, 1870-12-22
NILSSON.
InE SECOND CONCERT,

The second Nilasun concert, at the Opesa
Louie, las: eEenlDr, was attended By an audi
cace which. IN point OF numbers, wAs fully equal
to thai which greetcd her On Tuesday evening.
Esefy part OF the house waa crowded, and the
general eject Of her singing was even more de-
c!ded a1d unmlstatablc than on the ttst cycu-
1nc. II improvement is Poszble, Mile. Nilsson
improves upon acquaintance. and the second
htaranr nols tssn connrms all that we said ID our
iast issue She Is the nn.s sS,lssoo-unique, o,igi-
cal iu.1n'taslc, lrts than ths one less than that
one, snd 2ttaEf than all combined. The laaT
n1 hSIhet 80 IL humor than on tae rs even
's',tn, UPON the fact that 4 Chicagl oFc6estra
plaJtIc without the advantage Of rehearsal with
es,.* ss. be t!,ss tc,snssso %wsst ws vesa S5 ne9s
rYwe's - sorrano but reaeafsi1g xita ihe EEK *
!e:dsf e IL different {. an thtns SEsAes,5a, i1aI
IeheaIs,ng with The singer herself Ali Of wnieS
sion snd commission, although il ,oea not esca1sa
nsn!1eat 10 81 viea1:e@ps n1st s namssf: 5sfon Il
men1, Int copstanty indicated he temco fos ane
rest Mss Nilsson. uts1.nunoer vas Gounods s
,c.,tet; .,9 ,,,n Mosea Maa Stsen Win the utmost
the. .cncote she Rare Gounods s' SeFenede.- which.
letter than any1ntn9 she has yet sung, derej.
The manner in which abe usea net metiium tones
the shftrEsnE OF them down into +osto roee in
taet, one o. ne q ns. simeus sxco!ta 70 sue.ii-
Ut Art, It ~ nnne the lCss phenomenal and ts1if
~htca oe!oaEs 70 herself alone, No other sInref
that Hs ave htart Possesses 4 In auytata9 Inst
apprnHthts TO heg perfection. Tier great dramatic
s1n1 *ss IN the mad sccne fFnm Ambrolse
Thomas - liaulet," an opera IN which sle has
Always stood ,res1e-s ami a.oue-znd characfer
which the mas be said to have created, At lesst
Upon the lys:c sage. The eeene Ia purely ara
hAsic- A:d IT, therefore. gave An opportunity to
height Of her p1wer. ASsrevasine, because
II dlcu,t tc connect Ophtiia win the realities
Of the situation when the has TO sing her laenta-
ttnIs N The pro- cenlntu loK; tn see v1stou In
EuNt snhsTiauat IN The tless tircle; TO call up
Etmciies ft.'in The haze sage noNef, and st.ew
rsns5 and rns-ma1y Win empty hands FINN !
thrilling She was In lite csazed a,ternA,tous be-
tween toY aua a aserr. How gtandly she de- |
thr ratified otz tne afro, snd how exq,1lsiteiJ ard
te4 ltrEiy thf dropped lnto the pllInttye Sxrd,sh
ba!lii. wifch 1hon as has taierpolated IN this |
,1soarese ana s pesfee1 .Hn Was not en!s SR
oRss.: ihe tsae. sentlneas q sas1speares
on5 OF ior the singer. the audience Ta8 not saus-
ned without irs customary tueore to which she |
ssedHh baiIsh, ri,h t sne lis siss tot @ ,ns saaeazs
ia1 Scotch os,isa. :. Anld Ro6tn q A." tas e1act
she pruoabtT realized II u cotnpietelv ~ any nt
you'd you'd ~ho b.. va s NOT Of The 1nlrcd OF aAuld |
which fhc told tie soy Of lie ba,sd 1nd W. ~
soDE carried tho audience hy storm ATnfn csme
the encore, and she replied with "SxeeI Worncr =
an Air which has but one meaning IN nj lands
and meaning which csnrot tail % be under..
se.r, s'sa y {{ee,us, =, Wh sfs clssss
the song WAS an tnsptration. 1t was sung T,;n
the utmost simplicity. There WAS no tAmpeF1n0
with the ecote; np ofuamentauou or us.less 1
c!abo.auon. At the close OF the last verse the |
iuhde single rest before the 1n2l note and then
seemed to throw the whole ferror and Affection |
OF her fon1 lnso that one word "Home.r We |
may ndnirf, and wonder. and keep many Of her |
other songs With u AS delightful souvenirs hpt !?
not hing that she has yet EuaK has seemed to ns 70
bc 20 Thoroughly peryaded Kt'h Truth, goodness, ]
acd feeling ~ her +" S *eet Home"
.Iro frnu Pavort1, act the Zitt., ,zittt,w irnu,
"The Dart,c"," and for her SOLO aumbeIn sung
the rags's II nE, from :" The Hugrenota fSob
S!gnol1, With the utmost purify and smoath hneSs Of
voice, nod with perfection OF GnlR1 which MAKES
a recent performance oi It IN this city the op-
Grat.c stage almost harb1tuuA She vas heartily /
and replied with delicious little Htrr<nks
Inn OF tenderness and characteristic In thythm.
t Considered IN all T1fpscts, she ts the most re-
Il 4fkAtle cp1tr1lto We haze ever heard htre- She
Is not 70 xI0fs II Aibon1, NOT 30 io18cuftnt and
more nuatcal in her ioEer volce than AdelaI4e
Thlltpps. tuner than Aoreutl. and more even aud
with Ettle d'flcnltJ fAyuT1te with the audiences
BriyEoH inside but two appearaucea, one In the
'z.ni, dtu" tho with Cary and VesHer,
and the other II thn Aacsds1te
500 u .t<ra & aisssags in Enica
e0eI For hb encore he sanS. for sae nsn TINS
In th!1 c1y.s Bailey Een-kno1u bausd "Coma
sn,n fhe Tsr6ep, Maud" Webave put curselfes
81 .scc-d tsttIEt lUsk 1getnst .sl5 S2c.tt Kh.cA