Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-14
MUSICAL AND

Nine Msjsroni has gone to Australia to
Join her husband.
Nine. Nilsson intends TO sail by the
GAlliA for Europe on the 1S:h inst. .
Fanny Davenport Is to produce ZEE
dora at Haverly's, Philadelphia October
LIST.
Mary Anderson Is to open September
LIST In Henry Irving's Lyceum Theatre,
London.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Weston (EHie Ellis.
ler) sail for England In the Spain, Of the
National Line, April a.
The New York Post refers to Capouls
''absurd habit Of turning bis face upward
and sending up falsetto notes like . series
Of soap bubbles"
1t 10 estimated that the legitimate drama
In America gives honorable employment
and support to fifty thousand persons Of
various grades and positions.
When Mr.. Henry Irving is presented at
court, 1t Ia rumored that he will be
.knighted. 1t would make an admirable
prelude to his American engagement.
Salvini and Clara Morris are to begin Q
two weeks season In Booths theatre, April
16. playing the first week In ''The Outlaw"
three nights and q matinee, and In
"0thello' one night.
In response to an advertisement for
twenty young men to appear as peasants
and oourtiers In a new piece at the Madison
Square sheater, $50 people Of every age,
size, and complexion, presented themselves
as applicants.
Beethoven's "Fiielio," with English
words, has just been brought out in Lon.
don. The event possessed rare interest. as
1t was the first appearance Of Marie Roze
In English opera, and the example Is re-
gsrded On important precedent.
NJ. j. Weber, the musical critic of the
Paris Temps, says he counted more than
twenty-6 distinct leading motives in
Henri VIII ," the new opera by Saint.
Saens. The treatment of the melody, and
the defamation too, l. often Wsgnerian.
A complete cyclus of all Wagner's works,
with the exception of "Parsi al" Is to be
given in Munich In historical order, be-
ginning with "Rienzi," and ending on
april 10 with die Gotterdammerung."
10 Vienna q similar cyclus will be given
next October, when Tristan and lsolde"
will be sung for the first time. Vienna
has the hest ope ra IN the world.
TeresinA Tus, the young Italian violinist
who created such a sensation in Berlin a
lew moutns hRo, mas SiuCo uppeoiSu III i-u
CONCERTS, the receipts Of which amount to
$500 o. She gave sixteen concerts in
Vienna, eleven in Leipzig, nine In Pesth,
etc. Her first two concerts in Nienns
were given In the opera house-a distinc.
tion accorded no v~iolinist since Mianolia.
Edwin Booth has taken Germany by
storm. The adulation he receives almost
amounts to an i'olatrous craze. Tit en-
thusiasm he aroused in Berlin has been
surpassed by the excitement at Hamburg
The most eminent critics say they have
never seen Hamlet, Lear or Othello be
fore, and that his scholarship is as peer
less as his acting. His engagements arr
rich harvests for ticket SPECTATORS
Crowds surround his carriage and cheel
him as he leaves the theAter. From man
ayers down to ''supes," the Theatrical
people have gone wild over him. and In
stat on kissing him on both cheeks
behind the scenes, after each act
The male actors, according to the CONT
mental custom, fall on him with beardeS
OSCILLATION. and bevies Of actresses wayla!
, him with aorAl contributions and beg tn
/: privilege Of kissing the great "Meister" o
! the dramatic profession. This Is the fire