Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 3, 1877, Page 10

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE:“SUNDAY., JUNE 3, 1877-SIXTBEN PAGES. AMUSEMENTS. : Success of “ Our Boarding- -House” at McVicker’s. Large Audiences. \ A Boys’ Theatre and What It Has Accomplished. Notes of the Green-Rooms in Chicago Y ’ § Good Acting Appreciated by 1 f f: and the East, The London Wagner Festival--- Skotch of the Concerts and Audlences. P s ;. Wagner as a Conductors==Pro- gramme of the Apollo v Club Festival. e s .{: The First, Performance of Sullivan's * Prodigal Bon' by the Choral Unjon. Btrakosch’s Operatle Projecte--Oporatic Gossip on Both Sides the Water, ! TITE DRAMA. ¥ ¥ QUR NOARDING-JIOUSE." ! McVicker's Theatre has held many large com- ; panles during the past week, the atiraction belng Mr. Leonand Urover's play of *Qur -{} Donrding-Honse.” It would not be a pleasant tndk tosit W solemn judgment on this plece, + which, has been so often sent to the limbo of unfyrgotten things In the newspapers, and so extravagantly patronized by the people, Tim ;; Tripuys lonx azo chinvacterized it as an odd : mixture of farce and drama, and has not since A} deviated from that judzment. Either the farce i or the drama might. do by itactt, but the two’ - together muke a jumble such as fs not often r i pecn on theatage, The secret of the suceess (.the piece has Iately enjuyed at MeVicker's }‘Tqmnlru 18 vastly found, There lins boen In the {1 first place npproval lnthe Enst, and the multitude 1. of alng In which the play abounds Is thereby, in £ tug uptnion of tmany, covered with an amploand "! suflizleht induleence. In the next place, thero has been the assurance that the parts, such as 1% they are, have nearly all been fntrusted to com- 1 petentnctors. We know beforchand that the "- play must bo almost Inconcelvable from which ¢+ Crane, Robson, and MeKee Rankincould extract +#" no entertaiument, Grover'a * Boarding-House ** y 1s not incanceivables that {s to say, tho olay is i not, although the Institution may be left open odoubt. The dramatie construction, which con- stltutes tha chief, If not thy only, merit of the | play, 4 Ingenlons and correct, It s tho series of [ «" constant surprises which holds the juterest of % the owdienco aftor the first act. The incident of 1.+ the diamond ring is ono of the most futeresting < eplsedes ever Intriduced fa an American com- }'1 edy. So the play of cross-purposes In the last -n et between Watler, his mother, Beatrice, and i Dexter, 18 rapld and amusicg, Neither of thess ¥+ passnges hns pornaps any large clalms to origi- ' nality, and wo do not understand that any of " the play Is conspleuous In this respect. SBome i. of it comos from *Stastier aud Crasher,” sunjo A, from the Fiench, and more from the common o rescrvoir of drainatle things,—the anclept re- i, ceptacto whre, Jur theso many hundred years, 5! the skeletous of old plays huve been sceurel! £ paeked. Thiafact has not at all Interfered with | ;. thu sncegss-of tho pieey, and ought vot to do 7- 80, The old things have been put torethey In £, new relatious, and a more favorablo light lins 1, heen thruwn upon them, so that we might groet ' them with neclamatfon I they were altuguther 1! burmonfous atong themselves, *The vrincpal recummendation of the I;cr- 2 formanve to Chicago peoply I8 to be found in < the fuct that IL promises good acting, We know cast [8 tolerably even, and that among n little Improvement could vo Ioakej 5 for. It Is something to bo sssured that 2 the thedtro s not oeeupied by the or i+ dinary stockcompany, aud still’ sweoter rods the thought © that — wo _organization i, from Bt Louls, Clevelund, or Cinclunntl hing §' desgended upon this devoted town and clhimed * forits uwn the enthuslastic but Ignorant few. 4o Wankin's #lorelti 1a the Leat Impersengtion hio & hy ever given here; and, althouzh not dtrictly * original, hus merits of u bigh onder, He makon " the Italian Iess batclul than Vincent did, and in I this suws betterart,, Vincent should not be scolTud at beeause e flappened to be 8 member * of o picked-up compny, il now vecitpies no .elevated positfon on the stare, e was onve Hankin ls; £ Nghier in the profeasion than Y his agk was us good; his power of {! expression was wide and aceus §irute. Mecan still act well when ho chiooses. fiund miglgt vat his prescnt successor’ to his 2 tenmps i mony o part. But as Moratl Rankin 1 has tho best of It, because hie 13 nmoro genlal ' and cotpanionable ruseal, Vineent's Italian ; would be kicked Into the street ut an early mo- ] meut of his residence I thy boarding-liouse. 1¢1le would nevitably bo suspected of dusigng dsupon the jewelry of the other gucsts. {ls i{1 might even purloin gomething of value, The keen landludy could teil at u glunee thut a man 1 with such a fuce aud manners s0 valgur would £ nover pay his bills, Rankin's Fiorall, on the 1. other baid, Is 8 suave, scummodating, polite L furclgner, with — no outward tubnn of yitlalny, uulvss one oy be furnished T by his' scent, which muy or iy not 3 bgcuod Pledimontese, nccunll{x;; us thy l{umur f‘ suits. The question le perhnps too serluns o #4 ane for discusslon in this place, Crane hna a 7 rood yart, In the play, und does it justice, - Hs » makes a vast niprovement over the work of 1; Mr. Russel Suggs, who bad the part in the oruefinl cast av Hoolev's Theatre, Sougws {8 L often u good actor,but he le uot, ke Crune, always comle, Of Crane it may bu eafd that ho ‘}* 18 ulwuys limself, ond still always good; same- i neas 10 bim Ia not o fault, Hobson's' squeak § elves viquancy to tho part of Gillypod, which £ wus butcheréd by Mr, Whillen last year { in the most heartless manner. Whif- [ifen id " tho purt “fu" plakl pantaluons, and guve promiuence to its farce clements. [ Nobsun wears in linen and the purplo of the . mudern talloriug establishment. Ho must, 1 atro, In the duel-scene, beeiaced In corsets, or ¢ wtrupped do some instrutent for correctlon of i curvature of tho spine, We never thought so 1 fil of Robson us tu suppose that lLis natursl + figure could ublo the one which ho preseuts '{,lu this cunnectlon., The duel-scene, it should bo !’ remembered, hus been lmproved by the two § - setors principally concerned fn it, until the 17 buvey I tho lauizunge of the professton, ¥ got ft 4 &u." They Know thesr Hnes alme twhmwuuh furzet them, which srgues the most perfect i fanliarity, Juhin Haymond did wnot break ;down In Cul. Sellers until hie hadl played tho part ¢ some 200 tunes. Crane did yot luse his_recol- * leetion of the part of Kievator until last Monday 1} morulng, when he uttempted Lo rehiearse it us g;l)[u\'ickul'i Theatre, His bl was then a il blank on thls subject, nhupl{ beeauso he ot s} terapted to spenk tu o nutural tone, When his “1! volce was raised agaln, the words returned to s} biwm, Amang the smaller parts, Mr. Plercy's 1{: Walter descives sume notice, Perbiaps becauso this minlable actor hiss Leen playing the part of the Italian be b8 now somewhat tou Berce and bumptioys fur the bigh-minded and_sensitive, fobut - wedk aod spooney, lover. Ho louks at thoe abject of hls alleclions us 12 she were 7 good ouly to be caten, and be the Cyclops wost ready to do the eating. Mr. Stuart imakes so.uething of the part of Wulthew Eligidle, snd Minnle Doyle as Piviel 18 not dlsugreeable. Miss i\ i jart of Leatrive WYunheigp vs weil as Mri. Dillon | i yearazo. The revolicctionof Mra. Diliow's § ecting in this part Is very distinet, and i3 [ ; vew Yurk shie would huve won apundunt 7 pluuse. The pary of Belty (s uow in the bauds ik uf o novice, remalos to be sald of the I"fi:lb 1] Y¥ geen ut MeVicker's Theatre for & drowutlc pers ‘furmance durlnz the year, It proves thute g ¥ activg will alwuye be sppreciuted sud rewarded 1ila Bavory, It 1s a pliy to say, docs not play the firwation of the Knm-d. that it Oue word auce. L the largest that has been here. ‘The hilanty of the varjous sudicuces has Leen In soing fustanues s good us the play. The nlht afteggDecoration-Day, whoa