss Cary: Saturday afternoon, "Sonnn1nouia'
viii, I,ayelll. Del Puente, Riccl. a4,d Gerster'
Saturday evening, AT Trovatore' VIII ea'u~
pauini. G GaIassf, Mrs. Swift, and Miss Cafs: oon~
dpy. Hosslnls .Stabat Mater, with aler'a'
Carr. Dclocca. Swift Campan1ni, haScli', oa-
lsssi. Munti, and Del Pucntc. "h''c tno nist
week does not present anything IN INC WAY u
novelty except "Mefstofele," there IS every
reason to believe, from the strength OF the SOLO
a~tists and the fine choral and Instrumental
ensemble which has always characterized Ccl-
ayon1eson's coppauIcs that the old works Will DC
donc In a peculiarly enjoyable manner AS Will
hc noticed from the repertoire which We nave
rtyen, Gcrster sings On Tuesday, Thursday, ano
saturday afternoon, and Campanlnl does no'
anpear with her at nil. he singing with Nile
yallcrta on Monday and "Wednesday nights, VIII
Miss Cary Oh Friday, and with Mrs s"l1t on
Saturday, also appearing with nll the pr1hc1pa
artists except Gcrster on Sunday n'snt IN oe
.4stabat Mater" Fridays performance will be :
notable one, as it is Cary's night, when she VIII
anpcar in her f1ue representation of LconoFd in
ia Fuvorjta.' The cast Of '' Aida y to~noTro"
night will be Us follows:
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Amonasro. - --." -."-'.''''-'-'.''S So1,r.
Ramf6........-...~..... NotiIie q
Ii re. -'kvtit
Amhef1s'-- .-.-.---'"'''--'* Nile Valcrf1
Aida-..--- ----..-..--. ''''4" ~
'oL1yETTE.'
People who enjoy light opera and cannot 1oi
low In the wake Of fashion will go 10 Ncs1 lex
er's this week to see the new comic opera of
.O1ixe,tc which appears destined to achieve c
pooularlty like that Of .Pinafore." and they
will ut least have the pleasure Of listening te
something new and very bright and sparkling
The apeya has recently been done in tiuc'unat
by the Soldene troupe with immense success
and the Commercial OF that city gives the tol'
lowing sketch of its story:
First Of ALL there are two men who want te
marry one pretty T0uuE aA4 IVY "oA'%4
IN love with the same mnn. When It is stated
that one of these last is rich and poWerlu! ant
that tho other has only her Wit to enable her 1e
emerge from her difficulties, the plot become:
more Involved and Interesting Ut1rGue, Fount
lady properly brought up In trencn convent
14.t,rus to her home To f1nu thai her 1ntner nas
destined her III marriage to IN old. ihme LAP
tain the uncle Of young man she has met IL
the convent, IN whom she has oestoweu nef
heart and falth.
Tho Cour,texx Of Roussalon, NIL powerful, nr-
tivcs OH the scene Ia company with the Dht6s dSs
Ifs who desires 10 marry her and get himself
out Of debt hut dsduins him, and In secret is nj
ready infatuated with the young officer ta'en.
tine, who in 1urn is true to Olrtttt- DO Climb:
the balcony of the mansion Of Ot1retcs tather
where at the tiulc the Countess IS lodEcu. ano
instead Of kissing O{ipetfc kisses tho cohnttss
He is to be condemned to scycrc penalty, tanc
the uncle hearing he is in iovc with the woman
he Intends to marry, refuses to lntcrceae 1o1
HIN with the Countess who, however, IS inclined
to pardon when she learns the real cuiprit.
every step, O!trcttG advises her lover to person
ate bis uncle. ask the pardon OF tho nephew and
the hand OF O@tretk, and in that disguise ootaif
her in marriage.
It is at this point the rcal interest OF the operf
commences OF course It is supposed that tht
disguise and r1se arc to be Suecessiul, ont II
lust what manner IS very difficult to forescc
The conspiracy OF tho ambitious Duke anu tn'
general and inevitable confusion arising iron
the plotting and contemplating OF the tqFo lam
Captains the real nnd assumed constnandcE, he'll
to involve and unraycl the difficulties. and Il
bring the different peEsonagcs Ut the close 1d1'
the tuli possession Of rights-and privileges
The cast Of the performanc ce viii be ns follows
ynii~ Ef,1d