Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-11-26

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THE ITALIAN OPERA THIS EVENING.
Verdi's brilliant opera of E-nani will be
rendered by the Ghiono and Susini opera
company, of which Max Strakosch is
the Director, this evening, and we pre-
dict the house will be one of the most
crowded and brilliant of the present
season. There are large number of
very choice seats to be obtained at the
box Office for any nights performance
The operas that will be performed here
at the New Memphis Theatre, will be the
following; LIST, Ernani End, Fra Dia-
colo; Sd, Eucretia BOrgia; 4th, Faust;
9th, La Fdrorita; 9th, L'Afficaine ;
7th, Norma; 9Th, II Trouatore; 9th,
Crispino e la Comare (Cobbler and the
Fai,y)j 10th, Robert the Deril; We
clip the following from the New Orleans
Picayune upon q performance at the
Opera House: The musical elite and
lovers of the opera in New Orleans did
themselves great credit last evening.
Very nearly three thousand people,
chosen from the best circles of our resi-
dent population, assembled at the St
Charles Theatre, to welcome the Ghioni
and Susini troupe, brought here under
the leadership of Mr.. Max Strakoscb,
one of our most experienced and ac-
complished empressarios The St.
Charles is capable of seating as large a
number of people as the New Opera
House, and, on account of its arrange
ment, far more comfortably and ele-
gantly. The dress circle of the st.
Charles, last evening, though of far greater
dimensions, reminded us fthe elegant an
diences that used to assemble at the Opera
House in olden times. Both sexes ap-
peared in full dress, as became the occa-
sion, and the audience was one of the
most brilliant and recherche we have
ever seen in New Orleans The par
quet was as full as it could hold,
not seat, even nnder the galleries,
being left vacant. In the dress circle
proper, all the chairs and sofas we're &C.
cupied, and many new seats in the pas.
sage ways had to be provided. The
boxes we're full, also, and the second and
third tiers, so far as we could see 1t
was certainly the finest audience, in
every respect, that has assembled in
New Orleans this season, and best of
all, showed of what elegance and re-
finement the Crescent City is capable.
This new opera troupe is composed of
seventy-fve first class artists, Last night
they all appeared well in II Troratore,
and were called out and frequently APP
plauded. 1t was a grand array of talent,
such as we can scarcely expect to see,
end therefore it is difficult to single out
any individual member for particular
mention. 1t was very clear, however,
from his first appearance to his grand
triumph in the third act, that Signor
Irfre had made conquest. He was,
indeed, at the end of the first act, called
out with Madam Ghioni and Maria, to
receive the freely offered compliments of
the vast audience. In the third act he
created perfect furore with his high c
(ut de poitrine) Madam Ghioni, and
Signors Maria and Coletti, also, were
enthusiastically applauded, as were
the principal actors to the end. |
The Italian opera is now fully estab-
lished in our city for a season, the length |
of which, though limited to an engage
ment of two weeks, will probably be de-
termined by its encouragement and sup
port There are in all very nearly a
hundred persons connected with it, of
whom seventy-fye stand foremost in
their profession. The new tenor is a
marvel Of excellence and favorably COM
pared with the best in the world. The
basso certainly has no superior, and the
other voices are far sweeter than any we
have for long time heard.
NEGRO MURDERED.-We learn that a
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