The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-14
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BROOKLYN AcADsxy-IrALIAS OpnRA.-An incident
which might be set down very remarkable occurred
al the Brooklyn Academy Of Music last night Madame
LAGRANGE disappointed both manager and audience .
very rare thing In her long operate career There s
no artist true to her trust AZ LAGRANGE. She Is
known not alone as an artist Of initiate morit but has
always been appreciated for she fidelity with which she
fulfilled every promise that . manager made to the
public In hss regard. But there are timss when even
the most conscientious artist must succumb TO fate
and fate struck Madame In Grange with cold
Wednesday night which entirely lncapacated her from
appearing in '.rraviata last night The parsImonioas
the house sufficiently 70 preserve prlma donna so
Strakosch was compelled 70 endure the poignant
snsn q Gs pesR' %
lyn folks not liking the morals OF Donizetti's funny
opera half so well as that Of Verdi were not so enthu
no, Phillips and Susnl did their very best 10 make
"Don PasQuale agreeable. La Grange was really inca
pablo Of singing, and the manager and the audience
had to mako the boat OF IT,
SAN FRAsorCo HrNsrRELs, BROADWAY programme
Of the present week at this popular place Of enter
tanmsnt ID recherche and varied The new sonR Chimc
OF Bells" sung By Mr. wambold, IL exceedingly sweet
and simple In music and words, and, like many other
gems introduced BY this favorts TENOR will become
ceedingy popular. "The Pcrplex.ng Predicamcnt,"
Grand Dutch Cheese Opera" and the bdresque, "Un
der the Kerosene Lamp" In all OF which the leading
gentlemen sustain parts are aughabie beyond express
s0n also Mr. Backus' broad limitations of Forrest,
Maggy Mitchell Rstor Charles Dickens and other we'll
known personagos The closing catastrophe In "Under
the Kerosene Lamp" Ia exceedingly RICH aud brought
down crowded house with roars OF laughter The San
Francisco Mnstrels experience no dminution In public
patronage and favor aud they certainly deserve the
proud position which they now hold with all lovers OF
music. fun and froc "a loading entertainment
city.
SrErSwAY HALL-MR. MvRDooH's READINGS Mr.
Murdoch concluded last evening his series OF readings
In New York with selections from I" Hamlet {" and
F" Macbeth" from the "Pickwck Papers, and from
Buchanan Reade's poem, "Ths Wagner Of the Ale
ghanies" with Tennyson's "Llgnt Brigade, or the
Charge OF the Six Hundred" Winters "Baroara
Fretchc." and two anonymous poems. "The Forge"
and John o tho smnhy." The latter piece Is to DO
published In the March number Of the "Atlantc
Monthly" This eptirs series OF readings has been
eminently successful, might have been
uopated from the we'll deserved reputation Of Mr..
Murdoch a. . most accomplished eiocutonist. As
an effective reader, particularly wherever energy,
emphasis and eloquent gesticulaon are required, he
has superior The advantage OF the speaking voice
over the singing voice Is greater durability; the voice
OF singer may fail long before experience has enabled
him 10 mako the most Of what remains OF t. but ths
voice OF orator actor usually improves like that Of
Mr. Murdoch Ia COMPASS hexbility and power accord.
Ing 70 tho measure OF his experience Mr. Murdoch
gives this evening his only .oiocutonary enterta d.
mont" In Brooklyn. at the Academy OF Music.