The Portland daily press., 1869-11-15
Tgr PATTI coNcrRr.-The excitement in

Tur PATTI CoNcERT.-The excitement in
regard to the Patti concert is intensified as the
time draws nearer for her appearance in this
city o. Saturday there was good demand
for reserved seats, and we expect that all the
eligible positions will be taken to-day. 1t is a
natter no small significance in the musical
annals of Portland that within two months
alter PATHS return from her triumphs in the
''d world she favors the Forest City with an
opportunity to listen to her wondrous voice
Dur citizens will not fail appreciate thu
compliment. 1t has been too much the habit
If great artists to visit the provincial cities
Only when they ascertain that it is well for
them to desert the great centres Of music and
art for while if they would retain popularity
there, or when they discover that that popu-
larity is already waning.
1t would be possible for us to fill our paper
with the favorable notices of the best musica
journals of the day in regard to the wondrous
vocalisation of this distinguished cantdtraee.
Probably all of our readers who are musicalIy
luclined, are aware of the constant succession
# oyatons she has received from the year
1868, when she left this country for Europe, to
her return in September, 1869. From Queen
Victoria she received the compliment, "Never
in my life has any singer so charmed and
pleased me-" Carl Banck, the great German
critic, said of her that he had never heard her
like before. 'Carlotta Patti" says he, "owes
her remarkable voice to her assurance, and, il
may so say, the audacity OF her vocaliza,ion
20 her marvellous 'staccale,' which she rings
up TO the highest notes with facility which is
truly astouis hing. The charm of her person,
ler naturally poetic grace, and the correctness
1T her enunciatiou, which is based on the best
dramatic rules, add considerably to her sue
cess. In a word, she possesses indescribable
qualities which seem to combine the most Sc
luctive natural gifts with the most brilliant
qualifications" Rossin, Auber, Gounod and
Ambrose Thomas, the celebrities OF the must
cal world, have all We'd with each other in Their
manifestations of esteem.
After these commentator opinions from
hose most competent to judge, what could we
aid which would increase the furore TO see and
bear this wonderful songstress. We might
say that just previous to her departure for Eu-
r pe we strolled into the Boston Music Hill
one evening and listened to a lady Of pleas
ing personal appearance, though slightly lame,
Who possessed voice Of great compass, very
flexible in its character, and very brilliant in
Execution. That lady was Carlotta Patti; anJ
since that time, we understand, her voice has
rounded, and grown fuller and richer, so that
in her twenty-seventh year she may be called
the Queen of Song. Our expectations are
raised very high, and we shall expect to be
electrified tonight.
The other members. of the troupe are all fa-
vorably spoken of by the press OF New York
aud Boston. Hermanns is well known here,
and, unless time has told upon him. as time il
apt to, will no doubt only redoube the excite
ment in regard TO him that he created several
years ago. Ne doubt many from out of town
will avail themselves of the opportunity to at
lend the concert