The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-23


Last evening was a memorable era in the
fashionable and meteorological annals of New
York. The weather was unpropitious outside
it was dark, misty, grisly, disagreeable. doubt
full, deceptive. The first appearance IN the inte-
rior of the Aston Theatre, of the new Italian
troupe was equally doubtful, dark, when the
chandelier was out, foggy, uncertain, vociferous,
a,plaudng, and all sorts of noises, and all sorts
of feelings in private. UGH rush OF well
dressed ladies, ill dressed gentlemen, beautiful
female faces, and Wall street-worn male coun-
tenances, was never before seen in the history OF
Manhattan Island. As the carriages rolled one
after the other up to the entrances, discharglng
loads of beauty, elegance, diamonds, lace, in all
the varieties, of music and millinery, the mind
was lost in the contemplation as to what would
be the results of all these doings, at the final set
Element of accounts next spring. The rent is al
ready paid-but how will the poor artists come
out! When all were seated, the coup Doll of
the house was beautiful in the extreme; it was
filled from top to bottom, from pit to gallery,
from the fost of the mountains OF humanity up
to the upper edges Of the clouds of heavenly sem
timent The only drawback was the half hour OF
deficient gas and light
But what can be said Of the troupe Of the
prima donna, the tenore the basso, OF all OF them,
from the first ma ager down to the very lamp
lighter The applause, from time to time, was
vociferous thump, thump, thump bravo, bravo,
bravo Opinions, however, as to the aggregate Tt
suit were varying and contradictory, fat andlean
like pork steaks. The troupe, it was said by
many fitst-rate critics, was the best we had eve.
had In this city, not even excepting the Care ,
company. Oh oh But what would good judg
.av what would the real critics determine p
We think that the best way is to consider them
for the season as the best troups-the hnest ar
tsts-the most interesting divinlties, that ever
have been in New York, from the first era OF the
Italian opera to the present day.
But notwithstanding such an lndulgent opih
ion entertained by many, there were others wne
said that such vocalsts could not pass muster II
London or Paris, even as third-rate artists. fe
we have enthusiasm among us, growing as rank
as prairie grass and numbers there are extra
VACANT in feeling, energetic. in action, who main
tain that Grlsi and Jenny Lind have found theil
match at last in the Aston Theatre of New York
that we are happy and lucky people in having
imported from Italy, unknown to all tie rest Of
Europe, artists of the first talents, whom none
ever dreamt or thought that we could obtain
We think we shall side with this party, and
shall regard the troupe as equal to anything in
Paris or London. We do so, because it is 9
delicious and pleasing fancy, and correspond
with the position we have been gradually as
suming in the other departments OF human life
in war, IN trade, in cotton, in corn, in whiskey
in sausages. We mean to make New York tn,
metropolis of the world, and to compel Londor
to vacate her post. We mean to make Paris taxi