The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-27
Academy OF m-sic-Openins Of the WIN

ter Season.
Uhnan " pretty well known u . sort OF public AZ
tonsher His and above al ord
nary-and Nc may extraordinary acles. Nothing
could have been dshearteung than The prospects
the Opera month ego Nothipg can be more cheerfol
than its future Judging BY the demonstration or last night
The Academy has rarely been ul-pever fuller Fro
the front row Of the parquet!e 70 the back seats 10
the an phheatre every seal and inch or standing room
was occupied and the vast audience ncludei
tves OF all oasses Of heterogeneous population The
beau monde camc ont in full FORCE but he great majority
Of the audience came directly from the body Of the
people.
The alterations in the front Of the theatre the abolition
OF The side par Fuette the substitution
of scene rst attracted the attention Of the
hatstues, whom the change seemed little odd, but
nevertheless, very grateful one.
Il was likewise noted that M Anschutx had gathered
under his baton the best Instrumental performers the
city, and The performance Of the t bars proved that
the orchesra not only full and strong, but evenly
balanced and properly distributed The opera ola
Juive" work which has not been aud above popu
lar here, perhaps because It properly per
formed. Aarezek tried ass spring At the Winter Gar
den, but It was done In . great hurry, and the per-
formaace proved nohsg ezcept vabbri and Sgei were
very excellent in the principal roles and that their sup
porters bruised reeds whose voices poke under
the weight OF Hslevys music. UllmADs cast was much
better He had not emily Fsbsri and Hsge for Eeazer
and Rachel but Formes for the Cardinal and Nine. Anna
Bishop for the Cardinal This qaartette Of srtists
certainly equal TO the exgeHciss OF the occasion ola
Jaiv." Is erTgeont. The music 10 strongly dramatic.
There salient airs to show of the prims
donnas execution and the tenors prettinesses II
all downright, earnest hard work The finale the nrst
act fair specimen Of the whole opera 10 worked
up With csasummate skin. This wonderfully well
done, both unsteady and dramatically The stage repre-
scented q street soene, and was completely filled with
knights and MOBILES, q. arms, cardiuals bishops
prests attendants upon tho Emperor, that digrtary
In person, and the populAce, numbering three
four hund led per cons, all appropriately coetumed While
this spectacle going on there blended with
music exquisite duet for tenor and soprano II IL 10
be regretted that the beauty aud completeness OF
so far en.r1ced the audience that the duet
acted but very little attention compared desserts
slselli aud FAbbri fresh laurels After this
the artlLs callei oat twice. In response
enthusiastic demand for "Uimau" the manager app
cd IL n ont OF the curtain and received the catering
evidence Of the appreciation Of tie public Ne small ss.s
faction Afforded BY the excean which tue
chorusses were gisea 1t seems almost mlrsoulous but
nevertheless true that the drink ng song 80 well
done As to gain enthusiastic encore.
The second act, the scene Of which IL In Eeazers
house, gave Faobri and Stge fine oppor .unties add
they made the most OF them Stigei was very fine 10
the rtt act but he exceied himself In The prayer and
the trio finale OF the second. n dramatic vocalist
Stge fully deserves the very first position His scene
with Nine Fsobr vas a. Il % piece Of acting
would with 70
The third sct the audience hall OF the Emperor gave
Mo.her opportunity Tor scenic dnplay, and the coup
all ~ the curtain roee has been approached
this country and would be considered superb at covent
cen or The Paris Grand Opera We do not purpose 10
describe this scene, every interested 10 such
tere viii II for himself. Tho fourth &C. IL
the best musicAly considered Here have
Il duet bet Aeon the Princess and Rachel, q very
finely coloted dramatic duet for tenor aad bas
and the garc air Of the the finale of this act The
opening duet very weh sung BY Fabsfi and Bishop,
but the tenor fairly carried CIR the The splendid
execution Of the duet between stgel and Formcs
sted great sensatiou, sbich was intensified by the
romance finale The artists received II. the usual honors
and what 10 more 70 the purpose tn by the eenu
Inc AMI spontaneous offerings OF q delighted pablo
For the rest We have only time 70 say that the perform
tcene being AZ impressive It could be made The
artists all their beat aud deserve especial credit
Fabbr and stgelli improved upon their previous per
formances Formes very doe In the role OF The Car
dDal, and Mad me Blsbop gave importance to
ca. The performance throughout Indicated
degree OF and completeness which
Ia especially refreshing We have had very fro
qenty TO become the medium OF the complaints OF tho
public ~ TO the csrees,nees OF the stage dresop II
The Academy affords US, therefore, the Rrester graft
n.aton 70 cay that, In "IA Juive Mr. D.breu and
associates have fully and entirely vindiesie their rcpu
tion. The Of ia Juver IL fsutless and the
manager may congratulate bmself upon the thorough
add complete way which his plans have been carried
ou' ola yuve' win be repeatsd Wednesday and Fri
day evenings, and we presume many times sftcrwArd
Is 10 the g u artistic sensation OF the day. the Aasez
Of The little Napoleon Of Irving place.