loncello Trio, in A minor, 124, on the 16th in St. James's Hall. These works are of Spohr's latest period. A touching story is told in his Autobiography of his listening, less than a week before he died, to his Quintet, Op. 144, in G minor, which he had arranged for four hands for the pianoforte, and regretting that he had no longer the power of composing. The Quintet and Trio under notice are more free from mannerism than earlier productions; the Trio, indeed, is beautiful from its very simplicity of construction and working. The pianoforte part in the Andante con Variazioni, in F major, is quite lovely. The Trio is one of a set of three, No. 2 of which has been played at the Monday Popular Concerts; and now curiosity will be piqued to have the No. 1, in E minor, about which the Neue Zeitschrift of Leipzig, quoted in the analytical remarks of Monday's programme, almost raves. But judging from No. 3, so splendidly performed by Dr. Von Bülow, Herr Straus, and Signor Piatti, the German critic was right as to the " 'symmetry of form" which characterized these later productions of Spohr. The Quintet last Saturday was in the able hands of Dr. Von Bülow, M. Sainton, Herr Ries, Mr. Zerbini, and Signor Pezze. The same afternoon, Dr. Von Bülow and Signor Pezze created a great sensation in Chopin's Polonaise. Dr. Von Bülow's solo on the 14th was Bach's Concerto in the Italian style, and on the 16th, Handel's Suite, in D minor, No. 3 of the first set, which Handel modestly called 'Lessons for the Harpsichord.' Mdlle. Nita Gaetano, who sang on Monday, is to be praised for her pure style of singing Hummel's air from his opera, 'Mathilde von Guise," "L'ombrosa notte vien. The vocal event of note at the Royal Albert Hall Concerts has been the début of Mdlle. Johanna Levier, and who would be welcome if only for not singing pieces from the hackneyed répertoire. She has introduced Boieldieu's air from his charming opera, Jean de Paris,' "Quel plaisir d'être en voyage," and a Cradle Song by Herr Brahms; both of which secured for her the suffrages of her hearers, especially the latter, in which she showed by a telling pianissimo that she is mistress of the gradations of sound. The lady has compass and power in her soprano organ-she can attack the high c-and her executive skill enables her to be a bravura singer. In competing with Mr. Svendsen's admirable flute obbligato, Mdlle. Levier was successful. Dr. Von Bülow, in two cadenzas by himself on Beethoven's Pianoforte Concerto in G, interwove most skilfully and brilliantly themes from the text. He was to play Dr. Liszt's Pianoforte Concerto and Hungarian Fantasia last evening (the 20th), at the "Wagner Night." On the "Oratorio Night" Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise' was promised, with Mr. Sims Reeves, to be followed by Rossini's 'Stabat Mater.' M. Sainton was the solo violinist on the 18th, the "Classical Night." So far as public opinion can be judged as yet at the concerts, the popular favourites are the glee-singers, with such songs as 'The Woodpecker' and "Drink to me only with thine eyes"; but with an improved and larger orchestra things may take another turn: there ought to be at least seventy stringed, independently of the usual complement of wood, brass, and percussion, instead of the present band of seventy instrumentalists in all. The ninth series of Chamber Music Concerts, the "Musical Evenings," were commenced in St. George's Hall on the 18th inst., under the direction of Mr. Henry Holmes. The programme comprised Schubert's String Quartet in o, Op. 161, and Beethoven's in c minor, No. 4. The executants were Messrs. H. Holmes, G. H. Betjemann, F. Amor, and Signor Pezze. Mr. Walter Macfarren, the pianist, selected his own Sonata in E, with Signor Pezze as coadjutor, and Mendelssohn's seventeen Variations Sérieuses,' Op. 54. Miss E. Beasley was the vocalist. Mr. H. Holmes played his 'Romanza e Toccata ' for his solo. The next meeting will be on the 2nd of December. The Brixton Choral Society commenced the sixth season at the Angel Town Institution last Monday with a performance of the Rev. Sir F. A. G. Ouseley's oratorio, 'St. Polycarp, conducted by Mr. W. Lemaire, and Mr. J. F. years