The New York herald., 1845-01-03

ITALIAN OrsRA-There was good house at
Pamo's on New Years day, when Csnerentola
performed for the last time during this
As usual it was well received and all persons en-
ployed in it earned hearty and wellmerited APP
plause, Of which Pico took the lions share. She
has now taken strong hold Of the public, with
whom she is decided favorte.
Her performance Of Cenerent0la is highly credit
able to her artstical conception and correspond
ing execution, and fully deserves to be classed
amongst the most pleasing appearances on the
stage, owing to the timbre and peculiar charm Of
her mediums, which may be called q mezzotlnt Of
unexceptionable beauty, symetrically e~cadr<, be-
tween her upper and lower notes. There is per-
haps no singer, with the exception OF Pauline and
Eugenia Garcia, who could surpass her in this
most difficult role, which comes within the full
range OF mezz0-s0prano and contralto, compris-
ing two octaves from A to A. 1t is unnecessary
to enter into any details as to the manner with
which she acquitted herself since she was aultess
from beginning to end buff any thing be entitled
to separate mention, 1t is the ballad UmG Volta,
in which the low notes formed an admirable con-
tvast TO the high ones in the subsequent duo Una
Grasia," after which the applause was most enthu-
siastic, as throughout the evening 1t did not csme
single spies, but In battalions," with bouquets
instead of "deady weapons in their hands
But the adagio of the vo.do finale. the "hobby"
prime QO7bytS,
given as it was by her with rare neatness of vo-
calization and purity Of lntonation eclipsing the
0Hegretfo OF "H0n pir mestG in the same pro-
portion as her sentimental style OF singing Is supe-
rior 10 her canto ornate. Her little awkwardness
of gait was moreover IN perfect keeping with the
character Of Cenerentola, who had not been to a
| fashionable boarding school, and at the epoch OF
the opera was still stranger 10 the manners OF the
| beau monde.
Pico, the sun, was ably seconded by Antognini,
Sanquirlco and Tomasl, like a. many satcltes-
Ant0gnini appeared to suffer little from lndls-
position, which is to be regretted for his sake, but
not for the sake of the public, since it prevented
| him from forcing his voice to pitch any thing
but agreeable to" delicate organs" Sanquirico
brought, as New Years gift, his whole budget OF
| fun; nor was Tomasi less amusing as Dandin
Tonight, Semiramide will be performed tor the
first time and being, after Guillaume Tell, Rossn's
most elaborate opera, it properly may be regarded
as an important event in the musical world, and
undoubtedly will be received as such by the public.
The rehearsal which took place last evening gives
fair hope for an unrivalled success. The opera
is remarkably well studied, the singers are all in
produced in this country the orchestra ready to act
like one man." and even the chorusses-mirabile
dictu-appear anxious to be chorusses, tor one ope-
ra at least Borghese and Pico have splendid parts,
with number Of brilliant arias and duos. The
duo of the second act between them will probably
offer the principal attraction, and at the same time
the best opportunity to convince the public OF the
folly to attempt q comparison between two singers
SO different in voice and style.
The THEATRES ON NEW YEARS NIaHT-
WMDKG UP OF THE FIRST DAY IN 1845
The festivities of New Years day clo-
sed with a general turnout to the theatres,
al of which were crowded with such mixed multi
tudes of men and women as can be seen nowhere
but in Newly York, and nowhere inlNew York but at
the places Of public amusement on holiday nights
The principal part of the fun was, usual, in front
of the foot-lights; and here scenes were enacted
Of far more stirring interest, more original and
dramatic in conception, and more vigorous and
effective in execution, than any thing in the way
Of g new and popular pieces" produced by the ma
nagers within a twelvemonth. The genuine ro-
nance Of real life was here witnessed in all sorts
of variety; "after which," Ito use the language Of
the pay-bills,) the farce, in a great many queer
acts, of high life belowlstairs, performed with
/" the full strength of the company" and " with
the most unbounded applause"
Determining to see all that was to be seen, we
took an omnibus to the Chatham, where we were
90 lucky as to get a full view of the crowd who
had rushed in and filled every part Of the house, so
that il was really difficult to breathe amid the in
numcrable steams and aromatic New Years odors
with which the whole atmosphere was impregna-
ted. The pit was sea Of "monstrous heads;" and
although there were apparently great number Of
vaeantfaces, yet such thing as vacant seat was
not to be thought Of good portion Of the pittites
finding the weather rather warm, had pulled of
theYcoats probably for the purpose of giving free
play to their lungs, as the yelling, hooting, whist
ling, and csr-caling were fierce and uninterrupted
At the Bowery and Olympic it was quite as bad
Indeed, portion Of the Bowery audience fairly
forced themselves overthe orchestra, and took pos
session Of q corner OF the stage, which they held
souty tor some time, until at length dislodged by
quisite for his services, hurled by some symipa-
thiser with the rights of the people, who had been
watching the proceeding from the gallery. The
confusion was greater than even at the Chatham,
and 1t was only occasionally that anything said on
the stage could be heard-not bad thing, how
ever, for the pieces played.
The Olympic was % full Of people that one
could only sue4 at what was going on upon. the
Stage What with eating peanuts, however, fight.
ing Tor seats, climbing on each.others shoulders,
and keeping the orchestra in tune, the audience
seemed to have plenty Of amusement, which they
| apparently enjoyed with the greatest RELISH In
fact, the houses at these three theatres are Of
distinct species, strongly and broadly marked, and
OF whose existence the uptown exquisite and the
fashionable !ounger in Broadway are entirely igno-
rant, but which il yet eminently worthy Of study
and consideration.
The Park had large and very noisy houses
IT il were made up, in great measure, Of those
VINO coulo'nt 60 anywhere else. A new piece
called 9 the Battle Of Austerlitz," was among the
entertainments. It is, Of course, "adapted from
| the English STAGE" and We lnotice the Park has
two or three more pieces Of iAe same kind under
| lined as among the attractions to come. "Auster-
litz " 10 weak confused, disjonted affair, worth
neither the trouble q adaptation nor the patience
Of listening. il is filed with "terr6c combats, /"
old men in old women's clothes, licentious cap
tains and immacuIste soldiers wives--besides a
very probable scene in which two young ladies
Zone of them in pantaloous) from window des-
cribe TO each other the smallest movements Of a
private soldier (the herol in the great battle Of
Austerlitz, and another, in which rather fat
man IN watchman's coat and wooen
comforter" round his neck, makes his appear
ancs In vigorous Pantomime TO represent taking
hats which are deferentialy raised at his approach
This 10 Napoleon. What becomes of the parties
after this, confess puzzles us, and we refer the
reader 10 the " small bills"
The performances last evening, with very little