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August 20th, i88i k
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
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tails from the 3fusil- Welt, according to which, out It was not till the next day that he kept his bed. PONSONBY DE TOMKYNS BEGINS TO ASSERT
HIMSELF.
of 284 representations, Verdi's operas occupied Two days afterwards he got up again and resumed
37, Wagner's 35, Meyerbeer's 33, Donizetti's 22, work, thanks to his vigorous constitution. His
DE T. (who has had a little to much—music).
Mozart's 22, Rossini's 21, Gounod's 19, Weber's 11, medical men advise him, however, not t© over-tax
"Look here, M'ria ! Blest if I can stand that
Bellip*"s 9, Bizet's 8 evenings respectively. The his strength; but he is indefatigable and works a Foreign Rowdy of yours any longer ! He's always
regaining performances consisted of Gliick's great deal more than he ought, wanting, as he pitching into England, by George, where he makes
' Der betrogene Kadi," Beethoven's "Fidelio," does, quiet and repose. To prescribe quiet and all his Money. He Yawns and Whistles, and Picks
and operas by Cherubini, Boieldieu, Halevy, repose for him, however, is as good as advising a his Teeth, and looks at himself in the Glass when
Marschner, Schubert, Delibes, Briill, and others. raging volcano not to emit fire and ashes when in Ladies are talking to him. Doesn't care what he
says before Ladies. Look at 'em all fanning him,
Thevfamous Leipzig Gewandhaus was founded a state of convulsion.
The Italian papers state Madame Albani is likely and licking his Boots ! Makes me sick. Half a
in the year 1481, and was endowed three hundred
mind to kick him down stairs."
years later, in 1781 (at the instance of HerrMiiller, to be heard at the Milan Scala this winter.
then burgomaster of the town), with its concert- Tamberlick has been touring about Spain with Mrs. P. DE T. " No, no. Hush, love. He's a
Genius! He plays the Flageolet better than any
hall, where the first musical performance took Sarasate, the violinist.
place on November 21 in the same year. The Miss Thursby is visiting Mrs. Ole Bull at Bergen, man living. The Princesses would never hare been
ancient institution will thus celebrate in Novem- Norway, after which she will return to the United here to-night but for him!—and remember, Ponson-
by, lie plays to us for Nothing."—Punch,
ber next a centenary of twofold interest and signi- States.
ficance.
FOOLISH EMMA.
HENRY E. ABBEY.
Oamille Saint-Saens is engaged upon the com-
ISS
EMMA
ABBOTT in a recent interview
INTERVIEWED BY A REPORTER.
position of a Symphony to be produced on the oc-
with a reporter, stated that she had recon-
casion of the inauguration of a statue shortly to be "nnAlD you see 'Patience'?"
sidered her determination not to sing in " La
erected to Victor Hugo at Paris.
1 J '' Yes, it is funny. If there has been enough Traviata," on the ground that a new version of the
A new cantata by Herr Brambach has achieved of the aesthetic business in American papers dur- libretto had been prepared with the objectionable
a great success on its first performance at the ing the past few months to make the motive of parts omitted, while the music is all retailed.
recent Festival of the "Rheinische Sanger-Bund," "Patience " clear, it will go with a roar in this coun- Says Miss Abbott :
held at Coblentz. The work is entitled '' Prome- try. It is doubtful if Gilbert comes over person-
" The old surroundings are all done away with.
theus," and is written for male chorus, with vocal ally to produce this opera. He will be here, though, The gambling house becomes a delightful ballroom
when the comedy is in preparation. Any good at Cecelia's house, the questionable Brindisi be-
solos and orchestra.
stage manager can bring out "Patience," having comes a song praising glorious deeds of arms, &c,
Heinrich Hofmann has just completed a new seen it in London. But it is not the same with a and all is chastened and refined."
opera, "Wilhelm von Oranien," to which Rod- piece that has never been tried."
We trust this new method of whipping the devil
erich Fels has written the libretto.
