New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-21

hot be booked back ~ Glsi win satisfaction as m
qualified a. any iDcide nj IN her career.
ito operas IN which Grv h-s appeared girng her
I1,sent unusrsy short engage men; having a been n-
nced in the oIler of Representation Il ,ccesssry do
Little than refer them. The ll,i comprises Ncl1
LRcye-0 B1rgis, the Hrgussts. Don Plsfs1>, ana La
FsrorRe Norma hal dsgbie clim - taEe p-scsience
sLee, While the Druid precss Acknowledge 10 be one
# her create; assumptsns, i in tbs tragic opera
that GTs. hrt obtained original part. A;h0lyh she
lad Ireyl,sly sung at The tncers IL .ogna and
ence her real e. e d!5H uay be sail to have tllen
place the Scala in Mlsn w1cre soc introduced 70
the public Med.ra IN ops-a by Paein entitled Il C0r-
lfouBd4d Lord ron LSrsar.l Her voice was
70 iesh ana beautiful sS appearance so prepossessng
0nc her reception aiIesg, thai Beli, theomp poser,
WLo was ITeseDi, Immedstey her te muse Of Ais-
eisa TO study The now nmOus opera Of NOrT1I Wa pro-
ouced shortly aerwaTd with asia Norma DOM Iii
Polio and Gris Adalgsa is success at first dOlbrl
was oonfTnGs by subsequent Performances and u was
Played forty nights II the sesson the Carnival oi
ls32 Some yesrs later ia Pars, Grsi arsi attempted
Norma and achieved - great u triumph that the
par. has since been GssOcisted with her name
She stepped at once, in short, on 20 the vacant
throne OF Pasta, which up 10 ls t,ne, although she has
hGd many powerful antsOhis che has hrnly maintained
against them ELL If IN Norma GTIs, may be said 20 aaTe
had sn6 te instance Of her predecessor,
for whom The part written, aud equa-pe!haps, We
will Dot undertake TO say X, supenor-I LueIcza Boz
gia which she first played at Her M1estys Iheaier IN
lao, the occasion Of SgnOr Mario df5Rt she hss
never known competitor. There have been new reaf
Igs aGd old readings but hers the best reading Her
all peculiar gift, indeed, boi as singer
ard actress, displayed in ts gloomy AMI magnificent
creation hig dyantae; and Il is small npi
her genus tO add that she has done what no other
hss been able TO effect entirely with the character with
great dramatic aTi, she has been able 10 soften Down
lis most hdeOus features. the wicked pOsOnor, the
faith e the unprncped lady guilty beyond pardon,
almost forgotten the pth O tender and pass mate
cOoring which sbe throws into the wta Genn1To;
aud that maternal solicitnde for Ofrprng fund even IN
the most aand0uCG wOnsen is brought out IN strong
light that though may not redeem he sHs It AZ least
raises pity for her L. IS therefore, not surprising
that LuIezig should long have been Gd most popu-
lar part and that IN the sees Of her iafe"e perform
it should have appeared the ofleIest, an have
drawn the largest audiences. Valentine IN the IL tgI-
nots and IL LonOra in La Far rita, both nere'tng,
as remarkable Illustrations Of GTs success IN the grand
operas Of TIE French school, winch she only s'ayed with
in the last five Years which disclosed unk-wn pnse
Of her talent, constituted and hna epoch IN her
brilliant career and proved The versatility no less ssn
the excellence OF her ENDORSEMENTS Her Norma, 10 SvA
PaYneIc Was recoinmenoHole l9I uhodiJr icsoh II re-
minded those who had witnessed the public efforts OF Gsi
III this country, from her hst appearance un now OF
certain graceful, spirited anu highly flushed perform
! arcts which showed her to be as truly genial IN
comedy as she impressive and sublime IN tra-
pedy. One or two more of such characters might
prohtably have varied the les and m0.t Of oil accept
able would have been kOiina IN the Bar6icre Thus,
while the number Of farewell performances was extended
from ~ 70 90 the operas produced were confined tosye
Among those Ot given but most generally expected and
with reason may be counted Semramde in watch GrIsi
made her Paris dtbut the 10th o October 1885 Nlnei-
"a (Id G0-<d L0drG which III the spring OF the follow
ing year introduced her 10 4 Londsn au1isnce Donna
Anna one Of her grandest and D,sdemons. of her
most womanly and beautiful representations AHHa B9-
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u.eiCs. however, what might have boon done.