tbe hollduy cruwd wis ol thu fsughier wis must vocuer- oug, and tha nolse nnanimous enongh nlinost to fi’obm tha part of take oft the roal TIHR MIARSTRARR THBATRE. Tt {a only a barn, to be surc, and the actors are boya; but tho audlences ars appreciative, Intelligent, and numerous. The performances are as delightful in some reapects as ang to be seen at the full-grown theatres of the city. ‘Thera Is n more classical simplicity of tone abant thep than is often abseryed, for Instance, at McVicher's Theatre. Tne boys pronounce correctly and ,treat the lincs of the great drn- matiat with reverence. ‘Their dresacs are not abnchronistic. Thelr scenery s severe nnd plain, fur thoy emulato the “noble oxample of the Cumegle Francais, where a single scene, tvo tables and a chair, suffiice to preserve the fu- slon which Is rafsed by the art of Inlmitable act- ors, The opening took place May 20. On this occaslon the second sceno of the third act of *Juljus Crsar ™ was prescnted. Tho theatro was formally christened with a prologue, spoken by Douglas 8t. George Huntington, and written, 1t will be observed, by one who has aomething moro than the expericnce and cunning of & boy. We question whether thefo hea ever leen bet- ter veraffication on a similar occaston in o Chleago theatre. Let tho lines bear witnesa for themselyes: #+When learning's teinmph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the siage, " “twan in & bamn it roso, The rtroiling Thespis exercised his art Within the narrow confines of a cart, Shakapeare, the wandrons, had no gilded dome, ‘Abave the **Ulobe, ™ tolure hiscrowds from home; And him, ! fter shinuk the mimic rcene, The barn fAirst saw—the matchlesn Edmund Kean. So friends look kindly on our homely hall, Ruio though It be. Here, rialng at cur call, Tticnards and Honrys—all the warltke dead, ] Of whom in Shaks) um‘lxoldm?nynyou‘vsmnd,— Alive again, shalltread our atabla fioor ‘And win with woes your rympathy once more, A simple flat suMced the Grecian stage, Tut that won't do in this mechanic age, Bconen now are actors—we have caang'd all that; Glittring our stago—tho actor ls tho tlat, The fire of Fophokles?—Well, let that pass, We've real pumpn and things—ani lots of gas! No longer gewgaws vain let us pursne, Uomma giticn i, aad by the phys be tanaht "ome lther, friends, an 0 bays be tan, [ SR b L e After the prologuo the play: The scene is the one representing the burial of Jutins Ciesar. On this occaston Jullus was, we grieve tasay, yery dead, His actine was not powerlul, ‘There was a sort of artificlality about hin, which, although not npparent * to tho casual,ob- server, detracted from the.symmetry of his disembodimont. Tlo bhad not " % magnetism,’ andwdecidedly not the sawoir vivre. Honever had possessed these t'unllllua. He was, It phort, a sort of Frankensteln, o creation of aun linagl- nation ns vivld and more playful than that of Mary Wollstonceraft Shelley. No zalvanized remnants of dissteting-roomns and graveyanls constituted tho person of this automatoni o nlght-shirt and ten okl ncw-lpnperu minde up his noblo figure. Cold, and still, and beautiful ho lay, coneclous peebaps of the fact that his Joluts were not supple, aud his. beauty too fraglle for the conrse purpuses af soclnl admiration. He telt, like JMereutio, that if you asked for tilm to- morrow, or indeed at'any time, it might be sald that ho was a grave man, wns Mark Antony! Blfih passed over his hend How difleront years only had .~ 1lo prynounced the funeral oration in masterly fushion, witlf the fire, tho cunning, and the apt -‘vu power of young nature, Brufus was urly 12, and a patriot of becoming dignity, e wore I3 _years caslly and gracefully, and was not Lou deoply Impressed with Ins responsl- bility, flll)\lFll of course in nidvanca of his naso- clates In all the adyentitious clrcumstances of age and learning, The four citizens were mus- cular and powerful represcntatives of Roman {nflqmmcnw. No pampered creatures of o uxurious and effominate aze were they, but embodlments of the stalwart thougit %’ Rome. It is said that even Mare Antony, with hls blushing honors thick upon Inm, un- vied tho eitizen who had the hizh priv- Hege of carrylng o gorgeous bantier wrong- slde foremost, Tho perfornance was unani- monsly voted a grand success by those in front af the curtain, nud arravgemonts wero ot once made for the carly production of “Ilenry V," in u stylo of unexampled solendor, tll whlch timo we must say izood-byv to the 8hakspearo Theatre, 2] NOTES. 3 Along and oxcellent varloty bill will ho pre- sented ot tho Adelphil every night thls week, “QOur Boarding-Ifuuse " will be played all this week at MeVicker's Thoatre. Tho attend- ance has been very largo and profitavle, M, Den ‘Thompiory supported by Mr. Blnls- dell, Mr, Frank Weston, Miss Julia Wilson, and uthers, will appear in his personation of “Joshe ua Whitcomb? at Haverly's Theatrs dhls week. My, Fred Alinsis to havo a beneflt ot the Adelphi to-nizht, when Haverl! Hinatrels will apuear for the tnat thine, Mr, Blatsdell will re- cate “8luunus Q'liren,” and Frauk Lumbaed will slug, Cazencuye, the maglelan, remaina at the New Chieago Theatre only until Thursduay, wiving o natince performance, Wednesday, Those who have not scen hiin will be repald by o visit to tho theatre. The principal members of Mr, McVicker's Company,—Mesara, Thorne and Lee, Mrs, Mur. docll, and Miss Doni,—~left for Now York Tinme- diately at the cluse of the season, and will prob- ably jass u large part of the vacation scason in i URNENAL NOTES. Lotta has been actiug at Montreal, The tragedy of “Mctamora' has beon® pur- chascd by Mr. 1 I, Harkins from Mr. McCul- lough. Constderation, 81,000 b Roso Eytinge will appear for the first time as Clespatra |n San Francleco In Beptomber, the Autony belng John MeCallough, 40H, I wizh sho could marry both of them " was the exclatuation of an cuthuslastlc lady at the ‘cud of the third act of *“I'le Danlchefls,” yesterday nfternoon,—Loston Herald. Mrs. Chanfrau and Mr. Tn:{lnuru havedeclloed an olfer from the stockholders ot the Varjoties ‘Fhieatre, New Orleans, Lo renew thelr conneetion with that houee, rent free. They declined making u counter offer, Allce Oates was at tho Walnut 8 ircet Thea- troin Philadelphia Inst weok, Maud Uranzer I8 to bezin an _engageent there June 7, The sunmer scason of the Chustnut hiag begun with the encuzement of Mr. Charles Stuuley in S Marrled Life * and * A Hegular Fix.” forrl- b and furt have been playing st Mra, Drow's | ‘heatre, Anufe Ward Tiiluny wag thu last ate' tractlon at the Museuu, Clara Morris prints a letter in regard to tho currest report that *1f she remalng any thne at howe In yulet, she sluiks fnto such o atate of utter depression, both physieally and _mentally, that she cries nearly constuntly, and {s worso off than when Kept up by tho excltenent of the stage.” Buo says that this s entircly untrue, and adds: *‘God has seoen flt to 11:(vo e a braln as strong as iy body I8 weak, It fs truc I have often acted when wholly unfit for work, bit even mine enciny will not_accuse me of betog ovtuated by vanity, ‘That I do not glve my rea- son Jor so overworking myself Is not beeauso [ caunot, but Lecauss I do bot whh todosoat present.! ‘Tho Unlon Bqum Company closed Its season with * Les Danlchells? at tie Boaton Theutre lust uleht, n causequence of the (linees of Mr, ‘Thorne the purt of Osip was taken by A, James, Thursduy afternuon Sura Juwett had a bencllt, vlaying Jutlet; O'Neill was the fomeo and Junica the dMercutio,” Altnee hieglua an engazeinent of two weeks ab the same thestre tos morruw night, The seasun at the Mue seum closed last night with s benefit per- formance on behall of Mr, Barron, the leading wmav. * Wild Gata? and * Bamboozllng ! con- stituted the bill, The Globs fs closed. Tho Athenmwin has been made attractive by the Yzmmnllun of “Threo Fust Men," with "Adah ticumond, Nellie Lurkelle, and Pauline Meprit lu the principal pasts, + 4 Vestal—the Dalyized verston of Parodi's “Romo Valocuu *—was produced at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, Monday night. The chief chann of that play when it waa pri duced at the Cowmedis Fraucals was its mellfilu- ous vershiieation, “and ft is Lardly ncccasary 1o 8oy that Mr, Daly has wob preserved this. "It s now ouly a sombrs and rutber beavy tragedy, Fanov'Daveuport hias the part of Poathumnia, an old und blind woman, Jefreys Lewis persouated the Vatat, The play was put down only for iast week, as the Evangelinecom- binatlou begius its scason there to-morrow. Last night Mr, 8tephen Fiske bad a benetit, Miss Nefison sppeared as Favny Daven- port o8 Posthuinia, llufnuld as Henry V., uud 8ol Bmith Russell {n his fulmitable skotchea, Thursday alternvon at®Booth's Theutra 3, George Rignold vlayed Homeo for bis benetlt, haviog seven Juilds §0 as many scenes. I4 was a3 goud us o clreus—and probably uo better. During the remalnder of the week Riguold played Henry V. *Bmilke™ is runuing in its fourth week at the Unlou Bguare Thuatre' *Rosedule " will rup till the eud of uext week at Wallack's, whyn the scason closes. [ FOUBIGN NOTES, * Jean Dacler," at the Comedle Francaise, Is having au bumense success, all the more won- degful when onu considers the lateness of the scuson and the attractivencss ol out-door amusements just now, French plays conmenced ot the London Gale- ty with a performance of * L'Ami Fritz.” In this 3. Febveo played bis orlulual rolu of #ritz 260 being taken by Mile, Tica Lody, of tha Odeon. M. Febyra will sub- sequently nppenr as Marcel. The latest nnvcu{ at the Londontheatres was ct t the Strand of a Comedy b Y Dy e “Nammon, whlch’hm Albert TTall and fta fitncas s a place of public assembly on great, ocenslons,—with the nohle proportfons and gradaal ascent of fte nmphl- theatrical Interlor to the fing arches of Jla white marblo gallery, with yellow pfilars, which recall the famous golden marblo of Rome, The dark not alwaya cnough, T mistakeablo, than prompt decialon. pronounced think, to ho or absolutely Energy Infeed there In. Mr. Grundy entitled, crimson of ita seats and fittings throw into full | which holds the baton, and ho" atamps con- g:g:,{f;g;‘g,fgf,:,,‘,::gm‘;'g,.',f,sf{r“}‘,,;*:,,:glgg relef tho many.colored robes of tho' Iaties n | stantly with e right Took, Evcry mow and = he audlence (most of whom were in_ somo va. | then, In a partlenlar trying or forcible passnge, M. Octave Feuillet's comedyof “JStontjoye.”” | oo e evuru(nz rers), and mnde the place n | he sends h"n whale bm{y Forwand with his foot: The orchestra have hiéen accustomed for the At the Varicties, In Paris, the ** Poudre d'Es- i past two weeks to tho conducting of Richter, campotte,” by M. Honnequin, the author of the " Frveon Veanradlenx 7 and * Bobe, haa Just been produced. It Is a thorough success, Kee, ing theaudienco In roars of laughter from tio uprlsing of the curtain until the golng down of the same. The plot, like thiosoof all tho author's works, Is involved and too wildly farcical to bear transcription. “Una Provinclale,” a four-act comedy, by M. Létorlere, given at the Trolsleme ‘rheatrs Francals, s supesior to previous productions at the samo house, It hds alrcady nfpmm:d in tint in collection known as ‘Lo Theatre nedit,”” Written under the influcnce of Georgo Sand, the work (s a falrly intercsting nnd[y of life tn provincial France, but falls to dieplay any strong grasp of character on the vart of tho author. 3 WAGNER IN LONDON. A SRETCH OF THE RECENT CONCERTS. fpectal Correwpondencs of The Triduns. * LonpoN, May 12.—For tho psast month the coming of Wagner, and the Festival? to be given under his leadership at the Atbert Hall have been tha absorbing tople and anticipation among musicians and the larger world of music- Jovers. Apart from the desira of sceing the composcr himself, s desire which was very keen with many who had scquired from hia literary works, not lcss than from bis musié, o great interest In tho man, there was the hope of ob- talning an ldca, even if au inadequate one, of the great work which was represented at Bay- great parterre of richly-hued flowers. The standing throng Jo the promenade gallery made A pleturesque blukFroun«l 28 they looked eaner- 1y through the arclics, and many nnm[ lnce, many 8 countenance marked by lines of labor and & vontracted existenco, but 11t for the mo- ment by éxpectation and interest, attracted the observer among them. WAGNER'S ENTRAKCE. While we are *raking the house' with our glnnea, a sharp, declsive clapof the handals ollowed by o volloy which ruus all aver the great suditorium, starts agaln, reinforced, and awells Into briof thunder, urlng which n'slen- der Jittle man comes up tho stairs leading to thae arcliestrs, comes round to the conductor's chair, and, holding by its gilt ralling, bows to the stormy sudicnce. He fa much older than wa were led to expect by the portralts In the music-stores durlng the past month,—in which he s a picturesque figure in a fur-lined cont and (somet| m%gn uafnt cap of the * Melstersmen jrer ¥ perfod, with u?mewhnt worn features, but dark hair and an .afmost youthful Arein his cyes. Dut sahe stands there bowing to us ho 18 fuite wn old man, with balr quite gray, stight, sensitive almost to tremulousness, and featurea fixed In tho shrunken mold of nge. He turns 1o take his chair, but the applause increases; shouts of * Wagner|” « Bhivol” and unintel- ligible erfes redoubla; the orchestra clap, too, and the violiniats follow Wilhelm) and tap with thelr violin bowe, Tho old master’s faca falrly beams with satlsfaction and J:mkiflcd feeling} angthing more * childlike and bland " qmn his smile and countenance as he givea himsclf upto the welcome, it Is Impossible to concefre. fo cocs to the right and bows, ho crosses over to the other side and bows again, he puts his hand the greatest of his profession In the world, orchestra beetme slightly confused, and scemed with some ddifflculty to follow Wagner's lead. Richter leaned forward, and, half facing tho master, bnll turning towands the musfcians, fol- Jowed and emphasized the motionsof the former and gave the cus to the latter, with an ease and enlm dectslon which scemed to reassuro the players and_brought cversthing into har- mony azaln, Richter Is fmincnsels popular with the orchestra, who cheered him when, st Part 11, he touk the post of conductor in the “Rheingold."! Wagnerin the meantimo sitting in front of him among the harps and bLetween the singers, beam{ng satisfaction when all went well. At the close of Frau Materna's firat arin ho rushed forward and shook her hand warmly. o did the samne after Unger's first perforuance, and whenever the matter wont entirely to hia liking. or the audignce became particularly demonstrative, the old master trotted about, bestowing a general hand-shnklng, extending to Wilhelm), among the violins, THE CLOSE, ‘The concert ended with a repetition of tho ovatlun with which it began, but a part of the audience, partlcularly Un the stalls and boxes, took thcir departuro {n the middle of the lash act of '"‘the Rhelngold.” Thisls a common rudencss smouny audiences here, or rather that Imt of thewmn which come In carriages and deslro o sccurs them bofors the cruwd at the en- trance begins, The tenants of the Royal Box, among whom were the Princo of Walcs, the Duchess of Edinburg, and tho Princess Bea- reuth last sumnmer,—the remarkablo “ Trilogy" | on his heart agafn and ngain and bows from the | trices had tho good taste to remain to the close. swhich was, In tho opinion of tho suthor and s | middie,all these chanacs of position. being | 4 8ory 1 beln related wlth keen rallsh by tho followers, destined to mark a now point of de- | made with s sort of almleas, trotting gait, ltke Philiatines ** liere, and it has *tickled " me 8o much, Wagnerite asiam, that I am tempted to transcribe it, on the chance that it hins not coma yourwn}': fl'nn' ‘Rletz, the leading condactor of Berlin, rehearsing the ¢ Moistersinger,” camuy, through what scemed to him and his or- cheatra, pages