Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-07
Madame Grnnpe.

Great genius adorned with the celebra=
ton of perfect art vast mental power, held
within the curb of Judgment; and intensity
Of passion, softened by the rarest delieacy
of taste-these are the perennial source of
that fair stream Of triumph which has
borne upon its current the fortunes of
Madame Anna De La Grange. First
bursting upon the horizon Of this country
over ten years ago, her course has been the
scene of great Ovations and the chronicle
OF complete success. Say what We will,
this age of ours, is not, the ,uncompro-,
misingly practical era some would make IT,
Types Of artistic culture, in any sphere of
human action, energize and sway the
thoughts of humankind as surely as the
gushing well-spring WHITES the air and
where this excellence in art is the
encasement Of Immortal genius, what
ideal can sarpasS the actuality be-
fore us? Tried by the test of posi-
tive achievement, Madame La Grange
is fifty named the absolute Queen of the
operatic Stage. Her voice is the composite
OF purity, Wilderness of range, and incalcu-
liable richness of tone, evOking at once the
deepest sympathy Of whatever audience
may chance to be its subject. Her initial
performance on this continent, at Niblo's
Garden, New York, in the season of 1854
IS, was Rosinaa, am the q Barber of
Seville" The house was a parterre of ell
egance. On that occasion she sang the
" Echo song" first essayed before by Son
tag alone. 1t was doubtless the marvel
lous of that delightful effort which
awakened the first enthusiasm ia her new
arena. From that hour her name has
seemed to hold magnetic power for the
masses. 10 the summer OF So, at the
Academy of Music, she started upon her
own resources a season of Italian Opera,
extending far into the fall, and drawing,
four nights each week, audiences of the
highest intelligence and elegance
Madame La Grange IS at sill lines the
| conscientious artistic, loyal to every detail
| Of her obligations, either to scientific accu-
racy or to the public. TO her wondrous
vocal power and surprising histrionic force
she mites the charm of perfect grace and
the quiutessence of Yomanly lssle. She
yeS With Ristori ip lie elaboFaleuess of her
| wardrobe and is not excelled by the Ital-
| ian actress ia any detail of the science of
stage appearance. Truly, to watch her
movement when, in the first act Of 'Nurms,
she advances into the midst Of the bowed
and trembling Druids, and sloSly, calmly
raising her eyes heavenward, breathes forth
the first sigh of the Casts Diva, one
would almost dare liken heF TO a'goddess
ffon Above, utterring ineantations of en-
l -, -. 10 =.
Trov4tore,s where, with the energy Of love,
die terror Of a misgiVing heart, and the
resOluteness of heroic womanhood, she
pours upon her imprisoned lovers ears,
words of comfort aud consolation, or with
k.-- a1ares to confront the ayenging Count,
Who holds her hopes within AS unrelent
inc grasp, passion can no further go, and
ieSderness mo higher reach than the IN.
spired rapture Of La(irauge seemed 70 send
them or, stlll sFaiH, 81 ses GsF wa
Raypfie d9FiAS sas '''''-' -~.,l
! He-N-- -..a'c lesson IN IN
-...sr OF Seville TO watch her brigh
and sparkling eye, her silent humor, L
= hear her soft, bewitching cadenoes, TO catcl
the rapid notes dropping like diamond
!. from her lips, one may fairly wonder tina
: her repertoire should count such names a
a Leonora, Donna Anna, or Nloletia. Sue
$ cess is the. god Of to-iay. LAGrange hs
D won il with her genins, by her character
= aud by her benevolence. la New lorl
). on her farewell night in this country, eigt
: years ago, the citizens crowned her hea
( WiIh tiara of solid gold The unerrin
a verdict OF public opinion speaking froI
: thousands OF American hearts, has youcl
o safed her the diadem Of Immortality.
Il The sale Of reserved seats commence
/. this morning at o'clock for either opel
night, at McCiure's music store.