The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-06-26
ALRONI.

/, This great vocalist gave her first concert al
Metropolitan Hall, New York; on Wednesday
night. The Herald thus speaks of her and
her performance
On making her appearance the distinguished
vocalist was enthusiastically received as if the
aud eneefelt completed confidence in her success
from the high reputation she brought with her
from Europe. Her hair was plain and turned
back, and she wore light dress, with pretty
rose in her bosom. A dark dress, would pro-
badly have become her large figure better
But she looked very we'll as she was. She has
a most good-humored, good looking, good
natured face, almost jolly expression of
'counteuance, which suggests the homey pro-
verb of elaugh and be fat She has not the
slightest affectatioD about her.
q Her first song was "Eccomi oil fine in Babio-
MIA" from Rossini's opera of "Semiramide.''
When she was about to commence, the audi
ence were GREATNESS with attention. A pin
might be heard fall. She had not got through
the FIRST line when the quality of her voice was
revealed to the evident delight of the whole
audience, who, at the end of the second line,
could no longer retain their impulse to give
expression to their feelings and shouted "bravo
bravo" in the ostimpassioned manner. Two
or three shakes in this gem weree exceedingly
style OF finish that proved the accomplished
artistic. The applause was most tumuituous,
and she was called out amidst renewed and
prolonged expressions of the greatest enthusi-
asm. Beautiful as this song was, it was
seclipsed by the Brindisi from "Lucrezia Dor.
.gia." Never did we hear the drinking Song
80 wafbled by any other voice. 1t produced q
Jur0re OF excitement; and she responded to as
hearty an encore as ever was given. In this
enp N,ho tal IL L1- n Ill.
and al the same time OF the longest duration
we ever heard. She was also encored in the
duet from "Don Pasquaile," which she sung
very sw eetly without ornament.
But the browning triumph ofthe night, and
the hitting finale TO the concert. was the splen-
did and celebrated rondo "Non piu mesta,"
from Rossini's opera of "Cenereutolar With
this song she electrified the audience; and SO
impatient were they TO applaud, that they in
terrHpted her in the midst 0fthe most exquisite
passages. Loud shouts of"brayo" were heard,
and when she concluded, the whole audience
rose and waved their hats and handkerchief
IN the most excited manner, while she laughed
all the time as il she was enjoying a very
good joke. They called loudly for an eac0r
and on her re.appearance, a shower ofbouquets
fell around her. She caught one in her hand,
which elected laugh from the audience
Again they applauded her to the echo, but she
Withdrew without singing The encore. There
never was more successful concert. There
was not-shere could not be-aay difference of
0pinion about her, as here has been about
Jenny Lind. There was but one feeling. The
characteristics Of her voice are, great mower,
strength, and volume. NOT only without coarse.
ness, but of the finest, sofles and richest lex
ture, depth and great purity, with a most re.
inarkable sympathetic touching quality, II is
as fresh as the song Of the lark, v hen he scars
20 heaven at the first dawn of day, with the
dew upon his breast, And what is peculiar to
Aibopi, those luscious notes gush from her
wifhcnf an effort. What has been said by
some offhe Swedish Nightingale, but is nc,
true Of Der, 10 tfae Of AIboni--that she sings
like bird-wiih such ease does she glide
throag the mazes OF the melody. She does not
appear 70 have much dramatic power. She
scarcely moves muscle. The whole charm
il In The voice itself, and il seems 10 do every
thing. She uses very little embellishmest-
which, II her case, would Be like gildsg.re-
fined gold.
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