of discordant nolscs, to the song of Walter. At onco ha stopped the orchiestra. “8top, gentlemen,” sald hie; ‘'thera must be sowothing wrong, This sounds tike music,” .. CuanLEa Laxoon. AT JIOME. THE ATOLLO CLUB PBSTIVAL. ‘The only muslcal event of Interest this weok 18 tho great festlval of the Apollo Cinb which, from prosent sppearances, will close thelr sca- sun with a very remarkablo success, and with o serles of concerls glven upon a more magnificent seglo than has over boforo been known In Chi« that of a child who is so pleased hoe dues not ktiow which way to turn, Flunll{ he turns around to the ofchestra snd wringstfic hands of I.l:& three fiest viollns, whoso lesder, Wilhelm), hd¥ & faco that Is a perfect full moon of rapture and radiance; and o, after a while, ment subsides. Wagner gocs to hi the * Kalser March ' begins, A RETNOSPECT. ‘While he stood before us rcne(vln;i thoso bols- terous demausteations Lcould not hetp think. ine through how many viclssitudes he had come to that humnfie and that, whatever opinions the world may hold as to s spocial theorles, ho de- servea whatever honors ho has veached, Child in ncrowded lMttle German home at Lelpsle; hoy at the Kreuzechulo at Dreslen, devouring Shinkapeare aud writing that first of Iis operas, in which most of the characters are killed off In the first acts, to reappear as ghosts in the lasts enthusisatic student of Beethoven at Leipsle, al parturo in the art of musie. TS FORMER VISITS, » 'I'his ts not his first vlait to England. In 1830 a young man of-20, puor, and of puwors almost o8 much unknown to himself ns to the world, he come to London, storm-driven, on his way to Tarls, Tho poem of ** Rienz),” and the musie of the first two acts of the opera, he was carry- fng with itm ta the gay Capitaly and he acems to have made no attempt towards Its presenta- tlon here. Fifteun yeara later ho came to Lon- don and conducted ecight concerta of the Phil- harmonte Boclety. At thls time lo was known ns the author of **Rlenzl,” ¢ Tann- lauser,” “The Flying Dutchman,” and “ Lohengring” but the works themselves— having ns yot been performed only In Uernany, the lirat successfully aud tho second with scan tho excite- s desk, and whoso first overture the audience * of | cazo. The chorus fs Iarao, and has been select- welcome at IDN‘ ot 1‘_‘,‘!‘!“"‘“ 'd"“v"'a WIth [ tho Leipslc theatra overfluw n irrepres- | ed from the best available musical talent in the slight “fpr"c‘“"";,' “’1 crlin and Wolmar re- | giblo ~ hilarity; ~ young conductor ~ of | city, Thoso who are not conyersant with the a‘muvn y—were but little familiar to the Eu- | gucond-rata aperas at Riga, hard-working and 1 i 1 glish public, to whom tho composcr was better | conscientious. (Thicre s something vathetic n- | 10ct8 b lave no ldea of ‘the immenso known as t.'lm author of pamphiots on the Revo- | gy thiat fervor and exactitude M,fi,‘,m on fn. | lsbor, day and night, that Mr. Tom- Iutlon of *49, and of tho wurks % Opora and | wnidities of Adam sud Donfzett) Butmost | Iins has oxpended In molding this pathetle of all, perhaps, §s the young comporer in Purle, tldicaled by a publleenraptured with Meyerbeer and Halevy, facing the wolf, starva- tlon, whom he keeps at bay by muafeal articles, by daptations ¥ anit farrnsements of the *Reine do Cl-,vprla " and “Favorite.,” His chorus Into effective musleal form, Iiislabor, however, has been richly rewarded. I thero aro any potnts remalning to be finished, Mr. Thomas wil) discover them to-norrow noon, when the Nrat rehearsal will be hold with the orchostra at the latter wo nre fadebted for the plirase nusle of the future, now so gencrally up- ;i_lled to Wagner's musieal efforts and theorles, hils second visit was not a happy or successlul one. It is curfous to note, even at the present day, how Inrze an nfluence political idcas exort Drama® snd * The Art. Work ol thY urure,? I bright novolette, “*The End of a Masfclan It | the ‘Tabernacle, Tho sololsts need ndy upon the ncceptance of works of art: in | payje i W 4 @ o Laparnncle, . Th6 soloietaABeED NG I0UOTS0: Bhcland. In - tho. days ol - Sholley nnd | horien of ment Yonne ton i Then ho somey | ment: Tho work of tho archestra Is famfliar to Keats thls _wan steikingly evident "8 10| futo viow agaln as the amlent revolution. | everyone. The warks to be perforimed are rich :'L‘I‘If‘tt.‘:lmunclf n}fii‘:’m’"flhumfm l’"l,i!ll:'fln 'i:;':':} fat—n art ‘ss well as pulflk‘nl an his | and varled In charactor, ranging from the colos- wnalority ol that clasa whase wealth and lelsura Opera anit Drama " shiows—a the locly ex- | sal *Iaracl In Egvpt,” for full double chorus, {le, Len years nway from his fatheriand} o8 the conductir in London ot an unsympathetle or- chestrato an unsympathetic nudiency, decried be! press, public, and musiclan, and at war with all. Laatly, there {s the Wagner of Bayrouti, hrooting the century-flower of the great Tei- lozy; and of the famous Festlval, recclving tho congratulations of thousanda. THE FROCUAMME, All these yarlous figures catnpreased Into one tend, no doubt, thelr glamor ta tho slight, ner- vous belug befors us, who lifts his vaton with a swilt spasinodic motlon, and launches the or- chestra upon the deep, powerful strains of the Kaiser Mu ‘This was beat perforaied of any of the orchestral parts under Wagner’s co ducting, and, with its geaud opening phruse from the fanous old *Elne teste Burg? of Luther, produeed n fine effeet, Next way glven the “Prayer of Rlenai," sung by UROLUE UNGRR, the Siegfrisd of Bayreuth, Unzor ia n rather flue-looking man, with something even fmpos- ing In lis appearance, but his countenancu enable them to be powerful supporters of nrt, Wagner was a dangerous agitator—a daunticss and’ outspoken advoento of theories (presuinns bly) futal to certaln nuclent institutions and wr{vllcgun. That portion of the presa which was the exponent of this class fnslstod on seo- n or hearing bis mbsic through the medlwm of tho man, wham they pursucd with bitter hostitity, Amony musicians he fared not much better,” e was tho bold propounder of new musfeal Ideas and theordes which condomned of necessity much of the popular musie of the [ time. In his exposition and advoeacy of theso ho hod been and was atill cuger, onergetlc, bolsterous even; he struck’ at whatever he thought false, and troubled himseit Jittle'as to the reputstions or feclinzs which were hurt by the blow. That his lung 1solation and strugwles, and the bitterness with which (to use Bulwerlan ml)unll tho Krat-rate hehulds the worship of tho Hecond-rata everywhere around it, hnd made him somewlat morbid, there can bo no doubts nor that this hitterncas Iummlflc*l s naturally hrusque and trenelinnt. h proper does so perfectly. Lastly, the saleof seats shows that tha audlonces will be limmenso. Wy have thus overy clemont of great musical festival. There remalns but Nitle tondd except items of Interest connected with the porform- ance, among them tho following: Tha Lakesido Printing Company have just Issned vory neat libretto for tho fesiival concorls, 1t containg tho words of all ths cliorunes 1o bo g, und will prova very usoful to lhuso who ationd, 1% ean Lo had for the iominal sum of 10 cents. 'fho managors Isuo tho followlng notlco: *$I¢ people holding tickeld to the forthcoming fostival concerta of tho Club will pleass notico the door they ara to ontor the Tanornacle Lulldinz, which 14 plainly written on every ticket, tha delay and antlayance o geitlng 10t the billding will by avolded. Tha Rumboe of ushors will bo Jazgely ncreased, und If tho audiences will got inlo tho bullding darly, tnoy whi really fnd thelr resurved Beats, & +For the beneit of thoso holding soason tickots, thy Followint ia appended i tacks, T think, what, so far a8 I have hoard him, Maiw Froon-—-Suction A, enter at Door B, on :fiffig'\nw,gommt‘m-'l‘rfi-fllfnfa‘::a" .'m’x'h‘.’