The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-13

Il nlDAI, JUNE IC, lOOA.
TIE ACADEMY OF Mrsrc.-The summer season Of Italian
opera commenced Wednesday night and II the immense
~ crowed condition OF the house be any fair index OF tho
success Of Mr.. Umans experiment Of fifty cent ad-
mission there doubt that the will prove
good Madame Borchard her debut In New York
the opening night in .Lucreza," and very warm
y received. In the first act she sang with great vgor and
enthusiastically appaudsd Her voice Is very sweet
highly cultivated though somewhat limited in compass
In figure she is petite but she is gracefuln attitude, and
not wanting in dramatic power. Brignoli sang and
acted with passion than Is usual with
him. We have rarely seen, indeed, his Gsnnaro so well
rendered Susni was as usual very fine Mmo. Dan
girls Orsini all that could be desired The Brindis
given with great spirit and called forth encore
Between the acts Gottschalk gave some ne orceas5
the panoforte and Mr. Hermann illustrated the black
art BY some worry clever tricks, This combination OF
amusement was upon the whole, success and we see
no reason why tho Academy should not be well filled
for the succeeding four nights for the last two
nights, when there be had in the house
the rising OF the curtain Last night ssMartha"
produced, with Louise Kellogg D'Angri, Brignoli and
Susni, to immensely crowded house. Tonight Ma
dame Hermann makes her debut in tho "Chld Of the
Regiment" On Saturday the only grand matinee Of the
eedSoH WIZ W given, WIN HIS ComuuatiOn VI
Gottschak and Hermann win contribute their efforts,
as usual in all the succeeding performances.
Among the audience last night Mrs General
Mcclellan, unobservsd observer OF "Martha" as it
was deliciously rendered.
MISS BArEMAN BROOKLYN ACADEMY Music
One Of most humorous fashionable audiences We
have yet within the walls OF the Brooklyn
Academy Of Music assembled there Tuesday evening
fha fharvv IN with Pal
mans impersonaton OF Julia in the Hunchback." 1t
perfect ovationevery seat in tho dress circle and
parquet reserved and Immediately after the
opening of the doors all the other parts Of the theatre
were filed and well did fair and beautiful young
artist deserve the compliment thus awarded to her
great and growing genius. She WAS admirably sup
ported by Mr. j. W. Wallack, Jr, Master Walter MI
Adaps Clifford. Miss Madeline Henrques Helen,
and others who formed tho at the Winter Garden.
Tho character Of Julia, tho gentle, simple country
maiden transformed almost in hour into the naughty
city damsel and arstocrato bride elect gracefully and
truthfully depicted by Miss Ba.cman. In the softer
with her lover Sir Thomas Clifford she touches
the Utmost sympathics Of the heart, and beautifully
porrays the generosity. tho deep seated affection and
nobleness of womans nature when she learns that ad
versity has ovortaksn him she loves and that tho
wealthy baronot whom she, in hor native prde had Of
FASHIONED portions Of this interesting dramapartc
lary where Julia implores and q. the same time conn
mands Master Walter to free her from the hated nup.as
with the supposed Lord Rochdalc-Mss Bateman took
tho house by Storm and tho enuncaon of her mporng
pathos brought down the we'll mored plaudits OF do
lighted audience AT the close Of tho performance Miss
Bateman was called before the curtain to receive
shower Of bouquets.
NIBLos GARDEs-"THE SyREN."-The great pressure
Of war news upon columns has obliged us to
postpone, almost indefinitely number OF articles
aroody in type, and. among many other good things
the notice we had intended giving Of tho piece pro-
duccd at Nibo's on Monday night last. We say new,'
though properly such be used in this instance
only by courtesy. really play great rarity.
has become the fashion a.days for authors aud
managers to take French English production and
by clipping and patching and general renovatng pro-
cess alter that affair of which the habiaes Or
some Partisan London theatre had got tired Is pre-
sented to New York audience thing entirely
and fresh. This is the modern system Our stage fed
in pretty much such manner as the soap fat man ro
cures his supplieshe rejected scraps Of yesterdays
dinner from the hands of specializing cook But
after all what odds does it maker The public are de-
lighted with the "new" play, and many may be oven
tcmpted-as in greener days were wont--to
street, and lives on the scanty and unsubstantial
dict popularity accorded TO neglected genius. "Ths
Syren" not, then, play and honestly told
the handbis that is the identical ssIa Sirsne" OF
tho Opera Comiquc OF Paris Of tho many operstas
which, clothed In the brilliant and charming music Of
Aubsr have often delighted the public Of tho gay
capital Of France The plot Of Ths syrsn" is exceed
ngly complicated ard 1t is evidently intended that the
interest shall be heightened by number Of improbab
ltics which occur Of course the most trying situa
tions.
Tbs scene is in the Abruzzi. There Is famous snug
ger who has sister. She Is in ovo with naval cap.
tain, who cavalry boots and sent to catch the
marauding brother. This sister is the syren Tho
mayer Of the Opera at Naples accompanies tho Captain
in the hope that the Syren may be also bagaed and In
duced TO sing prima donna. There Is also the Cover
OF the province the Duke d Popolia stupid fussy
old fellow, and old friend OF the smugger without
knowing It, He also wants to catch tho latter who en-.
joys several aliases, but succeeds only in baggng tho
Captain. who Is Immediately afterwards caught by the
smugger, whose chief him. There fami.
ly papers somewhere which subsequently turn out Of
great importance 70 the Captain, proving him TO be
tho real Duke di Popopli, whcreupon he immedi-
atcly marres the Syren The smuggler uses
his sisters voice TO enticc ths crew Of tls
Captain shore, and with his takes possession OF
the abandoned bark thus escaping tho clutches of his
happy brothcr-inaw, and carrying Off all the silver
spoons and other valuabcs OF the old Governor who
had invited the scamps to his castle believing them
BE- an opera company out Of employment and robbed
by the smugglcrs in the mountains The performances
very good, all the characters being very vol
tanned. Miss RichinRs the Syren, frequently APP
plauded by tho donssy crowded audience, and
twice encored The scenery Is quite pretty and vol
contrved and altogether the "Syren has proved quite
Tho only thing which seemed to TO
the pleasure Of the entertainments the very tresoe
periods allowed to eapsc between the second and third
acts Forty minutes between each act Is entirely too
long time to keep that important and impatient per
sonago, the public waiting, and hope for improve
mcnt In this respect.
wALIAcK's-Tw FLoaEScfss--Mr aud Mrs W. J.
Florence have given three or four OF what they
term "summor season. performances at waliacks new
theatre Mr. Florence is Of that class OF actors who
NAV be termed speciaiity--ono who has a particular