National Republican., 1881-02-19
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

-DOyley Carte will not return 10
America this season.
-Carlsruhe is shortly to have "The
| Damnation of Faust"
-Albani has been making a success in
'Traviata in Brussels
'-Hayerly is to build and manage an
| other theatre at Chicago.
The music of Lecocq's new opera,
Janot," is not much praised.
Edwin Booth has given King Lear
in London, and made a success
-" Jonathan" will be the subject of
| Arthur SulliYans new Orat0rio.
Rose Eytinge will shortly rejoin the
Union Square Theatre Company.
Catherine Lewis has made decided
hit in her Sob Song" in "Olivette."
The composer, Max BruGh, was lately
married in Berlin to Nile. Clara Tuczek.
| -" Hazel Kirke" is now in the second
year fits run at the Madison Square Theatre.
! Lester Wallack has changed from
"Ours to Rosedale" at the Grand Opera House.
DAILY has dropped Gamma " at his
New York Theatre and revived Needles and
| Pins"
Mile. Dufranc, a new singer, has
made great impression in Paris in 81 The Hugue-
nots."
Nine. Marie Blanc, of Monaco, has
presented Adelina Patti with a diadem worth SO,-
900 francs.
Mrs. Hackett, widcw of the famous
comedian, James II. Hackett, contemplates pub.
fishing memoir Of her husband.
-" Cinderella at School" musical
paraphrase OF Robertson's "school," by Woolson
Morse, is in active preparation at Days.
-Messrs. Stevens and Solomons, the
| authors of "Billee Taylor" are engaged on an
other comic opera to be called Claude Duyal."
Two Lives" George Fawcett Rowe's
new melodrama. was produced for the first time on
any stage at the Boston Museum On Monday night.
M Henri de Bornier has just finished
a drama called Apotre," the subject of which is
taken from the history of the early years of Christi
anity.
-TsChiderer is the uncoutn name of a
composer who has just produced in Salzburg a
three act comic opera called 1.-The Lady of Gretna
Green"
Joseph Jefferson's season will only
last till March :, after which he will quit acting
till next fall and proceed to his plantation in
Louisiana.
Bronson Howard is completing a
scenario for new comedy for the Criterion Theatre,
London, besides being engaged upon play for the
Salisbury TroubadOurS.
According to the Eunkfurter Zitung,
Verdi is at present busy composing his 0tellO."
1t is first to be given at Vienna Frau AIaterna tax
ing the part of DesdemoRa.
Germany has purchased the manu-
scripts of Cherubnis opera for the price of $1,000
francs. The family of the composer offered them
in vain to the French government.
-" Les Coutes d'Hoffman." Offenbachs
posthumous work the incomplete orchestratioa
(which has been filed up by NJ. Ernest Guirard,
viii soon be produced at ths Paris ComiQue.
-Beethoven's Eighth Symphony was
written III honor of Wellingtons victory at Wit
toria At a performance thereof at Vienna in
1918, Meyerbeer then youth, played the big
drum.
Harry Sergeant is in Boston, where
he will remain some time, not only directing his
own organization, the ScOu-SiddOns Combination,
but also attending to the business of Dion Bouei-
cault.
John S. Clarke commenced his first
engagement since his return to this country on
Monday evening, at the Walnut-street Theatre,
Philadelphia, appearing as Dr. PaRg'OsS and
Toodies
w. E. Sheridan and James E. Muir
doch are booked at English's Opera House, Indian
apOlis Ind. in March, and it is then expected that
Mrs. Annie Fox English will make her first reap
pearance in professional life
-"Pour Prendre Congo; or, Seeing
Switzerland, is the title of W. A Mestayer's PAN
tomimc comedy and his new company Will in
clude Emerson. Clark, The Daily Brothers, and
others. John F. Smith is of course. associated with
Mr.. Mestayer.
The success of the original Comley-
Barton "Olivette," at HaYerly's Fifth Avenue
Theatre has been so great that money has been
turned away from the box Office on nearly every
night of the past week The scenery and dressing
have been greatly admired. The operetta viii be
kept ON until the Strakosch- Hess Opera engage
ment, at the end of this month.
1t is asserted that Adeliua Patti, who
will visit US this fall does not intend appearing in
opera, but only in the concert room. Siguor Nico
lini will accompany her on her tour through the
United States. Preparations are being made for
the organization of grand concert troupe which |
will be under the direction of the popular con- |
ductor and composer, Rudolph Bial. At the end /
of the tour some few OperaIc representations may |
be given in the large cities As yet Of course this
is only problematical /