, 1881-08-28

alli the man the composer uf this score. II.
remembrance Of this event, the mu1l has
vowed eternal gratitude to the de,toi,.''
Mr.. Carl Zerrahn has been reeleetcd CON
ductor OF the Boston Handel and Haydn Sn-
ciety. This will BE- his twenty-cig.th ycar OF
service.
The real facts concerning Heubinstein's 's
blindness are that he has lnst the sight uf
one eye by what il known us black cataract,
md that the snne disease has stfZed upon
the other.
Adamowsti, the violinist. has composed a
Gonic OPERA entitled .'l,riSelila." The
ilbrstto. which is by IT; ). T: Wiicslwriyht,
cilla'' will probably be produced i'll Boston
this winter.
i new pIanoforte score OF Muzart's ''Don
Juan !" has appsareu. arranged by the Rus
sim composer TscllAlkowski. II Is aecou,-
panied by Russian wosIs, and is the first
Russian edition. OF German editions there
are at least six.
The Sydney papers speak in highly eulo-
Estlc terms Of Herr Wilhellnj aIld his play
ing ut The concerts he is giving there. slax
yugrich, the yDNn. Hungarian pianist; Miss
kate Thaycr, suurano, aud Miss, Marie Con
ron also come III for Sood word.
William Carleton, now travelling with the
Acme npera company, singing III THE Mas
cotte,,: leaves the trourc " tue en,i VI THIS
5eafsats uf .'patiercc.n s}lu:tly to be pro-
tuce.l ut tile Standard Theatre, Mark Slui!
takes Ills place i'll the Acme company. 80
According to the London En-, there is en-
tanran unpublished opera by OtTcnbach, of
whose existence all but his most intimate
friends arp ignorant. 1t Is entitled LA
ltelnc Lucette," Is IN ortrrtta III three acts,
,.'1d was coIapnSed about twelve years ago
for Il Mr.. Frank Coppin, of Melbourne, who
intends that it shall be first produced i'll Aus
tf;tlla. 0ttelioach M;lue great but nnasall-
illI efforts to buy back titis score, which Is
said tu bc one Of his best Works. The iibrctto
sketches tue adventures Of 4 young girl in
I'LL enchanted island.
The New York Timcs says: Letters re-
ceiyed in this city Indicate that there is Il
probability Ut the return OF Signur Cam
pan!nt for the coming seasoa. Mr. MAplesun
understands fully tile exceutlon;A pnpnlaflty
of the great tenor, and unless his skill III ne
gOtiating is Oyerestimatett We may expect u,
see and hear again the foremost artist Of the
lyric stage There is more than u,le reason
for the return OF SlInor Campanini to New
York. It is understood that oignor Canl-
panlni takes much interest III the eonstrnc-
tion Of the now Opcra-h0use."
!, The Paris Figaro publishes some statistics
which are Interesting because they throw
some light on the Mue!!-tliScussed subject Of
The recent Increase III tie salaries of great
singers. III 1851 Nine. MaIiblaR, then the
4
francs for eAc!l performances. about $50;
while nnw $500, Sl,0JD and even $aa,DDO Il
night are by no lfeans uncommon. in
France, however, the salaries Of SsnyerS do
not ,appearr. to have been 50 high, for Niue.
Pauline Fiartl0t-Garcia, Alalb.an's sister,
received only l,0oo frames Il night in lo49.
when size created the r1le OF Fiics in '' Lie
Prophete," and Nine. krauss, the leading
SOPRANO ut tile Grand Opera IN Paris, receives
l,:50 franc;; for each performance, whtch was
also Faure's salary.
The Guide Musicale, Of Brussels, having
author of the .i;akoczy March" scared with
such effect by Berliox III tic 'Damllation OF
Faust" 4 Hungarian newspaper gives the
following account Of this famous piece of
music: >''Franz iakoczy H., the hero Of the
in I705 from the battie Of Szib'o, il which IL:
had been defeated, wllen he heard this march
fur tile first time, played BY Il Hungarian
gypsy named Barna Miska {A[ictl:.el Barna):
This latter gave his culnuosition the title Ut
desce11dant Of this Darna, lie t,eau Ziuks,'
made it famous by playing it through the
whote country. At 5tuht~Wcisscnberg Il
musician. the Abht. Vacek, heard it and
wrote it down, and it finally received Il COIL
plete musical form from the composer Rus
ziksca."
The New York Erenina Post says: "Va-
yapers regarding the proposed performance
Of Wagner's new opera ''Parsifal" ut Bay
reuth next summer. One leading prlnla
'donlla aftef another Is mentioned us naving
been chosen for the leading roles, but it Is
extremely probable that Wasner's choice
will be Materna of Vienna. She has always
been his favortt, and she is undoubtedly tie
finest vocalist actress Of tho period. 1t Is
true. the great Miss Kellogg told Il reporter
of the Herald that she WIS disappointed in
Mntprna when Shn heard her in ?" y i(}1 - and
that size lid not find in her so dramatic yo-
calist and actress as she llal expected; but
nevertheless we advise Miss Kellogg to spend
Il few months with Alaterna anil take so1ne
finishing lessons in the art Of dramatic sing
ing and acting" 50.