The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-26
MUSICAL NOTES.

; A CRATE singer-the tea kettle.
d Nilsson has. taken to Singh
t Scotch ballads.
y a singer should not live in a gla'
n house, since he throws tones.
Y When is a young girl like mus
l. book? When she is full Of airs.
I Miss Emma Nevada has recent
. made quite a success in Florence.
, Napoleon Verger, the renowne
: baritone, has been engaged fo
l Vienna.
e AT the Pergola, Florence, a neI
: prima donna will sing in "Puritani,
: named ELY Warnots.
The Laurent Opera Company con
templates alternating LA Mas
, cote" with "0livette."
Miss Antoinette Sterling is sing
ing in Boosey's ballad concerts al
st. James Hall, London.
Gotthold Carlberg is said to be
fcomposed of one part of honey and
ninety-nine parts of wormwood.
Elisa Volpini, the eminent artist
who has had numerous triumphs
everywhere, has decided to leave the
stage.
The libretto of the new opera
which Ambrose Thomas is writing
for Adelina Patti is taken from a
japanese story.
The new comic opera, Billee
Taylor" will receive its first repre-
sentation in this country at the
Standard Theatre, New York.
Patti received $4,000 each for
three performances at Nice. This
is probably the largest sum one ar
tiste ever received for similar ser
vices.
Maurice Grau has been unusually
successful with his troupe in the
City of Mexico. His receipts during
the first month are said to have ex-
ceeded 100000.
Thomas. the well known conduc-
tor, is writing an article for a New
York magazine, and it is whispered
that he has a rod in pickle for
some of the anti-Wagnerian Cincin-
natianS.
A wealthy Cincinnati packer, who
attended the theatre recently, said
that he could not understand why it
took so long to dress a certain actor
when he could dress hog in eight
minutes.
Boston seems to be turning out
number of good voices. Now we
are informed that Mr.. S. A. Sargent,
Of that city, possesses a wonderful
bass voice, and that he will make
music his profession.
The repertoire of Her Majesty's
Opera Company, during the week
beginning February 2lst, under the
auspices of the Cincinnati College
of Music, will comprise "Lohengrin,"
=" Mefistofele," Magic Flute
Moses in Egypt. Aida," and
Faust" Good selections
"Olivette," at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre, has met with such success
that the management has been !
obliged to suspend the free list, !
and has determined to keep it on
the boards until the beginning of |
the StrakOsch-Hess engagement at
the end of this month.
An ambitious mamma complained |
to the music master that her
daughter was going back in music. |
-" Why so, madam ?" asked the pro-
fessor. Because" she replied,
g Seraphina tells me that her last
piece was in five sharps, and the one
she is now learning is only two"
PATHS first performance of LA
at Monte Carlo, on Satur-
day, was an immense success. The |
of the audience knew no
bounds, and all the flowers of the
were laid in bouquets at
the feet of the di0G. At the end of |
the fourth act the whole audience
The London Musical Times of
February 1st says: We are glad TO
find that the rumOr of a performance
of Wagner's Ring deS Nibelungen"
taking place in the metropolis dur
ing the forthcoming season has been
confirmed beyond doubt. The most
eminent German artists are an
nOunceu 10 appear.
The anti-Jewish agitation in Ger
many has make public the fact that |
the principal theatres in all the
large cities of the empire are under
Jewish managers, and that the best
actors and actresses in Germany at |
this moment are Jews. One of the
greatest living comedians in any
country is SOnneDthal, Jew.
Theodore Thomas says that in
America there is a much greater de-
mand for vocalists than for inStru-
mentaliStS. and that it is in the |
vocal direction, and not in the in
strumental, that the development of |
the musical art in this country |
tends. He also says that "our
wOmen's voices are much better
than our mems"
La Mascotte," the new opera by |
Audran, and successor to Oil
vette," is said to have met with |
great success in Paris, and to have !
far ecIipsed "0livette" there. The !
libretto is smart and amusing, the
music bright, flowing. melOdious |
and catching. n Paris correspond |
ent saws: IN. Edmond Audran |
made great hit with 'Olivette,'
which is now famous the world |
over, but he has achieved even a |
greater success with La Mascotte.' >"
Madame Anna Bishop made a |
successful re1tTee in New York, In
Steinway Hall, to an overlooking
audience. She was encOred |
several times. The Herald
critic says Time has dealt |
lightly with the artist, and !
both voice and physique have been
admirably preserved. She is still !
the mistress of the superb method /
and technique that characterized
her early career" Musicians and
critics heartily joined in the ap-
plause during the evening.
The musical force to be used at
the New York musical festival in
May next, under the direction of
DR.. Leopold, will consist of 1920
so violins, 40 violas, 20 VIC
lOncellos, 20 double base viOls, 6
flutes, t oboes, = English horns, 4
clarionets. basSons, y horns, 16
trumpets, Is trOmbones, tubas, 10
rampant, 8 harps-in all 240 instru-
mentS. In addition to the 1,200
there will be another choral
force of 1000 young ladies and 700
bows. 1t is said that the rehearsals
T-n Of