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Stadttheater, March), conducted by the com- 

 poser; "La Jeunesse de la Tour," by Cieutat 

 (Saint-Quentin, France, March); "Big Pony, 

 or the Gentlemanly Savage," by E. J. Darling 

 (New York, April) ; "Le Bourgeois de Calais," 

 by Andr6 Messager (Paris, Folies-Dramatiques, 

 April); " Le Meunier d'Alcala," by Justin 

 C16rice (Lisbon, Teatro Trinidad, April) ; " Une 

 Nuit de Trianon," by Prestreau (Rouen, Theatre 

 des Arts, April); "Prinz Waldmeister," ro- 

 mantic-comic opera, by Adolf Neuendorff, 

 libretto by Heinrich Italiener, after Otto Ro- 

 quette's " Waldrneisters Brautfahrt " (New 

 York, Thalia-Theater, May 2; Berlin, Wal- 

 halla-Theater, September 3) ; u Der Deutsche 

 Michel," by Adolf Mohr, libretto by the same, 

 after Notel's drama (Breslau, May 8 ; Nurem- 

 berg, October 28; Magdeburg, December 11; 

 Leipsic, December 14); " Le Roi malgr6 lui," 

 by Euiil Chabrier (Paris, Op6ra-Comique, 

 May) ; a Die Musikanten," posthumous opera, 

 by Flotow, libretto by Richard Gen6e (Mann- 

 heim, June 19); "Rosette," by Antoine 

 Mathieu (Boulogne - sur - Mer, September) ; 

 "K6rim," by Alfred Bruneau (Paris, Ope>a- 

 Populaire) ; " Surcouf," by Robert Planquette 

 (Paris, Folies-Dramatiques, October 6), won 

 complete success ; the subject of the opera is a 

 humorous glorification of the pirate Surcouf, a 

 celebrity of Saiut-Malo in Brittany; " L'Ami 

 Pierrot," by Maurice Lefvre, libretto by the 

 same (Brussels, Flemish Theatre, October 9) ; 

 " Die sieben Schwaben," by Karl Millocker 

 (Vienna, Theater an der Wien, October 29), 

 conducted by the composer; "Der Jager von 

 Soest," by C. A. Raida (Berlin, Walhalla- 

 Theater, November 19); "Der Schatz des 

 Rampsinit," romantic-comic opera, by Albert 

 Kauders, libretto by the same (Prague, 

 Deutsches Landestheater, December 14), met 

 with favorable reception. 



Operettas: "Der Hofnarr," by Adolf Mul- 

 ler, Jr. (Berlin, Friedrich-Wilhelmstadtisches 

 Theater, January 7 ; Frankfort, March 11 ; 

 Hamburg, June 3 ; Munich, and Magdeburg) ; 

 " Les Grenadiers de Mont-Cornette," by Lecocq 

 (Paris, Bouffes - Parisiens, January) ; " Der 

 liebe Augustin," by Johann Brandl (Vienna, 

 Theater an der Wien, January 15) ; " Lao Kai," 

 by Gaston Maynard (Bordeaux, Theatre des 

 Folies - Bordelaises, January); "Der Inka- 

 Bchatz," by Karl Miiller-Berghaus (Kiel, Feb- 

 ruary); "La Opera Espafiola," by Taboada, 

 " Se afeita 4 domicilio," by Isidore Hernandez 

 (Madrid, Alhambra, January) ; " Cantar da pia- 

 no," zarzuela by Jimenez and Espino (Madrid, 

 Teatro de las Variedades, January) ; " L' Amour 

 mouille," by Varney (Paris, Nouveautes, Janu- 

 ary 22) ; " Bellman," by Franz von Suppe (Vi- 

 enna, Theater an der Wien, February 26), con- 

 ducted by the composer, who was repeatedly 

 called before the footlights; "La Rivincita di 

 Ricarac," by Viso Redi (Rome, Teatro Quirino, 

 February) ; " Las Criadas," zarzuela by Hernan- 

 dez and Blasquez, " Cambiar de rumbo," zarzue- 

 la by J. Estarroma, " El Figon de las dedichas," 



zarzuela by Chapi (Madrid, February) ; " In- 

 cognito," by Ludolf Waldmann (Leipsic, Stadt- 

 theater, March 27); "II Ritorno d' America." 

