New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-24
MYSTICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES


who however did add her laurels by her singing
The audience was fairly numerous and Madame Has
reer created great enthusiasm as she has done on her
every appearance. 1t is evident that she is unusually
gifted with dramatic Instincts. All things considered
she is the most satisfactory singer that the new nstt
ton has given us At thS Metropolitan audience WAS
present which durtg u, Italian senson @ona naru
the representation and sang admirably The lists Tor
next week are as follows: hetropohtsn-mEc .,dsy'
"bie Mestersinser1 y; Saturday afternoon. " Faust"
ASsds%y Of Of Magic frds
pheus" -; Saturday afternoon, +" The Magic Flute"
Mr.. william Sherwood gave three pianoiorte reetas
ut Cbckering Hall on last Monday and friday e'e"hSs
and yesterday afternoon. Mention has been made IN IT,
journal OF first OF the three Al the second MI Ne
ia ward Uoimendahl, vioinist, expected to take
mart but he having been called to Baltimore (where ne
las been appointed director OF mems singing society,"
Mr. Sherwood made good the deprivation with additional
anOors solos Weber concerto lor iTG
Adolph HenseD and in an original Cnristnss DsnCe
S eog bnt the results were in no respect
Yesterdays programme was largely devoted 70 com,
port nsmeiy WiIliam Mason Edgar II. sherwood. Fer.
linand Dewey aud Julia Riye-kng.
Tho programme of the thirteenth Thomas Popular
Concert on Tuesday evening made up OF pieces which
Mr. Thomas was requested by his patrons to repeat IL
IL IA TO be taken as criterion OF the taste OF the popu-
lar audiences It Is highly gratifying. The numbers are
Aberts transcription Of Prelude, Choral and Fugue O
Bach Memberships midsummer Nights Dream
overture the slow for Beehovens fifth SYM
phopy "siegfred's Rhine journey" from Die Goter-
dammerung" Lists hungarian khspsoay no; = h1 s
step's Bal Costume" the theme and variations uo
"Minuet" the "WaIdweben" from "segfried" and
Ride Of the yalkyres" from Die Wakure
Mr. Louis Melbourne, who last January in London pro-
ected and carried out series OF American Concerts
is In this city and has similar project for tho local sea-
son. His purpose to make an exposition OF the posi-
bItjes OF native musical talent In the department OF
creation ne well as Interpretation. Such an enterprise
might made not only interesting but exceedingly 10,
waited for interest the part OF the believers IN
the future Of American musical art Inc mrs, concert
will take place Ia ChickeTnS Han on teDrualy To-
The list OF operetIas to be performed at the Thala
Theatre this week is foows: Monday, The Merry
War;: Tuesday Gar and Carpenter; Wednesday,
" Gaspsrone"; Thursday and saturday, "Tne Merry
wives of windsor" and Friday " The Bat" Mr. AM
berg announces that he has "1he MAado" in active
preparation
Michael Banners concert will take place at steinway
Hall on tuesday evening.
The solo singers who will take part in the Brooklyn
performance OF Gounod's "Mors ct Vita" are Miss
Juch. Miss Helen Dudley Campbell, Mr. Canddus and
Mr.. Whitney.
Mr. William Castle and Miss Letitia Fritch have been
engaged by Mr.. Aronson for The Gypsy Baron MI
Aron.on is arranging gala night on the lOOth per-
forlnauce OF " Amorlta On FEBRUARY IL.
AtMr. Carlos sobriuo's second concert in s;einway
Hail. ON next Friday evening the pianist will have the
helf OF Carl L DuGt, Henri Fiuz and L. Huntington
WoOdman.
Mr. Couldock will appear at the Criterion Theatre,
Brooklyn tomorrow evening, in 1.-THE willow Corse.'
1.-THE Private Secretary" will be reproduced IN this
city this week at Grand Opera House. Mr. william
Gillette will impersonate the Ker. NJ. itd~dmg'
TIE Ministries OF Thatcher, Primrose and West viii
appear at NIbo's Garden this week, succeeding Ihs
Ratcateher," which goes 10 Boston
Mr. j. G.. Savlle has organized a theatrical company
Tor the purpose OF representing The Rajsh." Dir.
