The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-28
amongst many may be cited, which adds glory to her
character AZ q ", >msn we'll an artist

artists with yory LII Ited Tn she never forgot
was sufBcent Co aw ZEN every sen ment charity
She known by all he exed Germ whom atyersty
had driven from thei oVe Land to seek charity and
sympathy in france. One cold nigh, on leaving the
theatre after perorn o. " Don Giovanni Donna
Anna, still full of emotion obwryed ON the step OF a
singing edeTs Of their Iatherand. Mile Sontag recoz
ned the poor mother who was she vas scarce
~ thirty years old She ected shat she had seen
her at the theatre at Larmstsd whsn she herelf had
leen taken there in the arms o her psicats The caata
voice deop, moved BY emotion asked the mother where
I she hsd-proepied al answsr-dropped = gold COTS
hurried TO her carriage, and drove OIL
On the evening, servant a!iired Ss splendsi
livery knocked al the coor of garret Of honse in the
Fauxbourg Gu Temple. "Who Is there2" wac asked by
brings you good newrn was the ,mmedi.te reply. The
| door opened Here is letter which have Teen re
9ues'ed to deliver to you said the iacquey Read
The letter was thus couched =
On rlessutna yourselves tomorrow at No II Csaus
ste a'Antln al M NJ b the BANKER you val 6na
Of three thousand francs which beg you to acc pl
Return to srmstsdt with your three daughters, whose
education will look after"
. Pray tell me the of the saviour of myself aaa
chidrcp - cannot" was the reply Of the mes
geu; atDarmstaat only viii it be known t. you"
The teggar dresasd her children in their best attire
avd the following morong took the road to GERMANY.
For years she regularly received pension, whct
them entered the Conservatore of Beflin hs
become # lie most brilliant stars of the Germau
tsge. Her name of course, must refrain from
onng Only within the last two years, has the poo
andeIer Of those days discovered the secret author Of
1he ia but instance OF the many acts Of -gnal
arity Of The Rossi recorded by the Gsrnan
writers from whom we have borrowed largely for the
uees Of this trifiug sketch.
Mdle son,ag of the Partisan pubic at per-
ormapoe fer the benefit Of the poor which given at
the OPERA in January OF 1880. On hor return Berlin,
her friends and numerous adinrers her consent to
give few she quilted the stage
ntvey two months before the revolution Of July. But
before entering uon the new path Of life which she had
chosen, and before laying aside the brilliant
which had been 20 Justly acquired, Noble Sontsg went
journey 10 Russia giving at Warsaw Moscow St P5ters
burg, and afterwards at Hamburg, snd other prlnci-
pal cities Of Germany concerts equally brilliant and
profitable.
In 1885 the sardinisn cabinet reward Count Rossi
for his good services appointed him Envoy Minister
Pleuipotentary the Confederation Of the Rhine at
Frankfort Here the reputs ton of Madame Rossi for
beauty goodness and talent, had preceded her. The
great diplomatic functonaries at Frankfort stcned to
ceisbrBte her arrival with re unions, dinners and balls
During her residence at Frankfort her life glided away
cheerfuly and rapidly amidst general esteem and do
mestc happiness.
The only event which signalzed her residence at
of the Danube had produced desolaton at Pesth and
Buda, and appeals had been mace to all parts Of Ger
the commercial well as the political capital Of the
German confederation Madame dc .oss, amongst other
10 the calls on her Charity and assembling ali
the amateur musicans and singers so numerous in
every Germa' capital she gave an oatorio with their
cathedral, the Dom, at frankfort Tho receipts Of
this truly religious concert were even beyond all expec
ta'on in amount The Prince Metternich addressed to
the Countess Ross autograph letter thanking her for
h great act Of charity to the Austrian EUperor's sub
jects
The Countess Rossi though she had no taste for the
publicity of the stage, having gone uncorrupted and
scahed through all its glittering temptations had in
nate enthusiasm her The young Countess there.
fore, cultivated il assduously the young prima
donna and in Frankfort and in Berlin where she prn-
cipaly resided in st. Petersburg, which sue visited her
saloon the resort OF al that renowned in the
tisiic world That twondrous voice sang admirably
befoe, following all the progress of pnsca science and
knowing sl TIRE Tepetre OF the best ors, ther
compositions appeared before the world Her silvery
in nf
Of public, she had kings and prince for her guests
Yet she was the simple. minded and unaffected
man. with mind pure as in infancy and heart beating
cns with good and tender emotions Often during these
did she sing for public charities and her
ton for which she sang.
