New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-15
sontag, the Queen of Song.

We have already the arrival of this ceebra
ted vocalist in Network She the delight of the pas
sengers on the passage from Liverpool and gave con-
cert for the benefit of the the Arctic The New
York Sun has the following sketch ofherlife:
Henrette Sontag was born in in Cobentz on the
18th OF May, 1905. Her parents actors. andher
father was considered, in Southern Germany as n
thoughtful and excellent representative of comic
aeerscaracters which often require for their levitv
more really true gravity than the highest walks Of
tragedy recent German publication of high authority
says that the effect of Sontags first appearance upon
the European stage especially in Paris almost Won
deriu Besides the extraordinary purity cearncss and
atractiyeness Of her voice. and its exbity she
possessed ghtness neatness and elegance of uterance
quite unparalleled.
II Pasta surpassed her in strength and funess of ex
preston and Maihran in universally if Cataani was
hersuperor in facility greatness Of STYLE vet Sonto
stands far above them in that refined decacy Of art which
prings only IRON perfect cultivation, She does
tohish as much by the imposing strength her tones hut
she magealy enchants us by their like which
he Tor the most part produces with pei feet artcua
Ton moving her hearers chiefly by the delicious quality of
simple singing If she be wonder fully great in heroic
and the tragic she unparalleled in the sentimenll and
the playful and in general in that which ather touches
the heart than the Judgment of her hearers
With the exception of those above Ito whom NAV
probably be added Jenny Lnd it may be said that no
songtress has may appear who can come near In
Sonag in the exquisite taste and originality of her styn
In 1880 she closed her dramatic Berlin in the
SemramiS of Rossini The enthusiasm the excitement
the almost madness of the public this occasion is in
descrbabie Every felt that art had suffered great
loss III the retiring of this magnificent talent From Ber
sie "e.t W A,tss'1 Singing al ST. Petersburgh and
MOSCOW with wonderful success and effect She then re-
turned to the Netherlands ard sang the Hague Tor the
last concerts only after this her previously
private Disseminated marriage with the Count Ross was
made iblc, and she thenceforward pracced her art
only in private anu by herself first with husband at
the Hague and henfo considerable time in Frankfort
am Main. III 1884 she went with her husband to
Naples whence the Count expected to go as Sandman
Charge des Aares to Rio Janeiro he fact ban
ished into honorable exile Under all circumstances
however they have lived in perfect domestic happiness
During 1915 49, Count Ross lost all his property and
since that period readers know his wife has
with that devotion which always characteristic of the
true woman returned to the public practice of noble
art n concerts only in order retrieve the disasters of
revolution So great the enthusiasm her last
year that on her refusing to sing longer Berlin several
extra trains we're run to Lepsc sx or eight hour
distant) filled with people to attend her concerts
she mas since been singing in the chief capitals of
Europe with success equaed only by the tour of Jenny
Land In America. Under such circumstances Henriette
sohtag comes to America We doubt that she will
meet with open hearts and warm welcome.