The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-05

The English papers have just got hold of
the fact, which the HERALD published some
time ago, that the American manager of the
famous Swedish artistic, Christine Nilsson, had
engaged to pay her hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars in gold for six weeks en-
gagement in the United States. This is
handsome price, ii Is true; but then the libe
rality OF the American public viii cheerfully
make it good to Manager Strakosch, and will
pile up an equivalent profit on the back of it.
Genuine talent never fails in this country.
The manager who is wise enough to compre-
here from Europe the leading stars of artistic
genius is pretty sure to become the rich
manager The public will support merit,
whether in opera or tragedy; but it must be
merit of the first class. Jenny Lind's engage
m tent was as all remember of that sweetest
bird of song, an ovation Of gold. Rstori, in
her magnificent Interpretation of tragedy, de-
livered in tongue almost unknown to her
audience, had grand success-such sue
cess, perhaps, as she has never won in
Europe, either before or since; which proves
that nothing great in ait fails in America.
The youthful rival of the Swedish Nightin-
gale Of twenty years ago will be among US in a
few weeks, seeking for those favors at this
side of the Atlantic which have been
heaped upon her with so much love
and affection in all tho capitals of
Europe. Mile. Nilsson is announced to ap-
pear at the French theatre In Italian opera on
the 10th of September. We anticipate with
pleasure her grand representations of the two
or three leading parts which have made her so
famous-'La Traviata," Marguerite" the
gentle Norman peasant; Alice. in Meyer
beyer's superb composition, "Robertl lie Diable,"
in which she Is said to excel all her prede-
cessors, in that essential combination of beauty
of person, voice of exquisite sweetness and
a strength of dramatic power which the char
acter demands-marvelous the critics say--in
an artistic 80 tender in the finer delineations Of
human passion. Mile. Missions success in
this most difficult character has been immense.
Then she has full repertoire of Italian
opera, comprising the works of Doniz ETH, Mo-
Zart, MeyerDeer, Nerul, AuUer; Ill, III iuCt
that are familiar to us in the roles Of great
artsstes. We are not disposed to regard the
debit Of Nilsson in this country as possible
success, but rather as foregone triumph If
she is not greeted with the same wild enthu-
siasm which characterized the coming Of her
great prototype, Jenny Lind, 1t will be because
our reason is little more balanced now than
it was at that time; because we are better
educated in art and the ways of art; because
we have had twenty years training, and that
training is not lost upon US. But we antici-
pate that the welcome extended to the second
Nightingale, Christine Nilsson, will be quite as
appreciative as that which hailed Jenny Lind
with tumultuous demonstrations We are
anxious and willing to accord to the young
Scandinavian songstress who 10 about to come
among us so soon recognition of her splen-
did genius which will leave her no reason to
regret the honors she is leaving behind her in
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