, 1864-12-26
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In undertaking sess sen OF Grind German Opcrs
the GIst ever Es IN this city few vor1s Of unss,
soct1eu ma, be deemed not inapp.op1t,te In newly
presenting the orgAozaou the director ao.i 1t nr-
ceisa1y to announce everything In an explicit aat
NJ cettasily hen ch u to be announced IN nj
elaborate manner. To those accustomed 70 tbs an
nouIcenents Of Concert Room Opera comoancx
these sometimes oecsslon preIudIctal de,,uet,ona
The inference In some instances being that tae A.
nouneemt nts sre txtEavagantaud Of sturt more or
less BE-. ond the Feasibility Of falf lueos Ler II be
seen. EEefJ pefsen connected with the Grand Ger
man Opera Company Is held ~ worthy Of honorable
mention. And the method ot presenting e1ch Oper1
In the RepeoFc when appealing tor season Fub,cro-
tons Is Ike woEthyoi ; paragraph OF explanation.
We're the details Of he ors+utz axiom not diyutse By
announcement-the public cettAin1s could no, b.. ex
pected to anticipate them. With Company of .nr,
itudc and Repertoire VI such m excessive cn,
lection Of Grand Operas-the mcsest mention ntrr-,.
iari , mikes alengths aggregate.
Again. oths II arc led 70 expect something OF start,
ling and wonderful chstscter this !uteu led 70 ~
rect such apprrhenslous, There nothing wonaerfal
abcut the Organization excep. It be IT, N 4entu1e In
respects, artists Of equal aud cven super1oe es
is have visited tht c1tgpefore. II Is 1lyit-
ua! specimens It vocal g1rstons that the Grant Ger.
mnu Opera Company excels. Who comes to bs star.
tied must necessarily be disappointed.
1t Is IN the ensemble OF 0pera-the entirety, com
pleteness Of the mhutie, the uniform bri ancy and
eclai with hch all 0patns are prcsentcd-whtch like
An elegantly wrought md equally cast come !Y to a
public oI4ei with theatrical sensations b1ns pleas
u1e aud to the OperaEoer new and genial atIon
in this fayoEite and tashionaole amusement.
The Director was induced to undertake Its msaacc
1acns from bcliet in Its superiority and from De-
sire to poputat!z<Opera in America. What degree OF
success tits purose hss attained may be best Judged
ly those WIN have observed the wonderful {thcre /.
no other word c<pzcas Its character, success In the
Eastern Academies during tth the second SC ,son in
tbcso cities. He "a cpted to sub}on ne few prom
tnept newspaper asticlts TO moro fully express Ia
achieye:ents. Nothing within the history Of popular
aa,uscrunt in this couutrY-and perhaps not In thu
Thous lnds otlorers Of popal "
Ooc-. ere upon uan7 occasions unabse to obtain
even admission to sthnd and witness tae Operas I'm
uense masses equal In magnitude - the largest pol
len. gatherings blocked up the streets ae either en-
trcnce of the largo ncadcmie. In New York, Dostoo
Ind Philadelphia; and the Herald Of Sept 1lt says
up. op.c pushed, scrambled, and fought to eesi1,
Again Sept. 18th: "Thers wefs ,ugh pcope turuad
away from the opcrn house to iii all other p1accs of
auIsene,s-whlch needed packing"
1t II tut Ia.7 presume that this very extraordinary
patronage alone einduccd-eoutng Is it tI1 ia .bc
second season o. dssn German Opera-by the fncrea
Ing popularity OF Open AZ IN amusement
Respectfully, LKo5Aap GRovxp