Sayile will take the field this week aud begin tour OF
the country.
Miss Clara Morris give the opening performances
AZ the now Windsor Theatre, beginning on February 5.
Edwin Booth who appears at the Fifth Avenue Thea
ire February l. will begin his engagement IN Hamlet
For four years Mr.. J. L. Thomas once popular barn
tone and composer OF a number OF ballads that much
sung has i'll and his condition ~ now OF such ex
tremity that some of hi. friends ha arranged tons
III concert to be given Chickering a the evening
q January SO Mr %Sssns E deieS Sf te
services and General Dodge and Others are doing ther
best 10 make the affair financially remunerative.
Apryate letter from Copenhagen brings the iutcl-
cence that George werrenrah, the tenor formerly OF
BROOKLYN sang IL concerts OF the Bach and Kel soce
ties OF Hamburg in November aud then went 20 COpen.
hagen, where illness for time prevented him rom
filling engagements since MS recover! ne mas s'o"
song recital IN Copenhagen and won much praise
Mr. Wilson Barrett makes known the fact that his pro-
duction OF the late Lord Lyttons play or Tho House
hold Gods" Brutusl cost him $4,000. This was .
dead loss Mr. Barrett Is an enterprising manager oGt
he displayed conspicuous lack ofJudsment In produe
lag that play. The subject was never popular on ths
English STAGE Payne's tragedy was only partly TO
deemed by the genius OF Edmund Kean ANY play ~
tho late LytOn that could have been made to sue
coed would inevitably have been utilized By that auIho
himself Inc tragedy OIL ns nous d hst xnrspced
manager with the strongest wish to represent ~ su
Mr. wilson Barrett and Mr. Arthur Jones at works on
piece atiye to the time OF Cromwell sna %
| Barrett and Mr.. Sidney Grundy are at WORK on
classical DRAMA OF Greoian life, at the period Adv
The new play Of "uarbor Lights" lately produced 10
London aud probably soon to DO produced In New-ioA
is described follows In the dramatic column OF lH'
London TFuh 1.-THE hero is naval officer; the VILLAIN
/. the squire OF the village The officer loves tue gOOa
girl and the wicked squire wants 10 marry her because
be Is ruined and she has e2c 000 He has ruined hef
sister, and the good heroine is besuiled into coming
his house night to look after this sister she sha 0
leave t as his wife, ETC., etc. At the proper mou1'
the officer bursts Ia to tho rescue KNOCKS GOWN ~.
squire and carries OF the good girl Then the rustic a
mirsr of the sister shoots him. He is succeeded III INV
ownership OF the estate by stu wicked SQUIRE
The new SQUIRE charges the good girl with having ph
ruined by mis- predecessor. and the oihcer WIN n's
killed him. All is satisfactorily explained III 'ho'
act But through what thrilling adventures 40 We Seu
at the right time, gallant tars go through avn
mannuvres men-of-war, mothers denounce the' s,s
sons as murderers people shoot themselves ana p.n
with reckless indifference life grand and noble seu
mens arc shouted every few minutes, ana DetvNeia
| whites comic Irish women and comic sailors ihduis'
| Jokes and low comedy" -
Mrs Lsngtry has leased the Princes Theatre III Lon
don for six months, beginning January l, 1880 0u'
| will produce play by Mr. Wills
Az an incident OF his revival OF 1.-THE Merry wives -
windsor" Mr.. Augustin DAILY will publish in s-naha
| some volume his Acting Copy OF the comedy tose'no'
with fac-simile reprint of the first quarto Q6o2-'u
whole 10 be prefaced by Introductory essay on s
play by william Winter This book Is now in TIC press
Miss Genevieve Ward passed the Christmas holidays
a, uonolulu m the sand ich Islands. She Will iea's
that port tow ard the of January, on her homew