New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-29
DEATH OF MADAME VESTRIs.
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Another link that connected the present general on
Of Iay goers with hoss of older date is broken By he
death o. Madame Vesiris which occurred on saturday
TIE 9th inst Never, PROBABLY, has tneatIiS 50 Il
arti,t been 50 prominent in TIE eyes OF the puoc tor
80 long pen, az ibis versatile accomplished la iy
Already celeb ated as An Italian cotrauo vocalist at
the Kings Theatre, che commeDced her Enslsa
career by dtbut at Drury Lsne Theatre in tenruary
Giovanni in Lonco on TO be seen IN every form OF
chimney Ornament placard and pint, just as Nile.
Jenny Lind, eccoutIeo as La Fghs del Regginento"
was every where visible fe@ years ago. long series
con psbed vocaliss with the sprighsy actress were
for ber many occasions Of acquiring ncreas popu-
larIty Some five and twenty years ago, while IN the
youth Of her fame SIZE took the ynpic rheater then
any thing but aristocra.c ESTABLISHING It. and as
seInbing round ter galaxy of comic talent at once
mace il the most fashionable house IL London.
lns eed, with Madame Ves,Tiss management:
of the little Wypch street theater began
Is spphe1 to oomas Of ordinary life, that Is 80
preva, s the pre,en. day. Shorty after her mar
iisg- si.n M: {. Matthew. and visit to America
wbich 70 lowed that event. she exchanged the govern
III, 1T Of the Olympic for that Of Covent Garden,
wli,h sbe vpentd in 1889, displaying the ss he 'pr
OF magi ifcenc- lager scale. With the teIninar
t'on Of Madame Ve'trs rule, VIII N did not last
mary seasons, the position OF Covent G.den as an
EDgltb ,heaer was lost, never 70 De recovered ana
for some ,ime Mr.. and Mrs. Mathew appeared ss
"staIs il vsT'ous establish ut ats 10 he Lyceum
Nblcn uey pptbtu N tIe JchI l0f', -ocJ NuSS
found CONAN and the bri ancy of their sJec,ac!es
was the tax of l. mon. During the lstter pa-t u
the Ly period, which en5ed the year before last
Madame Ves:is sppesrd at s,me shst distant inter-
vals bu in tp'e Of pnysical decline, it ~as obv ous
TIA. be- talent had not in sny way dec-esei; and
when sbe finally reren ]. was felt that the thea.er
ba1 lost one of its brig htest attractions.
Az ca altist tho shone both the italian aud the
Erg.h stage who united the character OF tts vocalist
with that of the actress Of genteel medy u psrts
wb.rt song not required, the reputation OF Mad
one NestTis ir, we believe, unique. AID to thus must
be ADDED the fame of beng one OF the moet dlsIa.
gui.hed msnag who ever governed theatri a
properly. She T. original Faiima in Webe''s
"Obe. on thousand popular Songs derived ths
popularity in great measure from the chcunstance
u al che tIs nuoo uced them 20 the public, aat coun
less picturesque persOIsges beobgsns 20 fairy and
Theological spectacle viii still be connected With hsr
spsIkl cou, T. nance and rxQl.,ey yturnei figure in
the mlDos of many Of our readers. IL IS some conso
lston for her lo,s that death relieved her rom state
Of hpg. ring and bop.less suffering, for few will %
sincerely regretted than the gii.ed daughter Of the
epgrsvtr Bartolezzi.
Macane Vess ris was the daughter OF the celebrated
ei grsver Bar rolozll, sDd was bon in the parish OF
Mar,,. bone, Lor don, in January, 1898. IL 1873 she
married NJ Armand V.s.-is, celebrated French
dancer In 1916 Mac came Vestiis s,d ker husband
,epsrs'oc and they continued 70 dwell asundsr up %
the period OF bis d. ath Which occurred about .ae year
1926 From that time 70 The present he! history bss
b. en b, fore the word.