The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-20

A Most Tremendous, Most Thr, lisng, Moss
Ecstatic, MOST Appalling, Most TA ,underinA
Announcement OF = New Italian Opcrs
Troupe for the Terrible City OF Ncv, York.
OPENING OF THE ITALIAN OPERA SEASON. AT N. BIOS
GARDEN, WITH THE GREAT cANYArRICE MAI 'Ahn
LA BARONESS ANNA DE LAGRANGE, ON MoSD. Az,
In announcing an engagement Of such great and IN.
dsniable importance that of Madame Ia baroness
Anna de lagrange the managers in justice both TO tho
public and themselves, deem it necessary 30 offer few
ooser,at!Sns, which Il duly appreciated, Will it ID
such acknowledged magnitude when the recent pscu-
mary disappointment connected with Ile Grisi aud
Mario En'erprze," can hardly be forgotten
Firstly, several persons, in whose judg nent every
condolences AN and should placed insist that fh,
the Immediate superntendense and pecuDiary ostronses
Of the government cannot be firmly established In this
unless the system Of engaging particular celebrity
st an extraordinary price is Abandoned and the bust
The managers VIC uld gladly adopt prlnsipe tending -
materially to reduce their expenses-t being well knowa
cost far ss ens snrs q
taton Bat unfortunately for them, the public have
had an Of %.
been accustomed TO extraordinary performers They
have become as good and perhaps better judges than
Ian and there consequently exists NO small reason
70 believe that " merely coed singers /" would
expenses, If calculated moderate scale There
fore, after careful examination of the subject the
way for them to achieve would be. sinpg
The tao systems-that is, engaging perfect stock
pany and adding to 1T artist Of rauscendent merit
and of natural consequence responding reputation
This point having been settled the nagers In
structed their agents to exerons in the endss
vor TO carry out their views and the engagement Of
Madame 6e Lagrange In such incredibly short space
Of time is the hest proof of their agents intellgeuce
and justiying the ample coDfdence repossd
in them.
After Mesdames Jenny Lind. sontay, Alboni, and
equal artistic standing These few Nesdames Brex
zolni, Crnvelli Viardot Garcia, and Lagrange. Tho
o. hs an nsa had a Of
Frezzolni and Vardot Garcia approaching rapidly
the end Of their careerther voices being nearly gone
whilst from all their former art site excellence there
remained nothing but time honored name. Not 20.
however, with Cruvel and Lagrange. Both in tho
state OF preservation and cuture-they are familiar with
the classic repertoire Of the old masters and Of c,urss
bIilancy and passion Of the modern school OF compo
eition
Offers were immediately made to both these artists
but CIuseis engagement at the Grand Opera in Paris
precluded her accepting any ohsr Thanks however,
circumstances Of an entirely private nature the agents
grange, pscunary sacrifice eever which npeis
them to appeal opealy frankly and, they trust no.
undertaking to satisfactory termiaaton,
T. a o
season, FOL experience has unfortunately shown that
without having recourse to- or bowiug before tbs omh
of the artist and unsurpassed may be the talent
which gave that rank-not little Of what may DO term
osity of he masses" Owing the suddenness Of her
engagement Madame De Lagrange cannot have the bene
fit Of this "outdoor influence" which consists Of pre-
pairing the way by q advertisements portraits
critical notices. biographical Sketches early und connu
GUS announcements through the medium Of the press,
&c during the space of entire year. and sometimes
prcr the advent of the artist the WITH
Jenny Lind, Madame Sontag, Madame Gris, Sgnor Ma
rely upon the att Of one q largest sasas
that has been collected In this country tbs secou6
" % IL tue a
o modern vocs,izstiona singer equally great thu
stage and in the concert rooin the ord music Of tho
Rosinan school, the passionate bursts OF Meyefbeer,
the tender melancholy Of Belln the classic simpl
city Of Mozart or Beethoven and wthal, woman Of
that she viii not only compel the admiration of the pub
lie, but is - enlist their unanimous sympathiss-
the disastrous result which would be the Inevitable con-
feguepce the debut Of Madxme de Lagrange should fan
below the great expectations they boldly and unhesi
tatDely call upon the prblc 10 entertain.
MADAME ANNA DE LAGRANGE. G
Anns n vi n shGn ls Italia.
cord wherein high rank and noble birth found aled
with rare natural gifts of voice, and artistic eIcssncs
of The Coos distinguished character The advantages
80 dal position and supremacy in art seldom found
united for where fortune gives the one she generally
has doubly liberal in her gfa-besiowing on ths
recipient not only name great in the annals Of the
ordor that By its exercise additional usre "a shsd anon
the name she bears. N
Madame de Lagrange is allied by birth to one of tho
frat families in France-a Baroness in her own right,
and niece Of the world renowned Kosciuako whilst her
union with general officer in the service of ths Emperor
OF Russs causes hez to be allied bY marriage with Tho
highest nobility Of the Muscovite empire 1t is more
with her fame and talent as an ortit than her smns.t
social position that the musical public Of America have
to DO, or Will feel interested in.
Madame Do Lagrange Is renowned throughout tho
tnent Of Europe the greatest singer Evng
department. Of her In which she stands alone ana
supreme whilst, interpreter OF the lyric drama,
originality Of Conception Of character mt Of art
and Lriliancy Of executive powers che has aniested
IL al her operate perform. sss Italy hsr
cal dda and stern professional judges of that ops
ratio Land, VINO pronounced her vocsszsticn atchess
The fearful ordesls Of Pars and London where she hs
10 contend against the prestige and rivalry Of the many
great vocal celebrities who have long held supreme
sway and the venesated recoectoDs Of those who had
preceded them and her botn passed with sas
unqualified admiration and success; an Madame de La
brilliant vocal artistc OF the age whilst in yenna-we
known a. The most severely critical capital IN Europe
when it is stated that there prodacsd for hsa
hi1 grand opera Of La Prophete in which s, created
50 sensation that she appeared In tsat
her greatest triumphs we're reserved for st Petersburg
whittier AL the most eeisbrassd artfstcs have besn
where they have all app season sfser g sson
to achieve the most brilliant others To. die
appoint public expectatfonhere, defyng ali conpari-
soBs and daring the refinement Of criticism Mad sns de
Lagrange At once obtained the verdict Of artistic saprs
macy, and the unanimous admission Of her being vleA
most worthy celebrated, and greatest a. living prt
donnss was this merely empty title fo-swith IL
was coupled an official salary from the Car .4vs nt
five thousand roubes per month emolume at vxhish
has been continued TO the present time, and wbdck
she resigns for hereinafter stated
The brilliant career which Madame de Laseay hss
need and enjoys, IL scarcely to bou ,c
at for Is founded on no fertutous accaas 4 Al cr
sumstapces endowed with vocal organ Of II = moss
extraordinary purity, eompass dexibiisy radIsv
OF intonstioD, combined with mental IN IEgsrcc
these natural gifts have been cultivated to- ~
degree Of perfection upder the frst maspsh snsr~-
whom only need be named-the great rsvi. 49, -
modern composess and ever uustrous hhs stro Rrs~;
under whom she studied for three yeasI end VII ti
so great an interest IN his pupil that tss ns hiv vcv