since at the Boulevard du Temple, the part Barnett's cantata, 'Paradise and the Peri,' directed by the composer. Both works gratified the audience, who summoned the two musicians to the platform at the conclusion of their productions. The choralists are becoming more efficient, but the contralto section requires reinforcement. As the accompaniments are confined to the organ (Mr. Boardman) and the piano (Mr. J. Coward), it is the more imperative that the former instrument should be in tune. The solo singers were Miss S. Ferrari, Madame Poole, Mr. Dudley Thomas, and Mr. Thurley Beale. OPERAS IN PARIS. more fortunate THERE has been lately an influx of new works and revivals in Paris. The Opéra-Populaire du Châtelet has, after divers difficulties, been opened with a three-act opera, 'Les Parias,' the libretto by MM. Hippolyte Lucas and Léroy, the music by M. Edmond Membrée. The poet has not written any operatic book since he wrote the Étoile de Séville' for Balfe, at the Grand Opera-house, in 1845. M. Membrée composed 'Les Parias' long since, but he has not been at the Châtelet than he was at the Salle Ventadour, some months since, with L'Esclave.' The plot of 'Les Parias' lacks action and interest. The scene is laid in a Portuguese settlement, in the vicinity of Goa. The choice of Saint FrançoisXavier, the Jesuit, for the chief personage of a drama, leads inevitably to sermonizing, and musical preaching is, perhaps, not over-lively. The Saint restores to life Gady, a young Paria, who has committed suicide because the pretty Maya has rejected him, as a member of a despised race. The miracle converts all the other Parias, who burst into a Credo, which is M. Membrée's finest number, as the finale of the second act. Maya is the widow of an old Rajah, who, in the third act, has to ascend the funeral pile as holocaust for the deceased husband; but Maya, despite the exhortation of the Brahmin, is unwilling to be burnt. Gady is anxious to save her, and the Saint destroys the idol. The old Brahmin resolves to immolate all three; but the Portuguese ships of war arrive in time to cause the retreat of the Indians, and Maya and Gady are made happy. As the Châtelet audiences went to hear opera and not oratorio, M. Membrée's devotional score failed to please them. He was well served by a good band, conducted by M. Maton; by Madame Fursch-Madier, who was Maya; M. Prunet, who was the tenor Gady; and by M. Petit, the basso, who was the Saint. Mdlle. Filiati was Melika, the sister of Gady, and M. Crapelot was the Brahmin. At the Variétés, last Saturday, there was the first representation of the new three-act opera, 'Les Prés St.-Gervais,' the libretto by MM. Sardou and Gille, and the music by M. Lecocq. It was a decided success. The cast is strong, comprising the popular Madame Peschard as the Prince de Conti; M. Baron as Nicole; M. Dupuis, Larose; M. Berthelier, Narcisse; M. Christian, Harpin; Madame Paola-Marié, Friquette; Mdlle. Aladie, Angélique. The first scene is in the Quartier St.-Michel, and gives a perfect picture of old Paris, with shops, crowds of collegians, and market people of all kinds; the second remarkable scene is the Cabaret du Moulin, with the stage covered with grass, flowers, &c., to depict the Prés St.-Gervais. The libretto is amusing and animated, and M. Lecocq's music is one of his happiest inspirations. M. Humbert, from Brussels, was present, as he will mount the work at Brussels; and Mr. Enoch, the London publisher, was also in the theatre, he having secured the copyright of the opera, which will be produced forthwith at the Criterion Theatre, early proofs of the drama and score having been sent here, so that no time should be lost in producing the English version. At the second performance, profuse cuts were made in the third act, which only a day before the opera was produced had been materially changed. We do not describe the plot, because M. Sardou's piece was brought out some doe of the Prince de Conti having been expressly written for the famous Mdlle. Dejazet, and th artist played it here at the Strand Opéra Comique during the Communist period in Paris. He acting in the picnic-scene, her teazing of the pedagogue Harpin, when the Prince is emancipated from a tutor's thraldom, and her acting in the duel scene with Larose cannot have been forgotten by lovers of the French drama. Mdile. Pala Marié, a mezzo-soprano, as Friquette, a flower girl, and Madame Duval, as Madame Nicole, divide the honours with Madame Peschard. There were several encores on the first and second nights. 