... at . ?? yesterday at the age of 72, was the oldest ! i~s surnvrog mem~ber of the staff of the Royal LU Italian Opera, Covent Garden. Indeed, he. esijoined the tronpe at the opening of that houseI I on April 6, 1847, wshen he played the Priest I ?? to ...

... Melba, is the latest recruit to~ the armey of the operatic indisposed, and, at, any- I rate, she was unable to sing at Covent Garden I to-niqght, her place as Marguerite being taken by Miss Maclntyre. As M. Jean de EReszke is. a also on the sick list, ...

... It was for this concert that Madame Patti seas invited to sing, hut she . rightly thought she hard done enough at ithe Covent Garden benefit, and, moreover, the concert. might interfere with one which she will Cj give a few days later at the Albert Hall ...

... E;urwenolN. ri Is Ov- Reszlkc as King 3earke. and Madame l3rema terr- Blrangane. This, of course, is praczkali's a31 aign. Covent Garden cast. and it is very likey. tc; letter Herr Mottl will conduct. thing The Havrarloet rrenohcrl this cvni3n7 kte r porary ...

... is iaterestng to note, by the way, that Mr Samnuel PTne had the histrionic instinct. A chronicler of 1829 eavs that at Covent Garden Theatre ar Phillips, only 14 yesrs of age, appeared in 3a act of 'Richard DI' *-TY-sE~scOX~t'ND~ Trade Mark of Cs.- pound ...

... stood very little chance of admission at all. Some of our loading theatres are closed to-nighlt-among! tieni Drury Lane. Covent Garden, the Adelphi, l, Court. Wrndham's, Shaftesbury. Prince of Wales's. and others. The Prince of Wales's. it, is true. was ...

... 1-and Major the H~on. F. Colborne, went to { it! London, and wras oresent at the concert in thee ix Rwoyal Opera-Hiouse, Covent Garden, under the,! *management of the Marchisonees of Lanedowne's, .Commnittee, in aid of the fund for the wives and ...

... i;nVitatiOn,| they w ouldL be made to suffer for it. Much the say same senstiment actuated the FrenchE arhists 'viY engaged at Covent Garden a few years ago, tey wvhen they one and all refused to sing at the bS gala. representation given in honour of the 0? Germana ...

... Reszke tried to be funnv as the music master, and Senor Baldeili, a buffo, who is popular at the Madrid Opera, lee made his Covent Garden debut here in the character of Don Bartolo. HBe'is an ecperienced actor, and did the comnic business of ?? pait well, although ...

... e andi later on in the week VnSenaor.hen's laughable comedly, Der Herr An amiusing story about Mr Maurice Gran, tthe Covent Garden opere. mranager, comes to us from New 'York. MN'r Gren wasa recently ;made a Chevalier o f the Leg-ion o f Ilonour, and ...

... DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL. The Duchess of Mfarlborough will personally take part in the war benefit now being organised at Covent Garden by Lady Las-- downe for next month. The Duchess, in a costume of patriotic colour, though not, as has been proposed, as ...

... Miss Jessie Moore. I a! The 'County Counbil have wisely insisted I I a I upon some important alterations at ?? Rtt Opera, Covent Garden; and while the recess ?? is on they will be carried out. Indeed, the ?? workm~en have already started on some of thel ...