Notes On Music And The Drama.

The Solo Vocalists engaged are : —Mdlle . Titiens , Madame Sinico , Madame Rudersdorff , Madame Lemmens-Sherrington , Madame Trehelli-Bettini , Madame Patey , Mr . Sims Reeves , Mr . Cummings , Mr . Kerr Gedge , Mr . A ernon Rigby , Mr . Foli , Signor Agnesi , and Mr . Santley . Solo Organ , Mr . AV . T . Best . Organist , Mr . James Coward . The Performances on the three days of the Festival will commence at two o ' clock , and the Rehearsal is fixed for twelve of

o ' clock precisely . The latter is expected to present points peculiar musical interest . It will be attended by the entire force of performers—solo , vocal , chorus , and instrumental—London , provincial , and Continental—and will be conducted by Sir Michael Costa . The large number of excursion trains which will _ be run _ by all the principal railway companies , invest the coming Festival with peculiar interest .

ALHAMBRA . The management has not been slow to perceive that music and dancing have the decided advantage of delighting the majority of amusement-seekers . In the presentation of an excellent entertainment thus composed , the resources of this establishment are now fully employed ; and the repeated presence of large assemblages to witness AVallace ' s popular opera of " Maritana , " given in combination with three Ballets , shows a ctiveness ofthe

ready recognition of the attra present programme . The opera is somewhat curtailed , as a matter of convenience ; but the most enjoyable morceaux are retained , and the vocalists , represented hy Miss Susanna Cole as Maritana , Miss Minnie Sidney as Lazarille , Mr . Council as Don Jose , Mr . Temple as the King , and Mr . Parkinson as Don Caisar , sustain with considerable credit tbe responsibilities devolving upon them . The instrumental accompaniments are admirably rendered bthe

y excellent band , under the direction of M . Riviree , and the costumes and scenery are appropriately gay and picturesque . The brilliant ballet of the " Beauties of the Harem , " with the accomplished Mdlle . Rita Sangalli as the principal danseuse , whose flights across the stage are equally distinguished by their novelty of style and grace of execution , remains a prominent feature of the entertainments . The spectacular ballet of action which follows introduces in Mdlle . Agnes au agile representative

of the fairy Puella . Earlier in the eveuing a new comic ballet is performed by Messrs . D'Auban and AA arde , which is replete with pantomimic drollery . The comprehensive title of " Something of all sorts " defines with sufficient clearness the varied nature of the whimsicalities presented . A troupe of female Christy Minstrels and the graceful skating performauces of Mdlle . Frederica and M . Elliott add to the allurements of an establishment offering the enjoyment of a lively entertainment with the security of luxurious comfort and admirable ventilation .

LYCEUM THEATRE . " La Partie de Piquet , " produced last week on the occasion of the first appearance of the Varieties company , although well received , is removed from the programme , it having been considered advisable to make a complete change this week , iu order no doubt to unfold to its full extent the portfolio of the clever company now with us . " Le Copiste , " which may fairly be termed the attraction of the week , is our old friend " One Touch

of Nature , " well known on account of the admirable acting of Mr . Benjamin Webster as Pennholder , the theatrical copyist , who , after watching over and tending his pretty daughter , unknown to her , declares ; himself whilst taking part in a situation exactly corresponding to his own . The two actors take a distinctly different reading of the principal character , and there is no occasion to institute any comparison . Mr . AA ebster ' s is the more passionate readingM . Lesueur ' s the more lachrymose .

, This affecting little play , besides giving fresh proof of tho versatility and excellence of M . Lesueur , shows off to particular advantage the charms and grace of Mdlle . Desiree . Such a bewitching little actress she appeared , with her pretty ways , her fascinating coquetry , and her charming toilet , that wc cannot be surprised afc the pretty things which were said of her , not only by the butterfly gentlemen , but hy the cold beauties of the audience . Mdlle . Desiree eeriainly created a most favourable

impression . Sardou ' s comedy , called " Les Pommes du Voisin , " is not a comedy after the usual Sardou pattern , It is little more , indeed , than a boisterous farce , full of extravagant fun . M . Grenier plays the principal character of Larosiere , an old

