The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-06
Foreign Music ana the Drama.

his life as maniac, in the workhouse.
Foreign Music ana the DIANA.
Mr. G. v. Brooke has performed at Cheltenham
TO crowded houses.
Mr.. James Wallack, jun, will shortly make his
debut al the Haymarket. At the termination Of
Mr.. Macready's performances it is whispered that
Mr. q. V. Brooke will appear.
MIR. Sulllvans comedy, II is said, will shortly be
produced at Drury Lane.
Mr.. Webster read the last act of his new drama
on Thursday; it will be produced next week,
under the title of !" Belthegan, or the Mounte-
bank" Mr.. Webster will appear in il, in con-
Celeste, and all the tavori,es a. the Adelphi. u
j! is the intention OF Mr.. Copeland, the lessee,
not TO open the Strand Theatre until Easter
The losses sustained by the Executive Com
mittee OF the National Concerts, dunng their brief
management. amount 10 little short Of 5000
"Annie Tyrrsll, or the Temper and the
Tempted" Is the name Of the ne domestic play,
by, J. 1. Searle, Esq, produced at the Surrey.
AL the resources OF the theatre are brought into
requsition in order TO give full effect TO The pro-
duction.
Mr. Charles Marshall has been for several
moths engaged in painting great moving do.
rtma Illustrative Il the fashionable tour of Europe.
The suteci is one of great interest, and is TO be
exhibited a. the great concert room Of her Ma
jesty' . Theatre, now styled " The Tourists CAT
lery; i is undergoing vanous alterations and I'M
proyelnents for the purpose.
NJ. Henry relty is engaged for limited period
&. the GLOUCESTER Theatre.
II lGlec, The great conductor, IS creating an
inmt ne ts.rort u The PROVINCES The local press
is loud IA a4s Praise.
Herr Ernst is il England, being eng aged Tor
CcnceI.gVag .oJr "A the PROVINCES, IN which he
VIII re accompanied BY Mdlle Angr;, Signor Sal
FGtor lemblrinl. and NJ. Stockhausen. Herr
Ernst has undertaken again 10 lead the Beethoven
QuaT,ettes.
The national concerts are finished. Mr. Loder's
"Serensta,n Mende!ssehn's w alputgs Night"
Rossns "S:abat," aud Mr. Bales benefit were
spHsun ed aud r. announced, and not one creat
advert ecd came 20 pass
Miss Catherine Hayes does not intend 10 come
10 America till next autumn, and Will sing 6unng
the coming seasoa IN Lo..don.
There is an increasing dearih of English sopraai
competent 10 take tlrst class occupation. he alb
sence 81 Misc l. Pyne limits choice 10 Miss Birch
and 10 Mrs, Sims Reeves. A lady from The north
of England, with very flee soprano voice, is al
present studying win Sir George Smart.
1t said that Messrs Bum and Bale have
completed new opera, with an eye to Drury Lane
becoming musical theatre, and falling under the
former gentleman 5 management.
After many years Of utra-montene practice,
Slgnor lysnof has reappeared at the Italian Opera
ofParis. In The Jomnat d's Df6ats, NJ beiecluzee
copInt ncs him as singing with increased po 1er Of
voice. and with Increase too, Of arr. II is difficult
10 make out by the collation. and balancing of cri-
tclsm whether Signor Colini, the new baritone,
has succeeded or not. new opera, by NJ. Thai
berg. viii be brought out al her Majesty theatre,
by Mr. Lumley, early in the season.
Hale,y and Scnbe's newest opera, ola Dame
de Pique," is success for author, SINGERS, aad
composer The latter il said 10 have entirely mo-
dried his style 70 suit the locality where the scene
OF his drama is laid-which is Russia.
Mr.. Hamilton Braham, who, II was understood,
was study ing composition at Leipsig, has come out
there as baritone singer, and is about TO appear
as Ieporello, IN "Don Juan.
Heir Dessauef's "PaquIta'' is about TO be pro-
cuced at Vienna. Few writers could do the
world of singers better service than Herr Dessauer.
His "Ouvrez" is as incompatible among boleros
as bis "Eari's Daughter" is among English BAL
lads.
