, 1866-10-28
RISTORI.


From the Aew York Herald, October %.
Since the tirst appearance of Ristori there
20 much of the fashionable with the highly Iu-
tellsctual elements Of New York society
as tbAt which Was present last night to Wit
ness ler first PRESERVATION Of Lady Macbeth.
Ihe appreciation which m artist wius rom
the Number as by the intelligence Of tho
audience.
The interest Of the play wat, Of cou1.e,
enhanced By It's familiarity, although The
italian version Of Shakespeare differed con-
tic main points of tho tragedy werc CAREFUL
u preserved, and With few exceptions the
text WAS very fairly adhered to. The English
play Was reduced somewhat 10 salt tho taste
uf tho Italian translator. Fnr instance. 1t
commenced with the third scene Of the hsst
tcih, BanQuo and the witches. In the second
act the third scene Is eurt4il-d aud the fourth
omitted, the net cndin;, with the departure Of
Macbeth, HauqMo and the otker chief TO take
counsel upon tie murder Of Duncan. This
MAKES. s.sikins Hnale to the oct, and was
VI the witches around The cAa.dYou At the
opening OF the fourth net Is LETT out, nsccs-
sarily excluding tue musical additions to per-
hsps one ofthe most dramatic aud most Pop
ular passages In the play. The fout:u aud
9Th ae.s arc doyetas!cd INTO one, mmsncipg
! slaughter Of his uitc 4na children. anI pas-
sing on to the grand slecp-whklng scene Of
Lady Macbeth, which might properly hare
ended thu play, 70 rs to Leave with the audi
epce tfe lnp.essioa u Ristptfs III magnificent
acting rntles than impair lis elect BY the
weak and rather uu3iEntQcd scenc which
] followed.
! In Lady Macbeth R!stosi had to pass
! through the nasst critical ordeal she has get
| experienced. The memories Of many doubt
les. carried them back to Misrepresentation
OF this part " other great ariisies, and In
may have teen unfavotab1e to the great tft9e-
ditnnt. They may have found fanlt with the
mclooranlatic cfcc1s Of tho exits IN thu tlrst
acts which we're NOT essential to tho purpose,
AID oihcr desiAtions from the accustosled
rendering Of tue part, but no one could wit
ness the superb acting In tho sleeping scene
without acEno = ledgtng the immense superi.
uElty Of Klstasi: Nothing that rhc has set
done SURPASSED 1t In intensity and In the cf
feet produced upon "a audience. The house
aud the trembling doctor aud attendant
watching her every motion and drinking: Ii
every scIf-necuslng whisper Of her troubled
1ream-werr pr sent. Terrible IS was til.
scene Of the murder which haunts her sleep
the picture was recalled and invested will
en- sleeper. etatuesque and terrible seem
ipEly unconscious, ,yc1 revealing by the motioI
Of her hands in her efforts to w4ah away ID,
, stain Of blood, aud BY her broken sentences
tho story Of \ fearful crlmo. Tho choking
with which she utttss altnoet Enagticnlatcly !
Here's the smell OF blood still /; all the per
! fumes Of A1abla n M not svcetcn this littt
hanl!" nlicd the whole house. THIS WIS DE-
cidedlJ the most sublime piece Of actin
which Ristofi has yet accomplished. Th
andcncc did not permit the scene to procee
| without recalling her twice 10 the stage afte
her exit, and greeting her with tremcndou
applause. Gentlemen In the prnsecnIut
ho1ea, In the parquet, aud La the dtcss cltcl
foee spontaneously. to their feet - sh
! bow&d her Acknowledgements. 50 genuin
an ovation few artats hare eres received 0
the New Iork stagc.
. Making allowance for the difference bctree
the language Of Shakespeare and tho passion
ate Italian tongue Ia which be WIS rcprcsel
: ted by the artists 1ast night, we must not con
t plain TOO hardly of the sehenence Wit
j. which many Of the passages were declatnc'
I although, in view OF our ttaditiouary In
. iSessions. they seemed IN some Instances e
= = aEge,ated, as were also the nctlous aud Ke3t
:, culatIon& Of the actors.