New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-12
Thenters-yveelly nevlew.


Opera Company, is the theatrical event of the e'
week first and best worthy of our mention. They
at the St. Charles Theater, on Monday Il
last in ''Trovatore.'' A strong curiosity to see Il
and hear Irtre, who had been heralded as first c
rate tenor contributed as much as anything else
to collecting, with one exception, the largest +
audience to which they have played during the I
week. The scepticsms of our people upon the l
subject of theatrical regulations is quite proven
bial Rather than adopt the fiat of other metro t
politan communities upon artistic, and pafhcu'
larly musical merit as provincial cities are wont
to do they prefer to call up the asprant for arts
tic celebrity to the bar of their criticism, and pass
themselves upon his merits. The applause with
which they greeted Irtre's first aria, and winch
constantly repeated during the week, was
therefore the result of their unbiased critical ap'
proval, of which an artist may well be proud, how
ever merted it certainly was. His 1n1serere was
splendid, and was enthusiastically applauded' In
'Ernani u on Tuesday, though he showed some eYl-
dence of fatigue, the inevitable result OF singing
| Verdi two evenings in succession, he was sun III
! fine voice. He manages with great skill the eX-
traordinary voice which nature gave him. and
without disregard to taste and musical laws per-
forms vocal feats which few singers whom we
have seen could accomplish. The ut de potatuS
is nothing with him but chids play. Were it not
that it seems to require no effort, we would al
wise him not to use it too often.
Susini has come back with the same glorious
voice which we have heard before His appear
ance always seems to produce an electrical effect
upon the audience, and smiling, beaming counte-
nances all around the house watch with intense
interest to catch his every note, look and gesture
He was good in Ernani," !" but his success in that
+, piece paed before the great triumph which lie
achieved in g Crispiuo Ia Comare, on Wednes
day His histrionic powers are here called into
play more than they are usually III opera. and
none can be more comic than he when his Tote re-
+ quires it, The success Of this opera here has
been equal to the reputation which itbrought with
J. it, Though we did not discover in it any particu
lar aria which, apt to rank with the gems of RUs-
O sins, Meyerbeer's and Yerds operas, it is full OF
= harmony throughout and replete with pleasing
n melodies from end to end. The plot has been
J, published and republished in daily papers,
# The charming Mile Canissa made her first appear
J. ance this year as ArlneHa Her voice seems softer
I. and fresher than it was last year, and if Susin
was incomparab1y comic the eobbler, she was
e coquettsh and pjq'ta1&e to perfection as his wife
,4 Their duetto, Addio FoTne, was received with rap
nj tmous applause,
- UQ DdilO Ill MdSClerd, On fFluuyf pIOuGH
out all the best force of the company, except the
great basso. Maria, who has fine baritone
Mt voice and handsome physiqe did very creditably
n. and was particularly fecitous in his solo Of th
en- last act, which, to our mind, is the gem of th
. opera.
J., Nine Ghioui's rendition Of An.eita was inconI
~ parably excellent If we have not mentioned til
1 name of this gifted songsress earlier iu this re
- + t,anuusa 7rara rasnrvnC 0rl
tribute of appreciation and admiration for he
~, superb impersonation of Lucrezta on Saturday
a This was her great triumph of the week, achieved
so toe, before large and enlightened audience VIII
va faced the rain storm of the evening to attend tn
,T production of this splendid work of Donizett
no genius.
o@ The part of Lucrezia is certainly the one wit
,r which Nine, Ghionl best identifies herself in til
,ro mind of her audience She has every adyantag
WI of figure expression and voice to fill the part
ho perfection. Her histrionc powers are of the fir
order, and she is equally felicitous in portrayiD
the passionate love of che woman, and the rayiu
t' solicude of the mother, however incestuous hi
A tory may portray her. Her i,telice il ue7te7
jill Jreuj8ti' was given better than we ever heard
=, before, except by Grisi.
~ 8t would be unjust to Brrani to omit mentionir
aa that he sang the part of Gemaro quite creditab
eu He is pains-takng actor, and uses to the be
'9- advantage the voice which he still possesses.
e9 rrbo o,cbast,a and clorrs AZ +to q Charles y,
~! hotI, uol, con,,osad thonab ltha Iattar nortir
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1ot of such master pieces as the company has brope
out. As we see "FaustH announced upon Il
vas bills for the coming week, we cannot help su
in eesting that the manager of the St. Charles W
# a engage a few more SupeS for the occasion. Or
red Of the most attractive features in this opera is tt
tha grand march, and we trust it will be accompanit
viii by all the mimic military display of which a fiji
class theater in a metropolis like this is able
die bring out.
Inv yvo have ,vitnossad tyvo ,erforYnoncas al +
me Orleans Tbeator dnrino tbe week. That of Tine
led or ta 1,t,l,ta and comic oror Thursday
was Of the heavier and dramatic stvIa. TIE co,
,oa nanv however in both instances was eInaI
- the ,occasfon and hoth performances we're non,
Iy s,,,cossf,l Tho s,bopoTs were aasy,, ~, Tn
's dav 1,o+,voo Madame Albert and Madame Rfond
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