Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-20
MUSICAL

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| MUSICAL.
Arthur MatAison has written an
English libretto.of "lA Dame Blanche'
for Carl Rosa.
Mr.. s. q. Pratt Of Chicago has sailed
for England to secure the production OF
his opera, "Zenobia," In London.
| ''Olivette" has been withdrawn from
the stage at the Byron Opera Houne,
New York, and 1.-THE Snake Chsrmer''
substituted.
Mill. Aimee will he accompanied by
company VI over - people Gv,fi
France for her American seasen Of
opera bouffe.
Mark Twain's title of "innocentS
Abroad" has been adopted by Mr.. N.
Il. Jude, an English oryanist for -
comic opera.
Manager Abbey has taken dates NO
November for the Nilsson concerts,
the exact evenings for her appearances
being, rs yet, undecided!
Mr.. Zelda Sequin Wallace has 10
Gently sustained sad loss tn the death
of her only child, months old, caused
10y al attack Of cholera inhntun.
"Cherubina" of the London Figaro
says: "If Herr Max Bruch ever dream
I'd Of leaving Liverpool for the United
States, he has thought better OF n"
The tuneful boys and girls OF Me Bos-
ton Miniature Ideal Opera Company
open their third week ut WallackFs To-
morrow evening In Gilbert and Sulli-
vans Patience"
Messrs. Murphy and Donnclly, man
ayers Of the I.yccum Theater In Phil.
adelphia, announce that In future IT.
stage will bc devoted exclusively to
mlrieal attractions.
The French papers gravely announce
that Dir. Maurice Strakosch intends - >
have nm Italian opra season Mt Paris,
next winter, with Mis- Emma Thursby
and Mile. d. BelOrca ~ chief artists.
Mis- Arma Harkne~, the Boston
lady whose sDrcess ~ y violinst In Paris :.
has been mentioned, made . successful
appearance in London recently ~ the
18th ANIMAL ooAEert II Sir Julius lseAe-
dict
.Dsrathy, the Fr,tty Puritancs Of
Plymouth" II the title chosen for the
new comic opera by Bishop and Coed
win, and In the book Cheever GoodwiB
has burlesqued Miles S,Andish and hh
~ Oeiates.
a project has been started 10 provide
New York city with = concert hall
worthy the metropolis IL Ii want
which should he Supplied, ~ the city
has never had anything equal 10 Bostoa
Music Hall In this line Of public build
ings.
Among Joachim lairs papers NJ
Frank orion the Main there have been
found complete symphony, "lm
Hcrh.t; one not yet completed, I'm
Winter; secular or,torio, "DOrn-
roschcn," book by w. Gcnast; and tive
operas for which the composer himself
wrote the librcttOs.
NH3wwrfurK. TmrTKw- vue-WtU~-
seats, ORCHESTRA stalls IL $B.2J; fo1
seats In the balcony, 1915, and for seats
In the highest gallery, 65 cents. The
prices for the other seats are according
TO the location, $500, $l.75, and $l.2h
Mr.. Reuben II. Springer Of Cincin-
nati has, at on expense Of about $1,000,
built an additional cdiflce for the Col-
lege Of Music Of that city for its Ocou-
psncy during the Use Of Music Hall.
the building usually occupied by the
purposes Of the Cincinnati exposition.
London Truth: "Mr. Solomon, I do
not doubt, Is clever musician. His
'Billec Taylor now playing NJ the
Gaiety, has considerable merit; but
suppose some one Inns told the young
man that he ~ Mozart or q Mendcls-
sohn, and unfortunately he believes IT,"
Writing of Gilbert and Sullivan's
new opera, Howard Paul says: IL
hear that the librctto of the new opera
to follow Patience IL whimsical ~ The
last degree, and that the music keeps
step with the words. From the rising
Of the curtain TO the concluding chOrys
II II a great long gufIhw, bursting win
the animal spirits, and ovendowiaG
with fun and the most daring Of hum
or,us situations"
Christine Nilsson In at Divonne, Q
watering. place I'm the south Of France.
but viii return to England In Scptetn-
her 10 fulfill engagements ut BIrmtne /;
ham. Nottingham, Brighton, and othsg
towns. She will give q farewell Coz.
cert nj Albert Hall In London, Oct0SeG
~, ut which she will have the assistance
ofSims Reeves and many well-known
artists, and two days later she will sail
from Liverpool for New York.
Mr.. Strakosch, Mile. Theo, and
Mr.. Maurice Gran are expected ~ A.
rive ut New York, from Hayre, tO-mof.
row. Mr.. Strakosch has engaged
Miss Emms Thursby, who will give
I'm this country 100 concerts under this {.
management, I'm period OF Lx months.
Mile. Thee, who Ii under engagement
to Mr.. Grau. will give 90 Representations.
i'm two months, making her firk ap-
pearance on Monday evening, Septem-
Der II, nj the New Casino, New fosk,
In Madame rArchiduc."-
Mime. Patti left I,ondes. foS her c0un-
try scat In Wales after tlieo Opera seasos.
she has refused more than one engage
ment for concerts In. the provinces,
and will not sing again nntu bef Amer
lean engagement with Mr.. Mapleson.
She will probably Leave Wales In An
gust, possibly for Paris, where costume,
etc., must lie removed, sud aftefwoed
for Dieppe, or some other seaside resort.
She will then return to Wsles. and viii
sab with Mr.. Mapleson IN Oct0bef.
The influence of.ORenbach and WAS.
ner upon each others works 10. thu
summed up by Max Maretssk:' "OE-
fenbacb greatly. contributed 70 re ae-
ceptance Of Waknes's abstract theories
by caricstuhag,, particularly IN IA
Belle Helene, and " the 'Drehesse d
Gerolsteip,' thpO ldstereotyped tofmsoe
the operas then. In vogue, wb1Je Wee.
ner proved sSpoHssiUl help - the popG-
lar success Of o6enbAch's. operas by
writing music Of the 'futulR fos futufs
generations ,apd not for pRsent easz."
Mis- Hsps Glenn, the. sontralto, who
| f. to appsas wilh NiinAso during Cse
coming season, has msde her FSp,ts.
ton principally in tnsiand. whMe