Chapter XX

GALASSI DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF—POLITENESS OF PRIME DONNE—ENGLISH WELCOME IN CANADA—CONCERT AT THE WHITE HOUSE—VALUE OF PATTI'S NOTES—PHANTOM SHIP WRECKED—NILSSON'S CONTRACT—PATTI'S CONTRACT—RETURN TO ENGLAND.

THE Company now left for Detroit. Our season opened with Albani as "Lucia;" and for the following night Semiramide was announced, with Adelina Patti and Scalchi. Unfortunately Mdme. Patti had taken cold, and was unable to sing. It appeared that on arriving at the station she had had to walk through piles of snow for some distance in order to reach her carriage.

At one time the public threatened to demolish the building, so disappointed were they; especially as Mdme. Patti had also failed to appear in that same city the previous year.

It was at once put down (as these things generally are) to caprice on the part of the prima donna, or a trick on that of the operatic manager. I, therefore, at once sought Dr. Brodie, an eminent physician of Detroit, and he furnished a certificate as to the Diva' illness.

Despite the change of the bill, a good-sized audience remained for Verdi's tragic opera of Il Trovatore.

On the closing night we performed Guillaume Tell, in which Signor Galassi particularly distinguished himself. According to one of the journals, which appeared the following morning, so dexterously did he shoot the apple off his son's head that he might always be sure of a warm welcome whenever he returned to that city.

Rival prime donne—those, at least, who have the habits of polite society—are very particular in calling on one another, though these visits are sometimes of a highly formal kind. During my American season of 1883 I was associated with Mr. Gye; and it so happened that Nicolini and Patti, Ernest Gye and Albani (Mrs. Ernest Gye) were staying at Detroit in the same hotel where I also had put up. Patti and Nicolini having just gone for a drive, Madame Albani, seeing them pass beneath her window, called out to her husband—

"Ernest, they have gone out. We had better leave cards on them at once."

On returning home Madame Patti duly received the cards; and an hour or two afterwards, when Albani and Mr. Gye had just gone to the theatre, where there was to be a rehearsal, said to Nicolini—

"Ernest" (his name, also, was Ernest), "they have gone to the theatre. Now is the time for returning their visit."

As Madame Patti was still suffering from a very severe cold, I thought it prudent to leave her behind at Detroit, for the purpose not only of re-establishing herself, but of assuring the public that she was really ill. She remained there some four or five days after we had left.

The whole Company, except Madame Patti, had to muster at the station about 2 a.m. to start for Canada. By some mismanagement on the part of the railway company, there being two competing lines, with but one set of rails running into the joint station, the artists were kept waiting at this station for over a couple of hours, the wind bitterly cold, and the thermometer some fifty degrees below freezing point. At length, to the joy of all, our special was drawn up alongside the platform, and we were enabled to make a start, arriving at Toronto the following afternoon.

The next morning the musicians all came to me in great despair, the Canadian Custom House authorities having seized the whole of their instruments as liable to duty. The same difficulty occurred with the wardrobes and properties; and it was not until very late in the day, by going through a course of red-tape, which reminded one of the old country, that they could be released, I giving an undertaking that the troupe should leave Canada within two days.

A right royal English welcome did our Company receive there. Prior to the performance I requested Arditi to play the National Anthem. The whole of the audience stood up, and, on its conclusion, gave three hearty cheers. Nearly all the private box, dress circle, and stall ticket-holders arrived in open sleighs, the snow being very thick.

The opening performance was Il Trovatore, in which Mierzwinski, Galassi, Scalchi, and Fursch-Madi appeared, giving great satisfaction. The excellence of the representation was quite a revelation to the public, as it were.

On the following night Madame Albani appeared as "Lucia," when the parquette, balconies, and boxes were crowded with the élite of the city, the Lieutenant-Governor occupying the gubernatorial box.

The galleries were likewise crowded to their fullest capacity, standing room even being at a premium. Albani was welcomed with vociferous cheers, and her performance throughout received the warmest approbation.

Immediately after the conclusion of our grand two-night season in Canada our special train was put in motion towards Buffalo, where we performed the following evening, leaving again after the performance at 2 a.m. for Pittsburg, at which place Mdme. Patti had arrived the previous day.

At Pittsburg the season opened most auspiciously with La Traviata. The theatre itself was not only crowded to the ceiling, but we charged five dollars a head for standing room on the window sills.

The following night Mdme. Albani appeared as "Margherita" in Faust, supported by Ravelli, Scalchi, etc.

A matinée was given the next day of Il Trovatore, followed by a splendid performance the same evening of William Tell. On each occasion the house was crammed.

The Company had again to muster at 2 a.m. after the performance to start for Washington, at which place we arrived the following evening, Mdme. Albani opening the next day as "Margherita" in Faust.

The next evening I had to change the performance, la Diva having contracted a sore throat during the journey. I substituted William Tell, postponing Mdme. Patti's début until the following night, when she and Scalchi captivated the audience with Semiramide. In a letter to the papers the following morning a mathematician stated that by carefully counting the notes in the part of Semiramide, and dividing the result by the sum paid nightly to Patti for singing that part, he discovered that she received exactly 42 ⁵/₈ cents for each of the notes that issued from her throat. This was found to be just 7 ¹/₁₀ cents per note more than Rossini got for writing the whole opera.

On the following Friday President Arthur gave a private concert at the White House. I here append the programme:—

PART I.

Duetto—"Sull'aria" (Nozze di Figaro)Mozart.

Mdme. Fursch-Madi and Mdlle. Dotti.

Romanza—"Angelo Casto" (Duca d'Alba) posthumous opera by Donizetti.

Signor Frapolli.

Cavatina—Tacca la notte (Trovatore) Verdi.

Mdme. Fursch-Madi.

Aria Buffa—Miei rampolli (Cenerentola) Rossini.

Signor Corsini.

Air—Voi che sapete (Nozze di Figaro)Mozart.

Mdlle. Dotti.

———

An Interval of Half an Hour.

———

PART II.

Trio—Qual Volutta (Lombardi) Verdi.

