Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-31
Tho Triumphs of a sOngstress.

mere are itW iN-tAllCb1 % al tAsliC
careers, we believe, filed up 50 rapid
lv and 50 brilliantlyas that Of CarlOtta
Patti. BY adding 10 the six years she
spent So successfully in Europe
the two or three years of her earlier
career in America, it viii be seen that
She has not yet been ten years before
the public. She has not yet attained
her twenty-seventh year, we believe,
and being extremely pretty. and pos
sessed OF cultivated mind, with a cap
tivating grace aud expression, her fu-
ture promises 10 be brilliant indeed.
During her six years sOj0uTn on the
continent, Carl0tta Patti appeared in
more than 100 concerts. She now
returns TO Us in the maturity of her
talent, improved By constant study
AID the natural development Of those
splendid quaiities bestowed on her by
nature. Born IN Italy, where music
seems to be a natural gift, a product
of the climate, she was taken over
20 America at early age. While yet a
child, she took lessons OF Herr, and
acquired in q short time a distiu-
guished proficiency on the piano
forte. AlterWard she entered with
ardOr into the study Of VOcahZatiOn,
and such was the rapidity OF her pro-
gress that in 1861 she made her debut
with eelat at the New York Academy
ofNIusic. Shortly afterWard CarlOtta
sailed for Europe, where her sister Ad-
s;ina had already acquired q wide
ranutatfOn. Arrived in London, the
msusQsr Of the COvent Garden Thea
ter offered her a two months engage
ment. during which she appeared IN
a series of concerts. Her peculiar
voice and American selEpoSse5sion
were always erCWEed with success,
and the originality OF style ana brit
Iiauev OF her iutOnatiOn5 astoQlshed,
daZzied ana CARED the auditory 10 the
bsa.hest pitch OF enthusiasm. Ihe
E5glisb S,-.ss loaded CarlOtta Patti
WItI praise. and ySSceEra obliged TO go as
Jar back as CataIani and Jei,,i1'.V Lihd
to tind q comparison worthy OF her.
She sang in more than fifty concerts
in London, was invited 10 Court, ana
complimented by the Queen. - Never
in NV liie," said Victoria, " has any
singer so charmed and pleased me-
Passing over 10 France, she had
splendid triumph at ROuen, before
tine most difficult audience TO please
in the Provinces; then TO Brussels,
L,iege. Antwerp and Amsterdam, ID ali
OF which towns she literally electrlHea
her audience by her rfaultiess execution.
She then proceeded TO Germany,
where her original talent upset all the
notions of the DID musical critics, ana
created such g sensation that Vienna,
the most critical musical city in Eu-
rope, gladly welcomed her. She gave
sIaly2 consecutive concerts there, ana
bgd fine honor II being listened to by
His Majesty the EmPSror u austria
and the whole ImpeE4sl family. S1s
nlet with the same enthas.lstic Te-
cauticu at Bremen, Dresden, Bres-
IAN Prague. etc, aud the re-
esiuts reached d figure until then
unknown in the concert line.
Mr.. Carl Bank, tie best critic
ia Germany, aInrmed tAaL ne hau
never heard the like before. "CarlOt-
Ia Patti, said he, loves her success 10
he. remarkable voice, 10 her assu-
rance, aud, If ! may say, the auuaclJy
of her VOcaiiZatiOn, - her marvellous
'staceati.' > which she rings Gp 10 tue
highest notes with a facility which -
truly astonishing. The charm Oi
her person, her naturally poetic grace,
and the correctness OF her enuncldtlUn
which is based On the best
dr1,oatic rules, adQ cOnsldera-
bly To her success. IN
word. -he possesses indescTIbaole
" 0EiCn seem 10 combine Jne
most seductive Ba1uC2i gifts with the
most brilliant Oi quaiiIcatlons. Gar
lotta tuSn appeared at MdsJ5nuLES,
/ .cln-ic. she musical Athens Ot Ter
many. Hanover, aud lastly az Berlin.
Her strength seemed 10 increase IN
DronortiOn 10 the extension CI it5r
lnbere Of success. st Berlin she met
with a perlct ovation; Jetss were
given 10 honor O. rhe diva, and the
King. whose musical appreclatlOns
are wei known, gave the slgh2+ Oi
applause Which her appearauce al-
ways called forth.
Il would be toe long to follow Car
lOtta further in her brilliant and uurI-
vailed career. In France, especially,
sha gave hundreds Oh concerts. At
last .na Game 70 Paris, which she
seemed to dread, bul7 Is the sequel
proved, wiJh0n. any cause, icr she
created quite sensation by the si4e
of Nilsson and MiOlan-CarValH0. The
French musical press could not but re-
echO the sentiments OF the foreign
nreza ii. regard to AQe.iLa's sister.
me Emperor and Empress applaUGe4
her and the nu.aB!.iJles Ut the musl-
cal world. Rossinl aad AQGer, who
admired her. Guunod and Ambrose
Thomas, al We'd with each other In
their manifestations OF esteem, anu
warm sympathy Tor her.
From France, she made her
last tour 70 Russia, CONSTANT
NOBLE. AIoldavia and WaIlachia.
Her immense success in all
these countries is well known. In
M0ldavia and Nallacla, especially,
she created quite fufO3e, end all the
rich men aud MOBILES OF those c0uHtT.e5
seemed to have gone crazy about her.
One Of them, iE particular, who had
frequently testified his s1e2t admIra-
tiou. sent CarlOtta his beautiful car-
riaSa. with i09r horses haTnessed
thereto, cOachm8n aad several foot
men. and on CaTlOtta's compliment
ing him on hisg good taste and the rich
ness of his equipage, he replied: al
il Dlease5 yOu, keep il in remembrance
ofme." 1t is useless to say the can
tatrice declined this singular present.
4 fair idea Of the substantial character
of his great artists success may be
Gathered from the fact that the re-
CENTS otthe Patti concerts on the con-
tinent reached the enormous sum Of
4. 2O0. 900. Her personal fortune,
gathered in this brilliant career, is un-
derstood to be ample, and will be
greatly increased during her present
American Cincinnati Enquirer.