New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-26
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
THE OPERA.


dan contrarv TO expectation afforded by far the most
conete and fascinating exhibition of the powers OF
Madame (irisi and Sgnor Mario which has yet been
presented The part of Elvirs written by Belini
Cor Madame Grisi. a short time previous TO bis re-
cra,,ed death, II evokes in the fullest degree the
vocal and dramatic powers Of the artist Inc drama
of IN, Puritans as whole is poor The scenes need
nrocress and spoutaniety but there are occasionally
striking cont, asts The love-musc of Puritan Is
ppsurpassed ard the vocal writing is unimpeachaoie
The first duet between Madame Grsi anu olsuo'
Sus;ni was much much applaudedi the voice Oh tue
latter artist being than ever approved a. pres
On, he bids fair to succeed Labache IN Europe Tor we
are not aware of any one who, taking HIM as swnoie
comes so near the operate Nestor. Inc Afe' oC""'
of Mario was sung divinely; and so his h0maHce
in the second act while bis final slow movement was
received with tempest OF applause The crazy
scene of Mad. Grisi magnificent, and so esteemed
by the auditory. The'new Baritone, SSnor Cuturi,
has a yery fine baritone, but seemed to be aoorins
from first TO last Under fear-quite unnecessary IN
this latim de. In Italy, where politics are NOT al
lowed, freedom of opinion vents Itseit alone a' inc
Opera, and there any disapprova amounts 10 FURIOUS
condemnation flowing from the walls OF pent-up
wrath Here however, the public Is always klndiy
disposed TO new artist and, given the voice, they
are ready to wait for the happest moment when the
artist can dispayit it.
To finch briefly, we would say that Opera-goers
who have not heard Mad. Grisi and Signor Mario in
Puritani. can have no adequate idea Of the DEPTH
breadth. and strength of their claims as dramatic
singers. On this head there seemed to be one
opinion. The evening was a splendid triumph
MR.. WALLACKS FIRST APPEARANCE THIS
SEASON
"Tuy SCHOLAR" AT WALLAcKs.-Buckstone 5
comedy of The Scholar was performed last night at
WaIlacks to crowded and brilliant audience. Mr.
Wallack himself appeared as Erasmus boos"orm'
Mr. Brougham as DR.. kepptecrank and the other
nerts were sustained by Messrs Chippendale and
Vincent and Mesdames Blake dnd conway Mr.
Walack played with all his old spirit and force. He
was exceedingly felictous in the second act where
the Scholar does homage to the genius OF SHAKESPEARE
his rapid delineatons of the poet principal charac-
tiers startling the house into genuine enthusiasm.
Messrs. Brougham and Chippendale were alike salts
factory in the parts of the Doctor and Munster War-
Jurg; Mr.. Vincent, as the Scholars pompous and
pedaptic servant made admirable foil to the &C.
centrcities of his master and Mrs Conway as HeIeH
and Mrs Blake as Madame War=barg acted with
taste and elegance. The comedy is light genial
affair full Of pleasant droery, and free from either
cynicism or coarseness At its close Mr.. Walack
was called out and made brief address to the audi
ence He announced with good grace, that the
plan of raising the price for reserved seats had been
relnquished. The evening performance closed with
a sprightly ZiHgarella by DE Soto and the farce Of
My Cousin German bagatelle by John
Brougham, which possesses some good points, al
though as a whole it lacks interest. The story is
brief and simple: An old Baron has handsome
ward and her fortune i'll bis possessions he gets enam-
ored of her and wants to marry her; she loves
cousin who has been ten years away at college,
and for that as well as disparity of age re-
fuses the Baron he is dabbler in necromancy,
gets his books and sets about raising the
great friend of all misery old fools of his stamp the
gay collegan arrives, unknown 10 the Baron, learns
how matters stand gets the help of the girl and the
seryants appears to the Baron the devil promises
to make him young and handsome, gets him to sign
release of the girls property and consent to her
marriage sends him to bed very drunk, has him at
tired in splendid clothes while he is asleep and when
he gets up everybody addresses him the handsome
Count who has come to marry the girl. He is greatly
bewildered, but concludes to marry her, when the
spirit appears and tells him if he does he will be
spirited eway on the instant. Not liking to give it
up so, he thinks to outwit Beelzebub by marry
ing by proxy; and just then in comes the
young colegian who also addresses the baron
as Count. After some urging the young fellow agrees
to be the proxy goes of to the priest and leaves the
Baron Count or Count Baron chuckling at the trick
he has played the Evil One. The whole party soon
return address the Baron by his proper title and
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tentous size Of course the young couple are happy
and the old man ridiculous. There are some smart
things in the dialogue, though not so many as Mr..
Brougham generally gets Of The diablere is toler-
ably well done, including some laughable chair and
table dancing. Mr.. Blake was very drol and funny
as the bewildered Baron, and Mr.. Testers devil was
as near the general idea of that individual as
stage devils usually are. The other parts are
of no account. brusque aqi sausy epilogue
which was well taken, wound up the piece. 1t
has been played for O week, and will probably have
liberal run. One thing we take the liberty OF say
ing. If some of the actors al this theeter-as well as
at other houses-were " damned" by the public az
often they lug that vulgar expletive into their
parts the stage would lose many Of its otherwise
brightest ornaments. Stage swearing is almost always
unnecessary and is little less than deliberate insult
TO en- audience
BURrONS THEATER.
An original comedy called Nowadays" was
brought out las. night at Burtons with considerable
success. The play has strong tnge of Native
Americeni'm, end abOunds with points to tickle the
vanity Of the universal Yankee nation. Lionel Long,
staple, Esq, Jordan, cotton broker from New
Orleans, and Miss Fanny Flutteyren, Mrs. Burton
a Louisiana belle, each on visit to NeE-York, are
the central characters of the piece whose experience
In seeing the lions Of the City gives occasion to
eral striking representations of familiar scenes.
Among these, New-York bsrroom, and gambling