Mdme. Fursch-Madi, Signor Frapolli, and Signor Galassi.

Cavatina—"Nobil Signor" (Huguenots) Meyerbeer.

Mdme. Scalchi.

Romanza—O tu bel astro (Tannhäuser) Wagner.

Signor Galassi.

a{Air—"Pur dicesti" Lotti.

b{Song—"Robin Adair"——

Madame Albani.

The White House.

February 28, 1883.

At the conclusion of the concert a splendid supper was served in the banqueting hall. As I had to attend upon no less than five ladies, the President observed at the close of the feast that I had had nothing to eat myself. He, therefore, gave orders that on the departure of the guests another supper should be served, at which he occupied the chair. The repast was really of the first order. It was interspersed with excellent Veuve Clicquot, and the President afterwards ordered in cigars and related to me some most interesting anecdotes of his earlier career. He also gave me an account of the alarm felt at New York when one Sunday the Merrimac was expected to come up the bay in order to levy contributions on the city; there being no powder in the forts and but few cannon balls, all of the wrong calibre. Fortunately she met the Monitor, who soon gave a good account of her.

We gave a grand matinée the following day, with Patti as "La Traviata," when people paid even for standing in the passages, where they could only occasionally hear sounds.

At the close of the morning performance our special train started for Boston, where we arrived late the next day.

Here further calculations were made in the daily papers as to the value of Patti's notes, Semiramide showing 30 cents. for every note she sang, whilst in "Lucia" the rate of 42 ¹/₂ cents. per note was reached.

We afterwards performed Faust with Albani, and some of the grand operas, such as L'Africaine, Les Huguenots, Lohengrin, and Aida. Towards the close of our engagement Wagner's Flying Dutchman was given for the first time on the Italian stage at Boston.

A rather startling event occurred during the first act on the arrival of the Phantom Ship, which, after sweeping gracefully round, broadside to the audience, suddenly capsized, casting the Dutchman and his crew promiscuously on to the stage, the masts going straight across the occupants of the stalls and the sails covering Arditi, who was then at the desk.

At this juncture loud screams were heard. They came from the wife of the principal baritone, who, witnessing the accident, had fears for her husband's safety. The choristers, who were thrown pell-mell into the water, and on to their stomachs, began with a great deal of tact to strike out as if swimming, until—as soon as possible—the curtain was lowered. The ship was soon set on its keel again, but nothing could induce Galassi to board the vessel.

At the close of the Boston engagement, which was highly successful, we returned to New York, where we remained some five weeks, performing a different opera almost nightly.

About this time I learned that the Washington and Lee University for promoting higher education in the South was in great need of funds. I, therefore, notified General Lilly, of Virginia, who had been interested in that institution for years, my willingness to assist by giving a miscellaneous performance for that purpose. A committee of distinguished ladies was formed to superintend the distribution of the tickets, including Mrs. General Dix, Mrs. Franklin Edson, Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. G. Rives, Mrs. Livingstone, Mrs. Jay, Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Mrs. Frederick Kernochan, Mrs. Henry Clewes, Mrs. Pryor, Mrs. General Hancock, Mrs. Barton French, Mrs. W. C. Whitney, Mrs. Vanderbilt, Baroness de Thomsen, Mrs. Bowdoin, Mrs. Alonzo B. Cornell, Mrs. Benjamin Willis, Mrs. F. B. Thurber, etc., etc.

The appearance of the Academy, on this occasion filled by a most brilliant audience, was a thing long to be remembered. The evening commenced with an act of Trovatore, which was followed by the appearance of Mdme. Albani in the first act of Norma. A more beautiful rendering of the lovely cavatina "Casta Diva" could not have been heard, Mdme. Albani's vocalization being really the perfection of art. She was recalled several times, and covered with flowers. An act from Meyerbeer's Dinorah came next, with Mdme. Patti and Scalchi. Both left the stage loaded with flowers, Patti coming forward at the close and afterwards good-naturedly singing in front of the drop curtain "Home, Sweet Home."

A scene then followed not put down in the programme, in the shape of a presentation to myself of two large and handsome silk flags, one English and the other American, the gift of the ladies of the committee; each of the white stars on the blue ground of the American flag having been inserted by a member of this committee.

I thanked the ladies in a grateful speech, shouldered my lofty flags, and left the stage amidst loud cheering. The receipts amounted to some £1,800. About a fortnight afterwards I was informed by General Lilley that a chair of English literature had been established at the University bearing my name.

The following Saturday morning La Traviata was again given, the house being even more crowded than usual. The bank having closed prior to the termination of the performance, the monies were all placed in the iron safe.

Early the following morning I was informed that one of the doors leading to the treasury had been forced open, the floor of which was strewn with tickets and furniture. Worse still, the iron safe had been opened and rifled of its contents; over 21,500 dollars having been carried off. Fortunately this amount was for the most part in cheques, which I succeeded in stopping at the bank; but the loss in hard cash exceeded £1,600.

About this time further rumours were in circulation as to Mr. Abbey trying to take away several of my best singers, notably both Patti and Galassi.

During the New York season I sent Mdme. Albani to sing in a concert at Montreal, the railway directors providing a special car for her. On her arrival she was received by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city; also by a guard of honour of 200 men in uniform, besides the members of four snow-shoe clubs in their beautiful and picturesque costumes.

A reception was afterwards held at the Hôtel de Ville, when a formal address was handed to Mdme. Albani on a beautifully illuminated scroll. All the tickets being instantly sold out, two more concerts had to be given; and Mdme. Albani returned to New York in time to sing the following Friday, having netted for the treasury 16,000 dollars by her three days' visit to Montreal.

Shortly afterwards I gave a combined performance for the benefit of the New York Exchange for Woman's Work. Again I had a ladies' committee to work with, including the charming Mrs. F. B. Thurber, who acted as secretary, the president being Mrs. W. G. Choate, while the vice-presidents consisted of some forty leading ladies of New York. The entertainment consisted of a concert in which Mdme. Adelina Patti, Mdme. Albani, Mdme. Scalchi, Nicolini, and others of the Company appeared.

