The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-31

| Charles. At the Academy. " URdine," Base
| Ball - and the "White Fswn" burlesque have
been revived, and Barbe Bleue " has been pro-
duced, being a burlesque arranged. we believe,
by Mr. Cavansgh, and at all events creditable
| work TO whoever arranged il. II was rehearsed
in an incredibly short time. the performers taking
advantage of delays or intervals in the ordinary
rehesrssls to practice the choruses in the new
piece By hard study they were nearly all ready
on Thursday night, and the first representation
passed off without any drawback worthy of
mention. and when on the following night, on the
occasion of Mrs. 0stes's benefit, 1t was repeated,
| the performance was characterized by genuine
| eclat.
At the Varieties, Mr.. Chanfrau has been giving
Us a specimen of his Versatility by appearing as
| Bob ByieTlv in the " Ticket-of- Leave Man, 4"
| Mules ma C0ppdleen in the colleen Bawn." and
| Ldlcyer MOneypeIany in the Long Strike" He
has drawn well too, and the audiences have been
sppreciaIive ones. he remains with us another
week appearing as Scion ShingB, Sam, and in q
| little piece called /" The First Night, or Behind
the Scenes" He will also by special request ap-
pear once as Nose in 4" Glance at New York."
character in which bis great reputation a
| comedian first actually began.
IL Chords pleasure to. chronicle the reappear-
aDce after her illness. Of Miss Josie Orion, who
cane out as Jane Ledr0yd In the Long Sulke,"
on Friday night
Madeline Hardy, always favorite at the Acsde-
nv has gone to st. Louis TO play q character for
| a short time at spalding x Bdwell's Olympic In
that city. she may shortly be expected back
| again.
Mile. Augusta sohlke. the premiere dan
| ssuse in the "Undne" ballet company. is in Mobile,
we Learn, and Malviua Evers is back in New York
/ again.
The amusementloving public will regret to
| learn that the pretty and accomplished Mrs.
| Oates took her departure yesterday afternoon for
| Chicago where she is engaged to appear in new
L Tha ali nf tha
| Cloth of Gold.n She takes with her the best
| wishes of thousands who have seen and admired
| her.
| Next Wednesday evening is chosen for the COM
| plimentary musical testimonial rendered Messrs.
| Wheat and Farmer by the Hancock Club. Mean
while the music loving public may rest assured
| that under such auspices and direction the Occa-
sion will prove of refined socality and artistic
| merit
Lolita remains another week, treating Us to-
| morrow evening to what we pronounce one of her
best characters, If not her very best, and that is
Paul. the Pet Of he Petticodts. If any one can
see her and Ben DeBar as job together in this
| piece without roaring, it will be puzzle to us.
Lolita will also play tomorrow night Nan, The
| Good for Nothing, a character which, as we
stated last Sunday, was among her earliest On
| Wednesday she appears 10 " Pocahontas" and
Family Jars" and on Friday has her farewell
benefit.
Miss Fanny B. Price will resppesr in :" Foul
Play" on Monday night week. After her comes
! MISS Jd0AusCuek, ana tueu mrh DdDCtf, utc DdN'
export, from whose engagement we promise our
selves and the public rare enjoyment.
and Humpty Dumpty." Why-the town is
full of it. The walls covered with it, aud the
small boys already have it as byword. The
Academy management have spared no expense
| ID advertising and posting the play. LO yester-
day morning the walls and fences were covered
with quaint and curious figures and designs: IL
has been frequently ssid that Rome was not built
in a day, but the Academy management certainly
| billed town in night.
AS was stated yesterday, the company has
arrived. Tony Dener, Jos. NJ Sloan and Harry
Leslie will play Gloom, PdntdlOon and Harlequin,
respectively. As COlunlbine we are to nave
Mile AurIol; as BturJesqlIe, Miss Jennie Enge I;
and as ROmGnce, Kate QuintOn. Then in the
ballet will appear as danseuse ABSOLUTE Mile
| Teresa Antonio, with Mons. Henri ST. 0dy as
male dancer And among the performers, too, is
Alfred Moe, the great skater.
ALINE LAMBELE.
The subject of this biographical sketch,
| Madame Aline Lambel6 Alfalfa, is one Of the
present cltdnteOSeS legeres of the Opera House.
She WAS born in Brussels, Belgium, on the 10th
November, lS46, and is, therefore, in her twenty
third year. Her father, Gabriel Lambe!e, who
was and still is professor of music OF the Con.
servatoire de Bruxelles, was her first teacher, aud
gave her the rudiments OF musical education,
| With the intention that she should become accom-
| plished on the piano. At fifteen, Alines voice
was so far developed that she was placed 10
charge of Homere Goossey, an able professor OF
vocal music of the Conservatoire de Bruxelles,
and her progress was rapid that, the first year.
her studies were rewarded with an dccessd; the
second year she won the two first prizes OF the
Conservative, besides the priG d'operd conltque,
for which branch of the lyrical drama she eyineed
| a decided inclination. The famous tenor Dupre
was next sought for to perfect Aline for the stage,
and it was not long after-a few months only
that she made her first appearance IN pubic on
the boards of the Theatre Lyrique Imperial, OF
Paris, in the role of VioIettG, in Verdi's " La
Traviata "a bold Mountaineering to the
celebrated nilsson, whose remarkable ca
reer was then in It's commencement, aud
then taking the part OF Madame M1oSdn Carcd1eo
| in :" The Magic Flute f" of Mozart, in both of
which operas she met with genuine success. II
was at this period that Mr.. Caabresi then in Paris
| forming the New Orleans Opera company for the
season of lS676S, heard her, and offered 10 engage
| her, which offer was accepted In the month OF
| September, 1867, and Aline made her DEBUT at the
Opera House in this city in November of the same
year. Towsrds the close of the last operate sea-
son, the stringency OF business IN the South SO
| seriously affected the finances of Messrs. Alfalfa
& Cslabresi that the former gentleman conceived
the idea of selecting On opera boufe company
from the opera troupe, led by Mile Lamoe!e, with
which be Travelled through the West and North,
performing in the principal cities and towns, Win
considerable success, until the expiration OF the
term of the engagement Of the company arrived and
the members dispersed. Mile Lambele, who had
been heard by Mr.. Batemsn, 10 Boston, in the role
Of Helene, was secured by this impressario at the
snug salary of sl2O0 per month for his New fork
company. During this engagement Mile Aline
Lambele was led to the bymenial altar by Mr.. Pau
Alfalfa the occurrence taking place in New York
, at the Church Of St. Vincent de Paul. The recent
, proracted illness Of our contralto, Mile Bour-
eeos, having created a vacancy in the the opera
troupe, Mr.. Alfalfa fastened to New YORK and
| obtained from Mr.. Bateman permission that Nine
| Lamte!e Alfalfa should close her connection viii
J his company, then performing at Pixies New orb
Optra-H ouse, and on the 10th January she made he
reappeara ce at the Opera House 10 this city 10 thu
Z role of ROSine in " II Barbiere," since which she
) has surg in Traviata " and " La Belle Helene. ,
( However great, according to the tone OF The
} most impartial and reliable Northern papers. may
have been the success of Nine Alhaizs under tht
management Of Mr. Bateman, il will be admitted
our Northern friends cannot have had fair op
rortunity TO appreciate the vocal qualities of ou
chanteuse legere, for they have heard her only il
operas bouies, which, it is true, have their merit
> but are not designed 10 display the resources
of Q chanteuse.
: Here in New Orleans Nine Alfalfa had
Q broader field in which TO exhibit her accom-