The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-14

Tresluentlal purposes.
THE LAST OrERArc SENSATION fashion
able world managed to get very comfortably
through the regular season at the Academy Of
Music, and had sustained its alternate successes
and defeats its trials, its victories and reverses,
its hard times and its good times, with charac-~
teristic competency. We had enjoyed the tre-
mendous effort of the managers to make our
city an art metropolis, had sympathized with
their reverses, and were duly delighted with
the excellent ending with which they almost OBJ
liberated the souvenirs of a bad beginning. We
had resigned ourselves to the terrible depriva-
ton incident upon the evacuation of the imperial
forces under Ullman and Strakosch, who went
off to Philadelphia conquering and to conquer.
But the end is not yet. Opera campaigns in
this city are great deal like the military
operations of the First Napoleon. At one
period it seemed as if he had the Allies in the
hollow of his hand. Only short time had
elapsed when the Allies trampled him under
their feet. Napoleon Ullman may be over
taken by the fate of his illustrious predecessor.
The operate Allies have commenced at Niblo's
Garden campaign which, if it is pursued with
the same yigor that has characterized its OPEN
ing, may yet prove serious obstacle in the
way of the autocrat Of Irving place.
Just now the Allies of Niblos have the ad-
vantage over the Emperor of the Academy, in
the circumstance that they occupy the capital,
while he is exiled to the Moscow of
opera managers-the lively and agreeable
city of Philadelphia Then the Allies
opened their campaign with the calm
courage Of Ney and the dashing en-
thusiasm Of Murat If ever any one sang Gu
crezia Borgia' con an,ore, it was Albertini, on
last Monday night So fine a Lucrezia has not
been heard here for years. It was much better
than that which commenced the famous Grisi
and Mario season at Castle Garden. It is quite
true that this excellent performance did not
attract so full and fashionable house as it
deserved, but that was owing to the impression
which had been spread abroad that some passk
artists whose names had been announced
would contribute to the Allies the weight Of
their regulations, which would act as SO much
useless baggage in obstructing the operations
of the operate army. Happily these veterans
of the couHsses have thought better of it, and,
it is to be hoped, have resolved to spend the
remainder of their lives in pious meditation,
fasting, penance and prayer.
Thus the season at Niblo's. like that model
man-servant for whom everybody advertises,
and whom nobody gets, is without incum-
brances,' and we expect to see it flourish like
the greenest Of green bay trees. There should
be great house for the "Trovatore" to- night.
Albertini is superb Leonora. In fact, the
programme for the week is an exceedingly at
tractive one
1t must not be supposed, for mo-
ment, that Napoleon ullman, who is over
there on the banks of the Rhine. with
only the empire Of Camden and Amboy
between him and the metropolis, views
these operations Of the Allies with an indifer
cnt eye. Tout a.. contruire the petit caporm
is alarmed. He takes great deal of snuff, and
is in bad temper, exactly like his military proto
type. He falls back upon his Field Marshal Stra
kosch, and between them they deploya column
of their choicest troops for immediate opera
tions against the Allies. As Macdonald won
Wagram out of the fire, so little Patti is expected
to crush at the Academy on Wednesday aud
Thursday Of next week. tho allied powers now
concentrated ut Niblo's Garden. The contest
VIII be cur ious one, and cannot fail to enlist
the attention Of the fashionable anthartistiV
world. As a lyric isage,iea'.s, Albertini stands
almost without rival. TN the other hand,
the treat SUCCESS of Miss Patti ard the mar.
vc'lous'y rapid way ia which ner triunrhs
nave been On. e. hjVc, IN T." e"r T'tl