I append the programme, in which will be found several features of interest, including, in particular, the singing of Mozart's delightful duet by Patti and Albani.

PART I.

Overture—"Egmont"Beethoven

Orchestra.

Romanza—"O lieti, di" (Etoile du Nord)Meyerbeer

Monsieur Durat.

Aria—"Nobil Signor" (Huguenots)Meyerbeer

Madame Scalchi.

Ballade et PolonaiseVieuxtemps

Herr Brandt.

Cavatina—"Qui la voce" (Puritani)Bellini

Madame Albani.

Romanza—"Vien, vien m'e noto" (Velleda)Lenepreu

Signor Nicolini.

Valse—"Nell' ebrezza" (Romeo e Giulietta)Gounod

Madame Adelina Patti.

Ballet, SilviaDelibes

Orchestra.

PART II.

L'invitation a la ValseWeber

Orchestra.

Ballade—"Ouvre ta porte"Grieg

Signor Ravelli.

Hungarian FantaisieLiszt

(With orchestra)

Herr Rafael Joseffy.

Duetto, "Sull aria" (Nozze di Figaro)Mozart

Madame Adelina Patti and Madame Albani.

Gavotte—"In veder l'amata stanza" (Mignon)Thomas

Madame Scalchi.

Romanza—"M'appari" (Martha)Flotow

Signor Ravelli.

Rakoczy MarchBerlioz

Orchestra.

After the concert the ladies presented me on the stage with a magnificent gold badge, bearing the English arms on one side, surmounted with diamonds and rubies, and the American arms on the other; also an elegant walking cane with a massive gold top, crowned by a very large uncut sapphire of great value.

The next morning Mr. Gye came to me with the alarming intelligence that the lease of the new Metropolitan Opera-house had been given to Mr. Abbey. He complained bitterly of the treatment he had received at the hands of its Directors after the trouble he had taken in furnishing them with the interior plans and workings of Covent Garden Theatre, in order to assist the architect to get as complete a building as possible. He had been negotiating with the Directors on behalf of the Royal Italian Opera Company, Covent Garden, Limited, and, in fact, those negotiations had never been broken off. He was still awaiting an answer from the Committee, to whom the matter had been referred.

Mr. Abbey having announced that he would open the New Metropolitan Opera-house with Madame Nilsson, Mr. Gye informed me that she was under contract to sing with our Company, and showed me the following engagement:—

"London, 2nd May, 1882.

"Madame Christine Nilsson agrees to accept an engagement with Mr. Gye to sing either for him or for the Royal Italian Opera Company, Limited, in London, during the season of 1883, at a salary of £200 per night. Madame Nilsson also agrees to accept an engagement for America for the season of 1883-1884, for fifty or sixty representations, operas, concerts, or oratorios, at a salary of £300 per night, this to include all hotel expenses, but not travelling. Madame Nilsson agrees also to sing for five or six nights at Covent Garden during next July, the répertoire for Madame Nilsson being Mignon, Lohengrin, Don Giovanni, Mefistofele, and Faust if possible, which Mr. Gye agrees to do his best to obtain for her in London, 1883, and in America, her répertoire to be the same, and other operas by common consent. No opera is to belong to Madame Nilsson exclusively, except one opera that she may create, and that for one season. Should Madame Nilsson wish to remain in America in the summer of 1884 she is to be at liberty to do so, and should she wish to return to England, Mr. Gye engages himself for her to sing in London during the London season on the same conditions. Mr. Gye binds himself to accept the engagement now in preparation.

"(Signed) CHRISTINE NILSSON ROUZAUD."

Despite this, however, Madame Nilsson signed with Mr. Abbey, receiving a sum considerably in excess of the one stipulated for in the Gye engagement.

In the meantime further rumours were getting circulated with regard to Mr. Abbey's razzia on my singers, and the daily papers were full of our disputes and recriminations; with which I will not trouble the reader just now. On the conclusion of our New York season we again returned to Philadelphia, in consequence of the success of our previous visit, opening there with the Flying Dutchman. The next night l'Etoile du Nord was performed with the peerless Adelina, followed by Lohengrin with the charming "Elsa" of Albani. Thus we continued our triumphant career.

Mr. Abbey had begun his intrigues with Campanini, to whom he offered 1,000 dollars (£200) a night. He now proposed a similar amount to Scalchi and a considerable sum to Valleria, whilst his employés were hard at work round the stage-door taking away my choruses, wardrobe keepers, and even the stage-manager. All my people, in short, were offered three or four times their usual salaries, merely for the sake of injuring me, without Mr. Abbey's benefiting himself in any way. I described him, to an interviewer, as a guastomestiere; a word which sorely puzzled him, and caused him to consult his solicitor.

I now endeavoured to make sure of Patti, and she eventually consented to make a small reduction in her terms and to accept 4,000 dollars a night.

In due course her contract had been prepared by her agent and a day fixed for executing it, which happened to be a Thursday. Being much occupied that day at the theatre in consequence of troubles of various sorts I found it too late to get up to Mdme. Patti's hotel, but went the following morning early. Nicolini explained to me that Mdme. Patti never did anything on a Friday, and that I had better call the next day. The day afterwards he informed me that, soon after I had left, Mr. Abbey had come to Mdme. Patti saying that he could offer her a minimum of 5,000 dollars (£1,000) a night, payment to be made on the morning of each performance, and 50,000 deposited in the bank as payment for the last ten nights of the engagement, and that Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt would sign the contract and give her the requisite guarantees.

This was not the only inducement he offered her if she would link her fortunes with the new Metropolitan Opera-house the following season. She was further to have a special private drawing-room and sleeping car, the like of which had never yet been run on rails, to be specially built for her, fitted with a conservatory, fernery, &c.

There was no reason, however, why these propositions should interfere with the formal acceptance of a contract already drawn up and verbally agreed to. The next day, then, about 11 o'clock, I was going in joyously to sign my contract when I was met by Signor Nicolini at the door, who told me that a very dreadful thing had happened since he last saw me. On my inquiring what it was he informed me that Mr. Abbey's visit had quite upset Mdme. Patti, who was ill in her room. She had not even spoken to the parrot, which was a sad sign. He then communicated to me Mr. Abbey's proposition, as above.

