The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-21

TIE OPERA TIKI AcApEMy-CIosx OF THE SEASON
Mr.. Ulman closed his opera season at the Academy OF
Music last evening with the "Don kiovanni !" which
given for the third time to crammed house The places
all sold before Tuesday evening" and in
the spectators realized considerable advance the
regular prices The rush about the doors was something
10 remember
Mr.. Ullman commenced operations Mt the Academy on
the 9Th of September but ovcrtaken by the and
obliged To suspend temporarily the 10th of October
He rallied again however, and reopeued the house on
November 2, with the "Semiramde," in which Mime.
DAngr made her debut Arsace with great Dur
ing this the tenor Bgnard the baritone Ardavani
the prima donna Comprmara soprano) tho prma donna
Carador the basso Fortni, likewise made thor debas
The oratorios-"The Creation" and "The Messiah"
given by the of the Opera assisted by Mr. Perrng
the English tenor, and Miss Miner, soprano, and the
chorus Of the Harmonic Society.
'LItaliana In Alger sung for the first time In New
York for many years with Mime DAngrias Isabella ar5l,
which she sustained with charming esprit The mise
of the operas better than usual for which the public
is indebted the beralty Of Mr. Jllman and the
tive ability of NJ. Dubreul, the stage manager.
The great events of the the production Of
Meyerbeers Robert 10 Dable Nov 3o) when the great
est basso the lyric stage, Mr. Formes made his
Bertrand The public quite well OF his triumphs,
and how well he deserves them lie has sung also in the
Puritani and the Barber in Italian and In Mar
tina in German, having the greatest in ALL The
"Don Giovanni (Jan 15 given in such superb style
crowd the house for three consecutive nights,
heretofore unprecedented this city The public
IL also indebted TO Nine DE II Grange and Sgnor CASTER
both excellent artists who have disappointed them
The orchestra, under Mr.. Anschutz has received the
most naterng notices from the press and they fully
deserved. Pecuniary, understand, the season has
been successful has been artistic point ofview
The manager has given cheap performances
ing and evening, which have attracted large audiences
without dctcrora,ng from the regular nights On several
occasions the receipts have risen to higher amount
than has been taken here The first night OF "Rober
le Diabc" brought 81 400; the farewell testimonial 10
Mr. Thsberg s3 800 and during the last six days s2 900
have been taken. The receipts Of last night were
about 81 00o and might have been much bad the
capacity Of the house equal the demands Of the
public.
that the opera be made permanent institution
in this city, which u deduction at once logical
and gratifying. The artists go hence 10 Philadelphia,
where Mr.. Ullman opens the Academy Of Music on Fri
day with the "Barber OF Seville" Mr. Formes goes TO
Boston 10 sing In the orsorio "ElUsh." The spring
at the Academy will open in February, when IL
probable that Rome on will appear and Mr. Lumey, with
i1ccolomni Ia expected N the ensuing summer.
last night the forty seventh performance OF the
season; and u was duly honored We do not remember
any previous opera campaign which has closed bril-
lianuy. The "Don Giovanni" was admirably slngal the
artists being In good and excellent sprte making
the representation excellent in every respect The
recalls and demands for repctitionS were numerous.