New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-12-01
MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL.

FsrScH THsArRE.- Halevy's opera of The Queen OF
Cypress performed for the second time Tuesday
last More attention paid to the details than on the
occasion Of its first as whole passed
of much more smoothly yet, constrained still to
notice the want of discipline in the chorus singing is
y which at times betrays itself at their discord at
all attering to that esprit de corps" which should pre-
vail even with body Of chorus singers,
Halevy confess Is favorite with composer,
and We are disposed to regard the Queen Of Cypress
about the least pleasing Of all bis works with the excep
ton of the celebrated air and duet in the third act there
little left to repay for the ache which generally
follows the noise and confusion Of his orchestral
paniments the efforts which the mind makes to keep
with his strained attempts at originality which
seldom rise, IL we may be permitted the expression,
above the quainness of commonay Without the grace
of the lyric the depth of the epic he neither pss
with fancy or soers with imagination. poetaster in
music his products of the brain alone and his
cepons seldom well from the only fountain Of in
spration the heart He clothes and sometimes clothes
in novel dress what may be called the property
of musical thought but he seldom creates throws
original ideas
Lacrox's porsonation of the King merits all praise
his acting and singing will always repay for what else
may be disagreeabe in the pieces in which he appears
His voice is sonorous musical full ranging high
barytone and flowing smoothly through its whole range
his style polished and artistic and he seldom the
music of his song by strained efforts he is deficient
however in capacity Of lung and in sustained passages
consequently at times forced to violate the propreties
Of respiration In mpassoned scenes he is apt times
to indulge in slight ribration of voice, the upper
notes 1t is thing not to be commended at times it
doubtedy adds to expression but the voice the sufferer
the end and later breaks down under its in
last act of the opera Tuesy evening and has already
established himself as q great fayorite
This evening yerdis grand opera of Jerusalem will
be performed for the first time this 1t is cast with
the full force Of the company Lacrox Genibre Lapiorre
and Nine Bertini appearing The freshness Verdi will
be most acceptable after the wearsomness of Halevy
GRAND Observation-Disclosures native artist, born in New
Orleans and member of Of first creole families
has made his appearance in the musical world In tho per-
of H. Victor Gerber NJ Gerber has for years
been sojourner in Paris and other European cities
where under the first masters he has been psrfectipg
himself in bis delightful art The friends Of the young
artist desiring to give the citizens of his native city
touch of his quality have fixed upon Wednesday next
convenient time for testing his powers He will give
concert that evening at Odd Fellows Hail. assisted
the orchestra of the French theatre and dsin
guished amateurs The musical diettanti will be impatient
to witness the expected triumph of the young artist
ST CHARLES THE.1nE.-In many respects Knowles play
Theatre, the best performed piece which we have
witnessed there during the season. There some
faults in the cast and there pretty serious faults
10 the acting Mark Smith should have been substituted
or Mr. Maddocks in the part of the Duke and Mr. Nsgle
would have done better than Mr. Potter in that of 81,
Rupert. But taken q whole think it admirably
performed and deserving of the highest commendstion
Certainly Miss Logans PRESERVATION of the Countess was
'ne Of the finest have witnessed and exceed
ngy beyond our estimate Of her abilities in such char
cter Neither Julia Dean nor Ellen Tree played it
,etter naturally spritedly correctly in
he expression of language the portrayal feeling We
inclined to consider her acting the first scene as
he bounds of her ability until she appeared in the second
nd when the play ended found ourselves deprived
the ability to select any the deserving
here was an ease Of expression maintained throughout
ach as is rarely hearda tone and style Of speech which
as SO natural and conversational in respect
lost to take the play of the stage and render it actual
ss Logan played the Countess like lady, and INDUCED
nothing that could the fair and just proportions Of
ne character.
Mr.. Jamison's Huon of very unequal merit Inr,
cling the accusation of base boodn he was perfect in
xpressDg his love in the fourth act he was very far from
srfect and gave nerveless and unmpassoned declama
on in the place Of speech which should have been all on
re with passion He much better I,on the serf
ian as on the freedman, and did the character more
stice at the beginning than at the close
Mrs Davis and Mrs Bernard QUEEN and Catherine did
'ry we'll If the former by taking thought could have
ided cubt to her stature, less measurement
lie would have looked royal and majestic perhaps
ian she did
Mr. Maddocks had less of his peculiar sagesrids than
ua but nevertheless trod about with more vigor than
came man just dying Of old age. Mr. Potters Sir
pef was poor in every respect acted as continual
ag on the success Of Mrs Bernard He was not even
tier perfect-a fault that be remeded if others can
IT,
The audience much larger last evening than on the
sning previous but failed in properly expressing their
probation Of the play Miss Logan certainly deserved
compliment Of being called before the curtain as
UGH as she ever did in the EXTREMIST tragedy :
This evening the Wife y is to be played and those
10 do not attend may confidently rely that they will
ss what it would please them to see