The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-07 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL.-MISS JENNY LIND

Last evening was appointed for the first appearance at
our Theatre of this gifted child of song; and at an early
hour all the avenues to the Theatre were crowded by par-
ties anxious to see her as she approached the place of her
triumph, or to see the jostle of parties eager to see the
Divinity which had led our musical people so fixedly
in her train. ,l 3y half-past six a dense crowd occu-
pied Murray-street, the usual entrance to the gallery
of the Theatre, which on this occasion was dignified by the
term of Amphitheatre ; and from the time of the opening
of the doors for the more aristocratic portion of the au-
dience, the Square in front of the Theatre was occupied
by dense masses of people ; amongst whom, the carriages
of the visiters had to pass. At an earlier hour than usual,
the Theatre began to fill ; and we must say that every-
thing was arranged with great tact on the part of those
who had the management of this department. The
house was not what we should be disposed to call
crowded ; but, considering the prices, and that the pit
and lower boxes were let at 31s. 6d. a seat, the upper
circle at 215., and the gallery and slips at 10s. 6d., such a

house could only have been assembled by an attraction of
the first order, such as we may regard the attraction of
Jenny Lind and the distinguished artistes by whom she is
accompanied. Moreover, the arrangement by which 'it
was provided that no money should be taken at the door,
assured every party taking tickets that room sufficient for
comfort would be afforded. To the Liverpool play-goer
the coup d' witil of the gallery—on this occasion dignified
by the title of the amphitheatre—was a little startling,
being filled with well-dressed people, quite equal in re-
spectability of appearance to the ordinary lower box
audiences, instead of the usual complement of seamen
and other similar play-goers by whom it is usually filled.
We must say that the queen of modern cantatrices did
not, in the opening scenes of the first act, electrify us, as
many doubtless expected. Her style is the reverse of that
which aims at catching the applause of an audience in the
opening scenes as a sort of guarantee of subsequent plau-
dits... In the first portion of the piece she was pleasing
and exquisitely natural. Not a passion was torn to tatters
in music ; no effect sought where effect was not intended ;
no ornaments superadded either to the score of the com-
poser, or the sense of the writer of the libretto. The
songstress warmed only with the interest of the situ-
ation in which she was placed ; but even in her tamer mo-
ments her power was manifest. You could see thatit only
needed to-be called upon to be there. In scene third, in
" Sorra if sen," she gave an intimation of the quality of
her voice for the first time ; and in the duet "Ah Virrei"
with Gardoni, she was most felicitous. In the ninth

actress we ever heard in the part ;. but he
scene 11th, which concluded the first act

NO one who

trayed the first two or three acts, could have imagined
that the same actress could be capable of portraying so
much passion, and that so exquisitely..
We must not omit to state that in Madame Solari.,
Signor Gardoni,, and Signor Solari, Mademoiselle Lind
had accessories of the first order, who ought not indeed
to be passed over, and should not be, but for the fact that
just now we are writing, and all the world are thinking,
of Jenny Lind.

In scene the 2nd of the second act, the dialogue between
Amina and Teresa were given with- great effect, and
showed the powers of Mademoiselle Lind to great advan-
tage. Her acting in the third scene was most effective ;
as indeed was her acting in both this and the fourth scene.
In the latter scene the close was most beautiful. Scene

sth is the celebrated scene in which Lisads about to be
wedded to the betrothed of Amina ; and scenes six and
seven, as given in the libretto of the piece, carry the tale
on to the approach of the denouement. In all these
Mademoiselle Jenny. Lind is exquisite ; but it is in the
closing scenes—those in which depth of feeling has to be
portrayed—she is most successful. In the fine melodies
which concluded the piece she was vociferously applauded.
At the close of the performances the Square was
crowded, and most inconvenient for those who had to
walk a few yards to meet their conveyance ; and
Mademoiselle Jenny Lind was almost carried by the
multitude, in their enthusiasm, to h
was followed by thousands along the s

carriage, which

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