Nicolini, however, assured me that Mdme. Patti held me in the highest esteem, and would on no account throw me over, considering that my engagement with her would be just as good as Mr. Vanderbilt's. If I would call later in the day, after luncheon, he hoped to get the matter concluded. He, at the same time, gave me to understand that no reduction could be made in the terms which had been offered by Vanderbilt through Abbey.

On leaving I at once consulted with Mr. Gye, the General Manager of the Royal Italian Opera Company, Covent Garden, Limited, and he fully agreed with me that there was no alternative but to accede to the terms, the sum demanded being but a trifle more than Patti had been receiving throughout the season then about to close. Gye telegraphed the particulars to his London Directors.

I accordingly went round in the afternoon and signed the contract. The visit of Mr. Abbey to Mdme. Patti on the previous day had meanwhile caused a rise of no less than 50,000 dollars (£10,000) in her demands.

Next day Mdme. Patti sailed for Europe on the Arizona, Signor Franchi, her agent, remaining behind to complete the details of the new engagement.

About this time Mdme. Cavalazzi, my daughter-in-law, informed me that she had had an offer from Abbey's agent of double the amount I was paying her. I at once told her to accept it, and that I would keep her place open for her, when she could return the following season, by which time Abbey would be closed up. The following season she duly returned, Mr. Abbey, as I shall afterwards relate, having duly come to grief.

Prior to my departure I was entertained by a number of my friends and supporters at the Manhattan Club. The dinner was arranged partly as a farewell to me and partly in acknowledgment of the aid I had given to young American artists essaying an operatic career. Judge J. R. Brady presided, and the company included the Mayor Edson, the Reverend Dr. Hoffman, Recorder Smyth, Judge Abraham R. Lawrence, Chief Justice Noah Davis, Judge W. H. Arnoux, the British Consul General Booker, Chief Justice C. P. Daly, General de Cesnola, Chief Justice Shea, General Stewart L. Woodford, General Hancock, Commissioner J. S. Coleman, Mr. John H. Starin, Mr. F. B. Thurber, Mr. Aaron Vanderpoel, Professor Henry Drisler, Mr. Wm. Steinway, the Reverend Professor Seabury, Professor A. Charlier, Mr. Oscar S. Strauss, and many others.

On the removal of the cloth Judge Brady gave the toast, "The guest of the evening," to which I replied. Other toasts followed, and the entertainment passed off merrily enough. Signor Clodio, Signor Ravelli, and Signor Ronconi came in with the cigars, and pleasantly varied the latter portion of the evening by a choice selection of operatic arias.

At the close of the entertainment it was unanimously resolved to charter a special steamer to accompany me the following morning down the bay conveying those who were present at the dinner. Mr. Starin, who was sitting at the table, offered to place one of his magnificent steamers at their disposal, which was to leave Pier 41, North River, at a quarter to nine the following morning. After singing "Auld Lang Syne" and "He's a jolly good fellow" the company separated. Just prior to my departure the following morning my friends appeared on the chartered steamer, which followed us down the bay with a band of music, accompanied by hearty cheers until we were out of sight.

END OF VOL. I.

The following typographical errors have been corrected:

scarely=>scarcely

Italian verson=>Italian version

singing in Rio Janiero=>singing in Rio Janeiro

be promised to go on=>he promised to go on

(note of etext transcriber:)

Index to Volumes I and II

This index appears at the end of Volume II. It has been located here in this etext for the convenience of the reader. (note of etext transcriber)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W Y Z

