, 1866-01-19
The African.

The second performance Of the African Last eyon.
ing, wae. IN many xespecta, decided improvement
cvrr shat Of the evening previous. Tbs astlau ex
! estcd themselves 1ucfr eonTrOtiousiy to render
| The nntic, md In nzuy OF the numbers kuoeeedod
aa.nirsbiy. MutIsni's rendering Of vascp de Cams
IL genuinely zIlisic both In action md rocalxauon
He excellent voice, and bis singing through.
fer told wih Erlendd eaec4 il The cooserios, Ind
his s14ss were delivered With polished aud careful
voe.lizat1on and dramatic expression worthy Of all
tiazzsntgas seltn il vel made up, and sufl-
aenty e7otesqne to satisfy aur one's conception Of
eonz "a. czrfully md eracetni1y phTascd and the
duoe In the preon scene and in The fourth act wez
i11e tnEtances Of excellent singing. The action Of
great temptation, hut IL chastt and daiet through
ont Borchetu's = Inez+ vocaly, wa quite SUCCESS,
and het rcode.ing of the ronauza ~ss marked by
ADJ, criticism o{ OHandtn1, Lots and MtIlsn
Funld be obviously En- Intusttcc. TIE two former
ne 50 hoaEss that thelr vosces ate nnm.pageabIe
and at times eave out entirely. In the case Of Or
laudtnt especially, the music of whose role rms
vey low this artaf, WIS singing under painfal dis
advantages.
Tbs cho1uses display better work and the bass
nnlson was much siIonst4 than on the nrst evening
Ihe..nartnc1h' and womene choEuses In ths ship
faulty done ind were hcking IN uniformity a. well
II 1n truth Of tone.
The orchestra showed decided improvement, and
he overture war really creditably performed. The
deTed, b1t theze il e,il room for improvement.
Asa whole. although the representation was very
the1c IL still want o! yror and roVer in the hand
ing Of ,he music which Would ia r1eat1y n n ia ~
feeuseness. This will be rrmcd'ed somewhat
hope viii be Tie case before the close of he brieI
season.
! L II. eonnestion We al attention to = ca.d
pubhthcd by the manager. Nj. Gran, which RuiTl-
c!ently explain. itself In reply to most malicious
srittc',p Of The Performance published BY paper
n % ,4te Gy Me aafu!y m1nk ne criticism was
MoIn M tepiy, ~ ~ eesy mahciouAnesa Tas apparent
w. snd % U3 ,he snaser @
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lhefe "9s nm unuf iafee anc osanant turn
out al Tho washington tsrk Yesterday afternoon.
Grand es4tiDg tournament vns given. and the
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Sd rnEe--Gcnt,s Opera elass, OF $A
4th I1ize-Gent,s Season Ticket for 1ss6-61 to
Wash1ngso nSIaltn9 Park.
LADIES.
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