, 1881-02-13

1
Snrasate. the vio|irlst, Is in Warsaw Bo1tesin
| Is al Lisbon
| The Abbot1-scsutn i1nbrosIio is to be brought
! int o the courts.
Max Rruch, tho composer, was lately married
! In Berlin to Nile Ciar:. Tuczek-
| Albani has added to her list Of successes a
great triumph in Brussels in .'Trayinta.''
Mic. Dufranc, IL new singer, has made d great
impression III tho Opera, Paris, in 1.-THE Hugue-
nOts.''
Marie Krebs, the pianist. now in England, is
soon to go to Madrid to ill Spanisn engage
lnents-
sirnor ToHasi, conductor Of the .Ahoott Opera
Company. Will bring out next Seasons new opera
entitled "Gunrany, by Z. Come. The COM
pany will embrace it in their repertoire.
The arrangements for the formation Of new
orchestral orl.niza ton ul,tcr tho name OF the
rhilharmonic Society OF Boston, have been COM
plttcu. Mr. l5crnlltr1 LstGlnaun h,lS been
chosen con,iuctur.
Manager Hess, OF the Strakosch troupe, tel
egranhs US that the report thnt the troupe had
cl1sed IT. t.; season on account oi bud business IS
und will complete its season-
The report that King Ludwig OF Bavaria had
Subscribed DM,uGD marks toward the lirsL per-
fotnnncc Of Wagnur's = Parsiru - 1t Bayrenth
i'll lS52 WAS received with much increuuiity by
the music Journals Its truth has been con
tirined, however.
AN important orchestral work OF Saint-Saen
has been brought ont oy Coonnc at Que Of his
ianons rnrs <, conserts This is work similar In
Suite Aigerienne." 1t CONSISTS or four pieces:
Prelude, Moorish rhapsody, Evening Reyerle,
and French military march.
:. The New York Festival. under direction Of DR..
Danarnsch. will tuke place during the first week
of May, and will include three afternoon and
four evening performances. The principal
works to he performed are Hacnders +'Dettiugct,
nF f}h1t i "
Herlioz's Requiem" Hacndels aIessilh.' aud
Deethoven's Ninth Symphony.
The Philadelphia Times says phi!osophfcaIiy:
"A company thnt Gnu crowd the l;ll xcst thcutrc
in the city eight times during tho week, with n
fair prospect Of doing as much q second week,
hAs all advantage over the critic. It seems Mt
once snperllnons to commend and idle to lind
fnuit with performances that SO evidently have
the approval ct the pt,hic''
1t is stated on the authority Of private letter
frtHn Vienna to the editor Of the N1lSik ITdt
that Pauline. lAucca seriously Purposes adding
" Lohcugrin' tn her list of operas. Last De-
ccmler, on the occasion OF Il performance for
tho benefit Ut the Pension Fund OF the Court
Theatre, she consented to sing tho part Of Elsa
IL, the second nct or - I4ohcngriu." It wns her
first attempt Mt Wagners music and was SO suc-
ccssfnl that she has now determined to learn the
whole opera.
Tie San Francisco Erening Bulletin of IL re-
yor;t in this city: 1.-The public Is Just waking
up to the fact that we hnye buh in San Fruncisco
lor nearly Il year the nest comic opera troupe III
A!nerict, with IN artistic ut its head who taken
MI in ILL., bus har'lIy rival in her line o., the
American stage. III view ut the amount OF
work Miss Melville has done within II year, the
variety OF characters she has sustained. and the
even excellence which has distiugy. he'd ull her
Efforts, the public will ngrcc with Mr. Locke
thGt with Il p::tna donna uf loss technique aud
ildMiTnble persolial qualities ttun possessed by
Emclie Melville, such Il season would huyu been
a1l i1nposslbiIity.'"
Oae Of the two new oyertures composed by
nr!lhlns, which were played from the manu-
scripts at the twelfth Gewandlluus concert II,
Ieipstc is based on tho melodies of German
stnucnts songs The composer wrote It," says
Il correspondent Of the L.'tltnn Standard .siD
recognition Of the degree conferred n,l him ny
ircst,u University: whcreit wns first performed.
o!tt - private, 81, tho Ath of january The or
chestrntion Of this second work is very rcu,.1rkn-
tie: notably some extraordinary effects are PRO-
dut:cd ~ by stopped horns and BY the tsianEics.
The ideas in both 0ycrt,1rcs ire yerr clearly
worked out, The reception they met with WIS
favorable. though compared with that accorded
to some Of Brahlns' earlier works. 1t can hardly
be called enthusiastic"