Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-07-20
correspondence of the National lntclligcnccr.
New YoRK Inv 1912

NE" DIRK, JULY I, 1913.
Things lost in air. are not ALWAYS pnproduc.
'lve-Slgnora CasteNan having received about two
Thousand dollars last night for singing four SONGS
Signor G'dnip'efTo, her husband, may well saw
mat "a sweet voice is an excellent tl,inr in wo.
man. made one of the twenty five hundred
VINO composed the audience of this successful
camdiT'ce last evening, and, having missed he,
introductory concert, this was the first time had
seen her. should take Madame Castelar, to he
about twenty-three. She isa plump little Jewess
win an advantage not common 10 plumpiitude--
a very uppsh and thoroughbred neck. cbarninoIv
set on. portrait of her dimpled shoulders and
.he pack OF her head would have been a fit sinh
!ect Tor Titan. Her countenaace expresses an
indolent sweetness with none OF the wide-awaLi
" so common TO her tribe-indeed, the descrip
tion OF the Persian beauty by Hafz occurred 10
me In locking a. her
Herhcart full OF passion and her ewes are full Of ,o
A most amiable person. am sure she is: but ~,
less am much mistaken, there is none or N,l
nrah intellectual volcano in the " crav,her' ana
Inc molten lava Is what is wanting to make hcr
equai or comparable 20 tina. wonderful woman.
certainly do not think we have heard voice i,
ms country. not even Malibran's, of more aston
chamber In her throat wntr5 cop,et, eviis,Ss va
main unswept for a moment Her contralto tones
are far heyond the plummet Of ordinary tssonnd~
lngs, and as rich and edor,les3 az the gurgle or
ring'dove, while her soprano notes go up with.
the bnoyancy OF a lark and raise on tiptoe all os
The audience who are not fortunate enough 10 OBJ
tain seats. Sill. in ascending and descending
this angels ladder, she misses round now and
then. There are transitions which catch some.
how. She wants fusion. In her trills more par
ticularly, the balance is sided, and there is 4
nerve in the listeners Jesoin which is not reached
by her MARBLE. Give her more practice, however,
and more passionatene3s or stimulus, and she
would melt over these tifling flaws, without 3
doubt. So near perfection as She is, il seems al,
most impairment to criticise her,
SlgnOr Gl0nDiefrO alteTnated sonTS with his
wiie, and he is truly good foil as could be de-
sired very dry stick, cracked and broken very
deliberately, expresses lis distress very much as
his gentleman does his musical agonies There
was song in the course of the evening, however,
which was not nominated in the bin Mr. Ilasn:
came before the piano and announced 20 The auo
dlence shat al American gentleman present vo-
inn!eeEed song. The Volunteer stepped upon
the platform in tho shape of we'll dressed young
gentleman, and sang an English song much bettey
than is done by most professional people. He
was encored and sang it again. took i to be .
very clever trap of vel! praciised dejuiant who
wished 10 surprise the public INTO an enthusiasm,
but the True Sun Of this morning states that it is
not 'roe epreierea Mill" but Mr.. Fay, a Phi,
iadeipha gentleman, certainly very accomplish,
ed amateur,