The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-12-14

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sions are at discount, they all prosper, If we'll
conducted. Not one Of them but deserves visit
from the nquiring stranger anxious to observe and
study the manners. customs, and peculiarties of
mighty city, to whose vast and motley population,
great variety OF amusementsis not so much lux
ury as an actual necessity. To the foreigner de-
sirous Of becoming acquainted with the Partisan
theatres two advantages present themselves-the
exceeding cheapness of the prices Of admission,
and the proximity of the houses to each other
From the Rue Lepeetier, where the Ac ademie de
Musique stands, 10 the Boulevard du Temple, where
no less than six theatres, beginning with the His
tongue and ending with the Funam5ues, appear
Almost III an uninterrupted row-with short ex-
cursion down the Rue Choiseul to the Italiens,
another down the Rue Richelieu TO the Coincide
Fran calse, and a third down the Rue Vivenne to-
| the Vaudeville-every theatre of importance in
Paris, except the Odeon, watch is on the other side
OF the water, near the palace OF the Lux
embourg, may be viewed in an hours stroll,
the two extIemites, the Boue ward des Itl-
liens and the Boulevard du Temple being
divided by little more than miles length
stranger, who knows nOthiag of the town. has
only TO Rd out the Boulcvards that giitterine sue
&C sson of streets, the pride of Paris and the envy
| of other cities; IN whichever direction he may
trace his steps he cannot be long without stumbling
upon theatre, and its pendent cafe, brilliant with
mirrors and lustres, busy with life and movement.
When it Is added that, except the Theatre dee lta
liens, which has its ordinary season from October
TO March, all these places are open TO the public
the whole year round, the reputation Of Paris g
city of out-of door amusements may be readily ac-
| counted Tor. That any combination Of unioward
| circumstances should stop this flow OF innocen;
and delightful recreation is deeply to be deplored;
| and the signs OF Improvement lately discernible
| must be hailed with unmltigated satisfaction.
Among the theatrical incidents most worthy of
| attention at the present moment, are the perfor.
msnees of Mademosee Madeleine Brohan and
| Msdomosee Rachel, on alternate nights at the
Coincide Frsnc aise; Dejazet, who attracts crowds
| tothe VaudevlIle; the acting of Arnal, in an anu
| sing extravaganza called " lie Supplice de Tan
tale" at the Varieties which nightly fills the thea
tnp wi MaA
Viardot, and the gcaud ballet of the " Fieule des
| Fees" at the Academic de Musiqae; and the brill
liant yocaliz4'ion OF Madame ugalde at the Ops
| Comique, In the successful new opera of " LIE
| SoDge dune Nut q Etc, +" the music of which, by
M. Ambrose Thomas, one of the ceverest of the
| young French composers, Is well worth hearing,
although the piece, wherein Shakespeare is made
the lover, and Faistatl the friend, OF Queen Eliza,
beth, is only Iedee ned from utter absurdy by the
admirable acting of M Couderc, as the Bard of all
Time Mile Madeleine Brohan, sister oithe talented
Augustine Brohsn, aud daughter of the famous
Madame Brohsn, the Mrs. Glover of the French
stage, in the last new come dy Of the prolific Scribe
{" Les Cones De la Refine de Navarre'') has been
lavishy Praised by the fenaietenistes, with M Jules
Janin al their head, who strove TO make it appear
in their first notices that the Dung debsstonte was
destined to dethrope Mademoiselle Rachel
| herself The triumphant rentrse of that sub
| line usgedian, however, as Camille in =" Les
| Horsces," after brilliant tournee IN Austria
and Prussia, at once arrested these exaggerated
predictions, and perhaps rendered an essential ser
| vice TO MademOselle Madeleine Brohan herself,
who ran the risk of being ruined, at the outset Of
| her career, BY the indlscrminate hattery of her
admirers This young lady has, nevertheless,
much promise, and II is not 100 much TO say, that
| the French stage has gained new actress in her
person. She Is tall and handsome, with very ex-
| pressive physiogDomy, and an ease of department
| astonishing In one who now for the first time
treads the boards. She has plenty of fire. strong
| and deep toned voice, the entire Management o,
which she has yet To acquire, dark flashing eyes
| employed to excellent purpose, and vivacity of
delivery which, in short epigrammetic sentences,
tell with remarkable effect. Her age is stated &c
be under eighteen, but her frame being womsnly,
| she looks much older on the stage She would dc
well TO be lees prodigl in the application OF white
| and rouge, which damage rather Than enhance tho
charm OF her youthful features, Some verses have
| been addressed TO Mademoiselle Madeleine Bro
han, by Alexander Defai, poet, who commences
| with the following courlet:-
Nous pouyons annoncer la France, ssonnes!
