The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-12
The Opera In Chicago.
FAUST MATINEE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HOUSE AND
BRILLIANT SUCCESS.

BRILLIANT SUCCESS.
CHICAGO, Nov H. 1855.
Faust was given to-day At the rss matinee OF the
son TO very large and brilliant house. composed amosf
exclusively of Iades The manner in which it wasprs
duced ON Thursday and the superb impersonaticu q
Marguerite by Boschett which the theme Of universal
commentator in all quarters, compelled the manager To
repeat the opera We thought that there was hardly
any room for improvement in the nrst performance
but il was in all respects better sung TO-
day The artists are getting more familiar
with the theatre and, the audience and the dindencs
which was at first observable has wholly vanished Wo
are confirmed in our opinion Marguerite was never
played in this country artsticay and wsh such dell
cacy as by Signora Boschetti She is all through ths
Marguerite Of poetry She belongs to the poet as we'll
AZ the composer Few more perfect pieces Of acting
have been seen upon the lyric stsye than the garden
sccne The temptation, the struggle with passion the
momenary triumph Of the pure, simple mnsican ana
the final surrender Of the passionate womans heart dts
played more OF nature than Of art. II hud worry
sensible upon the fairer portion Of the audience
who doubtless penetrated the emotional myseries, which
were half yelled to the sterner sex If Raphael had
lived to this day he would have found inspiration in
that scene. Boschetts Marguerite is original IL u
altogether different from what have boon accustomed
to in many essential points Her method of rendering
the Jewel song and touchngy poetic. She does
not forget that the Marguerite OF Goethe not
coquette of the nineteenth century, but SIM
pie peasant girl OF an innocent and loving ma
ture, seeking almost unconscously for sympathy ana
love- but free from womans vanity, caught TOR an
instant by few garish baubes, only to cast them aside
when prompted by the impulses Of an innocent heart
In another respect there innovation in her I'M
personation OF the role She sang the ballad "A King IN
Thule rapid time than is usual; but 1t appesrs
that she studied the part under Gounod and received
IF the apir
position The duo with Faust i'm the third act wss
an exquisite piece OF vocalzaton, TO the credit o.
which both Boschetti and Anastasia arc entitled
The latter sang all through 80 dclightu'iy
leave little for detailed criticism HIS singu-
ary prime entirely under his control andde.
manded no effort attain the most difficult effects with
clearness and precision The applause was unusually
enthusiastic for matinee audience Brandni was IN
better voice than Thursday night, and sang with
confidence His acting OF Meph'stophiles cos'd
not be surpassed especially the second aot in which
his shrinking from the symbol OF tho cross represented
by the hits OF swords, something terrific to'ook
upon Olgins Siebel was charm ing before She
infuses new spirit into that trifling part and invests
il with an interest which it has not hitherto possessed
FeIIin sang the OF Valentine such as II is inn en-
ceent style.
50 far the new artists than realized all that
was expected or them and think Nr Grau may fell
citae himself upon the selectioa he has made OF this
company
Next week series Of operas wslI be produced.
commencing with Lucia Monday. and 7Saciata ON
Tuesday On Wednesday the artists will have some re-
pose The of the will be cazzaniga's d<taf
on Monday night for which the pubic are preparing
themselves The male chorus OF imported singers de-
serves favorable notice but tho female portion needs
little training, and then all will no we'll WesoaN
have a perfect company, equal, onathe WHOLE 70 any
that ever ssog in this country