The New York herald., 1868-04-28
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ACADEMY OF Musc.-Miss Ja~ uscbes anneared
FOR the last time in DR.. ,sentbol,s "peborah ~
whence the Aiaer'' =. adaptation OF Leah at the
Academy oi .sic last evening, and was the occasion
OF reI' .er enthusiastic house. Miss Janauschek, as
De'""Jrah, the Jewess, supported by Mr. Scneren-
berg as J0seph-a part rendered with quiet medioc-
rity, without salient faults-by Mr. Crelinger as the
hdgety schoolmaster, by Miss Riegel as Lese, ana
by Miss Zietz as Hannah, all OF whom sustained
their parts without either notable power or want OF
doubtedly her model, Miss Janauschek has proved q
most successful pupil; her main fault being that IN
her attitudes and gestlcuation she Is trne TOO per
both as to e.0cutiOn and notion to be natural.
tr;he studied, rie only though the slight tant OF
TO impair the effectiveness OF the Impersonatfon.
Her intOnaton is perfect speaking In mere point OF
except by those OF Rachel her great model, whose
attitudes were statues every one OF them; every
movement OF the hand, every tren0a o. musc,e ~ ~
those rare moments of tragic TRANSPORTATION which
thrill an audience like currents OF magnetism;
last they are wanting in electric effectiveness. An op
p0rtunty for one Of those rare tragic transngura,
act but even here the defamation rose only near
the standard Of perfect art, which Is natural,
to be trine unnatural-ust enough so to suggest
an effort at effect which is only suggested after ALL
Perhaps, however, this must be set down to the
fault OF the Rachel school, the stock In trade OF which
Of the disciple Miss Janauschek is In fact, almost
too exclusively reader-an elOcuti0nist-t0 be EN-.
pnacr natural as an ere no reason 1v why Miss
Janauschek should not be the very first OF her
school and second only to Its great founder. she
falls equal to Rachel herself.
The finale of the version OF DR.. M0senthal Is very
defective in elements Of dramatic effect, and, gen.
orally, the play is too profuse in soliloquy.
MENDELssOHN UNION ORATORIO.-Ths well known
vocal society gave their fourth and last performance
tIrviy Hall Iao Oht hpfO M
mense audience. The performance consisted OF
Mendelssohns Forty-second Psalm, GAS the Hart
Pantsn and Beethoven's .'Nfount of Olives" The lat
ter Is sometimes called "Enged, or David In the VIII
most formidable character The chorus and orchestra
were ably con luced by George F. Brstow, his COM
mandlng baton guiding them safely over some oIthe
rough places. Madame Parepa Rosa sang the trying
solo, "0h. Praise Him. and, with Mr.. Simpson, the
still more trying duet, 81 Love the Lord" in admi-
rable style. Her voice took the ''E in alt" In the
former member without the slightest difficulty. The
work is rather too extensive in its requirements Tor
the number of voices and instruments that the Men
dessohn Union brought to bear on it, but they all
seemed to have undergone severe and thorough
training under the direction OF Mr. Bristow.
FRENCH THEATRE.-"La Belle Helene" is evil
dently destined for long run and happy reign.
OF all the heroic buresques ever presented to an
American audience this one which reprOduces the
heroine and the heroes of the Trojan war in French
extravaganza set to German music, stakes the rag Off
the bush.n The argument, however, being the
sprightiest Of French fun and folly the characters
being thoroughly OF the modern French though pre-
sented as ancient Greeks, and the music being a
continuous, never failing and never tagging rattle
and catter, and sprighly and sparkling concerts and
choruses the otener this really wonderful production
IS and heard the more heartily IL is enjoyed. You
just get far enough into its merits at the first sitting
10 discover that IL is very funny and very lively
bagatelle; and at the second you only begin to
realize the gems of Ohepbach; but at the third you
begin to thoroughly understand and appreciate
them. SO said knowing French amateur last
The
stage in happy condition, singing 1--WE won't go
home till morning." with Hamlet chanting "John
Brown" and the witches OF Macbeth all engaged In
q sailors hornpipe, If done up neatly, would be
dOubt less very amusing: but this composition would
he nat compared with the sparkling wit, FUN and
Helene"
ORCHARD III."-Itwas manifest enough last evening
that all the modern fanciul attempts to 'rehablitate
"Rchard Ill.," to straighten the deformity Of that
royal monster and convert him almost into saint,
have not shaken the fidelity OF Mrs. Kemble to the
text of Shakespeare, and to King Richards own de-
| scriptiOn Of himself:-
I am a villain.
NY conscience hath n thousand several ton gues,.
And every tongue brings In a several tale,
And every tale condemns me for a villain.
Mrs. Kemble's powerful repropuction of this gree
most remarkable of dramatic genius Alone
1t would have suced to make her last evenings read
ing historical. Nor can Clarence's dream ever have
made more ''terrible impression" than in its ren.
dering by Mrs. kemble Indeed throughout the entire
tragedy Mrs. Keinble read in style that sllences
criticism and renders prise supernuOus.
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