Year: 1870

SignOr LIE Franc made his reappearance last
night under peculiarly unfortunate circumstances In
the first place he In very bad voices bad that In
the middle Of the evening apology made for him


from the stage and In the second place the who
supported him were 20 c0nspicuousy unequal to their
parts that criticism upon them would be wasted The
opera was Lucia"-a popular work which has been
seldom given In New-York for tho last few years
| and work in which success n comparatively
easy II the east is at all respectable. OF
Miss McCulloch's personation Of the heroine wa
prefer TO say little. We informed that she under
took IL very unwillingly at the last moment without
proper rehearsal after the incompetence Of Miss Cansss
to whom it was originally assigned had been demon
strated. After all the allowance, however which this
circumstance demands, II remains 10 be sad that shs
sang very badly and got out OF tune with the most az
gravating regularity She has good voice. but false


ntOnation and crude style and she does not improve
She sings better than she sang two years ago.
and she will sing any better until she acquires


more correct method. Petrilli was weak and unlm
pressive ashton Fossat who takes the parts would
sing them much better II he had a bass voice. The
minor characters were misreprosented by some poo
pie OF whom never heard before and never
want to hear again. II only remains to say that
| lack OF rehearsals painfully manifest in the
choruses and concerted pieces and that the orchestra
directed by Snor Giorza went far wrong time
that large number OF the audience laughed audiby.
Any one who knows how Indifferent NewYork audiences
are to orchestral deficiencies at the opera will understand
how very bad this blunder must have bsen Upon tho
whole while we hesitate to call the performance u


Lucia" last night the worst ever given at the Academy
OF Music-for that establishment has witnessed some
very bad performances indeed We can safely pro-
nounce it q musical outrage, which all persons
cerned in its perpetraton ought to remember with grief
| and humiliation to their dying day


THE NEw-YORK JUBILEE.


As Beethoven was born in the middle of De.
cember 1t is Of the most obviously correct thing
that celebration OF his birthday should held


in the middle of June. Therefore certain thrifty gentle
men OF New York purpose using the great


hs being the hundreth year since his BIRTH in order
make money by series Of and concerts at the Rink


be given in about three or four weeks from the present
time with large orchestra, a monster chorus and AZ
many popular solo singers can be induced 10 con-
tribute their services The Rink is to be enlarged, aud


II is estimated that band OF 500 pieces and chorus Of
1900 can easily be got together Mr. Gilmore coming on
from Boston give the thing start and other famous
conductors taking turns the baton The programmes
will be in general something like those Of the Boston Fes
tiva with this difference, that they will embrace great
many operatic selections such as solos quartetes and
fnales The Brgno troupe, singing at the Academy
Of Music has been engaged and negotiations we believe
nearly concluded with many other artists but as few
engagements have actually been made 1t Is not worth
while to 20 into particulars The collection OF the chorus
offers many difficulties and its drilling offers many more
but they insuperabe About the orchestra there
need be no trouble whatever the material close at hand
is good and abundant. Now If the managers Of the
terpse will go sensbly about their business and spare
| us needless humbug, we have doubt our New-Yors
Festival will be a very enjoyable affair. They have not
the antest idea Of hOnorng the memory Of Beethoven
and il they persist in calling this Beethoven ceebrs


they only expose themselves to unnecessary critr
cism Their object Is to make money. tits very lauda
object in which the public will cheerfuly help them
| and we see reason to be ashamed OF it.


THE PATTI CONCERT GIVEN UP.


Admirers of Miss CarlOtta Patti will regret tA


learn that the farewell she TO have given this
| evening at steinway Hall will not take place, Her
agents that she Is too much agued after her
Western journey to undergo the labor Of this perform
ance, and, she sails Monday for Brazil our last op
portunity Of hearing her has therefore slipped away
| MR.. RoNCONI's OPERA GIVEN UP.


Signor RoncOni too is fatigued. His attic.
ton to be the chorus whom be charges with VIC
latng their agreement and in consequence Of their Do
serton he is obliged to postpone indefinitely the per-
formance OF DEiisr d'AmOre which he had announced
for next Tuesday at the Union League Theater. The