The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-05

stage mhchl,Anry The artist il Mr.. fivere who IN n y
thcso sccncr " tho ist:ro. u cathedral, which in
tended for "Is Prophetic" but my he used IN many
other oro orerss gives wonderfully vivid idea Of
massive columns, statues, pictures ana brilliant
windows, through which The ay sght stcaIns Another
beauty anything Of the kind seen IN this crsntry The
artist Is engaged IN putting the finishing touches n both OF
these magnificent scenes and Is understood tlsa the
st,ckh..ders VII have an Opportunity of viewing them
properly set and ghted before tho opss They
VIII 10 great credit 10 Mr. Rivcre, we'll To THO hb,
raiy Of the directors. Another great Improvement in
the Academy is the frcscoing tho foyer THIS exquisite
poporuoned room has heretofore been plain white.
has how been painted throughout, the c"lors being
tIa and the ts delicate not - strike the TOO
garngy Tho columns loft white but tho ceiling and
walls are ornamcntaly painted The semcircular panels
trave Of the various fine arts Of the designs being
by Mr. Schre ssec and the two others being medallion
mental borders. Tho work Is nc, quito finished yet in tho
~ "a, but when il demo Will b tho most beautiful
ball IN America, and viii compare fayorably VITA some
OF the grand halls In European palaces rho stockholders
and other regular attendants u tine Academy OF Music
Will We are sure, be delighted with the improvements
made in II this season.
THEATRES EIsEwnERg.-Mr J. W. Ianergan sailed on
Thursday III the bark Aeronaut for Demerara with full
theatrical company Mr.. L. contempla,es six months
in the West Indies Miss Mary Mcvicker, said to be
wonderfully clever child actress, viii shortly play
engagement the Boston Museum. 1hc critic OF Galig
naTi says
"A chance visit 10 "LAmbassadriceo on Monday
right at tho Opera Corque, where Mile. Corder
made her oetA in Henriee, aud sang very charmingy,
gave us the unexpected pleasure of seeing Miss Louisa
Pyne the queen Of English vocals,s accompanied by her
is,er Mics Srsan Pyne, also distinguished astiHe Both
were looking in the most perfect health the former
g N her pleasant corneEance not the least traces OF the
atses imposed her by amount Of vocal labor not
we believe, equaea in the history Of the art The most
robust Of our Italian artiaes appear only three times
week. whereas Miss Pyne, for the nine months ending
april last. sang IN London with the exception OF Sundays,
every night and always, be specially noted the pfinci
pal part How much Of this extraordinary result is due
10 excellent early training and straning the organ
and how much 70 excellent constitution would be we'll
worth studying for the benefit OF musical art These
ladies' both among the applauders Of Nile.
Ccrder, the dStutdEte OF the night
The Parodi Opera troupe have produced the " Pouto"
and Rigoletto " at Pixies Opera House. The latter
opera for the DEBUT OF Mrs Charlotte V. James.
The company opens in St. Louis tonight. The Ptsburg
a.) theatre opened Saturday night with Naval En-
gagements" and the ''Phantom, in which Mr.. j. Howe
and Miss Amy Frost played the principal parts. Tho
Misses Cougenhem have been playing at Chicago, and
Mrs. Farren at Boston. Tho Richmond (va theatre has
been opened for the Mr. James Anderson and Mss
Elsworhy will commence engagement at the ST. Louis
theatre on next Monday Sgnor Forri Italian baritone
Of renown, has been engaged By Mr. strakosch