The New York herald., 1871-12-18
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.



has been written than any other piece OF 1ts hay'
win be revived for the second time OF Niolo's :nls
evening. IL wouia be idie 70 discuss the dues-
uon whether such .'shown 10 or Is not permissi-
able exhibition or immortality. To all Puritan
clamOrs against 1t there has come the successfui
standing defence OF "Evl be TO him who evn
thinksn and there Is certainly very large section
OF the public to which the "leg DRAMA" with
its yoluptuous spiendors, Is a snguiarly pleasing
form of excitement The "Cro0k," whose glories
viii dazzle our eyes this evening, IS, however, q
very very revised edition OF the old simon pure,
original piece. The thread OF the storJ and the
names OF the characters Qncludlng among others,
our old frieAd ZamieD, have indeed been preserved;
and has the demon dance, or as It Is now appro-
priately described on the bills "Orgia Q Passo
Demoni;n but in nearly al else the piece 10 new.
New Dances new costumes. new music,
new actors and actresses and danseuses, new
effects, and In many tableaux new scenery, nave
practically so altered this 'erand romantc. magical
and spectacular drama that in many places 1t WIN
be utterly unfamiliar 10 its old patrons. And 80
far az can oe judged from q view OF rehearsal we
think the alterations have been decidedly for the
better. One decided Improvement is the prom.
nence now gwen to the music. Sign0r Opert,
with patient genius, has been laD0ring ior months
in arranging aud composing the vocal and instra %
raby succeeded. We snail give here list or the
principal songs, duets and quartets which have
Duet, "iear Love Be TTue-kudoipn and Amina.
Quartet "Cnckoo and Crow'-Amina, Carline.
Rudolph and Won Punengruutz.
Song with dance, Fascinating Little MAN.
Song with cancel, "The Three Crawls-Broad.
Song, .'L'Allegr0n-Stalacta.
Song .Uupid's Mlschtels"-Stalacta.
Brindisi Quartet .Venus, Wine and SOng"-
Staacta, Carllne, Rudolph and Greppo.
All OF the above with the exception OF '..'Cupids
overture, are the original compositions Of signor
Operti; and they give the crook" an altogether
extent, a naturallzed English opera oouoe Miss
Kate Santley takes the principal part OF Stalacta,
and her personal beauty; Co combined YIN
power, t0ge her with great stage experience ~
making herself tavorite with the class OF public
drawn to this species Of performance, are q saiii
cient guarantee OF her success. We have no doubt
that few score foolish young men viii fan in
this Will alone give the theatre very 1air regu-
lar audience; although. being decided blonde,
fashion. Miss Jenny Lee as Carline. VIII probably
take very much this place OF Mile Cavendish IN
s se s q N the as ns
shown great power over an American audience ana
now that she Is reinstated IN a roe nearly APP
England EnsiSnasthat lat Of W buriesaue actress-sne ,S viii vii be
even more successful. she plays with an archness.
wonderfully attractive to q New YORK house. Her
voice, also, Is better than we have hitherto been
s sr sna MI see "a
win probably take the theatre by STORM Miss
Bessie Sudlow, too, as Anime, mas much more
to 10 than the character was ever credited with in
previous editions OF The "Crook.n she siugs charm
ingy, Is an established favonte with the public,
waiting their favor. Rudolph is taKen by Mr. Arthur
Matthson, who was originally engaged ID England
broken of by an unforeseen chance. His voice,
though not OF very great power IS Ol good quality,
parts Of Greppo the s,,a BLACK S crook AN, ana Won yon
OF the piece, perhaps the most. prominent In Inc
eyes OF many OF the haoiiaes OF the theatre. The
La Scala Theatre at Milan and eminenty deserving
OF public favor. she assisted by corps O. assist
expsrience The .:bemon Dancss viii BE- proaacea
with spieRdcr and effectiveness such as viii sur
ns Of ns knn on ne r.
Felix family-will be also great attraction.
Tney dance with care, grace and ease
ran playgoers An entirely new attraction IS
atroupe OF trained animals, some OF which perform
them is the s'educated goat" which rides upon
horse and dances and jumps and shows an apprecE
alton OF music such as IS only equaed, even IN ira
dlilon, by Lnat wonderful ANIMAL who plays sucn a
conspic uous part III Victor Hugo's "NOtre Dame"
Then there are also the celebrated clown dog Grl-
maldi and monkey OF altogether exceptional
ability The Maliltons again appear as attendant
ing and novel efIects. In one taDleau steam IS
used instead OF The usual ven OF gauze to
hide The development OF transformation
scene and light OF almost every hue Is thrown upon
1t and produces perfectly magical effects. There
is another scene-lhe batn OF the Nymphs-in which
the coryphees are apparently undergoing shower
batn OF scented water, which VIII undoubtedly be
great attraction.
There is no doubt whatever about there being
full house TO night as all the seats have long been
taken. II Is very likely, asO that the piece VIII
have again long run, as The management have with
commendable enterprise eXerted themselves to
make TINS latest revival OF the "Crookn the most
magnificent spectacle we have ever seen on the
American stage.