What was done sufficiently gratifying; and they who
Grsi for the last time will be able to say not that
hoy her in her decline since OF decline there was no
symptom but that they witnessed some OF her hnest per-
fol nances hen her powers were rpened and matnre
ROYAL ITAIIAN OPTRt.-Last night Madame Grlsi bade
farewell 10 the English public The performances as was
announced Yesterday consisted Of the first act OF Norma
and the fret three acts of the Huguenots 10 criticize
Lese would be ont Of place on sucn an OCCASION IL IS
ough say that during the whole of the great
artist and the great public avorio was never seen ana
heard TO more advantage she was uans1ehuan' as we
Druid pr raHoendant a. the daughter OF tue
Catholic nobleman self sacrificed 10 her passion for the
llugutpot IL was indeed hard 10 beeye-so well dd she
sing admirably did she act aud so iuy dM se seem IN
ro,,eon Of all her resource1-tha this TO be her
last appearance the stage of her gandest trunshs III
there could possibly have been doubt that Gr was the
first Of dramatic siGgeT that doubt would nave sesn sci
rest In the Of her unusually long career she nas
never been known spare herself when 1t was her duty
TO satisfy and delight the public bat in tho present IN
stsrce she surpassed all her previous eiors aud ot the
audience doubtful whether 1t cOuid possibly be true Tux
sic was tax ny leave Of them forever Tbs fac.
canrot br ,rHed that Crisis attachment to tie
/ Ln,lish MI ia a. genuine and sincere the
Gttacl inert of the Engsh public to herself anu tha the
moment Of paing quite as much pam 10 one as 10
The oiherio tho deserving artist the woman oi salu",
who Lad failed ia the performance o her dlYi as
TO those who for many years had appreciated admrei
and aprauied her At the end OF Norm" when had oee'
receN ed thrOughaut with ethusasa, there was such
demonstration as il might have been imagined coud not
easy be exceeded in warmth and unannity Grisi was
called forward again and again, the stage was covered
with bo uaues and the applause positively deaienlng
This alone would have been leave-takng worth the
m.mbrance of any artist however popular But alter me
Hguenos which did not conclude tl an hour pas' md
night the previsus exhibition was fairly cast into the
slade The last scene, including the famous duet De-
tween Valentine and Raon magnificent and Mario,
az TO make the occasion memorable sang ana act
ed with greater energy tenderness and dranitc power
than he has displayed for years. Inc clrtaiH iel
amid thunders of applause, and when Grlsi, IN ooe-
dience TO the universal summons, was led on Dy her
accomplished partner the praudts were reiterated anu
every lady flung her bouquet on the sagelr Ia lhe or
chesfra Again the two came forward, ana Tepeti'n
Of the scene ensued. At last Grs appeared alone ana
this was the signal for manifestation OF plohc feeling
rrobsblv pevel before addressed TO thearc performer
The whole audience in boxes pit and gallery rose a.
by simultaneous Impulse the house rang with cheers
bankercbefs were waved in all directions The members
of the bard ioned in the OvatOn and several minutes
elaTsed before the applause subsidized and the great artist
fairly overcome with genial and unprecedented
reception a4d yanly endeayOurng TO hide her emotion
could retire snn the stage When she had gone another
cheer was rsissd-a farewell cheer, symbolcai OF hearty
GOOD will for the success in the New World OF one VINO
had so long ana so worhy eXer;ed herself 70 entertain
and delight the not ungraofu or uDsympahetc plohc
f Old England" Ii is likely that the evening OF tue
7th of July will be remembered-bOth by the artist who
was thus honoed /and the audience which thus expressed
its sentiments OF a long, arduous conscientious! ahd
brilliant career-lor many long day. That G1si can
ever FORGET the public Of h country is as improbable as
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