The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-22
Jenny LIMBS Firth Coneert-tnerease Of che
Excitement and the Numbers-rrsn 5000
10 5000 In Castle Garden.

Jenny LIMBS Firth Coneert-snereaae Of che
Excitement and the Numbers-rrsn 5000
10 1900 In Castle Garden.
II the attraction OF very large audiences, at very
high prioes be test Of genius then Jenny Lind stands
first among the srsmost Of the vocas OF the present
day. There Is ne vocalist in Europe this sout
nsnt can bring the houses and the money she has
brought both in the old world and the new. Other
have had their day before and whether
they artists Superior inferior to her 1t Is
lsss Row to enquire. The bss. Of those still living
70 longer what they were-advaneing years and cir
eumstances have produced deterioration and decay
and the Geld Is left for the present In undsputed pos
session Of the swede shetoo In turn will have to give
way to come candidate for world wide renown and
so win 1t be to the end Of the chapter Meantime
We have raid, she draws men, and and dollars,
- no else do. In the words OF the duet she
sung With such triumph last. night,
'rhe 10 born to ssduoe and cajole humanity"
Great as were the numbers at tho former concerts,
there must have been from 800 to 1000 persons In
Castle Garden last night and the excitement 30
far from being sbated seemed to be the increase
Jenny Lind never greeted with greater enthu-
sssm than when she made her hrst appearance last
night. The cheering and waving of hats and hand
kercbefs lasted for several minutes and she in
i.oiy called out for plsudits after piece she
sung and at the finale Of the concert there hur
By "a arrangement those who held promenade
tickets no. admitted till shortly before o'clock
in order to allow those who tickets for seats
to get to their places without obstruction In very
few minutes after the ders admitted, and
before the concert commenced, . number of them
made rush for the vacant seats beth in the balcony
and psrquette and OF great excitement ensued
They leaped the seats and pressed forward to the
front psme to the terror OF the ladies amidst Kissing
pied the IS seats notwithstanding the huge plassrd
that erected upon the stage stating that seats
would not be forfeited by the purchasers till after the
nrst overture. During its performance there was .
second onslaught made upon the remaining vacant
seats, so that when 1t concluded there were onya
very few left, which quickly appropriated Nor
did the confusion proceed from the promenaders
alone Many who occupied back seats abandoned
them and joined In the nble for those in advance
and in some instances it amusing to them not
only disappointed, but left without any seats at all,
FOR the places they bad resigned promptly appro
pristsd by the promenaders. In short time the
motion subsidized, and perfect order restored
before Belett commenced tho FIRST song. His appear
the stage was the signal for loud applause.
His performance Of the cayatna from the "Gemma
ei Nergyn Of Donizetti, was beautiful and truthful
rendering botn Of the poet and the composer. He
sang the andante with exquisite sweetness and pa
thos, and the allegro with great brillisney The exc
outon ell through was faultiess. Much as he was
liked snd applauded former evenings, the applause
still enthusiastic last night and 1t evil
dent he had made a deep impression upon the audi
He performed his part in the duet with Jenny
Lind with precision and taste He also sung bar
sarole, In which he warmly applauded aud en-
eorsd 1t IL long time since we have heard so good
barytone as Belleth. The quality Of his voice Is
narksbIy fne, and it's compass ranges above and be-
low ordinary bsrytones.
The fantasia the piano by Honsn, concluding
with Yankee Doodle" well done that it was
sncor.d
The overtures to the operas Of " Der Freischuts"
and Tampa" were performed by the orchestra with
great ability, and we're loudly applauded The march
from Bensdict's opera Of the Crusaders" very
effectively executed aud seemed to please the audience
But the magnet Of attraction" The star of the
night all other stars outshining'-was Jenny Lind.
In the ara from Donlrsttis A." LElisir dAmoren she
Wa completely successful In the shake at the end Of
the fourth line of the andante, she evidently ssto
nished the entire audience both by its beauty and d
ration, and the fhake the last line truly
derful The allegro movement dashed on with
great hrilisncy, and followed BY tremendous APP
plause. This is Q rare gem Her next performance
was the duet with Belletti, known the Sing
Ing Lesson" Here again she won frosh laurels.
Her shake upon the letters was executed so beautI
fully and prolonged so far beyond what any could
have anticipated or heard from any other voca-
list that II called down thunder, 81 applause Alto
gethsr this was an admirable performance, and was
enthusiastically enoorsd
She next sung Benedicts beautiful ballad BY ths
Sad Sea Waves with great expression, and again
eneored. The second time she sung it still better than
the first.
Her ether three performances, The Flute Song" |
"Ah, non Giunser and " Tho Hcrdsman's Song" we |
have Noticed in former eiiques-s it 10 say that
she never sang them better than she did last night
the fascinating Swedish melody being stll the favor
lite
This concert was In every respect as successful ss
any that vent before IT, and the musical frore
tinues 10 rage In the city just much it did upon
her FIRST appearance where IL will end heaven only
knows People are half crazy about the Nightingale.
City Intelligence.
HJ JrsTs AT scAhs THAT skySR fELI A WoUEp."- |
little affair, worthy Of record in Cupids calendar
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