.:fsfi his siygiog doos also—a cerlatu spirit, ntell> | Monroo strevt: Section B, Door 1, on Moiroo touco, fire: tiero 18 too much of the lierman | Mrveti Section &) Duor I on Moneos streots Hee- A ) 3 and vittled In that sccond visit of histo London, y way of Market stroct. flo. liag the Iuck, niso, to mortally offend his | Mertla fu both, Nordocs he mauszo his volea | G0 f 220 (0, outor Duor A, on Bloiiros oo aceording to the recognized canons of any i i ) atreot; Buge n"{"{;;‘{";,,,fj”,‘,‘,‘ffj;?"gn‘fx‘“",d,"',‘:m”,‘,’;}‘;;“; Wol | Schours o fis neither dhalinnassiuned doctamia | $Hiock: §ection i Door I ot Mutrou sirsots Buo tion €, Dovr C, In rear, by way of Market streot. Wao have already given the complote pro- gratnmes o8 roylsed, “so that ot prescut 1t s uuly necessary o print the programmo for thy opening uight, which will be ay follows. Overtare to Iphigenia in Aulis.... Urchealra, “ecli.‘ +* Awako, Baturs Arla; Y Hence, hence, ' tlon of the French nor tho full, Iyric flow of tha Itallan, His * best bolt,” If [ iy be allowod o Hittlo Now England phrieology, 18 a kind of scrious, distinct, well-mudulated tone, In which the varlous shades of meauing and feeling aro glven with reat corretuess of expression, In this respect tho vast spaces of- Albert llall tell heavily against him, * From the statls, lower amphithedtre, sud boxes, ho fs beard to great Whagner was thought to liavo cast sumo slight upon Mendelssohn’s works in tho courss of a ploze he was comducting, Certaluly lie had no serions enuse of difference with thal master, but porhaps he had the impatlonce common to all orizinal ercators, of hearlug tho Aristides of tho paat continunily harped upon es the only Just. Later, whea his nfece, Jonsnna Wagner,—n flug "} Lamele.... ..Handel firat. £lzabeth of } Jites Annle Loulea Cary, slupor and sctress i o Tt i Jabeth oL At | ndvantage, bt ' tho balsony a groat munv 61 | Varlations of & thuna by Haydne: o eniagement here, ono of Wazner's expressiona ;‘;“’,‘;";;:,3,“&"{‘&,'.{“‘;{:;‘,,”.‘,‘“{,';;“;:\'\‘{;',';"g“‘{‘,‘ "", (G *B-Auinel T, i+ Linli L’l‘n':“‘“?;’:figc“" to hier contalning 8 compll- | )0 "und - generat effect could bo gbtahied, | @. **Calm Bea® vuviyue +eusTtublnstein ealth, at tho oxpense of the In- telligence of Englishinen, was caught up by the [m.-u. and didngs tend to soften the impression 1o bind loft behind b, i But music and musical reputatfons have Apotio b, ** You Spotied Sinken ¢. Hugtingsong, Then cama the * Mareh of Pesce framn tha same -opera; and Riouzl's * Address to tho Consplrators,’ also sung by Unger, We then -hind the vow woll-known “March from Taun- Maclarren . Donedlct T J cl 7 1 hauser,” and the sccond act of thnt operp. In | Solections from ** Der iting tos Nibelungon ¥'— m‘:‘;fia“‘h muchalitey "{.:“',‘ln,;lfln“n.lf"“‘,x',‘g‘"nr':: apite of one_or two nfellcitics, thin was tho | - sierrieds deathe ** Uokicrdamoriag v, Waznor apothevsis. x‘; a \fimu\:‘n\ polt of most enjoyabls part of the evening, The | & ***1lide of tho Walkuerle™..0e.cers &,0 Wagner e vas, “owever, aa had "been ex. | Orchieatra, o8 used and underatuod by Wagmer, la Orertures, choruses, and ol Lected, no wteat stceess, Tho project of o | & Wonderful jusirument, I uso the wonl ad- 5 Oreheatra, Lnrunl'ru otition of the Bayeouth musie toq | Visedlyy for it ‘hardly seoms a colloction Oratorio of H IBL "flA“a' lll"\rm metropolitan audience, without the cxpense of of “fuslruinents; n fts happlest moments it Selaldle sharus, gl irea has but one voice and ong soul, though like all souls It has wany idcas. Tho use of the organ fu this march has o:caslone } much Lllvcmh{ of opinien, wany muslelans aid mnatours asseeting that the orgauist drowned the hand completely, A full rohiearsal of the chorug with orchestra will be had to.morrowat the Tabernaclo at 11:30 1, m., to which none but members uf the chiorus will b admitted. ‘TUR PRODIOAL §ON," scenory, was started by his frienda In Londou ]mrtly with the ilea of making good somo of ast swminer’s defielt. “Looking at his appeare anve herg from thls polnt ot view, and consider- Inzz that ho has nlways iusisted on the necessit; e dlug the effeet producecd, ral 8 of udequate scenery and appropriste dramatfe ;—"',“! athrs "f”’,l'"' R « | The Chioral Union last Tucsday cvening gave o ‘ i wmyself, I can unly say tBst the result mll:zg‘m [ al;;[')‘fi.l" h‘.’:i}ffl?i‘%'&';’fi;'u?flgn'fi’i"-fi"xfll sectned £ me uno of ‘h‘,’nnh{ orchestrul eifects | fOF the first tiue In Chicazo Sullivau's new ora- torio ot *'The Prodigal 8on." This work con- tains somo of tho best of Mr, Bulllvan's writlug, and stil] it 18 withln the grasp of alinost any tol- Lever heard. The o coen llow of mulml{, tho,moro delleats tond n fino alto often alds a s un seemed to muke a full, carlug up aud sustaining cs of tho fnstrumcnts, a8 rano; or Hke a noble thing of o saeritice, snd would ‘seem even pa- thetie ofter tho triumph of last August, In this light some of the ant-Wagner press biere scem to regard It mand note it with a fow 'cmhly;;ood soclety, It is oyldent that tho su- timely jecrs, whic) 1] th backicround whick threw into rellef oil the finer . w‘ r’.n:z{: ,’“l’l:n ‘w;:(;,!; :lc:rl‘! ho .?gl“n‘:: ‘g:v;::{ beauties of the orchestra. But bers doctors | tBor had W view the capabilitics uf the average diougree. Wu all looked furward with much In- terest to the appearance of MADAME MATERNAS 8he sang first the sonit ol Lllzabeth in tho MMall of Ningers st the Warthurg, und the second scene with Tannhauser, Frau Maternais a tull, commandlug woman, of powerlul uhynlquc,nm& somowhat mu{:unc presence. | fHer countenabes I8 agrecable, but its effect would be greater 12 its nerits wero of the slmple aud noble style, fystead of inclintog rather to & prettiness incon- slstent with her mauniiudo of figure, Her volee is sweet, powerful, and very well modu- lsted; her elocution is sdmirable, exprevsing the minutest shades of sentunent, and so dis- tinet that even to those who were not fully at homo juo the language she was always mrruru( audible. Having been tralued by Wagner with tho greateat care as his represoutative hicroiue, she may be regarded as the acme of protest ogainst the *“seund-witnout-sense "' mauner of curly Italian opera. Her utlerances, whulher singor, loclualng the compass of volce, for moat ot it {3 of tho plalner writiug, and the average compassed sloger Ands fow notes out of casy subge. Our concort-zoers may thank the Choral Unlon for [ntroducing so pleasing a work, and oug which undoubtedly can be made to help much fo our nueleal growth, The time ovcus thing more than the hope of financial profit fn- duced Wagtier to make, aud his {riends here to doslre, this paitinl ropresentation of his great work. A great reputation cannot bo assured, nor a great priuciple fu art tested, inan ouscure corner betore un audlence of the eioterls kind, Qreat artiats tund naturally toward the great capltals of the elyilized world, aod long for recognitiun there. And _Wagner, consclous of ° tho great advance in this directionsinco that last humiliating visit, may have wished to test and measure its limits by the reception of hunsell aud his masterplece. All tlis Is o somewhat lengthy jutroduction w TIIN SERIES OF CONCHATS which began with Monday of this weok, The representations, wix in ally bave been arrauged to take nlavs on Monduy and Wodnesday even- Ings of the two weeks, with a matines enui Satur- day. The attendanco is lkely to by something ofan evidence of genuine appreciation, since utes, %o that it nicely fils out one part of a con- cert programune. ‘The story fs the famlllar ooe of the Prodigal Son as narrated In the Blble. The vocal bpumbers take us successively through these thoughtss The foy of the angels over repen ufi-nlnneu, the mercy of the Lord as o fath: ud the porfect pro- visivn for the bapplicss of all who do right. Wu are Jud to the story by & tenor solo, mvmfi the narrutlves **A certain man had twe sons, cte. In the courso of this sulu snpremg selfish- nces {s tho ruling motive. Tho bass solus pre- the price of scats fs exceptiunally high, The | tender, patletle, or trogle, were s plain 8s | sent directly the opposite