The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-16

Ca tie Garden Op RI.
"Roberto." with such . cast was advertised
for last vening, would hav. been alone . sufficient
attraction 10 all Castle Garden but when the charms
Of the opera reinforced by the prospect of seeing
the PesideDt every body determined to co. Some Eve
thousand psrsons, tereabouts found their way in
tide and less than couple Of hundred gentlemen
with standee in the wings. Doe hundred and
sixty seats the centre of the gallery had been reserved
for the Crystal Palace dinner party. smsn nsalment
of our distinguished guests, including Lady Eesmere
her daughters and Lady Iyel present at the be-
ginning Of the performance the others expected to
arrive about nine.
The first act want off WELL Thanks to Max Maretzek the
fpeI did cboruses Versiamoa tazza pirna" and Non
pietsde with spirit and ensemble Rainbaldo
got through his ballad without mshaps the venerable
Robert (sav) excited good desl Of interest, and Aics
(stefapope) exhibited her voice TO 6ue advantage in
.vanne vanpen BY the end Of the first act, the hour
at which The President to arrive, had nearly besn
cached. Expectation tiptoe and so were mum
Der If short gentlemen who occupied stations in the in
teior Of the crowd. rush vas occasionally made, in
consequences of noise being heard outsde but 1t was
orally discovered that the disturbance from
the small boy WHO shouts "Only cree edition o. the
hbreto ard the audience relapsed into trspqulity
The second act of Reberto" Originally written b.
Neyerbeer omitted in the representation last
ring in erder to curra the performance On prece dent
authorised dit by the maestro himself at Berlin, Ia
beas great air is tIansposed into the fourth act and
the cur'sin rises on Rsnbaldos temptation Bertram,
BenevtDaDo to mind lacked GOODNESS and Mephi..
'ophean guile He too enthusiastic for genius Of
prGdy The vocal portion Of his performance was how
ever the best we have heard from him His voice was
better managed than usual and though STILL at times
barsh and unmelodious, rendered with fair success
most Of the striking passages of the part Stafanone
was admirable In the mel lasciar' and in the trio,
which was indeed spendicly executed whole. Nor
dd public attention flag during the pantomime Nile
Dizzy Barrels movements full of grace, and lent
peculia, charm TO the seduction scene.
At the cloe Of The act people had begun to make up
their mil DIS that the President not coming; and
Alice and the fair temptess the main topics Of
yer alton AL at once no wever, CRY heard which
did not proceed from the small boy above mentioned.
general stampede took place towards the door, and
fev minutes afterwards the President who had oonrved
to enter Castle Garden before his approach known,
made his way by the aid OF General Wool his Secretary
and few friends, to the reserved seats in the front
benches Of the gallery. burst of applause announced
that he generally recognized Beroic attempts
made all des at this moment to obtain fair view
him; the rights Of lace and gauze reck!essly
disregarded, and erin ,lDe collapsed in the agony
Six inches additional in stature could have
pceu tolu al any price. rOrLuna-ey LOT Lhe
small men, however, the crisis Of short duration
After while every body had stared to his hearts
tent and when sontsg appeared AL eyes-except few
particularly bright glancng from beneath and
pink boDnets, which still lowered round the President
turned towards the stage Well they might. Though
we might perhaps have expected Mde Sontag 10
the part Of Alice instee Of Isabelle are
satisfied that the selection she made YVES not, the
WHOLE the most judicous No music could have afford
cd her happy opportunity Of displaying her
raj and acquired than the Invano Fao and
the magnificent supplisation to Robert Both pecu
sry suited to her voice. and both BEAR and indeed
require the rich and finished execution which
Sontaq gives WE'LL Needless say that Castle arden
echoed with applause after each. The President him.
self, who wss obviously pre.occupied and who, excep
that occasion, seemed hardly conscious that he was
feaed at opera expressed his lively satisfaction
Madame Sontags rendering Of Roberto tn che adoro
to his Iei9 hbors Lady Ellesmere and her daughter
After the close of the fourth act third played last
EVENING" President Pierce and his papions left Case
Garden The audience wi III hsn, and ,ferously
cheered him. Those WI left their seats to obtain
parting view Of his face render ed easy
President and General DOL to fight their way through
the cfopd
Roberto" will be repeated Monday, and will pro-
badly draw good house.