The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-13

FAs~IosArIE hMUsF slam -rEooRrS~ OF ruu
OrrrA sKAsoa-Tbc winter season having ssv
thoroughly sci In, and the city being COMPANY
lively barren of pleasure travellers, the Open
and the theatres have to cater directly 10 me
tropolitan tastes, and a somewhat lively osm-
petition " the result This VIII grow stronger
as we approach the Christmas holidays, aad
the season Of BALI. parties, soirtes, m,sSicdes
ana donsos'sss, formal dinners, tab'eaax pi,srnss
ana private thea,ricals commences. The Opera,
~n'cn holds sbsolu.e sway over all publis
amusemen~ 10 Tar as the fashionable world b
concerned, finds Tia harvest time before Dcosu-
oer' september was formerly a good moaA
iof the Opera. but istteriy many Of the Aoa-
DENY hossa<s remain in the country until o.
tober. The effect Of this Ia exceedinglv A
pressing. for at least half the floating nsiro.s
Of the Opera 70 TO see the audisne. 90
than TO hear the artists. This clrcumssm...
places The control Of the Opera In the hand. q
a class which demands high order Of e..er.
tainmcnt, and whea they do not get IL quesv
let the Opera 60 on by itself La this countsy
II Is ~ yet child Of tender age and uncertai.
health, requiring the most delicate and ilces-
SAINT attention.
The present Opera season, A. every sas
knows, had bad beginning The new artists
did not satisfy the public, and the public
growled. More than that, tho public stayed
away from the Academy. One or tive very
good performances by the old artists. -
sisted by the best Of the recent in
portstions, restored public confidence IN
part, and then the managers played their trump
card, the "Sicilian vespers," one Of the latest
and most noted works Of the most popular
master Of the day-Signr Verdi. Leaving
the music out of the question, the vcspers"
is fine dramatic spectacle, and its essens1e,
as il is done at the Academy, surpasses all pre-
ceding theatrical shows on this stage. There b
the inevitable and refreshing difference u
opinion among the critics about the musioA
merits of the "vespers;' but with the public
4 has been eminently successful. Brought out
upon the eve of an election and when very
influential and numerous class Of Opera-goers
were absorbed in the Schiller festival, the IVES
pers" did not really have fair hearing unM
its third performance, when the house was more
numerously attended than on the first night
So fattering has been the success Of the new
opera, that the d bit of the new prima donna,
Albertini, which it was settled should take
place on Monday or Tuesday Of this week, has
been postponed until Thursday, and the " YES
pers' remains in the programme for two nights
more at least.
So it appears that Napoleon Ullman and
Field Marshal Strakosch have redeemed the
early errors Of their campaign and regained,
in a great degree, the confidence of the fashion
able world, and from now till the end q
the month we may expect to see on every
Opera night full muster Of the creme de "a
creme, making the Academy glorious with the
youth, beauty and genius Of the metropolis,
and inspiring both managers and artists with
new energy, and an ardent resolution to COZ
Quer success, even in the face of misfortune