, 1881-03-06

MUSICAL NOTES.
The new operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan is
nearly finished. The subject is the ever poetic
aesthetic mania Of society. OF All. H. S. Pima
FORE since lSsS, when 1t WAS written, over
ooo.G00 have been sold. OF the 81 Pirates Of Pen
Dec 81 aooo. '1 ~ @'N'' 1'' @1''' "@Ne ''41 W
4 revival of Verdis "vesprt sici1lant" is in
preparation at tho Theatre dc Ia Moundie, Drus-
se!s. The work was popular enough lit ono
time, though 1t never had Tho success of some
ct his other works. such rs II Trovatorc," !" " La
Travjata," and - 'Rixolctto." OF late years it
has hardly been sung ut ull.
The popularity of pinafore ~ is actually wa
ming. \ Boston opera company advertised a
performance In New Haven Wednesday evening,
and gave notice that purchasers having tickets
should vote whether they wanted to hear Pin
atorc" or tho Chimes Of Normandy" 4 large
majority voted for the Inter.
The two temala parts IN Gounod'e new opera,
La Tribut do Zarnora:' which win be produced
Miles, krauss and Daraln. Mile, Darnm's en-
gaye1ncnt will terminate at the end of April,
that she will he ablc to sing in the new Work only
few times. She has consented. however, as a
favor to the composer. 10 sing six times IN the
''Tribut" III May. and for nothing.
The Paris correspondent OF the New York
Herald says: lies Contcs dHohmann,' the
posthumous work Of jacques Ouenbach, the fnn-
tastic plot and the Lively manners OF which vii!
probably suffice to I'LL tho Opera ComiQue en- Mt
tcnduni tho revival 1t Mcycrbccr's Dinornll
tknown here us Lie Pardon de Pocrmel }, in
which that sweetest and most gifted OF Ameri-
can singers, Marie Vnu Zandt, is to nuke her
second debut herc.'
All Of Schubert's eight symphonies are to be
given in chronological order lit the Crystal Pal
ace in London. Their production will be-
especially interesting lecause the iirst two have
never been performed i'll England, and: the
-4t|1cnUum snys, have probably never been per-
formed at all Through the kindness of the
posSessQSS Of the autographs in Vienna. copies
have been allowed to be taken for the use of tho
Crystal Palnce, SO that it is possible to give tho
full set, as has been done there more than once
with tho Beethoven symphonies
The Cincinnati Commercial says: Tho first
Cincinnati Opera Festival Is over. The week
has been remarkable ono for this city The
most brilliant and refined audiences ever
gathered tygettar on this continent have nightly
congregnted ut tho Music-fiall und bowed the
knee at the shrine Of the divine goddess Near
~ tifty thousand people have been in attendance
ut the operas many Of them from other cities,
far and near. the financial results arc total &c.
ccipts. about $4,000. Of which about $;D,0O0 will
20 to Col. Mapeson, about $4,000 TO the College
Of Music. and the balance to pay expenses The
Si0 coo, which includes what Mapleson will tA!Se.
The stage, scenery etc, are included In that
sum-.
1t seems that wagncr's music still calls outoc-
casional protests in Paris in spite of tho fire.
qucncy with which it is played. At q recent
CoIonue concert the "Ride Of tho Wulkyries
was savascly Kissed. apparently for purely poit-
ical reasons. 4 writer 1n La Globe thus cautions
| the people who hiss: However respectable the
F, patriotic sentiment which guides you u1ny be
| you have before you man Of great talent per-
| hisscs." Wagner ,yas terribly chaErincd by the
failure of "Tannhauscr" In Paris In 16t'1, and by
the misery which he was In during his life there
and he rejoiced savayey ovtr tho French de-
fea,s In 1S7U'7l. French people cannot forget
| this, aud pay him back in hisses 1t js q small
| business and In bad taste on both sides.