... entirely by performing birds, beasts, and reptiles, and some- what appropriately styled Ark,” is the Christmastide at Covent Garden, the first per- formance taking place yesterday afternoon before a audience, composed for the most part of children. Although ...

... COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. During the opera season last year Meyerbeer's masterpiece. ?? ?? J) ?? easts, was frequently performed, «itn a oast of exceptional strength, but the atten- dance yesterday evening was somewhat slack, cir- cumstances preventing Sir ...

... COVENT GARDEN TREAT RE The admirers of Meyerbeer— who have doubt- less read of the centenary celebrations of the composers birth held in various musical centres on the Continent, and uot yet concluded — may probably feel aggrieved at the apathy shown ...

... COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. That the stage of Drury Lane Theatre should be occupied at Christmas time by anything but a panto- mime is, of course, altogether out of the question. What, then, to do with Tne Prodigal Daughter, which has achieved so much success ...

... COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. The classic.! 1 programme presented last night at the Promenade Concerts wai an improvement on that of the preceding week, only one item being included tv which even purists could take exception. A highly creditable performance ...

... COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. The attendance sit the Promenade Concerts is now inereasing in a measure that must certainly prove very satisfactory to the management, and last night's programme, tire first part of which oonsistsal of music by Bichurd Wagner. ...

... COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. There is no reason why Promenade Concerto, which used to serve as • kind of stop-gap for musical amateurs during the period between the termination of the Summer season and the renewal of activity in the Autumn. should not coutinee ...

... COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. Mr. Augustus Harris could not have made a better choice than Sir Arthur Sullivan's cantata, The Golden, Leyend, for the third of his Lenten oratorios. The work is alike popular and fashionable, and not only werethe cheaper parts ...

... OPERA AT COVENT GARDEN. Wagner's Tannhauser, the third of the series of this composer's works, for the performance oi which special engagements have been made for the opera season at Covent Garden, was presented last night. The interpretation possessed ...

... COVENT GARDEN OPERA. It was a happy thought on tho part of Mr. E. C. fiedommlt to commemorate the Id soot - velvety of the Wet ion of Wazner s at Deaden on October E. , by performing the at Covent cc good • cast a. could be and the poh v interest in the ...

... COVENT GARDEN OPERA. It was a happy thought on tho part of Mr. E. C. Hedmondt to commemorate the fiftieth anni- versary of the production of Wagner's Taajthauser at Dresden ou October 19, 1815, by performing the work at Covent Garden with as good a cast ...

... ELAINE AT COVENT GARDEN. — ♦ — After a postponement necessitated by reasons with which neither the management nor the per- formers engaged had anything to do. M. H. Bemberg's opera Elaine was produced in French last night, evi- dently to the satisfaction ...