Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-30
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC ART.

been the bright particular star at this establishment
during the past, and win continue to shed her pale
but somewhat agreeable light upon her admirers In
this city, from the same place Throughout the COM
| ing week She Is not an artistic, and can never be-
| come one. As actress, she has some cleyerness,
but no power; the ability to please for moment
the eye and ear, without awakening single emotion
beyond thia She a cold, freezingy geld as an Ice
/ berg, and like an antomaton, moves through part
without show Of feeling or causing throb Of sym
pathy in any who witness her performances. She is
never brilliant, sparkling or piauante, but with
| mechanism which almost any one might learn, she
passes from situation to another always suggest
ing but never producing effect.
| Her voice Is quite sweet and mellow, and seems 10
| have been cultivated to its fullest extent Her sing
ing however, has the pecullarty Of her acting, and
she does not appear to have any better appreciation
Of the music she renders than Of the character she
portrays. Her voice Is not at all sympathetic, but
her execution is generally in good TASTE and yet she
leaves the impression that she has faithfully
| translated to her audience the meaning OF her
thor. Her pronunciation of French is strikingly in
correct, and although her pronunciation of italian
is better she has idea Of the Italian style Of mu-
! sic, and therefore not impart one.
| Nevertheless she has numerous admirers and gene
rally draws well but this inclined to believe
s the plays she selects rather than any inherent
magnetic power she possesses in herself The EHchdH
ess in which she will appear this evening, repete
| with interesting dramatic situations and beautiful
music, and If put upon the stage with Mr.. Ellsers
usual display Of care and managerial skill, will
doubtless prove a success. How she will perform the
part of stela" we can only surmise, but in it she
has opportunity to display all her vocal and hstr
onic abilities TO a good advantage, and II she will
take to herself but small portion Of the sparkle and
| brancy Of the music, she will lead to believe
| that sho is both enchantress and star indeed.
| NATIONAL THEArER.-At this establishment the
Ravels have been performing to excellent audiences
In their peculiar line of business they have supe
riors which fact readily accounts for their
Their ballet at present is not good as 1t has been,
but tho company is complete, and they offer such
| veties as cannot fail to attract,
SMITH NIxoNs HALL.-Mrs Matt Peel's Camp
bell Mnstrels commence series Of performances at
Smith q Nixon's Hall this evening. They have been
represented as exceedingly clever delineators of the
negro character, and will doubtless draw largely.
Pixies OPERA-HoUsE.-we have been informed
upon excellent authority, that the Cooper English
Opera Troupe, which is singing in Toronto, will
open this establishment on the llth of May, without
fail There has been such dearth Of music In this
city during the past year, that predict for them
large and fashionable audiences, for English opera,
even with poor tenor and melo-dramatic basso, is
better than no opera at all. -.
New YoRK-Frezzolni has created sensation at
the Winter Garden by her performance Of LUeresia
BorOd. The Tribune excellent authority In musical
matters--has the following remarks in regard to it,
which will be read with interest, particularly by
those who heard her in concert in this city year or
two ago:
Within the graceful and sonorous lesser circles Of
the Winter Garden, there has been given memora-
BILE entertainment in the production of the opera Of
tie Gucet % Geeocti6ns Of music and arsenic Ali that
Rossini and Dopzetti and Verdi have said Of Madame
true in seeing this perTf9ramaanee # We do not claim
saS Of
singing-tradltions established before II found
sS
thenithe traditions ofstyle, too, which came down
ont which we would be compound Of spiiie and
gle, devoid Of grace OF manners-of style which per-
tuTe, well as in refined pronunciation Of Language
df Italy lies in circles. What distinguishes her
painting well as music is this line Of grace The
has been written, show that italian grace unit in
all things The poetry is half music and so the COM
The ps structure the Orbs the Jagged
hsng which g other r. ss nS nh tS to music
this verse and this music, as an aristocratc bearing
! Madame Rachel IS dead~is the best dressed woman
on the stage-there ensues an entertainment worth
positively, though the voice-as in the of Rom
1 eoni-is not in Its first youth.
To represent an historical Duchess Is no joke.
The artist must look one to begin With s. does doe
se has no eqas Sn hs a aad
q question 4 on any stage II has no pretense no
| 9M0Eger-unu
and style Of unconscious good breeding and nobility
descy Of pSes SsT aa 9s%
: Every line Is study In these days when men are
The rst idea Of vocal divisions and symPetres,
SneG ar WhetSer ns or pSSe Speake
turned out eseaebiOn speed and spntter- Is sat-,
! auditory Of the great artist in question.
g The Post says that Miss wissler who is also at
/, the Winter Garden, has a magnificent voice, with
fair cultivation but with little taste She does not
manage II WE'LL and in stage action she is complete
: novice A years experience will make her, however,
a rival Of the first living contraltos." 1ri
r -Banti, the prima donna at the Academy oi
r Music, is a fine looking woman an admirable singer,
e and will doubtless provea success. 20 'a
9 -Flotows StrddeHo was lately produced at the
u Winter Garden to crowded house Tho opera Is moi
e a remarkable one, and, although the music is ar.
t tstically compared, the situatons want breadth
and intensity Itwas well performed Fabbrl singing
the soprano part and sgeili the tenor. Haleyys La
\ Juive is announced for tonight, with Fabbri IRA
chel and stgeili 'Eleazer, with the full strength
:, of the company in every department. f9
I'm dramatic matters there Ia nothing worthy Of
note at any Of the theaters although they are all
open and doing fair share Of business. ~
Q An actor named Easton, has recently dis
/ appeared quite mysteriousy, leaving his wife at the
Globe Hotel He went to the city for the purpose
with sachel in hand and sword in the other
e and has not been since heard Of. In person he Il
thick set, five feet and inches in hight ant
o weighs about one hundred and eighty pounds ha
% Wild and starring eyes, dark brown hair and ligh
mustache. He had a loose sack coat and darl
colored suit throughout Amy information in regart
to him, dead alive, would be thankfully received
by Mrs. Easton, at the Globe Hotel. TuH
PmLADELrIIA. The Romance Qf a Poor YounO Ma,
y has been withdrawn at Wheatley a Clarke's Arch
Is street Theater after successful run OF severa
n weeks. s,J-i..I tIIf'.. .Ill tsaft
n Matilda Heron closed her engagement at the
l. wanut-stree Thoater last Friday This artist de
+ parts for Europe in less than fortnight accom-
% I,panied by her husband, Mr. Robert Stoepel. 1t Il
is the intention Of this gentleman produce In Lon
Is don, his remarkable composition Hidlodia for which
he hopes that recognition from the public that wa
i here confined toa limited sppreciative circle. Tn,
scarcely limited of the work oanother Amer
r lean composer-the "Lurline'' of William Vincent
y Wallace e-encourages this hope Matilda Heron, al
e in Boston -hd New York, will read the poem.
/ AT the National Rosna Howard and Harr,
i Watkins, the former clever actress and prett,
blonde, the latter exeerable actor and worse au
thor, nauseating the people with long continuet
doses Of those yillainous decocons Of stupidity anC
q horror, dramatised from that Annistreet receptacle
1 for all tho trashy stories in the countrythe New