, 1869-02-02
AH[yR 8KST3.


success. bo,h here and abroad, haB dono much for
American music, and Will scrTo as An apology for
q orief biographical prefaec- Miss Kellogg WIS
born In Charleston, 3. c, Of Uonnecticu. parent.
aye. And gave indications Of suntitai genius 1t
very early age. shc eouuercsd her uuslcAl edu.
cation BY studying tho ptauotos.e but her parents.
anLtng that she EaTc promise Of ram vocal POW
els. placed htr uIdcf tho instruction OF Professor
Atlct Of the Pafls nte.vaiorr, from whom she
was t1anterrcd to A Italian teacher, who tp turn
gavo plRee to II. Rizutre, With whom sue studied
tos three yeAs. Her anal lust ruttos was ~
Muzio, we'll known here. under whosc auspices
she made her dtoxt in opera II the New York
Academy in 1861. In tho rots OF 0iida IN Sesdi's
kRoictto." she ut orce won tho favor OF tbs
public. ard her success was unequtyocA. Hhe
sppe afcd theueelorth every eoErccutre season.
and socn wss urr. rsa1y acknowledged ~ the
leading purely American priEna donna. In 1867,
hsss Kellogg made her tfst appearance In London
u Marguerite IN Faust," rois which. IN our
OPT lou. till rem atns her greatest. Her SUCCESS
according 10 the critics, was unuuallEod. In
1s6s, htr trst apptarancc Il Her MaJssty's Thea.
Nc London. wAz a. Tioitffd IN " Trayiatb," which
amounted 70 m ovation, and III hsc1ucnliJ thc
psrstnatcd f'aldn prs'n. with her former success.
whrn abr win return 10 New York. under 1T.
bsrskosch't sustsecs. 10 ros.vo Mare:zvk'D druop.
p'oss.n IL rce.ii her .usc:s,ss @ III Il OF, own
city. khc made hcr dstut hero November II,
@ i + sGassT; S1, :; n,Isn isj-!ois.n. si ','s:
t1oupc. Oa IL aoi6 Il Ar'l. It15. .he snsao i.sr
operalte debut hesu N sha sroupo which tnsagu.
tsssa til; Suets @ss,. Ssss & Wilt oon
Mazzacr. aid Sua!n! III u ranks. Dnrtng
~ e1.t ssa'on q ~: troupe. ~
IN sluli,an,." and ihe zsr!laa. q "Dsn Gio1sn
MI And :.Fra Diayolo." la Tho second scnson.
! which commenced tho ensuing jane blh, she sang
Daughter al iho Regiment md i;ldd. In 'Rtg.
olciso:" Probably no artistic who hss crtE up.
pearcd here has been greater fav3ste,, both IL
lady or isrrpraachabie character. aud Of the high
est soc!al potit.on, and always uktntlins The
arogna ae9. she coes e1erysSess under tho se1e e.
cor1 Of her mother. who always accompanies be.
to the opera OF concert has been witness Of all
her tr!unrhs. AID hiss aided much to secure
those sllutnphs By her own excellent adylce aud
| Last evening witnessed Miss Kelopg's fourth
appearance here, and tho welcome she received
| wns one Of which any artist might be proud,
qoi:c equallttg i rot e1eelinc i. PetePa nd
ut1sos. capacity in cv.r3 pant, the orcnesrs stall
even being allied and the lobbies closely packed.
The rieat ct eueh house alone "a, az ,neen1ivs y
lofe IN az her journey,ngs hss ever met With .
warmer. handsomeE reception than greeted her
The concert commented wtsh the overture to
"Tufnantot' iud,fsrensly played ny a small or.
cheetta; and wae followed by sae wsl knoTn Duo
in tpiut and power and failed TO make uuch I'm.
uscsalon upon the audience. The hrst
ReT. rae 1s ior vioiin, by Kopa wh1ch Wa moi oay
played with br!lltancs and marvellous esiapneas
ard clea1nets Of technical tk,!l but With tmooth-
cd IN encore. although thc audience wa imp..
oEa i1hi.t'oas Of ihs bseolpe, Witch va, tq1i Of
Paganini school Misa Kellogg made her sppe4 u.
aree in the next number, and was warmly and
L. s iem ass hst 'pspnE
+ slowing rs So!ss IL ,ae7i!snie S saeo5s j,
Home very sHeetly snng. notwithstanding a
sltRht coneeit Of manner in forming the tone.
HeE rcraatninc 1umoers we're The melooy In ons
Auher'a - Laughing Song" which provoked a
double fneG,s IN response TO which sho Esss r.:
of Of PeTriDes si melody 70 tha same words, vhies
sns ana Es net
which very graceful melodies and very graceful
klstes were interninEcd md bestowed ~ a
pretty lar9es. upon the audience I'D sNttuza
ve5 a;ieesble il qualify aod yery sissas
sle.rne:s and fIsalness. i come. trea
seE,ttef, md slKsys marked by.,h,. ch.rac'eisti'
| Of bel-hkc c'esrness. Her execution Is very IN
sfsn1 e sns soasdn on eS e
cadtnec. Her cnuIciation is vcsg perfect, both Q
English and Italian. tue ~os-s beng always CT
erred with ntcet7 Of expression that make. then
perfectly 1utelligtbie, especially in bet haii9,
has already been exposed to the esvcre teet n
, opera, An these aayantsees passllo hc
& S1se seaaeney 10 70 s1
boldly attacking = toto risidfy a. ii i wrilten
ard eomctancs an urplcaea eantuess OF voice II
4 | sustained tones, added 10 which, although by NJ