But this bright destiny which seemed placed beyond
the reach Of change and which time seemed to have
soidated, was, during the revolution of lS4S from
umstances Of an entirely private nature completely de-
stioyed.
Then with her sweet temper unrufed, her calm, pure
mind uneistrrhed the mother and the wife remembered
and those talents haG achieved fortune and honor The
instant her determination whispered, all the thea
tres of Europe we're to her. She chose the Queens
theatre, ia London and lumey offered her $1,000 ser
ling for the season. This she accepted; and
she stepned 10 those boards where twenty years pre-.
viousy she had stood in all Ahe freshness Of her youth
but in The full maturity of her talent To say how the
house welcomed her would be impo sible, IT greeted
tears-for she had many friends who remembered her
hospitality in her high estate 1t to receive her.
She stood before ther' gentle unaesumng in former
years but loyeeT, far loveler. SO youthful was she
when she left the soge that she had not attained her
full stature; she had grown considerably nowher form
was rounded with the full grace Of womanbood There
we're the same matchless an6 hands the prover-
hiay beautiful foot That countenance had still the
happy, will, in high and sensitive nature, leave
thoughtful and pensiye look upon the features Her
| for beau.y-expre.sion. The wavy ringlets which
| had foated in clouds around her girIish face
Sss rbe GSw sadd that p h,d
| set one wrinkle Those who had in youth witnessed
her first appcarance, looked ut each others
features with astonishment, and asked If that fair
ture not the daughter Of the enhred in their
memories. But the voice, like which had
since been beard proclaimed that It the Henri
cite sonag II its lower notes had lost little Of their
funess and freedom Is always the with soprano
voices the upper notes still retained their and
| their charm. Her powers hardly less exquisite
than when she twenty years old her execution had
lost nothing Of that marvellous 6exibiy which was
then its Characteristic and with the slightest awaken
ing Of the imagination there recognized the finish
the charm the placid and expression which had
distinguished her emong the eminent s0casts who have
astonished Europe in the last half century Received
with distinction by audiences Of the highest fashion,
VINO were drawn together by the romor of her greatness
and her mstortunes, she sung with the most brilliant
success many selections from her former repertoire
Among these attracted attention than Rodes
Variations; sort of musical tapestry, brought into
| fashion by Madame Catsan AM upon which Madame
Sontag bad embroidered the most intricate aud charm
ing arabesques An ascending scale, launched out at
lightning speed, and flashing upon the Like ribbon
Of FIRE, excited the veliest transports Of enthusiasm
| rncnfst ber auditers
4
the professional Of Jenny Lind and other great
arttt in this country Madame sontas made her mind
TO visit the United States in the fall 1882 and arrived
in New York the 10th Of September Of that year. She
commenced with series of concerts ut the Metropolitan
Ea, which proved most successful, and stamp her at
orce with popularity From New York she went to Bcs
ton ard Philadelphia where she continued to give con-
certs and firmly established her reputation with the
| Americ n pub: She then returned to this city, and
artored Nblos in succession Of the lighter operas
in which she had won her European fame and so great
was the success which attended this experiment that
she readily induced to enter into arrangement
with Max Mareze TO appear in another series of ope-
ratio performance given at Castle Garden Ia July 1883
This epgageuef proved to be OF the most profitable
oIeratc speculstons that had been unertakeo in
New York, and in fact, according to the evidence Of
Marezek the Fry trial, the only one that bad ever
proved satisfactory TO all concerned The result justified
Madsme Sontag forming travelling operate company
of own with which she successvey visited Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond Albany Buffalo, Gin
cinnati, Louisville St. Louis and New Orleans and In
| every city that she went TO, the high reputation
/ edpd her her the most satisfactory