, 1870-12-21
NILSSON.


rt,,tt. rsda, eteit. 1t matters little how the VIC
xps5 was wop. II ms,strA equally little that the |
csit,cal pens ua1y pick aaws here and the.e IN the
details Of the rGcazatlun Of the fair caut1tIfee.
She has 1nhde great popular success. md thai,
at least, Is the Passing test Of merit. Some time
hence we msy ttt down. and, looklpg back upon
S,]tscp, wonder Why ne Ill went .n.o fnptuEes,
Just II NC DO now, looking back npon her Etf,cd
county womau. Jenny led. But Is not the VIC
tory Of Nilsson gzander ssAl than that Of Jenny
Lind: When the latter cane to America, she
was virtually the ntss great singer We
rad heard, and We had no stand
aids Of comparison BY Witch to
mehsuse her. But ssrce Jeun5 Linda day, La
sarse, SobntaQ, AIbonl, L1oozde, rszepa, Ket-
1oeg, Carlotts Patti, Zuccnt. Colsou, and other
great ast1sts, whose reputation Is cosmopolitan,
have shore biilisntir In the Ornament Of music,
and With Al tnese Stf5son cones IN competition;
aud He iuev1,ahl5 MD ourselves asking. Has she
ep II q AoSn &: asxS ef
purity Of farepa, The ease Of kelosc, me *on-
st, rss e e e
do her tue Injustice Of comparing het Elth e'ca
and ali OF these. lneasurirR hef qualities. one py
wtum those qualities weEc phenomenal. perhsps,
and then attempting TO settle The question OF her
ser U ea IL Z. xaS sn
1 e;r1k1Dg the average OF her general excellence.
| 70 make such = compartsoa Indeed IL no easy
she otbei gresi a1itsss Of he operauc stsee are
| pot 50 marked as her essential difference from
tecm Ill she has the one t1uenstone Of popular
l.ils how il Is done. We ase ss,tsned With the
beaptJ and perfume Mt the rose without tnqntrtn4
iato tie chemical elements Of 1s pet.1s or ne r..
her face, perhaps her manner. petrApS, her voice
| CHt bono. The t7.A<,xbl< chatml The auditor -
s,sts ~ o,ara. anS, mcss reiresasuS Of III, tie
! cntsc, ieok1px in the ds11iinE glare fcS sewe
| points Of defect, sne bewtfdtrtd tn the search,
NAV retire to his de4k and reyel Ia the fel!ctF o1
| SnSFtpK that the 1ross eothuslasuc thtogs be mas
| xr1te VIII sy1Il be colder tnAu the enthusiasm ol
s.a &: u a 9G1 g = Is saps
Il iises. ss'' 'De ''''' sA'
ysairr % ss tae ppers u Gepse VI; % ceisssnjy o. on
Eorshy Of The OCCASION Cp1n such occasions TIT
audience u usually secondary matter, and Is no
a.deiYecs upon even the g5esiest singer il asuos
al limited. 1ts co'dness maJ dlsmss. tts contemp
nay crush, IL exaxsetatioa maj spol', while IL
uI1 Of dc impfcasi>io ihe cuthustasm au
y nttuse OF tn- ana!ence arc parts RI 'Es lfe q
N artst, however es-a: or ao~erez sialI that u
Is; mar be. The snps:-rre:s'1 ~" Gets = han
is a. psoud as the artist upon whom 1a:a =aoNer
, OF bonquets. The Opera nnusc wha allied 20 u
J most capacity with fasata1t- psa1'J. 5on tor
;snassuce rarapttst, ir.1s e:ry:s. ha!c2ny, an
family circle Of this drcadtu1T wicked mouse *tF
:. | AELw Win EJ5 dfe&fS3 ~bH JcwCts. Auu ltlEEe
I With wall lowers !InLgne:aft. olossonnanK tnlct
: Il IN the lobs!es. and rssstnG pettlnseiousl
shrou:h lorguet,es As enit walI-doFers CSC stAtt
4 1t was an aniienc6 embracing tcchu
: | cal musicians Who hkd come
: discover errors: Of connosseurs who had coz:
9 to revive o!d recoIiecrous: Of fashion which ha
i come beeanse It WIS the proper thtng 70 d7:
+ Enn.rslcsi people who lad tpue to Etanty cu'ins
J. ly. And, Getosc ,hs evening Fas over, the mus
c:nn hU ta,i found an imperfect phF3se. the caE
: | nttsseur who discovered something that WIS n
): equal to Catlo,ta Patti. The faahion which hs
rent its Eds In applen.e. md the nnrnnsseai "
:, | Spt enthusiastic without knowing why, We:
sxgpt iutn the tolls ct the fair sWede and car1e
% away captive. rrzhars there were n,aer resse,
i, ro4ch has brought formidable "a
trtv to hear upDa the popular potxe
Caiy, with her splendid vo'ce: Fitnxtemps pf1o
= OF yiftuod, Who has discovered the fountain
n perpetual youth: Rrtanoi, recalling the mes
y ur,es Of NOISY tf,umphs, and feFKrr. s1dtd
l. scbieve the Rteat victory. Aud, from family Ct
d cie to parqpette, We imagine cveEyone. went a"1
a, | sat46Neu.
y Tns audience IL In tn plAce a promptly
+ ukuAl, which Il not ptompI II AL the practtte
10 coocstt and,encea being 70 come late ano
10 eallys tnkseaa ot the IeTcrses which snos