The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-27
Dramatic and Musical Matters.


The week has been, usual at tins season, proirai
enough Of public amusemens. The guansty Las been
grea, and the quality good but The novelty
not say much. Not Christmas riecs Of tho hghtsr
der has been brought forward there any intention
of bringing forward anything til after tho hoh tays
We make this announcement for the nfor-
nation OF number of authors, each Of whom
expects that his pay.he greatest hing Of .he kind that
has been wrten-wiil be brought forward at
The next novelty presume will be the new military
drama at Walack's which public accred,s 10 Mr.
Lester walack who has already written good plays
The Mount Vernon res.ival-ball and two promenade
concerts-at the Academy the most interesting event
Of the week They have already been fully described,
and the public desires nothing than statement
Of the financial result, which unoficiay stated fol
lows-Gross receipts SIS ooo expenses 50 900 share Of
the Mount Vernon Fund half after expenses, 81 900.
The result is not brilliant people expected
SO dismal as the croakers predicted. The Academy Of
Music also opened Christmas night for the annual
peror of the messiah" by the New York Harmonic
Society.
operate prospects stil misty. The campaigns in
the provinces pay we'll At Boston Mr. Uman has given
sixteen performances less than three weeks and stirred
up the Athenians wonderfully 1t said that tho gross
receipts amount to thirty thousand dollars. The
critics all very upon the OPERA ride the follow
ing nice bit for Piccolomm in the "Nozzc di Figaro
liccohmni made that lively soubret,e-S,isanna--a
charming rcality-peTt, teasing, coayDg, wneeding,
vxenih; and when her part required graceful, tender
and intriguing Mozart himself would have been satisfied
with her enactment OF this r6e ana the decat
utDess she evnced ~ al the nice and catchy concered
pieces the rapid comprehension OF points aud entire
sent with her Farmers IN the letter duct she deb
ciousy bright and sparkling, throwing Of every note like
diamond and giving each tone its just expression. She
executed Dehl vieu' 50 wel az 70 convince listen
thar Maria picroomni Is better vocalist than she has
her music is not unworthy OF Mozart The general en-
thusiasm respecting her found appropriate token in
basket of flowers, bright and gay her vivacous,
sparkling, bcwtching SELF
on Sunday, 19th all the artists sang in oratorio Per-
formances were given on every evening except Satur
day. when there matinee. The theatre opened
for the first time the Sabbath on last evening" when
the Handel and Haydn Society announced oratoro.
The season in Boston will close Tuesday week, and
hope that Mr. Uman will give few nights his
way TO Philadelphia and the South Tho Strakosch
pany last week at Charleston and il is stated that
the manager had abandoned his design Of giving
opera here Immediately The Charleston papers
say many good things the prime donne DE Wlhorst,
Parodi and Nine. Strakosch.
The theatrical record Of the is hardly more full
than the musical Al Blrtons theatre Mr.. Barry ulli-
van actor Of eminent ability has been acting 10
moderate houses, not SO good he deserves The
managers should strengthen their company for such
pieces as "Hamlet,' "Richelieu" and "Richard the
Third With the exception Of Miss A. Clifton, Miss
Fanny Morant and Miss Ionsdalc, who are both
agreeable artists the company is not up the reputation
of the theatre. Mr. Sullivan will here another
week, and on this evening he will play Evelyn Bul
wcrs comedy Money" Miss Morant plays Clara
Douglas
AT laura Kecncs theatre notice the beginning Of the
eleventh week Of "0ur American Cousin II is TO be
acted every night and Wednesday and saturday after
Miss Laura Honey soubrc,c and vocalist, from
london ast from Boson) has joined this company
makes her debut 10 night in "a Loan Of a lover
Mr waack is stu attracting large audiences by his
nice, and tho generally admirable way in which the
comedy has been gotten up u viii be sstei every night
,-iring this week.
AT the broadway theatre the equestrian drama il all the
rage Tho company win appear this evening in spec
faos called " 81 George and the Dragon"
Al the owery another drama, founded upon popular
novelette, and called Alaric, the Tyrants Vault
viii be produced this evening. "Po-ca hontas ano
;hcr light piece make up the res, Of the bill.
the Museum the clever juvenile comedians and ballet
artists appear this afternoon and evening in May Day
Sports" the Sage Struck Yankee and Cupid and his
Frolcs.p
Tho coorcd opera companies-wood's, Bryauts and
Campbell all announce tine holiday performances.
They are all rcaping rich harvest Of quarters.
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