" How about Patti ? "
around the stump will prove acceptable to Miss
'' Well, she wouldn't come over for any such terms Abbott's audiences. It reminds us of the dodge
Dr. Giinther, of Leipzig, has been nominated
Presiding Director of the Conservatorium, in the as I could have had a show for getting out even Barnum used to play at his Museum years ago,
upon, so I gave up trying to get her, and so did when he called his Theatre a " Lecture Room," to
room of the late Conrad Schleinitz.
else. I offered her $5,000 a night, and make things pleasant for the country church
Rossini's music to "II Barbiere di Siviglia" has everybody
if
she
had
accepted
these terms, I should have made people.
again been found insufficient, for the libretto has money with her at $5
ticket. What she demand-
once more been reset, this time by one Bianchi, of ed for a certainty was a $8,000
for herself and
Bologna. The musicians who have tried their Nicolini. I couldn't see it. anight
So
she's
coming over
hands on the famous book are now, therefore, alone, and means to charge $10 for seats.
or-
Paisiello, Rossini, Dall, Argine, Gramgna, and iginally intended to make it $20, but was She
talked
Bianchi.
out of that. Such a step would be madness, and
Mr. Fred Godfrey has been seized with a brain would lead to a total loss of her popularity here. Notices of the MUSICAL CRITIC AND
disease, and placed under confinement in an asylum. I think $10 is too much for her to ask in America, TRADE REVIEW taken from other
For many years bandmaster of the Coldstream seeing that she is personally running her business. newspapers are entirely unsolicited by
Guards, and celebrated both in London and the If she had an American manager, myself, for in- us. In spite of the editor's large news-
provinces, Mr. Godfrey was probably one of the stance, it would be different. Let the public un- paper acquaintance, he has never asked
best known military band and dance conductors of derstand that I was obliged to pay her a tremendous
the day. Some time ago he suffered a stroke of figure by way of nightly certainty, and they would a line of encomium from any one.
paralysis, which has directly led to the present not grumble at having to lay out a handsome price The usual method of obtaining large
for tickets. But they will feel now that as she has numbers of pulling- notices for a critical
attack.
no one to divide with, it is rather crowding the or art paper is to offer to send such pa-
Mme. Marcella Sembrich is engaged for the two mourners to ask such terms. Nicolini comes with
next Italian seasons in St. Petersburg and Mos- her, of course, but the balance of the company per to country editors for a year free
"if they will kindly publish the enclosed
cow at $1,000 a night. So say the foreign papers, don't amount to much.
lines"—written
in the office of the paper
and they expect us to believe the statement.
" This trip of Patti's is a money-making scheme
Leschetizky's " Erste Falte" with Mdmes. purely. Thetfact is, she is beginning to wane, and to be puffed—and the value of the critic-
Lucca, Braga, Herren, Walter and Meyerhofer, in she knows it. Consequently she is after a big pile al paper is just about equal to the value
the leading parts, will be produced in November of money, and she sees the necessity of getting it of the puff" in the obscure country sheet.
at the Imperial Opera House, Vienna.
quickly. You thought she was rich ? Well, she
THE RECORD OP OUR YOUTH.
ought to be, but her habits are enormously extra-
A band of Scandinavian musicians is about to vagant,
We are in receipt of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AKD
and
it
costs
a
tremendous
pile
of
money
to
leave Copenhagen with the object of giving per- pay her way. She keeps an establishment in Paris, TRADE REVIEW of Aug. 5th, in which the editor,
formances in Germany of works by the leading one in Wales, where she goes for recreation, and one Mr. Charles A. Welles, announces the completion
composers of Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
in London, where she appears every season. At of the second year of its existence and the fact that
MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW is a com-
A new opera by Mercuri—" II Violino del Dia- this rate, you see $50,000 a year don't go very far. THE
plete success. Mr. Welles success is a source of
volo "—has been well received at the Politeama, It is not true that I engaged Campanini. That is great
satisfaction to his many Red Bank friends,
one of the errors of cable communication."—Dra-
Rome.
for when he was a small boy, visiting in that town,
matic News.
it was a serious question with many who knew
Donizetti's '' Torquato Tasso " is to be revived
him, as to whether he wouldn't come to some bad
next season at Bergamo, the composer's native
DECLINE OF ITALIAN SINGERS.