A. Aaron, Sheriff, Vol. II., 81. Abbey, Mr., Vol. I., 265, 308, 318, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325; Vol. II., 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 22, 27, 31, 32, 37, 38, 39, 79, 254. Abbot, Emma, Vol. I., 190; Vol. II., 297. Abramoff, M., Vol. II., 266. Adams, J. McGregor, Vol. II., 232. Adini, Mdme., Vol. I., 232. Agnesi, Signor, Vol. I., 155; Vol. II., 299. Albani, Emma, Vol. I., 142, 143, 148, 251, 288, 304, 305, 306, 307, 309, 310, 312, 313, 314, 315, 317, 318, 319, 320; Vol. II., 5, 174, 297. Alboni, Vol. I., 9, 26, 27, 35, 36; Vol. II., 300. Aldighieri, Vol. I., 19, 26, 47. Ambré, Emelie, Vol. I., 220, 229; Vol. II., 296. Angelo, Vol. II., 241, 258, 259, 260, 262, 263. Antrobus, Captain, Vol. I., 281. Aramburo, Vol. I., 232; Vol. II., 174, 298. Arditi, Signor, Vol. I., 16, 17, 36, 37, 55, 68, 70, 77, 89, 104, 127, 129, 131, 199, 215, 216, 217, 243, 244, 250, 266, 288, 312; Vol. II., 12, 16, 67, 85, 129, 147, 161, 178, 179, 193, 231, 244, 266. Arditi, Mdme. and Signor, Vol. I., 104. Armandi, Signor, Vol. II., 290. Arnoldson, Mdlle., Vol. II., 264. Arnoux, Judge W. R., Vol. I., 326. Arthur, President, Vol. I., 313, 314, 315. Auber, Vol. II., 169, 272. Austin, Mr., Vol. I., 193. Austin, Fredk., Vol. II., 138. B. Babbitt, Councillor, Vol. II., 42. Bacon, Arthur, Vol. I., 45. Badiali, Signor, Vol. I., 10, 11; Vol. II., 299. Bagagiolo, Signor, Vol. II., 299. Baldanza, Signor, Vol. II., 229. Balfe, M. W., Vol. I., 2, 161; Vol. II., 283. Balfe, Victoire, Vol. I., 16; Vol. II., 296. Ballantine, Serjeant, Vol. I., 14. Barnes, General W. H. L., Vol. II., 57, 63, 198, 204, 205. Bauermeister, Mdme., Vol. I., 198; Vol. II., 116, 161, 162, 164, 178, 192, 248, 296. Baxter, Mr., Vol. I., 70. Bedford, Duke of, Vol. I., 175. Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward, Vol. II., 89. Beethoven, Vol. I., 82; Vol. II., 251. Behrens, Herr, Vol. II., 299. Belart, Signor, Vol. I., 27. Belval, M., Vol. I., 152; Vol. II., 299. Belasco, Signor, Vol. II., 192, 193. Belletti, Signor, Vol. I., 2, 3. Bellini, Vol. I., 90; Vol. II., 272. Belocca, Mdlle. Anna de, Vol. I., 225, 227, 228, 261; Vol. II., 296. Belmont, August, Vol. I., 274. Belmont, Mrs. August, Vol. I., 316. Benedict, Sir Julius, Vol. I., 16, 17, 27, 172, 197; Vol. II., 274. Bentinck, Cavendish, Vol. I., 155. Berghi, Mdlle., Vol. I., 288; Vol. II., 248. Bernhardt, Sarah, Vol. I., 129, 265; Vol. II., 240. Bertini, Signor, Vol. II., 13, 14. Bettelheim, Mdlle., Vol. I., 81; Vol. II., 296. Bettini, Signor, Vol. I., 6, 7, 73, 76, 77, 81, 120; Vol. II., 298. Bettini-Trebelli, Mdme., Vol. I., 7. Beviguani, Signor, Vol. I., 109; Vol. II., 300. Bidwell, David, Mr., Vol. II., 102. Bieletto, Signor, Vol. II., 161, 162, 164. Billing, Dr., Vol. I., 8. Bimboni, Signor, Vol. II., 231. Bisaccia, Signor, Vol. II., 300. Bizet, Vol. II., 249, 251, 264. Blackstone, T. B., Vol. II., 232. Blondin, Vol. I., 283, 284. Boito, Vol. I., 240, 241, 242, 249, 252, 253, 254; Vol. II., 251. Bologna, Signor, Vol. II., 229. Bolton, George, Mr., Vol. I., 61, 298. Booker, British Consul General, Vol. I., 326. Borchardt, Mdme., Vol. I., 45, 46, 47, 52, 54. Borghi-Mamo, Vol. I., 26; Vol. II., 296. Bossi, Signor, Vol. I., 89. Bowdoin, Mrs., Vol. I., 317. Bowen, Detective, Vol. II., 57. Boyne, George, Vol. II., 136, 232. Bradwell, Vol. I., 271. Brady, Judge J. R., Vol. I., 326. Braham, Marquis, Vol. I., 65. Braham, Charles, Vol. I., 10, 12; Vol. II., 247. Brichanteau, Count, Vol. II., 68. Brignoli, Signor, Vol. I., 220, 235, 236; Vol. II., 92. Broccolini, Signor Giovanni Chiari di, Vol. II., 275, 288. Broch, Mdlle. Jenny, Vol. II., 244, 248, 296. Brodie, Dr., Vol. I., 310. Brooks, Captain, Vol. I., 201. Browne, Dr. Lennox, Vol. I., 182. Buck, Dr. J. D., Vol. I., 269. Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, Vol. I., 172. Burnett, C. J., Vol. I., 278. Burroughs, Colonel, Vol. I., 282. Bulterini, Signor, Vol. II., 298. C. Cairns, Sir Hugh, Vol. I., 14. Calzolari, Signor, Vol. I., 3. Campanini, Signor, Vol. I., 153, 154, 155, 166, 197, 199, 202, 214, 215, 220, 232, 233, 235, 240, 243, 247, 261, 268, 271, 288; Vol. II., 3, 11, 174, 260, 286, 298. Capoul, M., Vol. I., 152; Vol. II., 298. Capponi, Vol. II., 169. Caracciolo, Signor, Vol. II., 161, 162, 164, 266. Carden, George, Vol. I., 278. Cardinali, Vol. II., 130, 152, 153. Carey, Hon. Eugene, Vol. II., 106, 136, 232. Carrion, Signor, Vol. I., 172. Cary, Annie Louise, Vol. I., 235, 243, 247; Vol. II., 297. Carvalho, Mdme. Miolan, Vol. I., 71, 72. Castelmary, M., Vol. II., 299. Castlereagh, Lord, Vol. I., 93. Catalani, Mdme., Vol. I., 