The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-20

MAX BARErnKs OPERA.-Last rvsoirg Witnessed tho
DEBUT Of Max Marstzsk troupe or rather 70 speak
more correctly the yeenree OF h,s Old MEXICAN cans
pasners. The opera cNos PA itapi, asd though
1t must be BY this time thoroughly familiar 70 lovers Of
muhic in New York. very large audience assembled 70
hear it, Nibios wss full from the ery to the orches-
TIA 1t looked quite like winter again to 80 many
pretty and pqusnt rigoletes ADD bright eyes I'M
the old boxes and from the welcome eth which Naret
EEK was received well the With which the
best seats were taken up have little hesitation in
demonstrating brilliant Tor the troupe It cau
hardly be regarded complete % yet ffeah tenor
and light soprano contraltc are needed and some
other additions which need no. stop to paracuarizs
could not but conduce to the Of the campaign
But these We have no doubt, oil soon defy crticsms
Deficiencies viii be filed up and faults viii b cured wh0
tho brilliant exceencies which sent every home de-
lighted last evening will trust. be preserved and n
creased.
Msrin Of course, was the hero Of Puritani" as Sir
George. We have seen him before In the part at
Castle Garden, and have most OF our readers WIFI
sor7ow indeed, it that notcsd sad curtaiments IN
his last evening Not note OF our great bassd
would willingly spare, and IL ssuton diminuton Of
our PLEASURES would sssuredy excite critical be
we may, perhaps be suffered to express and the
occasoned by unavoidable causes. We are sure that
every win join u.s. in lsmentDg the protraction oc
Signor Marinia cure His hand L. still In . sling; and
the pain of the wound is still to permit him to
the entire rendition Of fAtiguing part as
Georgia In those portions In which he exerted him.
self to his utmost he was as of cd, Immense. Tha
with Elvira in the first and the duet with
Ricardo in the second have. feel convinced, never
been surpassed His execution o. the great air Suomi
~InlA ia kr,.a
tist There eff.rt-no fnrcicg Of the voice-oc
whiting OF the body; simplicity striking. fea-
ture the performance energ, add SOUL Mature has
endowed Marni with Of the osst voices the
lyric stage he showed last evening that he had done
AL that great artist ud do to develop and display it
to the best advantage.
We seldom praise sienor Ben ventauo. His faults o.
method and his actstion have generally In the parta
in which have him, obsc,r-d his natural advan-
tages and left an unpleasant efc his hearers. Had
he heard himself last evening" did, he would have
learnt useful lesson His "Ah sempre 10 to perde
in the act excellent long he adhered faith
fully the written His voice fairly brought
out and as it is really fine, he head with great
pleasure. But sooner did be attempt to rum
than his want of management bscsme apparent, and
half the enthusiasm of the audience vanished So In
the great duet with Marini Why in the name OF
all that Sgnor BcneventaBo ven-rstes most, can he
not sirg Suomi Ia Tsombs,'' naturally and sim.
ply without shakings of the voice and contortiona
of the bodyp Let him put to himself the plain
question how would Richard have spoken Of his
love for his country to Sir George In reality the dia.
ogue produced the stage had occurred between thems
Does he think that he woul have wrhed and grimace
1t is Chesterfield, believe, who says that man ia
ridiculous for appearing to be What he s but only
for aping what he is not Beneventauo might apply the
maxim to his own case. Let him be what he is-sng
naturaly-ac smpy-cease to rive at effect By doing
and we shall hail him one Of our great singers.
Evira 10 not one of Stefanone's best parts. Her
Norma has taken 30 high stand that We ara
naturally fastdious She sang Wien diletto" how
ever, with great power and Better, perhaps,
in the duet with Sir George than In tho subse-
quent portions Of the part. Madame Steanone confirms
an early impression Of her-namey that her forte WAC
the highest walk Of tragedy and not the densaton OF
the nicer feelings and passions of human nature. In
histonc point Of view, caDnot Commend her concsp
tcn Of Elvras nfaniry praise her vocal
ecuton o. many portions Evuas score which others
have rendered effective In the loser register she fails
entirely
On the whole however, Pu, tani" decided sue
Both orchestrA and ohorusss w.rs ~ good -
usual the general of he trios was able
Next opera night "Norma is play d; an a. it II Ste.
anone's fest and SalvIs-we song to say-onIy
good part, risk little in pred,.ios bumper house.
For the sake Of Max Maretzek really deserves the
public favor, We are happy in thin kieg 50.