princivle. The harrs- rlcts of the greater pu‘hnolu "tha geats rung: thosa Of & reat actress In & tne drama without | Live mulmu’u. aud the Prodigal Is represonted From $5.55t0 $03 in fold. A linfed buniber 8lio would b thrilltug aud frresistiblo | ny among bis cumpanfons lndulidng i sl man- musie, i she had only & little touch of wagnetle, electric {nowcmwr her sudience, Bo far us 1 can eee, there 18 1o Unk betweon bier and theim, What she does shie docs nobly, and you can listen or not, as you can look or not at & flue statue; but skic does not o vut of hersclf aud compel or win your attention. The last part of the programume was THE RERINGOLD, which, as the Introduction to the great drama of tho Nibelung's Ring, was looked for with great curfosity, The first 160 bars of thsorches- tra ‘with which the drama opens represeut the ripple aud flow of the waves of the Hhine. Here tho want of scencry became painfully evident, producing at Grét a highly agrecably fmpreaston, the ouotony of the coutinued Hluw, which n the unfon with varied and chapg- jui seenery would not have Leeu appareut,Le- cuie ut last somewhat wearisome. The part of the KAing mmun was very charmingl rendered by Frau ler-Urun, of Coburg, ani well, but uot s well by Fraulicus Waloel Exter, of Munich. Bitilog Lehind the hl:?l- uwinoog the green, broad-leaved plants which usually surround the conductor's chair, they Lad the benett of u little illusion. But the want of scenery 1 this, the least interesting of the four divisions of the drama, Is uotice- of unreserved ucats in the orchustra gallery are sold for §1.25, and sdmittance to the promenade gullery {s 63 ceuts, the usual price befug 25 cents, - 'The prizes are mors thau double the usuul rates at Albest Hail, and are highor than those of most curre-uond('nx suats at the opera. 118 ARRIVAL. Wagner arrived jn London about a week be- fore thu Festival, accompanicd by his wife. ‘hey were recalyed at tho station’ by o snall number of weri frlends aud admirers, and took n‘; their abode with Mr. Edward Danureuther. Tha latter 18 tho translator of sgveral of Wag- uer's llterary works, and the couductor of a small, picked orchestra, which has yiven parts of thu master's musical works fo an adulrable and sympathetic mauner, Au orchestra of 109 lustriments bad been collected with great care some thue ago, and has been drilling during the past mullllluflcr tha snperintendence of Duun- reuthier and Richiter, tho conductor of the Bay. reuth Festival. Tho chilet solo verforimers were, with the exception of tho sisters Lehmann, as 1¢hing Daughters, the same os those of Bayreuth, Great futerest was felt in the appearauco of Madame Materna, the famous Brunchide of Wacuer's cholve uud tratning, TUK CONCEBUTS, ‘ The hour for the concerts having been an- per of excesses. Iu this we tuink tho author moat happy fn the expression of the fdea in the text. ‘l'Sm Prodigal and companivns are urged ou to excess In m\mll(uuco by the thought that soon they mnust die, and so be deprived of sl enjoymest. The music i3 admirably wediled Leio by takiog the mluor, but yet in allegru vivaco tompo, The Instrumentation in this part of the work must be fino, [t we may lxlmu from the plano-scors, and 1t 1 hoped th Cnoral Unlon may yet have courags to uuder- tuke ohile work with orchestra. From thealto solofst we have & wo prououuced upou fudul- %'ence. and the wholesuine advice to ** Love not he warlth” The iuterval of his sbseuce passes. A fawine arises in tho land, and the soprano volee is used to slug, * O that thou hadst heark- cuud to my commundinents.” The Prodigal's mind recurs to the scencs of his youth, and be crivs to his futher. la chorus the joy of the ungels |9 expressed. The father and son meet, aud In duet buve & very effectlye number, In s0lo the father uxpressée his great Jov that bis sun that was loat and Gead Is found alive. The chorusin theuextuumber expresseathie ideathal notwithstunding the sinners wander away, "y» when they cry to the Lord EHo bears then Prodizu bas telurm:d&mn vow lelps others, aod n une of the numbers of tho work slugy, nouvced as 8 o'clock, the bulders of reserved | able. Cayl Hiil, of Bchwerin, who “Coume, ye children, hearken uoto wme.” The seats wado tho usual arrangeincata for arciviug | grown 18 favor with the sudicuces as | sulolsts, in an unaccomnaued gquartetie, teil of ot the hall o few minutes before the tlue, but haa concerts bave advanced, wado an admirably | the nearncss of the Lord. The work closes thoss who went i cabs or carriages found | Alie/®h, Max Schlosscr, Who mado s very | with the recovnition of the Lord ay Uod, and o themaclves at 7:45 condeinned to & placo fo a | mclodiows god Loge, 1s more of & vocalist, fu tho | loud Lalleiujals to Him. loug row of vebleles forbidden by the pulica to Tue sbove 1s iocluded fn elzbtocn numbers, quit tha line, sud crawliug ot o paco which did falrly distributed awong the suloists and chivru. wrdinary acceptation, thas wmost of Lls brother slngera’of the * lunx." But the Eluryox thispro- y uok promise a speedy deliyerance. Mauy, thero- | Muninary * evening ' of the great drima belungs | the “#rudiyal (tenor) baving the most to do. fore, vh‘o dealred 10 be present In tlumy 'to see unquu{lombly to the vrchestra. Light, color, | Mrs. Clars D.‘Blwuy took the sopruno parts, Wayguer's entrance, left their conveyances when | souud, and wation scemed equally within its | Miss Mins Rommelia the lto, Mr. E. 3:hultze withlu a block or two of the ball aund hustened | powers of expression, and.made of its perform- | the tenor, and Mr. ¥, A. Bowen the bass. Mr. thithér on foot. Fortunately {t wos a ine 3May | nice & real ruvelation, if not o delight. Louts Falk presided at the orgen, and did his cvening of the traditional English THE CuNDUCTORS, part well, aud Mr, Dlsckian; conductor, kind, and the fnery of the ladles and As a conductur, Wagacr s & terribly hard | scemed to have thlugs well baod. the ~ bouts of thelr escorts wulfered | worker. I Lelicye ho imalkes mentally every | Tho lady solulste scquitted themsclves with Little. oty of the ecore. But bu §3 spiewodic uud | mah wedit, M Slecsys o ber wrly, 1w jwpresied ancw by the besury of romowhat ferky In his .motions, which are conapicions un- There i3 more encrgy nbonut thom Tio nscs the other hand as much a3 the one the conductor at Bayrcuth, probnbly ono of During a partof the * Tannhonser ! extract the down to tho part songs which the Apollo Club’ pled in sluglog it was one hour and filteen min-*| “That thou hadst hearkened,” mado s very deelfed it with the mindience, nud sangina llmrmu.:hlf artistle manner, but she could not ba Indueed o answer the pressing demand for a repoetition, This lady’s slnging of the majestle * Mirfam’s 8ong," Reinecke, was also en- thusiastically celvéd. Miss Mina Rommelas, amember of the Choral Unfon, sang in very fins lf-’YlB her beantiful arls, ‘Love not the world. 