42. Cavalazzi, Mdme. Malvina, Vol. II., 161, 162, 164. Caylus, M., Vol. II., 248. Cesnola, General, Vol. I., 326. Chappell, Mr. Thos., Vol. I., 28, 66, 67. Chappell, Mr. Frank, Vol. I., 66, 67. Chapuy, Mdlle. Marguerite, Vol. I., 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172; Vol. II., 295. Charlier, Professor A., Vol. I., 326. Chatterton, F. B., Vol. I., 110, 111, 189, 190, 191, 199. Cherubini, Vol. I., 88, 89; Vol. II., 32, 119, 127, 161, 162, 163, 169, 170, 195, 229, 282, 289, 299. Choate, Mrs. W. G., Vol. I., 319. Choudens, M., Vol. I., 66, 67. Chorley, Mr., Vol. I., 28. Ciampi, Signor, Vol. II., 244, 249, 299. Cirilla, Duke and Duchess of, Vol. I., 19, 20, 21, 22. Clarke, Mr. John, of Brooklyn, Vol. II., 275. Clarkson, Vol. II., 223. Clementine, Mdlle., Vol. I., 31. Clewes, Mrs. Henry, Vol. I., 317. Clodio, Signor, Vol. I., 294, 326. Coffee, John, Vol. II., 110, 111. Colman, Commissioner J. S., Vol. I., 326. Colonne, M., Vol. II., 9. Colonnese, Signor, Vol. II., 299. Colville, Lord, Vol. I., 110. Commander-in-Chief, H.R.H., Vol. I., 277. Cooke, H., Vol. I., 278. Cornell, Mrs. Alonzo B., Vol. I., 317. Corsini, Signor, Vol. I., 314. Corsi, Signor, Vol. I., 53, 54, 55, 56. Costa, Sir Michael, Vol. I., 2, 9, 33, 125, 126, 139, 140, 151, 157, 166, 167, 189, 190, 193, 197, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 237, 238, 239; Vol. II., 148, 268, 274, 282, 284, 285, 301. Cottrell, Mr., Vol. I., 14. Cowen, Mr. F., Vol. II., 300. Crane, R. T., Vol. II., 136. Crittenden, Governor, Vol. II., 68, 69. Crosmond, Hélène, Vol. I., 220. Crowley, Chief, Vol. II., 55. Cummings, Miss Eva, Vol. II., 237. D. Daly, Chief Justice C. P., Vol. I., 326. Daniel, Vol. I., 14. Dater, Councillor, Vol. II., 42. Davis, Chief Justice Noah, Vol. I., 326. De Anna, Signor, Vol. II., 97, 108, 119, 122, 130, 131, 161, 164, 174, 182, 184, 263, 265, 299. Decca, Mdlle. Marie, Vol. II., 265. Dell'Era, Mdlle., Vol. II., 249. Delmonico, Vol. II., 80. Del Puente, Signor, Vol. I., 156, 197, 199, 203, 215, 233, 261, 268, 288; Vol. II., 6, 7, 11, 127, 161, 162, 163, 164, 169, 170, 174, 182, 216, 243, 244, 247, 249, 264, 299. Dierck, Theodore, Vol. II., 117. Didiée, Mdme. Nantier, Vol. I., 71, 82. Dix, Mrs. General, Vol. I., 316. Dogherty, Hon. Daniel, Vol. I., 289. Dolby, Miss, Vol. I., 7. Donadio, Mdlle. Bianca, Vol. II., 244, 296. Donizetti, Vol. I., 90. Dotti, Mdlle., Vol. I., 265, 268, 288, 293, 306, 307, 314; Vol. II., 108, 127, 161, 164, 192, 244, 246, 248, 264, 265, 297. Douste, Louise and Jeanne, Vol. I., 201; Vol. II., 16. Drake, John B., Vol. II., 232. Drisler, Professor Henry, Vol. I., 326. Dudley, Lord, Vol. I., 23, 40, 70, 112, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 152, 173, 190, 191. Durat, M., Vol. I., 288. E. Edinburgh, H.R.H. the Duchess of, Vol. I., 185, 186, 187, 188, 189; Vol. II., 255. Edinburgh, H.R.H. the Duke of, Vol. I., 178, 179, 185. Edson, Mayor, Vol. I., 326. Edson, Mrs. Franklin, Vol. I., 316. Eldridge, Joe, Vol. II., 113, 114, 115, 116. Engle, Mdlle. Marie, Vol. II., 161, 244, 246, 248, 297. Evans, Judge Oliver P., Vol. II., 57. Everardi, Signor, Vol. I., 26, 27. F. Faccio, Signor, Vol. I., 253. Fagotti, Signor Enrico, Vol. II., 298. Fairbank, Mr. N. K., Vol. II., 232. Falco, Signor de, Vol. II., 161, 162, 163, 179. Fancelli, Signor, Vol. I., 155, 220; Vol. II., 286, 287, 288, 298. Faure, Mons., Vol. I., 71, 128, 129, 131, 172, 221. Fennessy, Mr., Vol. II., 32, 37. Ferri, Signor, Vol. II., 92. Field, Henry, Vol. II., 136. Field, Mr. Marshall, Vol. II., 232. Field, Mrs. Marshall, Vol. II., 229. Fitzgerald, Thos., Vol. I., 22. Flattery, Father, Vol. II., 17, 18, 19. Fohström, Mdlle., Vol. II., 156, 161, 162, 163, 164, 169, 179, 180, 182, 184, 192, 213, 224, 227, 235, 243, 244, 245, 248, 296. Foli, Signor, Vol. I., 87, 89, 129, 139, 155, 172, 199, 208, 215, 217; Vol. II., 174, 244, 249, 275, 299. Forchheimer, Dr. F., Vol. I., 269. Ford, Hon., Vol. II., 42. Formes, Carl, Vol. I., 7; Vol. II., 301. Fowler, Dr., Vol. II., 181. Fowler, Mr., Vol. I., 177, 178, 179. Fox, Mr. Charles, Vol. II., 129. Franchi, Signor, Vol. I., 290, 325; Vol. II., 4, 23, 24. Francis, George, Vol. I., 4, 5. Frank, Eisner and Regensburger, Vol. II., 197. Frapolli, Signor, Vol. I., 199, 215, 220, 314; Vol. II., 244. Fraschini, Signor, Vol. I., 117. French, Mrs. Barton, Vol. I., 317. Freret, William, Vol. II., 103. Fursch-Madi, Mdme., Vol. I., 288, 294, 306, 307, 312, 314; Vol. II., 30, 105, 119, 130, 174. G. Gage, A. S., Vol. II., 232. Galassi, Mdme., Vol. I., 294. Galassi, Signor, Vol. I., 166, 199, 203, 208, 215, 235, 247, 255, 259, 261, 265, 271, 288, 307, 