The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-24


! PArRA.-Tne first remark that any unprejudced
| looker-on In Verona would have made Wednesday
evening while entering Stenway Hall few moments
| before eight O'CLOCK would have been. "now fne an
audience for so bitter night ~ The next obscr-
! walton would most probably have rested the
peculiarly intellectual and distinguished tone OF the
! company present Many active ana enneat mem
beers of the be lch and or the bar well known itcrat
artists authors prominent politicians OF the higher
order dilgent tolers on the press, and even some
noted dvines were there, attracted by the love OF
genuine dramatic art the legitimate Shakspearan
sense and by the reputation Of superior talent which
has preceded the English tragedcnne and READER Miss
| Glyn to our Shores and has already made her
! name familiar here. The sudden biting cold and
! searching north wind that made the evening the
most wintry that December has brought this year
had threatened TO the attendance of just that
| class OF people whose presence is most desirable
upon sucn an occasion but the vast hall was
comfortably flied, and skilful organ pre-
lude, pleasant warmth and briIant light
made up the rest tnat was required TO furnish
agreeable concomitants TO the programme offered.
The latter was simple and straightforward enough
10 please the most fastidious taste. A lew minutes
later than the hour fixed Tor the beginning OF her
task Miss Giyn appeared In plain draperes OF PINK
and white with but little ornament to contrast WIN
her glossy jet black tresses, her clear, bright
complexion and contour OF shoulders. arms
and bust full OF classic yigor. The ladys counte:.
nance Is not in the first flush OF youth nor yet OF
iaultless Grecian outline but is rather OF the SUBJ
stanial English or even Celtic type. yet extremity
animated and earnest Ia expression, mobile.
chaneeful, and lt up with eyes that sometimes
sparkle, sometimes glow, with intellectual and emo
by turns. as the sense varies and the inner
spirit moves. Her voice, which at first
seemed less distinct owing to the peculiar English
accent that is not pleasant TO the American
until the latter has grown accustomed 10 It, became
clearer and more melodicus with each succeeding
scene, unu warming with the work, the lair reader
was enabled TO reveal Its thorough training ana
rounded, sonorous eocution with inst effect. only
heps ,yas ipda
mence Any one Sho VIII consider the spe.
cial Difficulty that rounds foreign artist
confronting strange audience In strange place,
untred before in the presence OF throng Of people
assembled to note every injection and every ges-
ure without the aid OF theatrical facilities, rests.
relief, costumes, makeup and '0usiness" las 1t is
technically termed) yet assuming all the chief
characters of the most difficult acting drama OF the
Shakspearian repertory, ana with all inc lntrl-
cacies or Shakspearlan phrase and diction 10
overcome, W appreciate our approval wnen we
cided success She was the coGuettish, crafty,
fascinating Egyptian Queen-the soul OF artfnl de-
vice, and yet OF passion as Doundless as SAHARA and
burning Its ciime-t0 the life, SO far as voice
and gesture were engaged; ana yet she WA, was
Antony, struggling between love and duty,
with ali the pride of his race and the dignity of his
great fame and marital temperament, but ninging
all way AT last for the embraces Of the bewIIcning
sorceress OF the Nile. The wonder was that, por-
iraying these great parts so well, the tagedienne
morseiul Enopafbus, the tender, devoted, high
souled Eros. the gentle 0ctayia. or even
although briefly sketcned role OF great,
stern, Imperial Caesar himself. And then. al q
bound, To spring from these to the serio-comc
part OF the clown, who brings the fallen Queen 'the
worm OF Nlus'' in his basket OF fruit and flowers,
audience was certainly triumph rarely witnessed
on any stage or platform All this Miss Cyn honestly
death passages she displayed real hlstronlc power
OF the highest order: and the general remark was
aat IN IS SET play on the stage s she Would have
mlliar to the American boards. Yet, take 1t all in
all, as a reading the work was too long, and even
The exquisite dying farewell OF Cleopatra would
have been the more telling for an earlier por-
trayal. We look forward to the next
reading for this improvement but In the main.
Miss Gyn deserves the welcome that far, just and
genial criticism has elsewhere accorded to her. On
Wednesday evening next, the 2Sth inst, Miss Glyn
viii read '.lacbetn''-one OF her most famous and
magnificent cforts-and active preparations are
making to present her on the stage
GRAND OPERA HoUSE.-Mle. Aimee made her first
appearance "Wednesday evening Boulorte, In the
"Barbe Beue,r the most musical OF all the works by
which oGenbach has lifted opera bou6e into Its
| legitimate sphere attractive feature Of the
modern French stage. Everybody is familiar with
the plot Of "Barbe Beue.r And all that we have
4 do is heartily to endorse the concentrations
! which Mile. Aimee as Bouotte, won al the Varieties
In this character after having made her debut in
| 1868, when sixteen years old, ut the Con
| cert dss Ambassadors, in the Champs Elysees
and then singing successfully at the Eldorado;
after which she sang at Marseilles and Bordeaux,
and for four years ana u half at Rio Janero
she made still another voyage to Rio, whence she
returned to Paris III 1869, since which date she has
been the .'dctrfce anne deS VdytetGsn Escaping
! from Paris by balloon, she has come to New YORK,
where her youth, her beauty, her fresh and clear
voice. and the vivacity, ana ut the same Time the
| good taste or her acting, made last evening q
with which she sang '.Ya Bergers da,si Vaadge'
introduced her at once to the best good VIII OF those
who were most s to adhere to
| Mile. Irma-Marie as their typical Boulotte. And
throughout the representation OF "Barbe Bleue Mile.
Aimee sustained with increasing power TIE earliest
| favorable Impressions which she had made. Three
times encored in the favorle song, "Qun est
Cdlnad1l te FreluQuet," and rapturously applauded
in several other naorceaur she was never tempted
TO go beyond the proprieties-that Is, to indulge In
/ the cascades, the gags" which certain Il-adylsed
friends OF the members OF op6ra 6ouee companies
| have enormously told them are Indispensable with
a New York ,oa audience Al last we may hope they
| Gaussin5, who cannot boast OF a voice that
| as might be desired, wakes al the echoes
| or spacious nall as that of the Grand
opera, but who Is nevertheless comic acGor of fine
quality and high degree, almost made the audience
| M. Duchesne the Koi Bobeche, seemed to have
recovered entirely the healthful vlgor which I'M
pressed all the old admirers OF General Boum. The
! other roles were credltaoiy sustained. We need
1 scarcely add that les chOenrS excellent, and
| that the mise en- some was admirable. :" Barbe
Beue Is destined again to be the success OF the sea-
son.
| BRrsTow's GRAND ORGAN CoNCERT.-Ths cele.
| brated musician ana lavorise organist gave on
Wednesday evening" at Zion church, the first
! OF series OF organ concerts, which, Judging
| from Its success, augurs well for the rest.
| Among the audience were some OF the lead
Ing people OF this wealthy and fashionable
parish The quality OF the audience may be ina
gned from the fact that, unwilling to indulge IN
outward demonstrations OF applause, written re-
quest was sent to the conductor when an
encore desired. The artists were Miss
Henrietta Beebe soprano; Mss Jenny Kemp
ton, contralto, and ar. Beckett, basso.
Mr. Bristow played three organ pieces-the "Pas-
torae" OF Bach -four moyementsl overture to
"Egmont' and the ever welcome "Poet and Pea
sant' overture. The organ arrangement or Beetho-
vents work brought In all the orchc stral effects OF
the origina-a WORK attainablc only by first class