American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-10-28
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Music Tor the Upper Tent
The great Operatic Concert Of Max Maretzek
Is over! The Republic and the Union are before
us with their commentaries; but 80 deep was
the inspiration of the Intelligeneer, that 1t has
not yet given utterance to its enraptured emo
TONS
Everybody went to hear this concert; that Is,
everybody that is anybody Soldiers, sailors,
lawyers, statesmen, diplomatists, divines, doc
tors gentlemen and tradesmen!-all were there;
and Carusi's great hall was brilliantly lighted
up with jets of gas, dazzling diamonds and
ladies' eyes
The house was not crowded; it was cleverly
filed only. Toward the door there was goodly
group Of anxious-looking bachelors standing;
but we think there were quite seats enough for
all Of them. The accommodations we under
stood to be for six hundred, and we presume
there was about that number present; 30 that
the receipts were probably $1,000.
In the advertisement we were told that we
were to be entertained by "Max Maretzek's
italian Opera Company, one hundred and taoeaW
in number, for one night onlyl" and that "this
Washington, the programme will be arranged
with view Of producing, on one and the same
evening, all the artistes Of the Italian company"
II this promise was kept, ninety-tsoo ladies and
gentlemen Of the company were alike invisible
and inaudible, for our arithmetic could only
make out twenty instruments and eight voices,
and just twenty-nine faces, including the con-
ductor, the whole evening! We, by means of
Colburn's system Of mental arithmetic, divided
ST. 200 among one hundred and twenty persons,
and brought out $40 each as "the answer
sought, and truly We thought it rather slim
business; but by the same process we brought
out $40 each as the pay of thirty persons, and
then we felt better pleased, and relished the
music all the better. But why such big fib
had been told we maryeled much. Nobody
seemed to care for the matter, however; for
to the shame Of exhibition managers be it
spoken-every one seems to expect them to pile
on ciphers as E. L. Bulwer does admiration
marks!
The music was good; there is no mistake in
this! 1t was superb and we would have been
perfectly willing to select our eight vocalists
from any one hundred and twenty we ever
heard, and to sit down and listen to their won
derful performances. Rose de Vries is power
full, skilful, and confident, and has great COM
pass of voice and admirable energy; Miss |
Writings pretty young girl-sings with great |
pathos: she has sweet and plaintve voice, and
executes with gentle and winning expression
while the more experienced Signora Angelina
Bosio unites the beauties of both
The gentlemen-Marini, Lorini, Bettini, Be- !
neventano, and Rosi-are all vocal miracles
Our admiration for their music would have alb
sorbed our every sense, had not the wonder and
amazement we experienced at such anomalies |
Of the human voice been overwhelming. That |
lifetime devoted to the art of vocal music |
could enable men to achieve such triumphs
seemed to us more wonderful than any thing
else in the world, except that men could be
found who would devote their lives to such a
pursuit.
We shall long retain vivid and pleasing re-
membrnnce of this delightful concert; and when
we compare it to the musical entertainments
occasionally given us by English and American
vocalists, We will heartily acknowledge its vast
superiority in oil the achievements of art. But
il the choice should be offered MS on any even
ing-we blush, for we know how many will
smile at our ignorance and simplicity we will
fly to the latter. Even one, just one good,
plaintive song in pure English, or some familiar
dialect, from the lips of an unaffected singer,
and stealing to the heart like the familiar tones
Of those We love, would awaken emotions Of
gladness or pleasing melancholy that lie too
deep within the hearts recesses to be approached
by even the master efforts of Italy's most gifted
sons and daughters. Yet far be it from us to
quarrel with those whose tastes are more highly
cultivated and refined. They may Anglicizc or
Amsrieanize the Italian style; but until they do so,
We shall, We doubt not, always retain our simple
and untutored preferences!
~ There are to-day in this city FIVE candi-
dates for the Presidency at the next election: