The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-08
Ths Thes,r~s Last Nixht-
ACArEMY OF MUsiC-PIRsT nj ,Hr OF TIE M
OPERA COnPANY.

ACArENY OF MUsic-prRsr M,Hr OF TIE NEW
OPERA COnPANY.
The Academy opened Isst night under tho moa brias,
auspices. Inc nterest created by the appearance Of
entirely new company under combination of directors Of
great artistic and al experience led 10 UMPIRE
cedcDecy esger the box onoc, and early In the
day presented the sp earsnce Of detaulng Wall
reel than that OF thcaricA bureau. At four
O'Clock In The afternoon there seal be had
ceps 81 high prices from The specuaors and the hsp
for throwing open The d, approached she house
regularly best ged We have never seen many car.
rAses assembled a the opera this OCCASION and the
sceIe altogether reminded or Of the palnest
pshs at he Asjestl s theatre In London
Much OF this interest was uacoubtedy owing to the
warmth with which the merits OF Madame Frezsolni the
new prma doDna had been discussed previous to her
arrival In this country Although enjoying the very
OF popclary in Pars and Vienna this lady IL oompara-
lively unknown 70 the mes,can public, and, deceived
hey have frequently been by European regulations I.
WAS but nhiurA that they should have received with
caution the praises that have been ertravagsntiy
lxv ished upon her BY thoso In crested Ia her
here. Ga the other hand the efforts made TO deprecise
her by the parusans Of oher popular ar, only served
to stimulate pa curiosity soc nore and 70 draw toge-
iher OF the largest, muet and critical audiences
tina, has ever been assembled whin the walls OF this
house.
No agreeable duty falls lot or The journalist
than has OF recording the uomru OF the favorable ao.
amot git Ios often that mat graincs,n is Of.
fordsd us; and when ID ways ready gtvo
fa and franz expsaason 70 our imp essoos, without
forei co 70 prcconc, we'd prfjioces Ia this soirit
then, let us ssy that the de6ai OF Madame Frcx-
Sol nj vas one OF the most decided suooenes over
Aoh eyed nrss n'gnt In any OF theatres When
she befre tie audience ubnnE and nervous with
uscionsness Of the Rud ordeal sne
had TO undergo, hlr simple graceful and asurai astu
and tic half tuppAnt but ineiecua and xDning expires
OF her opera cd like electric
influence upon no house, sod she met with rcep ion
which II amth and be Aness seldom falls 10 the
Of an arsis. N receive. Although We know her 10 be
than thirty Madame ffezzouni dos not appear 70
be more than twenty five She has nney caisellsd
face, approaching some~ hat In s outline tho Hebrew
type, bnt devoid OF the mesIvcness which
usually accompanies 1t Hor features are extremely mo
bile, her e,es cask ara fal Of expression nothing
be ter tbs general expression o. counio
nance wbih 10 Re asays sgtsed by somo passing
omc,ou b. fore we speak 4 her voice lss N Ada hss
badame Frtzzolns scinx unlike that OF any OF me
gteat rica sr,sss with shom familiar she
the same relA'ien to sortag, sho ~ no called By many
her prototype that Rnor bears 10 Rachel she ali Ms
ture, whilst SoIisg only .edo In partially
II. She has In FACT ali he passos and sentiment Wnion
ton Of arr but which IN reality only the expression Of
lne inoifve gerlus
MAJ f,eszofn's voice. DO, ope Of the most 20
FOL- 10 one OF the most hgty cultivated and exquisite
tone that We have ~ yet hea-d 10 round an son
q nue, a thete 10 bs difcales " eyecu-
ton which oomp potent "a master Mai.ms
frszztinis method bea,s 70 that Of
sntas ard abe 10 no respect interior 70 lhs, smened
ats Nothing could exceed The en- hasssm which The
g.
atnoush the singer evidently reseryng herself for
the more uy ing % the she % gsnrg
boose and when the curtain fell al tho close or each act
the vas called forth again ard assn - receive i,s
teved uiouics sf applla'e. rney were received so
gracefully and 60 modesy that the fAlr axtia carried
away with her thu hearu o. ali preseai
The orchestral effects under the conductor Carl
Ansohutz offered feature de,esvng Of observation.