'l'hh(mmz lady s becoming a great favorite, and fha ug}lnlon fs common among those who know hier beat thatahe will develop intoone of our best of orntorio sololsts. Of Mr, Schultze many zood things might be ssld, e haa been befuro the public @ long time, spd {a o general favorite; but would aing batter if he were an accurate Altter of pitches. e should 1isten more closely, Mr, Bowen 'sang woll, but his proverblal Lreak fn his uppor notos was a hindrance to the perfectenjoyment of hislisten- ers. Un the whole, the choruses wére done with credit to thls young nnd cnthusiastic Socloty. With a little more maturity of volea among tha tenors and basscs, this Soclety will be able to grasp the most pretentlons musle. MR, OLAUDER'S BRNEFIT, ‘Tho benefit concert which was tendersd by the members of the Great Western Band to its dircetor, Mr. Joseph Clauder, on the evenfog of the 27th ult., was a success In every respect. Every scat {n the large Turner Hall was oceu- pled, while from a musical standpoint the or- cheatra did better than any similar home organi- zatlon has ever done here before. "Llto first ‘:m upeulnll{ directed by Mr, Clauder's excellont teacher, ke, Chr. Bac , the Milwaukeo musfos director, containéd three numbers that requira much study and unusually inc musical powers —tha " Festival Overtur’ of Chr, Bach, a very meritorfous work, _ displayiug adinirable muslcal formi and tho Allegreito and Preato from Beotlioven's seveath —sym- phul:{, which _were artlstically directed and finely played by the orchestra.” The most effective number of the first part was Liszt's Ilungarian Rhapsodv, No. 2, which was reccly- ed'with such nEpln\uu that 1t had tobo repeat~ ed, The members of tho orchestra played this with an insplration and enthusiosm tnat cannot - be pralsed too highly, and showed what they arc capable of dolng when under good and proper direction, The second part of tha pro- memu wos directed by the bencflciary ilinself, and introduced the Thomas * Mignon overture,—a fantasie from * Trovatore.” and &' clarinet solo, well played by Mr. I Zench, Mr. Clauder s a young and_aciive man who, with Industry and study, will yot 1oake an enviable cnrcer aga musielan, In” the third part Mr, ach . directed Wagner's **Kalsor March," il Mr, Clauder the “comedy overture," Keler Bela, Tho {mpoalng march was played with fine expression and coloring, As wo wero aftorwards informed it was impossible for Mr. Bach to hiold more than one rchearsal with thoe orchestra for the performanco of tho iilicult numbera directed by him, which n demonstrates the good archestral abilities” wo have in our mkist when properly directed, and what great results can bo achloved when con- ductor and ordicstra work hand in band ina harmonlous manner. LOOAL MISCRLLANT. ‘We arc indebted to 8. Turnoy, of Hamilton, Can., for the vocal waltzos aa sung in the opera of #Love and War." Jotin White, formorly of this city, s now playing an organ {n Montreal, his fdrst way- station on thoe road to Europe. “Tho woll-known Irish cantatrico, Rosa D'Erina, will give a ** musical cvenlng " thise| evening, at McCormick Hall, with a programmo of nutlonal airs and ballads. The father of Mr, N. Ledochowskl, so woll known In vur musical clrcles, dlod rocently In Paris. Mr. L, will havo the sympathics of a large circlo of frionds In his beseavement, Qcorgo Bchlolfarth, of this city, has just written a grand march, dedicated to “ Long John," ilublullud by Root & Sons Musie Com- lmuy. 'ho vignetie {8 adorned with a full- ongth cut of the hero of the march, Fortun-~ ?tely, however, the march 1s not as loog as the iero. Mr. Wolfsohn closed hls sories of plano ro- citals with a Beothoven matinee yesterday in which he played tho sonatas fn E flat major op. 7, In £ minor op. 57, and O minor op, 1113 alio the fantaslo op. 77 and poloniso "f’ 8O, Miss Eila A, Whits llli}g the * In Questa Tomba,” ¢ and the * New Lite, New Lave.”” The remuln- Iug eloven rocitals of tho series ns originally contomplated will bo givon next fall, Tho Beethoven Soclety, on Tucsiny last, elected the followlug villcers for the svason o 78 Presklent, John (. Short. President, O, W, Potter; Seeretary, Fronkj Trensurer,d, Honry Greenobaum j Libra- rinn, J. Maurica ' Jubbart 3 Directors, _dohn P Ledyard, Mrs. A. N, Eddy, Col. Ray, Jamea I, Kelfyy Ctiarles -A. ‘Knorr, Willtim W18, Mids " Lizzle Hoyne, Misa Ella A, \White, Mrs. A, K. Johnson, Mrs. Bush. A testimonlal concert ' was ezlvon to Miss Fannle Kellcer at Buston on the 23th ult,, at which Mr. Wilkie, Into of thls eity, aabg, Tho Tranacript savs ol his alnging: Mr, Wilkie's remarkablo tenor, which has boen far too Littly hoard by the weneral public as yel, made 2 really splendid dll,v)n, In the aria **Nslye dimorn,* from' Gounod's *¢ Faust.” In Halfe's *+Flowerot, L kiss thee," nnd in 8 dut with Mise Kellogg from **1lon Pasqualo, ™ Mr, Wiikic's voico fan trus tenor of tho Bncet taxturo, very bright, strong, and pure, both in Lead and In_chest tones, awd undor admfrble command to _sound cultura und good taste. [ts fortunato possorsor munt prova n usuful and valuablo addition to the ranks of onr resldont artiats, The lecture on ChuPIn, Schumann, and Wag- ner last Wednesday atternoon at flershoy Hall, by W, . . Mathurs, was Hluatrated by ono of tlia flncst programmes of the ecuson, ~Awmong those numbers which wero the moat notlocablo wis Chopin'a second concerto in F minor, of 21, by Mr. Eil Llcbling, with organ _accom- panment by Mr, Eddy. ‘il 18 one of Ohopin's most brillfant productions, nnd pives a lasy flel for artiatic ‘performance, Mr. Lichllug's reudering, purticularly in the sccond muvoment, was clvfl:]u ly flue, The organ parts, which are very difficult, not only in uxucmlun.'lmt regly tratlon, were performed fn nmasterly manuer by Mr. Eddy. 'The Schumanu®collection of songs, which was large, aud a8 plano suite by Mr."l'jabllng. ‘were also tine, The third Illinols Btate Bongerfest takes place this week, Bth to 8th, st Quincy under tho_di- rection of Huvs Baiatka, Iite of this clty, Tho solonats are Mias Helene Bulatka, soprano; Miss Anna Drasdil, alto; Mr, Alexander Blschoff, tcnori and Mr. O, J, Baler, of 8t Louls, baaso. The chorus will comprilflllllrl{llm{lnl{lwlntlcl, aggregating G0 llnFerl, and the orchiestra sev- enty-tive ploves, ‘The programmes contain no work of Iimportance, belog mado up maluly of solos and part songs. The Uermaula Maonner- chor, of this vity, will slug Abt's **Birdling In the Blue 8ky" and * Legend frum the Rhiie," Germania Miennerchor with Arlon des Weaten, ot 8t. Louls (Mr. Balatka's ety), the »Pile s’ Cliorus™ from “Taoulinuser.' —Mr. lschoft will sing an aria fron SMercadante's ¢ II Bravo,’ “8Slegmund’s Love Bong® frum % Dle Walkuero,* acavatinafrom *The Fiying Dutch- may," Schabert's * Erl King, and ¥ Walther's Prize Bong? from * The Melstorseager.” Miss Draydil's sclections are Buethoven's * Inqueata TomwbA,"” the ** Do tapt! Palpitl,” and the “0O mio Fernando.” The lady candidates for musical honora in tliscity are becoming 80 nuincrous that it bs hurd to kesp track of them. Miss Emmo Lar- son, pufill of 8ig. Carruzal, 18 3 young lady with o beautlful mezzo-soprano volee, very Ii’mpl— thetle, and especially clear and sweet in tho upper toues, - Hor pecullarly modest and ry- urmg l!l-rulltlon has preveuted her [rom assert~ {ug hieractf as others siflarly gitted wouldhavo done, but the estimation In which sho is held by others who know her best was testifled by the benetit concert tendered her a short time since by the Fr?n and Bwedlsh Singing Boclotics at ‘Turncr Hall, which was very ‘successful, though of ~ an_ unpretentious character, The = sucvess of the evenlug was the “lUpa Voce Poco Fa which afforded ample onportunity for the display of Miss Lar- son's swectness sud flexfbility of volcs and the careful cultivation sue has uodergone. The sywpathetic quality and stylo of sluging was especially notlceable in the sccond plece, which valled forth s hiearty encore, This compoaition, by Bignor Carrozzl, ts greatly above the average or senciuenta) ballads, and was good enough warraut the author In elving us “more of bis vowpositions, snd, indeed, of his uur{llon, which waa quite a' noticeablo - feature OF this pleasant concert. ABROAD, CIAXOES 18 TS MENDELISOUN QUINTET CLUB, At the closs of the present season the two violluists of the Mendelssohn Quintet of Bos ton, Messra, Schultze and Allen, retire from the Club. The former wili continuc to be associated with concerts, etc., in Boston, sud the latter has organized » new and brilllant coucert company for next season of Jadies and gentlemon, sowo of whom are woll known, aud othgrs mow to fame but ut equal abllity. AL Dannreuther, of Cincinoag, bas sccopted au lnvitatlon to be- vome s thember of the Club, but will probably rewmain {o that city notll Beptember. . STHAKOSCA'S SCHEME. A Now York dispatch of the 31st ult. to tho Clociunali Enquirer says: & 1t 1e sanounced to-day that Max Btrakoscl concluded arrangemeuts with Adelina Puit - poar I tius cuntitey beat swusoi Ao Lue alivens Ax with the rivar's wava 18 the soft bush of even, abo