... CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERTS.-- The twenty-sixth series of Saturday Concerts begins this afternoon, under the superintendence of Mr. August Manns, who from the commencement has done so much to promote th ...

... pP|j ^the fS!? THE ROYALTY Theatre in Soho has come under the management of Mr. Alexander Henderson, a gentleman of large experience in theatrical matters, acquired both in England and America; and th ...

... 7 85- PASCARÈL, by Ouida (3 vols., Chapman and Hall). The admirers of Under Two Flags and Puck, who have been hitherto accustomed to be electrified and scandalised, will we fancy be disappointe ...

... Postmen's Overtime. --The flood of Christmas and New Year cards of greeting and congratulation has during the past fortnight caused an enormous increase of labour in the Post Office both in town and c ...

... I J^lusic) GILBERT AND CELLIER'S NEW OPERA THE MOUNTEBANKS which, after more than one postpone ment caused by the illness and subsequent death of its composer, was produced at the Lyric Theatre on M ...

... CAPTAIN THÉRÈSE.-- M. Planquette's new comic opera, the libretto by Messrs. Bisson and Burnand, entitled Captain Thérèse, was produced at the Prince of Wales's Theatre on Monday night, with a fair m ...

... jYiusic) 1 GERMAN OPERA SEASON.-- Opera in German had not been heard for several years until in 1882 Herr Franke revived at Drury Lane this once popular form of entertainment. The enterprise was then ...

... ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.-- Un Ballo in Maschera was followed by Auber's never unwelcome Fra Diavolo, the chief parts in which were sustained by Mdlle. Bianchi, Madame Scalchi, M. Capoul, Signors Ciampi, S ...

... OF THE JUBILEE.-- In the Jubilee celebration, music has hardly taken a very important part, although there has been plenty of Jubilee music. Sir Arthur Sullivan's Ode, written to Mr. Lewis Morri ...

... Alfred Hays. No. I. of W. Sterndale Bennett's edition of Mendelssohn's Pianoforte Pieces, carefully revised and fingered by his pupil, Arthur O'Leary, is Andante and Allegro, one of his most gracef ...

... t MESSRS. RICORDI.-- A most taking song, which should be heard very often in the concert-room this season, is Plenilunio (Guardate Sempre, Rapita l'Anima), words by Carmelo Errico, music by Paolo ...

... THE new sporting drama by Mr. Henry Pettitt and Mr. Augustus Harris at DRURY LANE has not put any very severe strain on the inventive faculties of the authors; but it is on the other hand a skilful pi ...