The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-30

MUSICAL NOTES.
Shanghai is to have Italian ope1


Shanghai is to have Italian opera.
Patti is very much delighted with
her Boston reception.
In Berlin Weber's "Der Fret
schultz" has been sung over 500
times.
"Olivttte' has just celebrated its
4OOth performance at the Strand
Theatre, London.
The transcript says: Probably
Patti would prefer that horses should
draw her coach rather than donkeys
should do it."
Mrs. Benton, daughter of Joseph
Bonaparte, King Of Spain, is teach
ing music and the French language
In WatertOwn, n. Y.
Johann Strauss composed his first
Valse at the age of years. Since
then he has composed 39S more
valses and seven operattas.
Miss Melville talks of making
Boston her permanent home, and
hlntS at the establishment of q
house devoted exclusively to light
opera under her management.
"Boccaccio" was recently given
In a western city when a critic,
wishing to obtain ticket
to witness the opera, addressed a
letter to Mr.. Won Suppe, care of the
local manager. The letter was for
warded to Vienna.
Maurice Grau's French opera
company have been singing for fif-
teen months without rest, and have
Travelled 10000 miles in South
America. The season ends on the
18th Of June, next.
Corinne. the celebr ted child
opera-Singer, appeared as BtLttercatp
in 'PipafOre" at the Boston Museum
for one hundred and six consecutive
times. She is but 10 years of age.
Manager Wentworth announces her
as the next attraction at the Gaiety
theatre, Boston.
Mile. Rossini, who has made a
successful appearance as "Aida" at
the Academy of Music, New York,
Is said 10 possess q high soprano
voice Of two Octaves, and takes the
high G with free, open tone and
without apparent effort. Her voice
is powerful, full, rich and fresh.
Mr.. Carl Rosa's operate season
begins at Her Majesty's Theatre,
London, on January IA. Mr.. Rosa
has chosen Miss Silian de la Rue,
an American girl, for the leading
part in Carmen" The young LADY
has worked her way upward from a
subordinate position in the com.
pany.
1t seems that Wagner is pro
viding against anything anC
everything that might tend tt
opera, "Parsifal," when it is to be
produced next year. 1t is reported
that each character is duplicated, SC
that if sickness or death should hap
pen to any one of them, the repre-
sentation will still go smoothly
along.
Opera bouffe is as popular as eve
in London. AT Her Majesty's Thea
tire the "BrOnse Horse" is running
At the Gaiety, a musical burlesque
AT the Strand, "Olivette." At thu
G ODE. chimes of Normandy" A
thu Opera COmique, Princess Toto
W the Comedy. the "Mascotte." \
he Savoy, Patience" and at jht
Royalty, "Genevieve de Brabant
Of PATHS qualities as an arts
Mr. MaX9Maretzek says: Pasta a II
Grisi may have surpassed her in ne
dramatic expression; jenny Lind
Persiani and Pareppa may hav;
been her peers in execution cut Ad
elina Patti has the gift of @uper:O
quality of voice The ring of he
voice is like the ring OF pure gold
and the clearness of her intOnat Oh
! ike blue SKY without any cloud
A woman thus describes Patti
She is not quite FIVE feet i'll height
and has Il slender. yet well rounded
figure. Her complexion, smooth an
clear, is without even the insinus
ton Of n wrinkle to mark the fain
coating Of powder and rouge. lie
eyes are the most wonderful hav
seen in q human head-large an
full as were Adelaide NeilsscR's. III
more beautiful in the rich an
-velvety darkness that is seldom see
except in women Of the south. IN
like most singers, she has a sma
mouth, red and ripe as strawberr,
and her teeth are white and glitte
ing. Her hair is fine and glossy an
over her forhead a few short loci
were curled."
DR.. DamrOsch has scored anotht
great triumph in his OrcheStaatic
Of Schubert's Quintet, op. 163. TT
american Art Journal, in crit
cism Of the composition and its pc
Torrance, says "TO say that it W;
successfully done, is to say the lea
! that can be said of this skllif1
piece Of work. The instruments a.
handled with rare tact and wit
true artistic cOlOring. The richne
Of the themes and the general co
Struction of the quintet are esp
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