The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-01-26


Hayes gave her Concert here in the Universalist
Church. The seats were all full, and many were
standing, yet the place was not large, and so the
audience could not be said to exceed four or FIVE
hundred
We profess no powers of criticism In music,
and would not therefor set ourselves up to judge
of Miss Hayes in comparison with other great fe.
male vocalists. Nor could just comparison be
drawn; since she sang in house so poorly fitted
for concert the Church is, and had not superb
band to accompany her, others who have ap-
pe.red before Richmond audiences She ID a vo.
calist of feeling, and sings with very great pathos
Her Cavatina, from 'La Prophete," of Mayerbeer,
oh mon yfls!H' was her best performance. We
| never listened to piece sung with more feeling
and effect. The duet from the Elixir of Love was
very excellently sung and humoredby Miss HAYES
aud Herr MENGrs, whose voice we take to be
barytone and ia one CT great power and considera-
BILE elasticity and sweetness. Miss HAYES sang the
Scotch and Irish ballees with admirable feeling and
expression but they were much marred, accord.
ing to our untutored taste, by the numerous grace
notes and prolonged thrilling with which they were,
in a critical sense, adorned We never could under
stand the propriety OF this custom of distinguished
vocalists of setting off simple and touching ballads
with world of trling and Observation-Disclosures
Why should Mrs. Gray when singing so distressing.
ly of Aud Robin and Jamie, put her voice to the
test of such Unfortunately long shakes? gentle and
brief one, as if caused by emotion would be entirely
| admissible; but your very long ones are entirely
untitled to Mrs. Grays musical tuition and capacity
and altogether uniting to the gret of the moment
so we reasoned with Mrs BtsHoP. C,-tter known as
Madame ANNA The venerable Mrs Anderson
when singing to her husband the equally venerable
John Anderson, could never have dreamed of such
great displays ofGfcult feats of the voice as Madame
B. gave She gentle and simple dame sat quietly
by the ample inge side, and in simple and touching
strains told her dear John the sentiments of her sim
Pile heart To represent her as singing "John Ander.
my Jo" with a shaa-aa-a-a -a-a Ike! of seve-
raj minutes duration, is out of the question. Had
she done SO we have very little question her "guid
mon" would have deemed her gone clean daft aud
fed out of the house.
Miss HAYES Last Rose of Summer" .The Harp
that through Taras Halls" and the Irish song
erin Adirlish," were all worthy Of warm praise
| with our old-fashioned exception to much of the
prolonged trilling. If the vocalists would, before
they begin just give specimen of the length of time
they could quaver and the manner in which they
could vary their dd libituaa notes. and then 90
on in reasonable way with their songs, we should
| deem it very great Improvement
We should place Miss CATHAR1NE HAYES on the
platform with the great lady vocalists of the day
those Prtna Dome of note who have divided the
attentions and the criticisms of the day in tins country
| She has some merits which others we have heard
have not, and they some we think she has not Her
great merit Is the pathos and feeling with which she
renders sentimental passages; and this we consider
an Irish characteristic. She is delightful Caatatrice
sweet looking, graceful lady, and will be lored By
the Irish and admired by ali wherever she goes
Mr.. hYLE's flute gave much satisfaction aid it
was most rapturously applauded, as it deserved to
| be-
The concert went off very well, and to the salts.
faction OF every body. We sincerely regret it was
| her first and last