New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-17
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ITALIAN 0PERA-FAUsT.

Italian OlERA-fAUoT. ....s.
The cast advertised for Faust last night
was not an attractive one except In single particular
The promise Of Miss Kellogg. however, Margheria,
was sufficient TO fill the house. There Is other char
acter in which Miss Kellogg uniformly and invariably
excellent as this and there has been other Maghera
on our stage who has approached nearly the ideai
Gretchen OF Goethe, and interpreted with much dell
cacy the poetry Of Gounod's exquisite and romantic
music Praise has been exhausted this favorte per-
soneton Of favorite ima donna and hardly any OF
the praise has been too high 1t only necessary to say
far she is concerned that the representation last
night was fully equal to the expectations
Of the audience. For the rest OF the char-
acters We have happily much moro praise
than expected 10 be able TO give We have SAID 'A
the cast not specially attractive, but nearly al 'no
male singers considerably above the dead lever VI
respectabity which VIC prepared to look for Inc
principal grateful surprise was the MfsoIee
Of signor Reyna has often been our good fortune
to commend this painstakng gentleman. but we must
honestly say that he makes lovely devil he WAS 'o
of tune and that little rarely; he acted win un
tagging spirit and intelligence and perfect knowledge
OF the business Of his part he delivered most OF his
music with excellent phrasing, intelligence, ana
voice and his drinking song received the Welr
earned compliment OF an encore. elghof hotu
stranger in the part OF Faust He has all the neees
sary OF voice and decacy OF comprehension
for that fine role and the tender portions OF the
Mrs. Lumley made sufficiently good Siebei ana NJ
Haeseller relic of the unfortunate Grand French opera
Company which made short and disastrous campaign
at Academy early in the season. impressed the ahu
ence very favorably in the small part OF '@6iihe.
The chorus was notably unsteady and in the tenor and
bass duet of The first act and the quartet OF the ru
want of rehearsal was conspicuous Upon the whole
however the performance though Inferior to many pre-
ylous representations Of Faust at the Academy OF
Music was a pleasant one, and should be repeated
"Trovatore" is to be given on Friday, and "lagoet'o
with the Same strong cast on Monday night VIII DO
sung at the Saturday matinee.
MR.. wARREN's ORGAN RECITALs.
Mr.. George William Warren began yester-
day afternoon at the Christian Association Hail. sec
ond series of his excellent "organrecals" Nothing,
we suppose but genuine love OF art would induce Mr.
Warren to engage in enterprise like this wherein
art must be its own sole reward. Those VINO
love and appreciate Organ-muso are Few enough
at best, and those who love the severely Gas
steal school to which Mr.. Warren .devotes him
self arc the fewest OF the few He had but handful Of
listeners yesterday. Most Of them were young ladies
wbo though pretty and weldressed, seemed to have an
imperfect comprehension of Bach and less appetite Tor
Handel and Padre Martini than for gunrdrops the
merit Of such concerts however not to be gauged by
the number OF listeners Mr.. Warren should feel more
highly complimented by the intelligent appreciation OF
the few musicians who understood and sppauded his
performance Of the Handel fugne for instance III m
nor the gavote of Martiuis and the andantc movement
Of Dusses than IL he had taken five or six hundred dol
lars at the door, Miss Branerd took part in the concert
singing very sweetly Mozarts Non temer oDiao benc.
FRENCH THEATER.
The revival Of opera boufe at the French
Tbeater has not rewarded the managers with
wealth la Grande Duchesse, in fact, and that dirty
trollope, Genevieve longer Omuse the town by
kicking and wiukng. and La Belle H6lene shakes leg IN
VAIN is shortly TO be tried al the French
Theater from which expect better results bcneht
or takes place TINS week; buresque OF Faust Is OF
fered onSauray and after that are TO have French
comic opera including Boledcus charming " La Dame
BLANCHE" and Barlns voyage en- Chine"