New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-05
FRIDAY MoRNINt, oeroBhR J, 1885.
AgusHean and rheatrlcal.

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Ristori has fully sustained in New York the hig1
reputation which preceded her The criticisms
which have been written On her acting evidently
10 not emanate from persons quite capable oi
appTeeiating her method and the pecaliaritiea Of
her genius. Such as they are. however, they
show that she has nlade profound Impression.
BY way Of specimen Of what the New York
critics say Of her, we extract the following from
THE New York Tribune;
Her success was attributable to the fact that ia
nothing did she touch upon the manner or the
manneTisnls Of Rachel She portrayed o new
reading of the classic character she was heroic,
but she was tender; she was grand, but she was
human she cast her whole soul into the character
she personated. but her passions were all
wpmanly; she betrayed beneath the queens
crowned brow the Wonan's heart, weak even ia.
AS strength, but always sublime in its devotion
and salfRacRifice.
These attributes, contrasting SO strongly with
the selfsustained, selfretaiRad classic statuesque
ness Of Rachel, whose poses were Studies, whose
agsgs we're eIealgnts afd whose eIoontion was If
cold not the Tess perfect III its intonation III its
dramatic power, and il the expressions Of high 4
nobility and imperturbabilisy Of soul, made att
once b mark upon the audience, who reeognizedi
The compatibility Of heroic and womaniy attri- /
butes, Of the possibility of passionate abandon
with the severe classic grace. They recognized
ia Ristori the tWif-siater Of Rachel, equal in ALL
Rsit In all things diHsimilar, Heroic, passionate
grand emphatic, greater IN repase than III action,
But exhibited with that difference which might
naturally mark two great natures moved by the
same impulses, but differing in their expression.
BY this, Ristogl conquered the opposition which
stood ready to crush her. She won her position
by sheer genius, over which no eclipse has passed.
and stood shoulder by shoulder with the greatest
srGEe6ienne Of the age, who was not the slowest
to acknowledge the greatness of her brilliant rival
The Paris press came around very unwillingly but
at length they did her full Justice, and the opinions
they expressed have been eehoedby every inteli-
Tt;rLns
Eaneeding this unanindty Of praise to be well
founded but without binding ourselves to bend to
these opinions, we think that the purity and the
beauty of Ristoriis life, the bamelessness Of her
career amid thousand temptations, are claims
10 sympathy and admiration, which will he COR
daily responded TO by every American audience.
The union of public talent and private worth y
not toe common to be passed by Hnnoticed
Ristorii is great artist; in all points she is fitted
to be teacher both to the actors and the observ-
ers of the dramatic world. She il model which,
if not beyond criticism, fills up that measure of
perfection which Il at once recognized as Of the
Trne sterling stamp. 1t will doubtless be at
tempted to elevate Ristori OF the expense of the
reputation Of Rachel. IT ID proud thing for Ris-
Tori that abe is classed with that wonderful
woman, and her own worth il Of that magnitude
that needs no bolstering up by tho depreciation 9f
b passed grand talent.
NE Teeognize ii tho coming OF Ristori an epoch
which will bear great results to the profession she
honors and We welcome her as teacher whose
nurer dramatic taste, and arouse feeling Of dis
gust toward the degraded, sensational, morbid
trash which forms nine tenths OF the dramatic
staple of the American stage.
Wallaek theater In New York has reopened
es tle season, after being refltted and improved,
Tie new comedy ofH Z The Fest Family . was
selected for the opening night. The Tribune says
Of ii.
Els whitening piece Of satire on the fallies and
frivolifies of Inereenary society, It's scene is
Paris and its characters are French people of to-
days hut its satire Ii evidently and strongly reie
want kOtail social meridianH presents picture
uf thu domestic fife Of 8 modern family IN which
money alone isfespected. The picture occupies
but small canvas, and il simplicity itself id point
of composition. A mercenagy father; mother
Who II perpetually gone cut ~ sons and aahghs
ters who ore given over to love Of Dress extraga
gnuce, goeial dissipation and gentael slang O gaF
wife, whose imprudenee. and false pride nearly
break her husbands beart and wreck her own
life as we'll as his woman Of the world who Is
yet good and bright woman, and the guardian
of peace and loYe afew specimens be outside 30
eiety, deity introduced and s1iifally managed
these are the elements of the aomedyi Its story
and forestIl the pleasure Of others. Enough 10
say that Tie story Is deeply interesting and that
il gives rise to several teuching situations.
Miss Fanny Morant personated the heroine,
Glotilde. Shells spoken Of as one of tie most
accomplished actresses on The gssFioan stage.
Mr.. Adams was playing at the broadway, ne
made his first Appearances Adrien de Teligny, in
Conrad play of The geretic'
MI Batsman's troupe are performing in Boston.
MILE. Parepa ana Brignoi belong to this company.
& In regard to English opera, the Pail Mall Gazette
makes The following remarks:
touching volume might be written on the
vieissitndes Of English opera. It's regular history
s0uid moi be written az al at least not without
al intoIeFable numberof gaps; for from time 70
fima English opera disappears altogether, and
seams t have died out. But as Tar as the present
,reneration is concerned, we might say ia Napo.
iaanie phrase tint tile history Of English opera
ma been the history Of Mr Baife, while the his
syv III MI BaIfe's successes has been the history
" Inc z Bohenian Girln It all comes TO that. |
ne have had English opera established ttempo |
ssTiJyl at Drury Lane and at Coyent Garden, at
&c Lyceum, the PFincess's, and Her Majesty's |
Theatsr. Our English operatic composers are