Perhaps becoming the editor and proprietor
town.
T is curious to note how few Italian singers are end.
of a successful musical journal is about as bad as
now to be found at the Italian Opera, the Lon- it
A one-act operetta, "Le Portrait de Coletta,"
can be, for everybody knows that editors are the
music by Ed. Montaubry, will shortly be pro- don Standard says, and as a matter of fact Italian most
unfortunate men in the world, yet it is prob-
singers are the exceptions at the Italian house. able that
duced at Etretat.
the same enterprise which the boy Welles
Take
Covent
Garden,
for
example.
Mme.
Patti
is
Leopold Ketten, the pianist, is appointed Di- an American of Spanish extraction ; Mme. Albani showed in concocting mischief has been infused
rector of the Societe des Concerts at the Geneva is a Canadian ; Mme. Sembrich is a Pole; Mme. into the CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW by the editor,
and has made it the bright, spicy and reliable pub-
Conservatory.
Fiirsch Madier is a German ; Mile, de Reszke, lication
that it is. —Monmouth County Democrat,
French
;
Mile.
Warnots,
German
(?)
;
Mme.
Val-
A Musical Festival, under the direction of Alard,
Freehold,
N. J.
is to be held at Bayonne on the 25th and 26th leria, American ; Mile. Guercia, Spanish. Of the
contralti, Mme. Scalchi is, I believe, actually an
September.
A circular has been issued in London which
Italian (the first that has so far been met with),
Usiglio's opera, "Le Nozze in Prigione," will but Mme. Trobelli is French. Of the tenors, " Sig- says:—"In consequence of the lateness of the sea-
be among the autumn novelties at the Vittorio nor " Gayarre is Spanish ; Signor Mierzwinski, a son and the fact that an insufficient amount had
Emmanuele, Turin.
Pole ; Signor Nicolini, if by a stretch of charity he been subscribed to obtain a quotation on the
Exchange, the scheme for the amalgamation
The accident which happened to Liszt some may any longer be ranked as a tenor, is French ; Stock
of the two Italian opera houses has been tempor-
time ago, at his residence in Weimar, has not been M. Verguet is French, and so is M. Soulacroix. arily
suspended and the money will be returned to
attended with the grave consequence dreaded, Herr Labatt is German. Possibly Signor Marini the subscribers.
The issue of shares will be de-
though very nearly being exceedingly serious. He is Italian, and with Signor Cotogni and Mme. Scal- ferred
until the autumn." If this scheme has
was going to make a call, when* descending a chi an Italian trio in this huge company is found. fallen through
what becomes of Mapleson who
winding staircase, his foot caught iu the carpet But the baritones, MM. Lassalle and Sante Atnos was to have the poorer
part of the troupe to bring
and he fell on his face. It is a miracle he was not are French (the latter calls himself " Signor," but to America?
killed for he was ten stairs from the bottom. his style betrays him), and it may be casually ad-
Spiridion; his valet, was out. A maid servant ran ded, the absent but remembered singers, MM.
Clara Louise Kellogg returned from Europe
and Maurel were French also. The buffo, last Miss
to assist her master, who fainted and remained Faure
week per steamer Germanic and was immedi-
Signor
Ciampi,
is,
I
think,
Italian,
but
MM.
Gail-
some minutes insensible. The servant was not hard, Dauphin, Gresse, and de Reszke are all French ately interviewed by the reporters of the daily
strong enough to lift him up, but, when he recov- or Belgian singers, and so would have been M. papers. Miss Kellogg stated to one of the report-
ered consciousness, he rose of his own accord, and Bulss
ers that she had added Rossini's " Semiramide "
had he appeared.
made hi» call as though nothing had happened.
to her repertoire during her absence.
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