New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-10
Ave1npa... IS So

IS So ga I5S 81
The gate OF Castle Garden yesterday morning
was crowded by an eager shrong of Saturdays
purchasers in pursuit Of their tickets. The narrow
entrances were taken possession OF ct an early
hour and were not again freed till after noon; the
mass Of people standing wedged in, somewhat al
ter the California fashion upon the arrival of
gteamer Many who could not succeed In forcing
their way to the Tickle office, being endowed with
more patience than their neighbors, formed line,
two deep, which at 10 o'clock extended halfway
across the Bridge Gradually the ooncurne thinned
out, and m grated inside the Gardeo, swelling the
numbers in attendance upon the auction The auc
tioneer was mounted upon rostrum In the cente'
of the Balcony.
The old stage and orchestra in the Garden have
already been demolished, to make way for the i'm
provements contemplated by MIR. Barnum, and the
racp of saws the strokes Of hammers and the voices
of the workmep, make the Garden vocal to an IN
comfortable degree The work Ia pushed forward
with great energy, and will be finished in abund
ant season for the completion of the decorations
and other alterations which are to metamorphose
the house. new place of egreas lie beng con-
,tyucted from the rear of the balcony, which will
r. nder seats in that section very eligible
THE REHEARSAL OF JENNY LIEDs FIRST Cor
cERr.-The first full rehearsal OF the Grand Con-
cert for tomorrow night took place yesterday at
Castle Garden. Judging from the effect produced
upon the few who heard it, we shonld guess thas
the holders Of tickets will not consider them too
dearly purchased Az partial relief to the gen.
eral curiosity concerning this rehearsal, we give
the impressions of friend whose musical expe
rietce entities his opinion to respect:
We have Just returned from JENNY LIED's frat
grand rehearsal. We went there by no means
strongly prejudiced in her favor. We have return.
ed another man.
Unfortunately, for ourselyeB) We arrived too late
to hear the Casta Dtva, or at least the whole OF
1t, but The concluding passages surprised us no
little. Still we had our doubta about her, when
she began to sing with signor Belletti the Dao
from / Turcki in Italia" Before it was over, we
had almost entered another world; we hardly be-
levsd that human voice could accomplish what
the Swedish vocalist made palpable to our ear
Such perfect execution, such invariably true even
and correct intonasiop such natural expression In
sD the m ddle snd lower register of her voice Ia
part which we expected to lind dehcienH we
never beard before.
/ Wa have heard many, sy, nearly al! the gres
vocalIsts of our age; we were there, and ready to
draw comparisons we were cool and unpre]u'
diced, but she completely disarmed Us Of criticism.
We have spoken Of the middle and lower part
of her voice the upper We expected, OF course, TO
find remarkably brilliant daahing, and effective
Strange az it may seem, we found it neither bril-
liant nor dashing, In the common acceptance ofthe
terms, but effective beyond ell conception. And
herein, III we may be allowed to judge from
mere rehe arsaD consists lis great attraction. She
does all this without seeming effort The Night
insale. to which she has been justly compared,
does not pour ont its melody with more ease, Its
nesee do not gush forth with moro freedom and
oorectness according to Natures pitch and scale,
than do JEEEY LIEDs, according TO Arts asrictesf
rules.
Assn instance, which may serve to show that
wa were not alone in our enthusiasm, We would
msnton that at the close Of the irst part OF the
Trio Concertarte for the two flutes and voice, lin
which Mir siede one Of the finest dutiSts OF the ase
plsys second fute the orchestrs came to dead
ssop. Tbsy bad been listening to the vocalist and
had forgot their parts and all else. There they
seood with open mouths until Mr. Benedics sold
th.m that thew uuas not listen, they wanted TO
plsy their partsn And that orchestra contained
George Loder, who play the double bass, ana
Theodore Fiefeldt both we'll known conductors and