The New York herald., 1864-10-22
Oar Public Am uss menss-rns Fall Sea-
Fairly Opsuea.

The montil' October Is considered in Rome
to be The pra'altest OF the year. The popu-
lace then. leaving their toll, devote their days
to harmless recreation aud their evenings to
the theatre and the opera house. Every
body Is happy, everybody is determined to be
pleased, and he who is the gayest is recogniz ed
as the noblest Roman Of them eli.
In this respect New York Is not unlike the
Eterpal City; for October Is our gala month,
when everything and everybody appear to the
best advantage. The glorious October weather,
neither too warm sor too cold. enables people
to dress well, dispensing with the light hut
easily soiled fabrics Of summer wear, but not
yet demanding the clumsy and heavy overcoats
and cloaks wsich the rgnrs OF our climate will
require few weeks later Fashion then .can
display all her brilliuncy out Of doors as well
as in.
OF course in such season our city amuse-
ments flourish. The citizen can then leave his
home for an evenings entertainment without
dreading the freezing atmosphere OF January
on his way to the theatre, or the sitting heats
of August when he gets there. Society in this
metropolis reyerses the usual order OF things
and hy bernates not in winter hut in summer.
Relieved from the comatose period Of country
life it awakens in the fall to renewed vigor,
and blooms out in fresh brlliancy just when
nature begins to take her winter sleep.
The caterers for the public amusement, per-
fectly familiar with the habits of society, have
their traps ready baited for its return. The
Esquimaux, quietly percLed on cake of ice,
patiently watches for the seal, and the moment
the creature pops his head out OF The air-hole
to breathe, transfxes him with a spear; and,
in likesmanner, the theatrical manager waits
with careful anxiety the moment that society
pops out OF Newport, Saratoga, Sharon, Cats
kill and minor country resorts into the inspir
ing atmosphere of city life. In these days Of
Arctic explorations, when Kane and Hall have
made Greenland and Labrador items Of fashion
able gossip, and when Baf1n's Bay is as familiar
to the general reader as Bofin's Bower, Mar
etzek, for instance, like the Esquimaux seal
hunter, fings his harpoon at tho returning
public in the shape Of a new opera troupe.
While it cannot be said the public is quite
stunned by the shock, it is certainly we'll
pleased. In Carosz-Zucchi the operate man
ager has secured one OF those brilliant and
finished drtistes that even Italy but rarely pro-
duces. Her reputation is entirely transalpine.
She does not come to US after having sungfor
years before the fretful audiences in Paris, or
af,er having ruined her voice in the humid at
mosphere OF London, where, as the Berlin
singer, Lucca, has said, one cannot smell rose
without blackening the nose with coal smoke
Zucchi comes direct from the land OF song ITSELF
Her latest recollections are Of the Tiber and
the Arno, not OF the Seine or the Thames
BY and by the manager Of Les Italiens or Of
Covent Garden will secure the prize, and he
indebted to America for one Of the greatest
artists Of the age; and the London and Paris
critics will declare that the race of great lyric
artists the line Of women who knew at once
how to dress with exquisite taste, to sing with
grand expression, to act with passionate fer
vor and thus realize the ideals Of the leading
composers of the age-did not disappear when
Malibran died in a swan-ike death song, or
when Grisi retired from the stage of which for
so many years she had been the brightest
ornament
Massimiliani possesses q reserved power of
which he should not be too retcent. Our
American audiences like action and fire; and
the new singer needs only to add these
qualities to his present style Of performance
His voice is rich IS well as robust, and his
method is good; but. through his timidity. the
life and passion Of his predecessor are lacking.
1t is time that Richard were himself again. As
soon as the South American tenor will sing az
he was wont to sing he will end that our
opera goers will smile As they were wont to
smile on Brignoli and Mazzolsni. A personal
resemblance to . Presidential candidate is
very good; but vocal intensity is still better
when an opera singer is in question.
The company now at the Academy Of Music,
It should be remembered, never met together
till few weeks ago, aud the season opened
after but one rehearsal. There were necessa-
rily rough places to be made smooth before
the performances would 60 of with entire ease;
but all this has now besn accomplished As
soon as the promised novelties are brought out
the house will be as crowded as in the palmiest
days Of its history. As it is, Faust, with Miss
Kelogg's exquisite perso nation Of Marguerite
a lyric delinsaton which, in grace Of statuesque
attitude, 10 motion and repose, as well as mere
vocslzation, cannot be surpassed-ills the
auditorium whenever 1t is performed.
The theatres vie vigorously with the opera
house. At the Olympic the successful effort OF
a talented young dramatist is Interpreted by a
group Of actors and actresses, who, in almost
every instance, prove to be the right men and
the right women in the right places. The
readers Of Martin Chuzzlcwit, to be sure. will
miss in the play the charaoter-in some points
photographed Of Dickens himsolf-of Jeffer-
son Brick. The novel involves two central
spective satellites In the Olympic version
only the former faction is represented. The