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    IOO THE TOM AHA WK. \September 5, 1868.

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    CHURCH SNOBBERY.

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    Some The Weeks Operatic Since Season Cal...

    and year . she Her deserve singing d the and triump acting hant in success Lucia were which , alike she , admirable achieved , : she appeared in the , Nozze also , di in Fi the Flauto and Mag in Marta ico , in . Faust She was , in com Don - p yuan letely , successful in all garo she , undertook , but her best performances were in Lucia and Marta . Of Mdlle . Tietjens it may to fairl find y be her said equal that ; , with in Fidelio regard and to in Madame Medea , Trebelli it would there be hard can be no two opinions as to her being the best contralto now before the UX ^ public LJLA K / JLX X ^ m . Mdlle XTXU 11 U * . Kellogg J-VVXXVCg improves X IXXyJ * . \ J V WO and U . XJ . U . oug UUtUt ht to IU have X 1 CL V W Ch a

    good not mu career ch to before be said her . ; everybod Concerning y knows the male what singers an excellent , there is is singer . In Mr one . S re antley spect , is they , and meet what on a common bad singer ground Signor , namel Mong y , ini in for the whereas possession the of Englishman fine voices— makes but here steady ceases progress all resemblance the Italian , stays where he has always been ; he has never , advanced however beyond , the and threshold declamatory of his power art . , and He in possesses the present earnestness dearth , cordial of tenors welcome , it is small at the wonder hands of that the he patrons should of have Her received Majesty ' a s

    we O Onera pera have . . omitted From From the the the list list nam of of singers sinsrers e of Si whose whose Fraschini names names . appear armear This above above tenor ., who sang in England about twenty gnor years ago , has at no time , obtained any success in this country . In Spain and in Paris incline and elsewhere to think that he has the verdict been triump of our hantl countrymen y received is ; just but , for we artist Signor . Fraschini He has ( or is rather not , and had never ) a coarse has been and an powerful accomplished organ , rather which , a when fine voice it possessed , but although the bloom he has of youth now , partiall was doubtless y learnt vocal his work means as an and 41 operatic with VVlkil a 4 singer new 11 public UUUllVt , he has i lCUV gnorant almost / ll of \ entirel what VV 4 y he 11 lost / his

    \ ave J \^ CXX been lllUCbllda in , day C .. . L \_ X s gone by , Signor Fraschini , XM . b must JX XXC not . U hope V may JLXICUJ for success . There was also another tenor , one Signor Ferensi , or Ferenesi — signif we y don , as ' t he know will which probabl is y his not right sing name here , but again it does . He not sang much in the L 11 V Huguenots JlMg // t // i' [/* O j , and ClXXVl , } althoug aJ-bUUUgXl h A he 1 U was > V U > 9 11 not UW utterl ULUV ^ l LJ y bad l *» Ct . V 4 . , j he J . XW did V 4 X . U .

    not contrive to " hit it off" with either the press or the public . Mr . Mapleson brought out some more tenors towards the close of In his conclusion season , but , we we may did not congratulate hear them . Mr . Mapleson upon an second orchestra excellent to , choru none and upon s . of fresh a conductor and resonant who , for voices operatic , upon purposes a capital , is nature We will of novelty now turn was again to Covent Garden icuous , b where its absence aught in Mr i the Ui

    XlUbUi Mapleson W VA , 4 . J . at W V WXfc the -Jf riva VVM . J l theatre , gCVLJ . L consp \* , opened X i 3 £ J 1 \* LX KJ KX the * 3 W y ball 11 O with U > U ^ VU Lucrezia ^ V * . -,. . « Borg mounted ia , and IVorma Mr . Gye for the , who edification was determined of his subscribers not to be , outdone allotting , the and sessing part unsympathetic , as of the she Druid does , singer certain Priestess . good The to qualities Pollio Madame of , is Fricci the decidedl evening , who y a , hard pos was - before Signor now Naudin , intimated , the most our threadb views as are to of tenor this gentleman singers ; ' s we preten have - , UXVAld sions } , and fc ^ + AVt . we VV V * can S * C 4 # XX onl V ^ ily y J record . \*\*\ JX \_ L VS our U . X op Uk / inion lliLVll th loXXCV at lr the bXXV ^ position UV ^ lblVXl

    which he is permitted to hold at Covent Garden—the most renowned Opera house in the world—is one of those mysteries which must be left to the wisdom of future ages to unravel . The Mario other Baraldi tenors Fancelli at Mr . and Gye ' s M establishment . Lefranc the were last- Si named gnori , , , ; singer He is not appeared without twice promise only , , in however Guillaume , and Tell will , probabl and made y be ^ jftasco heard . forgot again ; his when music he sang , sang here flat he , and was richl frightened y deserved out the of his adverse wits , verdict verdict which which he he obtained obtained ; : still still he he possesses possesses some some natural natural ad

    nrl-vantages Fancelli , did and not will sing do often well , , if and he when chooses he to did take sing pains he . produced Signor little or no effect . The tenor of the season was ( as he has often less been voice before , ) and Signor the Mario possession , and , in of the ever wreck -improving of his once histrionic peer-Amongst means , there the is baritones no doubt were that Signor his p Cotogni lace cannot , a useful as yet and be pains rilled - . whose taking singer phrasing , Signor is as Graziani meaningless , whose , and voice whose is as acting mellifluous is as , graceless a good artist as ever , but , and he has M . Petit a tendency . The latter to exaggeration is in some , respects and his voice in no is way tremulous comparable to an to ext M . ent Faure which . Amongst passes permission the basses j must he is

