The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-15
ANU sEMENTS.


interior OF this superb edce was Respondent with
the beauty and fashion Of the metropolis. larger
and more apprecatve audience has never applauded
the sparkling music OF onenbach, the marvellous
pantomimic and magnetic power OF Mile. Tostee In
the role OF the Grand Duchess OF Ger0sten the IN
exhaustibie fun and understandable bypay OF that
unrivalled trio Mr.. Duchesne as General Boum, Mr..
Leduc Prince Paul and Mr.. Lagriroul as Baron
Puck; the extraordinary gifts OF Mr. Aujac ortiz az
tenor apd an actor, and the sweet II not power
full, voice OF Nile. Lambee (wanda). The bows
OF Mr.. Daron, as Baron Grog, were sufficiently
not equal his predecessor. Nor lid the new Nepo-
muc by airy means equal his. Truth compes us to
aaS saat t Even MT Auac as F has no. YET tIy
simple soldier who is elevated to the rank OF CON-
mander-in-chief, and precipitated from II win the
he was FRITZ and not Barbe Bleue. But he Will
doubtless IN time satisfy the most critical demands.
h mc es Of the court IN the charming scene where
IA camp seemed to have hardly had time TO dress
themselves SO perfectly as they used to appear last
time to unpack their trunks after their swift return
from ~. Louis Almost the entire company has
but just arrived from the West, travelling
twelve hundred miles in fifty Rouls. and
Immediately appearing before the publican exploit
almost unprecedented in the annals OF theatrical en-
terprSe. IL IL only surprising that the army
OF General Boum, after forced march unsurpassed
by the famous forced marches OF General Bonaparte
they achieved last night. Pixies Opera House was
not at all too large for Mlle Tosees admirers who
thronged It last evening and the ovation in her
honor was complete success. IL Is not her fault
II quite a dsprop0rti0nate share OF the shower OF
bouquets which fell at her feet was bestowed upon
that bewitching although equivocal can-can rather
than upon her inimitabe acting in the rest OF the
opera. 1t was but somewhat discreditable indica-
ton OF the taste Of portion of her admirers. Suf
fering as she was from the fatigues or her long
Journey she acquitted herself admirably and was APP
pauded with enthusiasm. SO was manager Bate
llvered the following speech
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THEATRE FRANCAIs--'LA GRANDE DUCHESSE'-
never better gotten up than here, with these new
and costly dresses from Paris, decorations scenery
&C.; the leading singers, the army and the chorus
were never better under better discipline; there
never was handsomer or more fascinating or more
graceful Duchesse than Nine. Rose Bell; and she can
sing Tostee out Of her boots Moreover, have we
not Fritz here who was born to be Fritz and
General Boum who gives all his fuss and feathers
In perfectons Yes. yes; q thousand times yes. Why
ia 1t, tnen, that the never-failing "Duchesser has
failed to crowd this house tonight Has she had
her day9 No; nor can 1t be the rain, for pair Of
confederate spies from Pixies Peak report that
on the Eighth avenue the original "Grande Ouch
esse" in New Amsterdam, from the ground floor to
the skyllghts, has perfect rush, regular
Jam; that all the world and his wife and daughters
are there, with some OF their cousins from the coun-
and pike Is lovely to behold. Why, as they say all
round Us, why Is this thuss Grau cannot answer the
puszle him. He has done every,nipr to Command p
q royal success; he deserves It, but even Of the
Grand Duchesse' enough Is as good as q feast,
say has the presumption right to the h0nors OF the
Grand Duchesse. It Is her peculiar property She
can't sing IT, perhaps, as ofenbsch would wish she
the average height OF Duchess but-but she is so
delightfully."- absurd In this ros she makes OF It such
delicious hunpty-dumpty sort OF thing, she puts
so much French freshness and deviltry In It that
she has won the town. This burIesque OF
shingle is TO owens or what Lord Dundreary Is to
Sothern or what RIP Van Wrinkle is to JEFFERSON;
ton, and Lord Bateman is the gentleman who knows
It. Another thing Madame Rose Bells Duchesse Is
TOO refined, dssangae and superb too genteel
because Tost1e has adapted the public taste to
her rollicking and democratic Duchesse. Thatsall
there Is about It, and with his excellent artists and
fine company Mr.. Grau ought to waste no more
time In this rivalry for the "rande Duchesse" Yet
the house OF Grau was much better than we had ex-
npcfpd find. the N a
ing and spirited manner, II was received with great
enthusiasm. and the Duchesse OF Nine. Bell was In
truth SO perfectly splendid and bewtching that we
envied for the time her lucky Fritz. and even the
misplaced General Boum, the charms Of her gracious
familiarity.
ACADEMY OF MUsIc-"KATHARIsA THE SECOND,
EMPRESS OF RussTA"-FANSY JAsAUsCHEK.-It Ia
evident, from the well filed house and enthusiastic
audiences at the Academy Of Music, that there Is no
want Of public taste for the classic or historical
drama Every succeeding performance Of Janau.
schek attracts the public and awakens greater
enthusiasm. The Academy was hardly ever more
crowded In the pamiest days Of opera than 1t
was last night TO see Janauschek In the drama OF
"Katharna the Second, Empress OF Russia,r not
wthstanding the Indictment weather, and rarely has
an audience been more apprecistive and demonstra-
tive. This drama by Albert Lindner, was per-
formed last night for the first timo In America and
we believe, the first time anywhere. Janauschek
was TO have brought IL out I'm Vienna. Austria; but
having resolved to return to the United states she
secured the right from the author Of performing it
here 10 Is full or historical Interest OF period
when the world was profoundly agjtated BY the
French revolution the execution OF Louis XVI, the
rise OF Napoleon and the opening OF the great wars
In Europe There Is some want Of unity or central
point in the drama, but the highly interesting his
torcal incidents compensate for that. The plot
whom the Empress Catharne had caused TO be
killed, being her own offspring and the OF her
favorite lover Potemkn. The scene where Janau-
schek represents Catharfne as standing before the
mirror and contemplating first the wrinkles OF
age on her face and then the bust OF Possmon on
the table. which reminds her OF her days OF
youth, beauty and love was splendid piece OF act
ing "H0w old are you, KateY" she sayS eagerly
gazing In the mirror. ''What six-and-slxiyl Ever
the same answer OIL frghtful dish ~ The play OF
disgust, pride, rem0rse and passion was Intense and
thrilling, yet perfectly natural The same may be
said Of other parts where any OF these passions
called forth. The drama IL long and would be
tedious perhaps with any other actress but Janau
schek holds her audience spcllbound throughout On