310, 312, 314, 318; Vol. II., 32, 56, 67, 85, 174, 299. Ganz, Mr. Wilhelm, Vol. II., 274, 275. Gardini, Dr., Vol. I., 245; Vol. II., 263. Gardoni, Signor, Vol. I., 2, 95, 146; Vol. II., 301. Garibaldi, Vol. I., 45, 81. Garulli, Signor, Vol. II., 248. Gassier, Mdme., Vol. I., 8. Gassier, Signor, Vol. I., 36, 68, 81. Gayarré, Signor, Vol. I., 149. Genese, Sam, Vol. I., 29, 30. Gerster, Etelka, Vol. I., 195, 197, 199, 200, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 228, 229, 233, 240, 242, 244, 245, 247, 249, 250, 251, 274; Vol. II., 4, 6, 11, 13, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 53, 54, 58, 62, 67, 68, 69, 72, 74, 76, 77, 174, 218, 245, 263, 295. Giannini, Signor, Vol. II., 108, 119, 127, 161, 162, 164, 182, 235, 261. Giffard, Mr., Vol. I., 14. Gille, M. Ph., Vol. II., 161. Giuglini, Vol. I., 9, 17, 23, 26, 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 68, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89; Vol. II., 300. Gluck, Vol. I., 95. Goddard, Arabella, Vol. I., 7. Gole, Messrs. J. and R., Vol. II., 145. Gole, Mr. Russell, Vol. II., 281, 282. Goodenough, Colonel, Vol. II., 268. Goschen, the Right Honourable G. J., Vol. II., 292. Gounod, Vol. I., 68, 70, 72, 250; Vol. II., 123, 130, 249. Graziani, Signor, Vol. I., 13, 14, 71. Grisi, Mdme., Vol. I., 9, 26, 33, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93; Vol II., 300. Guarducci, Mdlle., Vol. I., 17, 18, 19, 22; Vol. II., 296. Gunz, Dr., Vol. I., 95; Vol. II., 298. Gye, Mr. Ernest, Vol. I., 305, 310, 320, 321, 322, 325; Vol. II., 1, 3, 4, 5, 81, 82, 84, 85. Gye, Commander, Vol. I., 288, 290, 303, 304. Gye, Messrs., Vol. I., 260, 287. Gye, Mr., Vol. I., 8, 9, 13, 14, 33, 36, 41, 42, 67, 70, 71, 72, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 153, 154, 160; Vol. II., 285. H. Haines, Vol. I., 216. Hallé, Chas., Vol. I., 28, 172; Vol. II., 9, 274, 282. Hammond, Surgeon-General, Vol. II., 218. Hancock, General, Vol. I., 326. Hancock, Mrs. General, Vol. I., 317. Handel, Vol. II., 274. Harding, George F., Vol. II., 136, 232. Harding, J., Vol. II., 232. Harrison, Mr. Carter H., Vol. II., 134, 232. Harris, Augustus, the late, Vol. I., 42, 67, 145. Harris, Miss Laura, Vol. I., 187; Vol. II., 297. Harris, Augustus, Vol. I., 276; Vol. II., 243, 285. Hastreiter, Mdme., Vol. II., 244, 246, 248, 297. Hauk, Minnie, Vol. I., 61, 125, 197, 199, 200, 202, 203, 206, 207, 215, 220, 261, 268, 271, 288; Vol. II., 161, 162, 163, 164, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 181, 182, 192, 193, 194, 201, 213, 214, 221, 226, 227, 248, 264, 265, 269, 281, 297. Haweis, Rev. H., Vol. II., 171, 172. Hawkins, Vol. I., 14. Hayes, Miss Catherine, Vol. I., 8. Hayten, Mdlle., Vol. II., 249. Hazlitt, Mr. Registrar, Vol. I., 239, 240; Vol. II., 281. Heatly, Mr. Tod, Vol. I., 183. Henderson, Mr., Vol. II., 230, 233, 238. Henderson, C. M., Vol. II., 232. Heringhie, Samuel, Vol. II., 198. Hinds, J. Clowes, Vol. I., 279. Hingston, Vol. I., 108. Hoffman, Rev. Dr., Vol. I., 326. Hogg, Sir James McGarel, Vol. I., 179. Hohler, Tom, Vol. II., 298. Holliday, Councillor, Vol. II., 42. Homer, Councillor, Vol. II., 42. Hopkins, Mrs. Mark, Vol. II., 118. Humphreys, Sir John, Vol. I., 182. I. Insom, Signor, Vol. I., 11. Irvine, Councillor, Vol. II., 42. Irving, Henry, Vol. II., 37. Isia, Mdme., Vol. II., 191. Isidor, Mdlle. Rosina, Vol. II., 248. J. Jacobi, Dr., Vol. I., 202. Jaquinot, M., Vol. II., 247. Jarrett, Mr., Vol. I., 110, 111, 129, 130, 132, 133, 160, 231. Jay, Mrs., Vol. I., 316. Jones, Hon., Vol. II., 42. Jones, J. Russell, Vol. II., 232. de Jong, Mike, Vol. II., 75. Joseffy, Herr Rafael, Vol. I., 320. Joyce, Mr., Vol. I., 5. Juch, Miss Emma, Vol. II., 297. Junca, Vol. I., 146; Vol. II., 299. K. Kalakana I., H.M. King, Vol. I., 295, 296. Keith, Edson, Vol. II., 232. Kellogg, Clara Louise, Vol. I., 117, 153, 220; Vol. II., 297. Kendal, Mrs., Vol. I., 100; Vol. II., 167. Kernochan, Mrs. Frederick, Vol. I., 317. Kleist, Albert, Vol. II., 138. Knox, Colonel E. B., Vol. II., 138. Knox, George F., Vol. II., 205. Knox, Colonel Brownlow, Vol. I., 147. Kuhe, Herr Wilhelm. Vol. II., 274, 275. L. Lablache, Signor, Vol. I., 3, 89. Lablache, Mdme., Vol. I., 233; Vol. II., 6, 7, 116, 127, 161, 162, 164, 170, 248. Lamoureux, M., Vol. II., 9. Lanner, Mdme. Katti, Vol. I., 196; Vol. II., 116. Lauri, Lilian, Vol. II., 297. Lavine, Mr. John, Vol. II., 84. Lawrence, Judge Abraham R., Vol. I., 326. Lee and Paine, Vol. I., 173. Lehmann, Mdlle. Lilli, Vol. II., 250, 251, 252, 282, 296. Leinster, Duke of, Vol. I., 146. Lennox, Lord Algernon, Vol. I., 208. Lewis, Vol. I., 276. Lhérie, M., Vol. II., 249, 299. Lido, Mdlle. Marie de, Vol. I., 211. Lilly, General, Vol. I., 316, 318. Lincoln, Dr., Vol. I., 202. Lind, Jenny, Vol. I., 2, 172, 173, 205. Litvinoff, Mdlle. Felia, Vol. II., 161, 164. Litta, Miss Marie, Vol. II., 297. Livingstone, Mrs., Vol. I., 316. Lodi, Mariannina, Vol. II., 296. Logheder, Signor, Vol. II., 249, 300. Lombardelli, Signor, Vol. II., 63, 67. Lorillard, Pierre, Vol. I., 273. Lorillard, Mrs. Pierre, Vol. I., 317. Lotti, Mdlle., Vol. I., 7. Lucca, Pauline, Vol. I., 72, 134, 135, 229. 