"Une coquette nous est nee"
Why France should be astonished at the birth Of
| a coquette We leave NJ. Jules Jann, who cites this
| couplet with sdmritve epithets. TO explain
| Mademosele Madeleine Brohan mast, however,
| be seen in another part than that of the Queer
Of Navarro before she verify the extraordinary
aniicipations of her friends. She has shown no
| little talent in making feeble comedy attractive
. 9r ume u remains tor her to proclaim her
pretensions. VI her great promise there can be
| title doubt; but mach more must be effected ere
she can establish her just title 10 the inordinate
eulogies OF the press. Meanwhile kademoiselle
Rachel remains, ano is likely TO remain, without
peer, in spite Of M Jules Janin who vas the first
to acknowledge her genius, and place her upon the
| pedestal from which, with truth and common +,
sense against him, he is powerless to remove her.
The Prophetic" isfast attaining its hundredths
resentation. The great success of Mademos-
sele Aleoni in the part of Fides, which surprised
none more than her most ardent and particular ad
| mirers, gave new interest tn Meyerbeer's great
work, and sustained the fortunes of the Academic
during the absence OF Madame Vardot. But now
that Mademoiselle Alboni has left Paris for the
Theater d'orent in Madrid, and Meyerbeer has
gone to Berlin, something new is felt to be inds-
pensable, and the rehearsals of Auber's grand
opera, in i've acts, "L'Enfant Prologue are pro.
ceedipg with undiminshed activity. Those who
have heard the music pronounce it in all respects
worthy OF the author of "Masanello," who, mean
while, Is already engaged upon another opera, ex.
pressy for Mademoi-elle AIboni. The principal,
parts in the Enfant Prologue" are allotted TO Ma
demoiselle Dadmefon, young soprano ofthe high.
est promise, Madame Laborde, NJ. Roger, and M.
Massol, who returns to the Academic, AFTER an alb
eence of eight or nine years. to the satisfaction OF
the subscribers and the public. The opera will, in
all likelihood, be produced at the end Of the pre-
sent month, or early n December. At the Opera
Comique, new work by Halevy and Scribe
"La Dame de Piques," Is in rehearsal in which,
Mad. Ugalde and M Couderc have principal parts
Apropos Of Scribe, 1t is really curious to mark his
progress during single day. From the Academic.
having put 10 order an act or so Of the Enfart
Prcdigse," he hasiens to the Opera Comique and
sees that all is going on steadily with the dame
de Rsues." From the Opera Comique he rashesy
prectaiely to the Theatre Franc ais, where he has
new piece in preparation, and ain hurres thence
10 the aretes, Of the melodramatic theatres
10 overlook the details Of another OF his manuscript
dramas How he finds time to invent and having
invented 10 compose, and tving composed to write
out, or dictate TO emanuenss, the various works
ne has simultaneously on hand, lie sufficiently
puzzle, without taking into account the hours he
must OF necessity devote 10 refreshment aad sleep.
Srtoe ne bort pas, IL IL true, is popular saying.
but II cannot be accepted literally.
scribe Is at prest engaged upon his 3C0h piece
Certainly he is the most proazious II not the most
gified, OF dramatic authors. Lopes de Vega was
nothing TO him. IL fact worth noting, that
Scribe made his debit as a writer at the Opera,
Comique, IN 1873, with ala Chambre Coucher.n
an opera set to music by M. Guenee, and that
Auber made bis fret essay as a composer in the
same year, at the came theatre, with the one-act
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