'Giroflé-Girofla' has at length been produced in Paris, at the Théâtre de la Renaissance, and the success of the work in Brussels and in London has been fully confirmed. There was no end of encores Mdlle. Granier enacted the twin sisters; Madame Alphonsine was Madame Bolero; M. Paget, Marasquin; M. Vauthier, Mouruk; and the inimitable M. Jolly sustained the part he created in Brussels, M. Bolero. M. C. Constantin was the conductor. It is doubtful whether the adverse judgment of the audiences of the Théâtre Lyrique in 1864, upon M. Gounod's 'Mireille,' will be reversed at the Salle Favart (Opéra Comique). The idyl of M. Frédéric Mistral, charming as it is, and wedded to equally charming music by M. Gounod, is yet not adapted for stage representation. The original cast included the names of Madame Carvalho, Madame Ugalde, Madame Faure-Lefebvre, MM. Michot, Ismaël, Petit, &c. Madame Carvalho gives again her exquisite delineation of Mireille; her coadjutors now are Madame GalliMarié, who plays both the sorceress and the shepherd-boy; Mdlle. Chevalier, M. Duchesne, tenor; M. Melchissédec, baritone; and M. Ismael, bass; but the extension of the work from three to five acts, and the restoration of pieces from the original score, have diminished rather than increased the interest in the story and the music. The opera is, in fact, too dreamy for hearers who look for strong dramatic incidents. The Provençal poem becomes monotonous when attached to scenic effects. The term "Meissonier" opera which is applied to 'Mireille,' indicates its defects-it is cloudland, and not a display of earthly passions. After the first act, in which is the delicious Choeur des Magnarelles, and the Farandole in the second act, with its fine finale, excitement ceases. The Italian adaptation at Her Majesty's Theatre, with Mesdames Tietjens, Volpini, Trebelli-Bettini, and the late Signor Giuglini, and Mr. Santley, gained no hold on the public. Signor Fernando, the new tenor at the Italian Opera-house (Salle Ventadour), is popularin "Otello, his success being ascribed to a feud, between him and the conductor, Signor Vianesi, which arose from the refusal of the latter to obey the encore demanded for the B flat of the new singer, who had to sing some bars without accompaniment of the orchestra. Signor Vianesi and Signor Fernando had such a scene in the green-room that the former has declared he will no longer conduct any opera in which the latter may appear. In this weighty matter, Signor Vianesi, who in St. Petersburg quarrelled with artists, exercised certainly the lawful privilege of a conductor, but he was indiscreet in opposing the vox populi, which was decidedly in favour of the new tenor, especially as he is a Frenchman. M. Halanzier has been happy in the debut of a new Zerlina ('Don Juan') in Mdlle. Lory, a pupil of M. Duprez. The débutante achieved her success without any preliminary annoucements of her advent-the best test, after all, of the true artist. Mdlle. Daram, who sang at the Lyrique and at the Opéra Comique, has appeared as the Page, in the Huguenots.' There is every expectation that the new Grand Opera house will be opened in January, 1875; workmen are engaged night and day to complete the interior. Madame Nilsson will leave St. Petersburg on the 20th of December for Paris, and, on her arrival, the full rehearsals of 'Hamlet,' with the alterations and additions of M. Ambroise Thomas, the composer, will be commenced. Mdlle. Krauss, who is to make her début in Halévy's 'Juive,' will quit Russia for the French capital next month. Musical Gossip. DR. LISZT'S Pianofore Concerto in A, No. 2, will be performed, for the first time in England, this afternoon, at the Crystal Palace, by Mr. Dannreuther. Spohr's Symphony in E flat, No. 1, will also be given for the first time here. At the Saturday Popular Concerts this