The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-05-01
MUSICAL NOTES.

of her when she is awake?
Gilbert and Sullivan's new Opers
is to be produced at the STANDARD
Theatre, London, next fall.
Mr.. Joseph Claus, the well known
young baritone of Boston, is study
ing with Lamperti, in Milan.
Donna Juanita," the new opera
by Won Suppee, will follow "Oli.
Vette" at the Fifth Avenue Theatre
Theodore Thomas has been ten
dered benefit concert to take place
at Steinway Hall, New York, on
April Goth.
| The primG donna of a travelling
opera company whipped the tenor
because he had Missed her during
a performance at Columbia, Ga.
The German papers state that
several orders for seats for the Ber-
lin Nibelungen performances have
been received from parties in Boston
and New York.
NJ. Tournie has created a furore
in Philadelphia as R0OuI in the
"Huguenots." Competent critics
say that he has line dramatic voice
and is a superb actor.
The first performance of LA Mas
cote" in this country, was given at
the Gaiety Theatre, Boston on the
18th inst. 1t achieved an immediate
and pronounced success.
The cast of Judas Maccabeus"
to be given at the first Sims Reeves
farewell oratoria at the Albert Hall,
London, on April 9th, viii include
Nilsson, Trebelli, Sims Reeves and
Santley.
1t is said that the great tenor.
Campanini, has done more hard
work i'll single season than should
have been done in five years, and
consequently his voice is rapidly on
the decline. He is advised to rest
for year.
The name of SignOr Perugini (Mr.
ChattersOn), of New York, the prin-
cipal tenor of the Emma ABBOTT
English Opera Company, appears
among the new artists engaged by
Mr. eye for the coming season at
COvent Garden.
William C. Tower, one of the most
promising of American tenors, died
at the Massachusetts Hospital on the
evening of April Is, after a painful
illness, at the age of 40. He had been
engaged for the coming May musical
festival in New York.
The 50Oth of Mr.. Charles Halle's
famous concerts in Manchester,
England, took place recently. Mr..
Halle's orchestra has been con-
sidered one of the best in England,
and his % years work with it has
kept Manchester in the front rank
of English musical towns.
The management of the Grand
Opera, of this city, writes Paris
correspondent, have positively en-
gagged Clara Louise Kellogg for May,
June and July next, at 10000 francs,
(S12,00O) As she will not have to
sing more than eight times each
month, this is equivalent to $500 per
night.
The NicholaS-Amati violin, once
the property of King George ". of
England, and later of Ole Bull, has
been presented by the latter's widow
to Walter E. Cotton, OF Brooklyn,
n. Y. 1t is in company with the
remains of fiddle supposed TO have
been the property of General Wash
ingtOn.
1t is generally conceded that
Signor Brignoli was the great at
traction of the Emma Abbott opera
season in Boston. The veteran tenor
sang at his best and created great
enthusiasm among lovers of music.
1t is proposed to give him grnad
testimonial concert in the Music
Hall, Boston, in May.
Mr. Quicken, whose leg was broken
in a railroad accident near Toledo, is
confined to the house, and having
suffered other injuries, will not be
able to resume his duties for some
time. The regret at this unfortunate
accident is increased because Mr. |
Quicken cannot be present at the
production of his symphony by Mr..
Theodore Thomas.
After delays and disappointments
innumeraDle, Charles Gounod's new
four act opera LIE Tribut de Ia
was produced at the Grand
Opera, Paris, on the evening of April
LIST, to a house packed from floor to
ceiling with literary, artistic and
fashionable celebrities. The opera
was favorably received. The COM
poser conducted his opera in person.
Miss Emma Juch. the yOugvocal-
lists, who made so favorable an i'm
preston, ON the occasion of her debut
at Chickcring Hall, mentioned in
last weeks notes, has been engaged
for five years by Mr.. MaplesOn, of
Her Majesty's Opera House. She
will make her London debut in
June, as Michdela, in Carmen"
She will be 20 years old in July
next.
The soloists at the performances
of the New York Music Festival, to
be given May Sd, 4th, 9Th, 9th and
18th, are Etelka Gerster, Annie Louise
Cary, Italo Campanini, Myron w.
Whitney, ImOgene Brown, Antonio
Henne, w. c. Tower, Franz Rem
mertZ, T. J. Toedt, A. Z. Stoddard.
A. Sohst, E. B. SperrY, S. p. Warren.
The other performers are: Main
chorus, 200; Young Ladies' chorus
1900; Boys choir, 25O; Orchestra
go.
Franz List will, according to re-
ports from Pesth, play at Vienna,
but not publicly, only i'll the saloons
of the Countess CZartoryska, to
whom, for old acquaintance sake,
he promised to play for charitable
purposes. Next spring the maestro
intends to visit his birthplace, Do
borjan, also Oedenburg and Press
burg, in which latter town he made
his first public appearance. On this
trip Count Geza Itchy will accom-
pany him.
The Musical World says that
some few years ago Joseph Joachim
called upon Mr.. Sims Reeves to re-
hearse with him the air from
Gounod's Faust" "Salve dimora
caste e pura-" Mr.. Reeves son Her
bert, then about Z years old, being
in the room when Herr Joachim
entered, crept under the piano, and
remained there during the rehearsal.
When finished, the boy came out of
his hiding place, and exclaimed:
"Oh ! If l cannot be q singer |
should like to be a fiddler" Joachim
was so amused at the hearty way