A recent number OF the Gazette Musicale men,
tons Mdile. Drusilla Mugnani as an Italian song
stress from whom much Is TO be expected. Al
Dresden. Mdlle. Emmi de Gfua has been maxi
ing her debut, the PANE journal assures us, with
brilliant success. There is no lack Of these good
beginnings; he wan. of sequel being vexatio lsly
emphasize. d by tuch facts a. the trumphs of Pasta
ard Of Persiana. after inauspicious commence
mtnts.
The taste for private theatricals appears TO he
spre ading smong ell classe. OF the community.
The example II Windsor Castle has excited dr2-
matte emulation, not only in the old baronial halls
of knebworth and Wobum Abbey, but in quarters
which are generally supposed 10 lie too remote 10
be acted on By any such influence.
IETrY TREFFZ.
lrrom the Musical World
Jeny Trefz, or rather Henrietta de Th-d,
for Trefz is only the name Of her mothers
fsmily, and the nom de gaeTs assumed in her
celebrated. was born at Vienna the 25.h
Of June, ls26. Her father, a Polish gentleman,
was an officer in the Austrian service. Her mo-
ther was daughter Of that beautiful Laura Schwan
de Mannheim, who was loved and sung by the
greatest poet of Germany, Frederick Schiller, but
who, undazzied by the poets fame, and unflattered
by his muse, preferred the less brilliant attractions
of the Professor Trefiz and espoused him. Jetty's
mother was possessed OF considerable fortune,
and was determined 10 have her daughter educated
IN the most perfect manner Unfortunately, the
greater part OF her fortune was embezZled by ne
iarious tutor, 10 whose keeping ii was entrusted
wien Jetfy was only thirteen years OF age. Ne
vertheless, II was most probably 10 this circum.
stance, so much 10 be deplored az the time, we are
indebted for aiiording us an opportunity Of admir-.
ing talent Of too rare an occurrence to suffer II 10
be buried in the diletiantism of private life. The
Prince Guizeppe Poniatowsky, an enthusiast in the
cause of music and a composer Of no mean ac-
quirement. who had long been on intimate terms
with Jetty's father, was the first who discovered
the great talent Of the young girl. lefty had re-
ceUef from nature mezzo-sop. ano voice OF
remarkable beauty and flexiblty-powerful, sono-
rous, and OF unusual extent. From her earliest
days, pssflonately fond OF music, she Joined TO a
brillisnt imagination an esprit face and peneirat.
lng, and q memory singularly re.entve. Added to
these, Jetty possessed a face and figure the most
progressing, and promising those Rraces and at
fractions which are now her acknowledged rights.
Such was Jetty Trefz when Prince Poniatowsky
fret discovered her latent talent and counselled
her parents not 20 allow II TO 90 uncultivated
sikHof btnllihuemo, an ltdnen professor OF sing
ing, was Jetty's fret master. After fifteen days Of
study, Merceli, the director Of the Italian Opera
at Vienna. wishing 10 have in his possession
young Rifl whose future he could not but foresee
engaged her. Jetty Immediately applied herself 10
her studies with enthusiastic zeal. Among her in.
s'ruciors al this tine, we would particularly men-
uon Monsieur Charles koent, professional musi-
cal critic, and ringer Of taste and talent. Much
10 Jetiy's che grin aud disappointment, since she
burned 70 distinguish herself on the stage, Aterceh
detained her whole year without giving her
single pert 10 play. She threw up her engagement
IN conss quence, and departed for Dresden, where,
IN her fifteenth year, she made her dtbpf ia the
character Of Juliet, in the " MoMecchi Capu-
lett" The celebrated Schroeder Davrient was
The Romeo. Jetiy's success was triumphant. The
Queen Of SsNony, charmed with The grace aad
talent Of me young dsJvaHte, COMMANDED her in.
iendant the Baron he LUtushaw, to present Jeity
10 her. IN her boz, the same evening But her
me iesiy OF ssSony did not stop here. At her own
exp,ns tnd under her immediate INSPECTION, Jetty
renewed ls9oCra "a ~fo