day, Dr. Von Bülow will be the pianist; next Monday, Miss Agnes Zimmermann and Madame Norman-Néruda will appear. Mr. Sims Reeves is announced for the "Popular Night" at the Royal Albert Hall this evening; the other singers will be Mdlle. Johanna Levier, Miss A. Sterling, and Mr. Whitney. THE Strand Opéra Comique will be re-opened to-night, with opéra bouffe. Or the performance of Elijah' last night, in Exeter Hall, at the opening of the forty-third season of the Sacred Harmonic Society, we must report progress next week. THE Covent Garden Promenade Concerts will close on Monday week, an extra performance for the benefit of the manager, Mr. Russell. Herr Heinrich Leipold, a pupil of Dr. Von Bülow, was the pianist last Monday. Sir Julius Benedict had a Benefit and Benedict Night" on Thursday, the first portion of the programme including his works: his overtures to the Minnesinger,' 'Prince of Homburgh,' and 'Lily of Killarney'; his marches 'Alfred and Marie' (Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh), 'Crusaders'; his 'Carnival' pianoforte concerto in E flat; his trio for violin (Mr. Burnett), harp (Mr. Lockwood), and piano (Sir J. Benedict); with some vocal pieces. The singers were Madame Alvsleben, Miss Rose Hersee, Messrs. Pearson, Wilford Morgan, and Maybrick. WE learn from the Leeds Express that the Musical Festival Committee have resolved to retain permanently for practice the choralists who so distinguished themselves, to be well trained for the next meeting, in 1877. BALFE'S 'Talismano' seems to have pleased as much in Edinburgh as the opera did in Dublin, Liverpool, and Glasgow, with Mr. Mapleson's Italian Opera Company. M. LAMOUREUX's new Sacred Harmonic Society in Paris is making way. The season commenced, in the Cirque des Champs-Elysées, on the 19th inst., with Handel's 'Judas Maccabeus.' 'Alexander's Feast' is in preparation, and Sir Michael Costa's 'Naaman' will be produced early in 1875. MDLLE. DE BELOCCA, the Russian contralto, is making an operatic tour in Belgium and Holland, prior to her return to the Italian Opera-house in Paris. M. SERPETTE, the composer of 'La Branche Cassée,' is composing a three-act opera for London, the libretto by M. Federman, and the English version by Mr. Farnie. THE Emperor of Austria has sanctioned, on the report of the Minister of Religion in Hungary, the formation of an Academy of Music and of Declamation at Pesth, of which Dr. Liszt will be the principal. DR. VON BÜLOW has declined the offer of the post of conductor at the Court Theatre in Vienna, as he will make a tour in America after completing his provincial and London engagements. M. LECOCO's last new opera, noticed elsewhere, 'Les Prés St.-Gervais,' is announced for representation with the English adaptation, next Saturday (the 28th), at the Criterion Theatre. 'La Fille de Madame Angot,' with a new cast, including Mr. Cecil, in the tenor part, for the first time, will be revived at the Gaiety next Monday. A morning performance of 'Giroflé-Girofla' is promised at the same theatre next Saturday. Le Paris Journal states that M. Offenbach com pleted the score of his spectacular opéra-bouffe, Whittington and his Cat,' five days before the time agreed upon with Mr. Wood, the London publisher; and in forwarding the MS. to him, the composer endorsed it with the words, "Good-by, Master Wood, 10 Nov. 1874, minuit. Jacques Offenbach." Our Paris contemporary adds that 3,000l. (!) has been the price paid for the copyright. The work is to be produced at Christmas at the Alhambra. Un amour sans limite et pour toujours fleuri This is all very cynical, but all very passable with a Parisian public as the foundation for a short farce; but a five-act play in verse needs something more than one such idea. The THE Governmental Directors of the leading first three acts are relieved by the really good theatres in Germany have determined to put a soliloquies of Tragaldabas, the supposed husstop to the absurd system of recalls, and of throw-band and rogue-hero of the piece. He is one ing bouquets and wreaths on the stage during the of the most sorry wretches ever put upon the progress of an opera, and even of the deepest stage, but his speeches are clever enough. As tragedy. The custom has been copied from the Henry the Fifth is to Fastalff, so is Fastalff to Italian Opera-houses, and the practice in Vienna Tragaldabas. Some of his sayings deserve to and Berlin has been imitated to such an extravagant extent that the most serious situations be remembered. For instance, "C'est très are converted into burlesque. Fancy the dangereux, le courage!" This one is not new, Statue in 'Don Giovanni' being summoned before but is well put the curtain, and the Ghost in Hamlet' obeying a call with "martial stalk." In the London Italian Opera-houses, too, the artists have gradually become more and more intrusive at the beck of an organized claque. Surely the close of an act might at least be waited for before artists make their obeisance in answer to the "unpremeditated recalls." DRAMA THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.-Sole Lessee and Manager, F. B. Chatterton.-Last THREE WEEKS of RICHARD CŒUR DE LION.' Immense success of RICHARD (EUR DE LION,' vide public press. On MONDAY, and DURING the WEEK, at 6 45: NOBODY IN LONDON'; at 7:45, RICHARD (ŒUR DE LION.' Mr. James Anderson, Mr R Dolman, Mr W. Terriss, and Mr. Creswick. Miss Wallis, and Miss Bessie King. HERE, THERE, and EVERYWHERE, Mr. F. Evans and troupe. Prices, from 6d. to 51. 58. Doors open at 6:30; commence at 6:45.-Box-office open from 10 till daily. OPERA COMIQUE-IXION RE-WHEELED,' new and Original Opéra-Bouffe Extravaganza. in Three Acts and Ten Tableaux written by F. C. Burnand, and founded upon the same story as was his cele brated Burlesque of Ixion; or, the Man at the Wheel,' will be produced at this Theatre, for the first time, on SATURDAY, the 21st inst, under the management of Miss Amy Sheridan. Box-Office open daily from 11 till 5. 6 TRAGALDABAS.' Tragaldabas. Par Auguste Vacquerie. (Paris, IT has been said that in this age, when it is * * * Quand elle est mariée et qu'un solide hymen On aime aisément une femme Quel homme est innocent? But these good things could not save the piece, because a Parisian public has with many artistic vices one artistic virtue at all events: it will not allow satire to degrade the forms of the higher drama. It would not tolerate such sentences as the following in a five-act play in verse at a great theatre :— Je suis malade. Je me repens d'avoir mangé de la salade. Allons, Tragaldabas, expose The fourth and fifth acts, which were those which were played in dumb show, are the worst, although they contain a few good bits: TRAGALDABAS, seul. (Il regarde dans le chalet et tombe en extase.) Oh! quel festin!-Avoir tout cela sous le nez Sans pouvoir y toucher ! quand le maître me prie Je vois sortir de terre un dîner de féerie, Et je me sauve ainsi que devant un fléau! Moi!-Si j'étais certain que don Eliseo Ne saurait pas qui c'est...-Il le saurait, j'atteste Qu'il n'aurait rien à dire : il m'invite, je reste ! Puis, je lui répondrais-il ne veut pas ma mortQue je mourais de faim! Fruits où ma bouche mord Déjà, vins qui brûlez de couler dans mon verre, Quoi! vous auriez trouvé Tragaldabas sévère ! Je me serais enfui chastement devant vous ! Quand vingt pêches sont là qui me font les yeux doux! Quand plus d'une bouteille est déjà décoiffée ! Je serais le Joseph de la dinde truffée. Here is the moral : Si l'on assomme Le mari d'une femme avec qui je suis bien, Libre de consacrer devant Dieu le lien "La After all the thing which will be most remembered, perhaps, about 'Tragaldabas' is the saying to which it has given rise, clef de Tragaldabas." Shortly after the failure of the piece, the author, M. Vacquerie, was sitting next him, instead of hissing, was present at the failure of another play. A boy whistling in a door-key. He turned to M. Vacquerie and said, “I wish I had brought my big key instead of my little one. I have such a big one. I call it 'ma clef de Tragaldabas !'" DRAMATIC COPYRIGHT. 6, Old Jewry, London, E. C., Oct. 29, 1874. WITH respect to the query of a Correspondent in your impression of last week as to the necessity for registering a dramatic piece, perhaps you will give me space to state what is the law upon the subject. 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