On the following night Mdlle. Dotti appeared as "Leonora" in _Trovatore_, when the house was again crowded. The third night was devoted to the _Barbiere_, for which I expected Mdlle. Arnoldson, who did not turn up. The part was, therefore, undertaken by Mdme. Rolla, who met with great success. Some eight months previously it had been agreed with Ravelli, prior to his departure for South America, that he should return to me in Ireland for this engagement, and I must give him credit this time for having kept his word. He had been travelling continuously for over seven weeks, and, landing at Bordeaux, had to work his way on to Dublin, where he joined the Company. There was now no murderous feeling between him and Minnie Hauk; they seemed to be the best of friends. I felt sure, however, that this reconciliation would be only temporary. I remained in Dublin a fortnight, during which time I produced _Le Nozze di Figaro_, and _Ernani_, with Mdme. Rolla's excellent impersonation of "Elvira" and Signor De Anna's superb rendering of "Carlo V." This was followed by _Don Giovanni_, _Faust_, _Rigoletto_, _Il Flauto Magico_, in which the whole Company took part, the exceptionally difficult _rôle_ of the "Queen of Night" being undertaken with great effect by Mdlle. Marie Decca. I afterwards left for Cork, where the Company met with great artistic success, the Press notices being more favourable than they had ever been on previous visits. On the 29th October, being the centenary of Mozart's _Don Giovanni_, I was determined to celebrate the event with due circumstance; and the great opera was given with the following very efficient cast:--"Donna Anna," Mdlle. Louise Dotti; "Donna Elvira," Mdme. Rolla; "Zerlina," Mdme. Minnie Hauk; "Don Ottavio," Signor Ravelli; "Leporello," Signor Caracciolo; "Il Commendatore," M. Abramoff; "Masetto," Signor Rinaldini; and "Don Giovanni," Signor Padilla; conductor, Signor Arditi. I had arranged at the close of the first act to place a bust of Mozart on the stage, executing at the same time the grand chorus of the _Magic Flute_ while the High Sheriff of the County crowned the immortal composer. Alas! there was no bust of Mozart to be obtained. But the property-man reported that he had one of Parnell, which, by the removal of the beard and some other manipulation, could be made to resemble Mozart. The High Sheriff having declined to perform the ceremony in connection with the bust of Parnell, the Mayor of Cork immediately volunteered to replace him. The public soon got wind of what was going on; and, fearing a popular commotion--as this very day the city had been proclaimed in consequence of the Land League meetings--I had to content myself with performing the opera as Mozart originally intended.