The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-27

MANAGERIAL PRoGRAMME.-The return of fine
weather has had cheering effect upon the
prospects of the Opera, which have lately Ian
guished under the double drawbacks of heavy
rains and lack of the exciting novelty which
the outside public Graves and which it must
have before the great house in Irving place can
be thoroughly filled. and the manager reap
harvest corresponding to his labors in the ope-
ratio field. The fact is, that although the ar
lists at present engaged at the Academy OF
Music form very good company, individually
and collectivel they do not personally stir up
the public to that extent which is needed to re-
plenish the managerial Golfers. In Madame
Cortesi the tragic prma donna, we have fne
artist, with voice equal to the requirements
of the most exacting roles, handsome, dlgnlhed,
and gifted with remarkable dramatic intensity.
But she relies solely upon her artistic claims,
and the musical public 60 to hear her and
praise her. That's all. 1t has not appeared
that in her personal history and surroundings
there is anything to make her special object
of interest to the curious public. Madame Cas-
sier, the other prima donna, is excellent in the
lighter operas. Not SO ample as Cortesl IN her
physique, she is still handsome, and has an
agreeable stage presence. She sings such music
as that Of the Barber Of Seville, "La Sonam-
bula," and other operas Of the same fiorld
school, in manner which delights the culti-
waited ear. But unhappily, the number OF cul-
tivated ears is limited, and the majority OF
people who have them, counting out our South
ern brethren and the oppressively polite gen
tlemen from the ever-faithful island of Cuba,
are either subscribers or members of the noble
army of deadheads. There was never anything
astonishing in the personal career Of Madame
CASTER, except that the late Duchess of Or
leans left her a small annuity, and that circum-
stance was never managerially exploited.
Now we come to the tenor, Brignoli, who has
a capital voice, good school, is a favorite
with the ladies' and so bad an actor as to be
curiosity. But what did he ever do that was
exciting? Did anybody ever hear of his
running away with an heiress, or, like Bene-
detti, drawing his stage sword on an unlucky
manager, or trying to cut his throat because
some other tenor received applause in ia
place, well dressed person, who eats, drinks,
sleeps, walks and rides like Brown, Jones,
Smith or Thompson. Amodio and Junca are
very good artists, but, with the exception of
Amodio's rotundity, there is nothing remarka-
BILE about them. Since the Chevalier Barnum's
fat lady, who weighed about half ton
if we remember rightly--the public don't seem
to run after corpulent people SO much as
before.
And then the Manager he ought to be
Napoleon of the co,aisses, exploiting his ar
fists, filling the papers with spicy bulletins,
carrying on the campaign Ia Zouave, at the
point of the bayonet. This year it is under
stood that the directors of the Academy corpo-
ration, with some of the stockholders, guaran-
tee fund to carry on the season. and that gives
the affair an aristocratic tone. That is all very
well, but there should be something to excite
for the town to talk about. Look at the Tam
many people, how they flourish. Whether it is
a disturbance at Syracuse, or a fight in the
Pewter Mug, or an outside knock-down, they
always have something on hand And the
opera should have its excitement also. There
are the three hungry Frenchmen, can't they
be persuaded to commence another war upon
Ullmann. Where are all the pretty little rows
with the minor journals and the Sunday pa
pers! The public is literally spelling for an
operate .f,trore of some kind or other.
We don't know whether there is a CLEAN of
hn, ~ IN, <ba Nv +ha
yesterday, of Strakosch who has brought out
several new artists. 1t is little singular that
his operations have been kept so close, and
that the fame Of his artists has not preceded
them. There ought to be Princess, or at least
Duchess among them. Are any of them re-
lated to the Pope? Have either of the prime
dome cowhided colonel of dragons, run
away with French count, or ruined a German
baron? What have the men done? Served
with Garibaldi, or been mixed up in the plots
of the Carbonari to kill off Louis Napoleon, or
been wounded in any of the revolutions, or
broke into convent, or had a love affair with
the Queen of Spain? Some Of them must have
done something or other outside of the theatre.
Let us know all about these new artists,
Messieurs the Managers, and for the remainder
of this short season you may rely on pretty
good houses But for the next, which will COM
mence when the floating population of the city
will be considerably reduced, there must be
an excitement, which Ullmann and Strakosch
ought to be clever enough to get up between
them. En- auant!
"SoME PUMPkNs"-Th other day, as we have
been informed from the published reports of
the exhibition of the New York Horticultural
Society, Tin the capacious rooms of the Third
Avenue Railroad depot, James Gordon Ben
nett, editor and proprietor of this journal, was
awarded no less than five premiums by said
society. He received premium, each variety,