 by Vinaccia (Naples, Teatro Partenope); "La 

 Gamine de Paris," by Gaston Serpette (Paris, 

 Bouffes-Parisiens, March) ; " La Voce a Nini," 

 by Herv6 (Paris, Theatre des Vari6tes, March) ; 

 " Ninon," by Vasseur (Paris, Theatre des Nou- 

 veaut6s, March) ; " Un Rapto," by Nicolan 

 (Madrid, Teatro Price, March) ; " Les Deux 

 P^cheurs et la Belle-Mere," by Lafage (Angers, 

 April) ; " Don Pedro di Medina," by Paolo 

 Lanzini (Florence, Teatro Nuovo, April) ; " Das 

 Ellishorn," by Rudolf Raimann (Munich, Gart- 

 nerplatz-Theater, May 7); "Der Matador," by 

 Adolf Mohr (Hamburg, Schultze- Theater, 

 May); " L'Entr'acte." by Andr6 Martinet 

 (Contrex6ville and Plombieres, France, Sep- 

 tember) ; " Don Decubito," by Giuseppe Car- 

 boni (Venice, Teatro del Lido, September) ; "La 

 Corte d'Amore," by Palmier! (Turin, Teatro 

 Balbo, September); "Der Ducatenprinz," by 

 Bernhard Triebel (Leipsic, Altes Stadttheater, 

 September 12) ; " Les Saturnales," by Lacome 

 (Paris, Nouveautes, September) ; " Rikiki," by 

 Josef Hellmesberger, Jr. (Vienna, Carltheater, 

 September 27; Berlin, Walhalla-Theater, Oc- 

 tober 27; then in Munich, and Pesth); "Le 

 Sosie," by Raoul Pugno (Paris, Bouftes- Pari- 

 siens, October) ; " Hannibal," by Otto Schmidt 

 (Stralsund, October 14) ; "Malajo, der neapoli- 

 tanische Fischer," by Hugo Schroder (Bunz- 

 lau, Stadttheater, October 27) ; " Die Lieder des 

 Mirza Schaffy," by Louis Roth (Berlin, Fried- 

 rich-Wilhelrastadtisches Theater, November 5) ; 

 " La Fiancee des Verts-Poteaux," by Andran 

 (Paris, Menus- Plaisirs, November 8); "All 

 Baba," by Lecocq (Brussels, Alhambra, No- 

 vember 11) ; " Colombine," by Baron Hans von 

 Zois (Gratz, November 12); "Die Dreizehn," 

 by Richard Gen6e (Vienna, Carltheater, No- 

 vember 14) ; " Sposinate per me," by Mascetti, 

 "Fischi per Fiaschi," by Pascucci (Rome, No- 

 vember) ; " Mirolan," by M. Fall (Linz, Land- 

 schaftliches Theater, November 26) ; " Dix 

 Jours aux Pyrenees," by Varney (Paris, Th6- 

 atre Gait6, November); "Les D616gu6s," by 

 Banes (Paris, Nouveautes, November); "Les" 

 deux Flutes," by Ch. Joffroy (Paris, Cercle de 

 la Presse, November) ; " Taquinet," by Mengze 

 (Wesel, November 30); "Die letzte Nacht," 

 by Emil Christiani (Hamburg, Schultze-The- 

 ater, December 14) ; " La Lycaenne," by Ser- 

 pette (Paris, Nouveaut6s, December) ; " Sim- 

 plicius," by Johann Strauss, libretto by Victor 

 L6on (Vienna, Theater an der Wien, Decem- 

 ber 17), conducted by the composer, who was 

 the recipient of enthusiastic applause ; and 

 "Der Glttcksritter," by AlfonsCzibulka, libretto 

 by Gen6e and Mannstadt (Vienna, Carltheater, 

 December 22), which met with great success. 



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