    be mises mentioned a good career Signor for Baggag its owner iolo , , whose for he is admirable young and voice likel pro y to - improve ; M . Coulon ( we forget his Italian name—perhaps his Signor first Coloni ) came in over that here most for Meyerbeer tedious of ' s music , and Robert made le Diablej appearance he is intelligent both as actor and singer operas , but he made no great effect here . The xi list ^ b oiflrime donne tfrt / Sf / £ was wao not XXVJ l , VVl strongbut the

    of ^^ x two — ^ a . x names \* M >^ £ Sf — <"' those > «• ^ t (> of - * * Mdlle ^ h A * ^ 4 4 . Patti bb ^^~ very ^ Y and OLJUJXl ^ m Mdlle a ^ B ^ , j ^ LJ ^ m ^ Lxl . Lucca ^ H . / presence pitO — ^ UUC was practicall a the pleasure riht y to sufficient write her about first for all her purposes , as she . has in As the taken to Sonnambula Mdlle public . Patti favour , some it in is years g back way was ; a triumphan appearance t success , but she has still gone on liant study and ing , accomp and improving lished artist , until , richl she y has deserving now ripened the good into op a inion brilwhich vv ui ^ xi she ^> xxv * has xiao v earned * c * , x xxuu in xxx Eng -4 ni ^ land nrvi iKK . *

    advice of Mdlle talent , . her ; Lucca she claims is has as a should beautiful earnest be as voice second she , and can to an none be immense , and ; her , with phrasing amount good , however Still she , is is a faul most ty , interesting and her execution artistand cannot evinces always now be and trusted then ! third of an aptitude pleasant soprano for tone , Mdlle the , and l . yric Vanzini sings stage , reasonabl was of , the engaged y very well ; hi . she g , hest We has order must a voice . not A , forge claims ^ j 4 ixj t our % are countrywoman too l \// well known lYilv , Madam Al to bV render e Lemmens it XL - Sherrington UiJiJCi that LlXU > b ; they t ! XL her >

    should . m .... u be * , * . ¦** canvassed . v " VIA here ; she is i . UXiU , in point necessary XX ^ of , ^ fact X J , one of the very country best . The singers princi before pal contralto the public was in Mdlle this . Grossi or in , any who other can boast It will of a be good seen voice that , the but list not of much tenors else was . extremelweakand this is more reprehensible inasmuch as the finest dramatic y tenor , in Tamberlik the world who could in have been such engaged as the . Profihete We allude Guillaiwte to Signor Tell , Polliuto , , and , so operas forth , has not his equal . Whilst , every real x wax lover xv v wx of vx operatic wj ^ vx ctixv music xixuoiV / j , in xix London J-jUXIUUJ . 1 . , was VV ct » dep UtjJlUl loring xlj ^ the U 1 C

    absence Madrid wild of fine by his tenors sing , ing Signor in the Tamb works erlik which was we sending have men all - this tioned reall above . at We artist sincerel next y trust and that if Mr he . will Gye mount will let Polliuto us hear with Mdlle y gre . Lucca and year Signor ; Tamberlik , in the principal performed parts opera , , we one can at of Covent almost the finest Garden venture which about to Donizetti predict fifteen a ever years great composed ago success . It . oug , The was ht not to have been shelved up to the present time . the WiJL \ The i promised production novelties of ) Auber was ¥ Y d ^ 3 ' delayed s delightful until Do the 7 nino last 1 C 13 L Noir few days KXtXt ( one of of

    * Y f * - UXXlXvJ ^ kA XXV V ^» XILV * O / UV ^ XCL Y tU ll -LXULX llX ^ XV-. W V £ 3 \ J L the season ; it was then performed with singers other than those tory which , and were it promised would have . been The general better to execution put off the was production not satisfac of - this charming work until next year . What may have been the pecuniary result of the season to ¦ as Messrs concerns . Gye the and production Mapleson we of novelty know not or , the but the advancement result , so far of music , may be said to be absolutely nothing whatever . Let us hope for better times next year .

    Ioo The Tom Aha Wk. \September 5, 1868.

    IOO THE TOM AHA WK . \ September 5 , 1868 .

    Church Snobbery.

    CHURCH SNOBBERY .

    Can Any Possible Explanation Be Given Of...

    Can any possible explanation be given of the appearance in we the will leader take -page the of liberty the Ti of ? nes subdividing of the following ? paragraph , which of " Christ St . Mary Church -the- Less xford , Lambeth a son of . —Mr R . Step ht lion hen . E W . . Gladstone E . Glad , - stone , M . P ., will , be ordained , at the next ordination g of the Bishop of lat Winc ed h district ester , s in the will neighbourhood serve as curate of of London one of the . " most densely-popu-E E . . If Gladstone Gladstone this means - who who anything mi mierht ht . from from at all his his , it exalted exalted is this connection connection : Mr . Step have have hen g ,

    revelled in perpetual , purple , and fine linen , has determined , upon a tremendous sacrifice . He is going , like an ordinary clergyman , to visit the poor . M . " A His ., Vicar ' title of to St orders . Mary ' - will the- be Less given , Lambet by the h , who Rev , . curiousl Robert y Gregory enough , , the was occasion the Chairman of the contest of Mr . which Gathorn deprived e Hardy Mr ' s London . Gladstone Committee of his , seat on for the University of Oxford . " Wonderful coincidence , and smacking of brotherly love and

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 5, 1868, page 100, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_05091868/page/10/