They were neither better nor vcrse Than accus-
toned TO hear
We have devoted 20 much space 10 our notice OF this
that anxrA hutttt
justice To tho oher dtdaS SRnor Lab ,cei,a the no
nor, who comes TO With high .utaon FROM hsn,
unfortunately l.bored unders disadvantage vhicn pro
ouce tho possibility OF our forming fair J1ig OF
bis powers Presons N tho performance u oert 1cate
frt b., Mot Published by tue direct, rs STATING that
sgIor abocoss vas suffering from the ee ~ Of
COLA and claiming The indulgence % the public for him
lodged under this d,sdvaotsge shoald say ihu IN
terror has careful cullraei but not . powerful
voice. We DO not quite Ike bs method but, said
before hayey fair 70 oder criticism his On psbil-
ties until We nave some fursner opportunities Of hearing
him.
sisncr G.ss,er. the new b,-ooe 10 an uti,t o. treat
meiA Hs bn = anc organ ami kaows no 10 turu al
spcorsd IN Sesers p.saxe .ns came y =, ii. Fan
Of applause with Madame Frezzoni ~ Tho end Of the
opera
vALLAcx's rHxArRE-"LA YrAuMNA."
several years ago . very pretty woman-asdecine
Bfohsm By nameappeared 81 the rhesire FfaucSs s,e
vas very oossru although Rachel sa,d that ter ouly
claims 10 Orstc merit laid 10 her ,essh, vhIca very
DO singular exception 10 the rule Of her profession In
Psrls, and 70 have had anything Ii Plato.
pir Irritation She nnaIly smiled upon n. Mario Uchard,
stock broker, Of literary and artistic turn Of mind
hey lived oscthcr two years, when Madame Ucaud DO
came ersiic, and separation onsued. Madame Uchard
went 10 play ~ 81 Petersburg n Ucssrd took bis 70
venes by whiting . play for The Frapqals the -yrsl OF
which play was founded upon The doci,ine Of the Old rs
lament hal the OF Tho parent descend rn the child
NJ In ahDU h0w n
might be punished for her carly indiscredons by
the surerpes 81 her upfort nate son.
out OF the no,se Of the Bouevards quiet rssesi ~nere
one il iulsd TO ,iecp By the AiexSsdrnss Of Rsne or
% O. y aG p .aSsp' ss And
ranmna" sN written uncer the lash. n ~, smsr
piqunt, witty, telling, sarcastic episr~mmaio \ abe,
asensaiiou. IA ilusuaied the NE OF prims donna
red painter, q Lambeft) ~ whom sAe
Essl.h pobIenan, Gnrs Dudiey,) and becomes the
tab Of al the Green fooms and allows Ia E1rope Tue
son reaches be m.J Why and s an sDced 70 very Moo
Of The Fhmnna TIE strosg colns a the French piece
sre comprised In the fse priuons the deserted nus
osod the guilty wife and ue innoceni yonns people who
this play which has been altsred~ By Me. Heron
hsrefn and which ~n prcduced for the 0 -a time in
this ntry n wallacks theatre last night rne plo In
the main, IL thai OF the French play. Miss Heron hAs
bovcver, failed In endeavons 70 make the PLAY moral
md %, onL success Cd 70 spsIos y She attempts %
way, that WA caused by smoiion, MAKES her the
beuothed Of Lord Dudley instead OF his ress rns r
false step. Ike ohids fret lie, leads 10 numerous
in1nfrulits and anachron,s which tnso~ the audience
pto Of hpc fears frn which thsv arc only
RECESSED BY corp d. theatre at the end Of the f,urh sc,
vheye the mother, seonzed by the announce that
Henri las challenged Lord Daddy, b.rsn 0ut In al 40
hro~ecsmcpt Of the reiuonshi, Tns Of those ef
hcss W vhich Siw Hctoas mus. ecns but hss tcs
ton Tor the public 20 decide ~hsiAer not II 10 uorth
vhe " he bored daring three hours Tor the sake Of one
point, telling 80 Ne
Tho f1n set, where we nnd tho family - united, The
young PEOPLE IN fair 81 he usftef and the wicked
n)blen A. PIT assy 10 corner by himself, hl very
good, bat II rot good az par Of play. II Ia Simply
geod . a means ~ txht Ting IN actress
Mes heron has slaughtered anil spoiled very gooo
drama bui ono which hardly believe could ever have
been made pastable In New York Ia order 70 hide the
weakness II work Miss Heron has introduced OF 90
vherpin several respectable persons talk An immonst
deal of ssh, and abe mske- two rroy fellows preson
through scn osy 70 pra,ucsy recsn all thSr OPP
ols In the aftb.