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Mazzucato, Signor, Vol. I., 4, 6. McCaull, Vol. II., 234. McCray, Colonel, Vol. I., 141, 143. Means, Mayor, Vol. I., 308. Medill, Hon. J., Vol. II., 232. Medini, Signor, Vol. II., 299. Meilhac, M., Vol. II., 161. Melcy, M. de, Vol. I., 93. Mercadante, Vol. I., 18, 65. Meyerbeer, Vol. I., 3, 43, 266; Vol. II., 284. Middleton, Admiral Sir George Broke, Vol. I., 182. Mierzwinski, M., Vol. I., 288, 307, 312; Vol. II., 174. Miller, Hon., Vol. II., 42. Millais, Vol. I., 72. Miranda, Signor, Vol. II., 249. Mitchell, Vol. I., 40. Mongini, Signor, Vol. I., 16, 26, 27, 95, 96, 97, 98, 117, 128, 129, 131; Vol. II., 298. Monti, Signor, Vol. I., 304, 307. Moriami, Signor, Vol. I., 152. Morris, Vol. I., 183. Mott, Dr., Vol. I., 295. Mozart, Vol. I., 11, 117, 270, 319; Vol. II., 265, 266, 272. Müller, Miss Marie, Vol. I., 201. Murska, Mdlle. Ilmade, Vol. I., 87, 95, 129, 131, 133, 143, 152, 155, 156, 163, 164, 165, 166, 190; Vol. II., 295. N. Nannetti, Vol. I., 240, 252, 253. Naples, King of, Vol. I., 19. Nassau, Dr., Vol. II., 127. Nandin, Signor, Vol. I., 10, 11, 44. Nevada, Emma, Vol. II., 86, 89, 90, 97, 109, 110, 111, 116, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124, 130, 149, 150, 248, 250, 297. Niagara, Vol. I., 297. Nicolini, Signor, Vol. I., 152, 288, 310, 319, 320, 323, 324; Vol. II., 32, 35, 44, 47, 48, 49, 65, 78, 88, 107, 122, 131, 149, 150, 155, 252, 253, 255, 298. Nichols, Colonel George Ward, Vol. I., 247, 267. Nikita, Vol. II., 297. Nilsson, Christine, Vol. I., 104, 106, 117, 128, 129, 131, 133, 143, 148, 150, 152, 153, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 166, 172, 178, 190, 193, 194, 195, 220, 221, 224, 229, 237, 240, 241, 243, 253, 254, 303, 308, 321, 322; Vol. II., 2, 11, 30, 33, 38, 81, 86, 218, 295. Nixon, Mr. William Penn, Vol. II., 136. Nordica, Mdme. Lilian, Vol. II., 161, 180, 182, 184, 193, 213, 224, 227, 244, 246, 248, 297. Novara, Vol. I., 243, 247, 261; Vol. II., 11, 299. Novello, Clara, Vol. I., 7. Nugent, Mr., Vol. I., 68, 70. O. 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Patti, Adelina, Vol. I., 33, 35, 36, 72, 82, 83, 145, 150, 153, 167, 224, 251, 264, 265, 267, 268, 269, 270, 272, 273, 274, 288, 290, 291, 295, 296, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306, 307, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 315, 317, 318, 319, 320, 323, 324; Vol. II., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54, 58, 59, 65, 67, 68, 69, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 101, 103, 105, 107, 113, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 130, 131, 132, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 163, 169, 174, 209, 218, 236, 243, 252, 253, 254, 255, 261, 268, 295. Peabody, George, Vol. I., 5, 6. Pearce, Mr. Irving, Vol. II., 232. Peck, President Ferd. W., Vol. II., 106, 133, 135, 136, 232, 238. Persiani, Mdme., Vol. I., 10, 11; Vol. II., 300. Peyten, Father, Vol. II., 17. Phelps, Mr., Vol. I., 8. 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Reeves, Sims, Mr., Vol. I., 4, 7, 28, 74, 75, 78. Reeves, Sims, Mrs., Vol. I., 74, 75. Remenyi, M., Vol. I., 2. Reszke, M. Jean de, Vol. II., 298. Rhaden, Baron von, Vol. I., 134. Richter, Herr, Vol. I., 237, 239. Ricordi, Vol. I., 252; Vol. II., 262. Rigo, Vol. II., 193. Rinaldini, Signor, Vol. II., 161, 162, 163, 164, 266. Risley, Professor, Vol. I., 107. Ristori, Mdme., Vol. I., 156; Vol. II., 289. Rives, George L., Vol. I., 152; Vol. II., 85. Rives, Mrs. G. L., Vol. I., 316. Robertson, Madge, Vol. I., 100. Roger, M., Vol. I., 3. Rokitanski, Herr, Vol. I., 87, 95; Vol. II., 299. Rolla, Mdme., Vol. II., 264, 265, 297. Rolt, Mr., Vol. I., 14. Ronconi, Signor, Vol. I., 326. Rosa, Mr. Carl, Vol. II., 274, 275. Rosenbecker, A., Vol. II., 138. Rossi, Signor, Vol. I., 189. Rossini, Vol. I., 90; Vol. II., 272. Rossini, G., Vol. I., 265, 313. Rossini, Mdlle. Paolina, Vol. I., 265, 266, 267, 288, 293. Rota, Signor, Vol. II., 299. Rothschild, Messrs., Vol. II., 145. Rothschild, Vol. I., 230. 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