and I, Bhe sang a song—a happy soi Q'er the bright waters, swep Tl foreat-echocs caught the merey straluy, ¥ And softly woke the welody once more. Bhe sang of Love, of Youth's first golden dream A Urouts that ‘Tha breex The moou awept royally tow! B Plashing, her light foll o'er the peaceful scene e e At eaco, Aritiod e aud 1. The oary, untouched, No rude sonnd now t! No upou t Norswest love-siraln § The watching stars upon us soltly » Night's silver lamp swang in the b} 3- swiftly with the siver's tide we gaged Adamn, the tendr; Verl, Conly, Cary, ai Kallnge, and will glve & naries of cnnt’e\‘ll )\r‘d P!’:» link and Iialinn opera performancen, beglnning at 8an Franelaco In Beptember, gning ta New Orlenna in Nosember, and coming ta Sow Vork In January, e rmml 3 \o produce “Aldll“ ** Lohengrin, " ,',“,' ylnwm‘ )nld‘;m‘:;,nq‘;‘ La - Hrophiote,” **Teq mienots, " and the two new oporas, ** Virginie' and ** Carman.” ety IR WITRREATOUTS, Theodors Thomas scema to havo his hanas fuil of business. . On the 25th and 20th nlt. his orchestra played in Washington; on the 25t aud 20th uit. at_Pittsburg; on the B0th at Day- ton, 0.5 on the 31st at Cincinnatl, on the ocea- slon of the Cary testimonial; last Friday and Baturday eventngs at Loufsville. Thls w they will « bc“ln Chicago, and Junnm;‘l‘ at "Bt uls. Almeo ‘was st Bultalo on the 23th and 20th ult.; Albany, on the 80th; Brooklyn, Junc 1 and 3; and to- morrow evening commences . a two weeks' on- gagemont In Boston, The Oates Troupa werg in Washington 1nat week, and will be in Phila delphin this weck. Mr. Hess' English Opera Troupe arc still in San anclnmfi and were to sing * Star of tho North ' last Thursday cven. lnf. The 8wedlal Lady Sincergare in Buffalo, Tie Buston Philharmonte Clu gnvu two con- certs In Dotrolt on the 27th and USth ult, The Handel and HaydnSoclety sing ** Elljah " at the Boston Tabernacle on the Bth, with Mme. Pap- penliclm, Adelnido Phillips, C. R. Adawms, and John F, Winchin the solos. The Richings-Ber. K&r&nzrqfiw. n‘t loat u'mmmtq tvmu at Des hcro iy 8 comic opera troupa wi in Portiand, Ore. catled tho Jeanaié Winston Troupe, MUSIOAL NOTES. . Blgnor Campaniul fe advertislng foron en- gogement in tho Italian papers, M. Rubinsteln will carry ‘oft £8,000 to Gers many, the result of his tour with Mr. Carl Rosa in England, gnor Verdt haa secelved mach attention and many presonts at Cologne. The orchieatra pre- sonted him with a leader’s stal worked in gold a4 fvory, a Inurel crown In silver and gold, aud acopy of the Rhino album. The retirement from the lyric stage of Mme, Pauline Lucva {8 now cortalil, according to tha German papars, anid she ls valn[; ber Tarewell ?nrhmnnncuu in Vieoua, Gratz, and Prague, be- foro she rpatrs to SBwitzerland, where she lins a villa at Goldenberg. ‘The Handel and Haydn Bocloty of Bosto held its annual mentlnw’un tho 931(! ult, and r; clocted Its offlcers of the paat year. It was stated by tho President that the roceipts of tho recent Triennfal Festlval were 810,251, which were slightiy less than tho exponditurcs, Tho organ for the new Musie Hall in Cincin- natl will hawe clehty sounding stops and 6,139 plru. and will have o vango of ten octaves. It will bo the Jarzeat in this country, and will rank %a Il‘:unl:x&r l]llllh :n the ?ufilm 1t I8 to Lo bullt )y Huol astings, of Buston, aod th Wil s abot $50,000." Al ‘Tho London Atheneum snys: * As it appears Irelund cannot or will not raise £700 to £30) for astatug to Balle, wo are assured by a member of the Dublin Committee thut the testimonial to the composer’s memory will probably assuine the form of a tmonumental tablet jn 8t. Patrick's Cathiedral aud a portralt in the Art Gallery, Tho Now_York ZTribune of the 23th says: #The New York PhilbarmonicBociety has hkyun o new departure which promlses to mark an fin- rtant cra [n its history, 'At the annual meet- ng lnst Friday ovenlng the post of conductor fr the coming year was offered to Mr, Thoodure ‘Thomas. The vote Is uuderatood to have leen unanimons, and it is said that the offer Is mado fnauch termns that Mr., Thomas (who {s now l.uvfi‘tl;xgg) may be coufldently expectod to ne- cep » * Mrs. Phillp D, Gulager, who for soma time be- fore hor desth was the chiof soprano singer of Bt. Thomos' Protestant Eplscopal Church, Now York, dicd {n that city on tho 20th ult, The New York Eventng Post says the annouucemont of her death * will bo heard with sorrow by tho Tiost of frienda which that lady possussed, and Ly the. thousands who have heard lior sweet volco slnging tn the clinrch cholr or the concert rootn, Bhe was an untirlng worker, who zeal- o}x‘nly"mbomd to fmprove her good natural glits. ‘The Boston Advertiser of the 25th hos the fol- Jowing account of themarriago of a well-known vocallst of that clty: Mra, J, . Long was marricd Iast evening to Mer, Chatles lutler. " Tho cercmany was porformod at the bride's roslaence on [olyoke stroct, which way rrnmmly decorated with flowers, As the bridd] party entered the parlues, & quartotto, come l:flu‘ll of Miss Auvy Whituoy, Miss Anna Hol- rook, Allan A, Itrown, und ‘Me, Warren Davon- port, with Mr, Howand M. Dow at ths plann, sang: **Now bring ye forth thu tapors hrightly burning, 'y by Mendv Mh{"” ‘\rrarn?‘ coromany, .. Wagmer's” wodding march,” from “*¢ Lohongrin, was piayed by Mr. Dow. Following this, Pinsutl's wpring sung was sung oy the quartotte, The bride was attirod fn a delicata shade of straw-colored graa«graln allk and o voll of whito tullo, with dla- monds for ornamants, 'The party wns o very seloch one, and composed mostly of musical people. O TO THE NORMAL CLASS OF 'TT. 4 As two logs upon the ocenn, Driven by the mizhty sea, Meet and part and float away, " Bo npon Life's otean wo ave Loen brought by Timo together, Salling on Its fretfal maln, ¢ Drifting Mck and forth, mucortaln Whother we may mout again. Keep the brightest aim before thee, Fvor to thysolf bo true, Then thon wiit do naught 4o others Thou would'st not have done to you, « In tha path that ['ato has marked thee ‘Thou may'st moet with joy and pain Lut thy cour E: aever falter, Al things shiull come right agaln, And, when Memory lifia tho enrialn Time o'or vaniulied years hath casty And for s fow, Reeting momonts Wa behold onea more the past, Thoughts of 01d thmee Wil enfold us, AR P e e daye, aur bright and happy school-days, And old comrades un‘n‘n and all, Time has come to hroak the circla That to u4 lias been so dear, And our hearts aro sad at parting, Though but friends of ono shart year} Bat we do 'mlm.ll:l the future, "f'o ance wore unitad be, . And that, at uu&dmdflunlom We divlded frlbods mey sov. ‘Yet we panso and dread to breatho it, Dread our last Farewoil to say, For wo ot help remombering Bomo tht anys That Our Father y Far 114 bright b thio akys Bo, while all are hare together, Hehoolinates, frionds, we sy Good-bya¥ Cutoago, June 1, Ay, — ———— »A NIGHT IN MAY, de in . Fram aut the blie the qulet aters looked down, 1o eavtern 8Ky, Niuht's sljver lamp swung TR ng, that swelled tirom -harla 1o shore, 1 was dreaniing then und there), 1 liopes that @isdden while the passion's young, Of doubts that darken the smouth brow with carc. Bhes) Its odorous petq ke of Lfl‘o as of a flower that opes 4 to the morning-wun, * looms but & few bright, transient hours, and thon roops, shunned, lomh-n. when the day is dopo. 0 thickly saty unk low; the stars har throna on ' 1 “'12‘5..' aeint hmrlb"nlu.u' WiLsox. Cuicago, May 80. o ———— THE " CABLEGRAMMERS.” Ye special correspondent, be LA A A Ha sipe champayne, and getteth be As $at 54 Leonurd Grover, Now listenoth ba to musketrle pon ye banks of Thames; Ho wrilsth what he witnesseth— Yo drsadful frey, ye shouts, yo doath— In *‘coplous cablegrams. ¥alr Alblon also in ya scrape Vio draggeth by yo hair, Aud chargeth on Alliauce “m?f with Italls Agalnst yo Kusslan besst Come back, thou wretched man—come back, Yor fear thiue eloquence Bhould sct yu whole world by ye cars, And orphane’ sighe sud widows' Leara Lig druadfnl sinesnugnce. Ciantay Walont.