gentleman who , at an advanced age , takes to seeing life , and fully makes up his mind , when he has seen it , that he is rather a fool for his pains . M . Grenier has an excellent appreciation of humour . GLOBE . As a pleasant interlude , separating the farcical comedy of " The Four Cousins" from Offenbach ' s opera bouffe of " Falsacappa , " the slight operetta of ' -Le Compositeur Toqub" has

proved an acceptable addition to the programme . Eepresented for the first time in this country at the Lyceum , during the spring of last year tho droll musical trifle so called was then received with a welcome which fully justified the introduction of " Le Compositeur" to a larger circle of acquaintances . M . Herve , the author and composer of the little work , accompanies its transfer to the stage of the Globe , and he is now associated with M . Gardel , of the Theatre des

Varieties , who appears as the sympathetic servant , delighted to show his intense appreciation of the musical genius of his master by improvising accompaniments with drum , cymbals , and a sheet of theatrical thunder . The heartiness with which M . Herve enters into the humour of the situation , and his excellent rendering of bis own lively music , effectually secured the mirth and plandits of the audience , who also readilyacknowledged the artistic acting of his companion in the merry dualogue .

STRAND . The revival of Mr . H . J . Byron ' s extravaganza of " Esmeralda , " originally brought out on these boards nearly ten years ago , has agreeably served to diversify the Strand playbill . Of the original cast , Mr . H . J . Turner , as Clopin , fche King of fche Beggars , is the only representative remaining . After the lapse of a decade , a burlesque might be reasonably expected to- lose much of its original freshness , but "Esmeralda" wears well ,

and its puns and parodies stand in no need of renovation . Mr . Edward Terry , as Claude Frollo , presents a droll aspect in his sombre-shape dress and black trunks , whilst a dark plume towering above his head gives him a monumental height , and his grotesque dance with Quasimodo , whose deformities are inherited by Mr . H . Paulton , and whose mock intensit y is portrayed with good effect , obtains one of the heartiest encores of the evening .-Miss Rose Cullen , a recent addition to the Strand company ,

possesses all the prettiness and displays all the vivacity which should be identified with the heroine , who is very properly allowed to retain through the extravaganza all her most agreeable attributes . Miss Amy Sheridan looks handsome enough as Captain Phcebus ; and Miss Bella Goodall , who has to say some smart things , as Pierre Gringoire , and to dance off on all occasions , proves quite capable of fulfilling both requirements to the entire satisfaction of the audience . Mr . Hay ' s last new farce of " Lodgers and Dodgers , " and Mr . Oxenford ' s revived comedy of " Neighbours , " constitute the rest of the entertainment .

ADELPHI . The increasing popularity of Mr . Andrew Halliday's dramatic version of Alctor Hugo ' s celebrated novel justifies the expectation that "Notre-Dame ; or , tho Gipsy Girl of Paris , " which which was the special novelty provided last Easter , and the principal attraction presented on Monday night , will be no less welcome at Michaelmas than it has proved at Whitsuntide . The excellent acting hy which the drama is supportedand the hihl

, gy picturesque accessories with which it is embellished , are most effectively applied in illustration of a powerful story exceedingly well told ; and the public would seem to have fully recognised the present strength of the Adelphi programme . Miss Furtado as Esmeralda—newly-furnished by Mr . W . C . Lcvev with a characteristic song , displaying to advantage the tuneful capabilities of the composer and the vocal accomplishments of the actressobtained share of

— a large the honours of the evening . A comic ballet called " Fantasticuff ; or , the Storm Fioud , " was presented as a prelude to the drama , introducing that nimblo pantomimist , Mr . F . Evans , and his well-trained assistants Miss Amy Rosalind . Mr . C . Bertram , Mr . T . Lovell , and Mr . H AVright . Mr . F . Evans , who unites with great muscular activity a large amount of pantomimic drollery , darts up and down trapsand in and out of windows with a idity which has

, rap never been exceeded . The completeness ofthegener . il arrangements mustbe recognised , and the Adelphi stage would seem " to have been pierced for the occasion with " as many holes as a cullender . " Mr . John Oxenford ' s farce of "Down iu a Balloon , " merrily winds up the evening ' s entertainment .