The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-25
A N u S E M z N rs.



The first oratorio OF the season was given la0
night at Stenway Hall before very large audience.
Madame Parepa- Rosa has long ago been crowned
the queen OF oratorio and to-day we know Of NO
artist that dispute ncr sovereignty In this line.
In the messiah" particularly her grand sonorous
voice and thorough school OF singing is displayed
airs .' Rejoice Greatly Come Unto lin" and r
Know that Ny Redeemer Llveth," she Is moro at
home IMAM even IN opera or concert; Her voice
the wear and tear It has undergone since the Opera
season opened thee weeks ago. Mrs. Edward Sc:
with expression and tenderness. Her sympathetic,
we-tralned contralto voice Is welcome alike In tho
tious artist It would be dnicult TO find. Aynsiey
Cook the basso ON this occasion and gave add
ona proof o. MS versatility ne maae very
recognized oratorlo tenor OF New YORK. ana
his thorough knowledge or the subject COM
clencles OF his voice. Tie chorus consisted
OF nearly two hundred and Iifty singers belonging
to the Mendelssonn Union ana q symphony orchestra
OF forty instruments all under the baton OF the
ablest conductor and most celebrated musician In
America George F. Brtslow. With such director
and good music 10 start with IL was not surprising
that the choruses, which constitute the most i'm
portant element in the work. went like clockwOrk,
and that the greatest or them all, .IIalelajah %
created perfect Juror. Both Mime. Parcpa-aosa
and Mr. Brstow have reason to eonsra =, them
est Of Oil musical WORKS
thompson u
Of Music.
No fouler musical murder was ever perpetrated
than the untlmely taking on In blonde buresque Of
walace's cher d'9ucre OF English opera, the
matchless Lurline; put the spectacle OF the execu>
ton never shocks the senses when the volatile an
Qyratng Lydia Thompson shakes her blonde locks
and says she did IL. The FAIR priestess OF nmbla
kicked and laughed herself into popular favor has
the happy faculty OF making one forget the atroc.
dr es 81 Of us Ss barlesaue se But s Iur
line, as adapted to The blonde drama, Is NOS
does not satisfy. leaving ono TO laugh snd wonder
ut the same time. Miss Thompson appeared last
night IN this overgrown theatre before an audience
mrth-prOvoking as she IS wont TO oe The 0ther Ia
dies and gentlemen OF the company iuly reaned tnS
EXPECTATIONS OF those VINO saw them A. WallackB-
AMI with the lair LYDIA received their full measure
Of applause Beside Lurline' the third scene Irons
MISS Thomson wifi take benefit TINS evening.
',Slnbadu being the piece seiecteu.
Bowcry Theatre.
With MIR. Murphy's "Ielp" big houses nave oeen1
drawn 10 the Bowcry Theatre. This Is singular
from the fact that the piece In which MI murphy
pIays ia most wretched combination OF aosurdt-
ties The actor, however, Is good, and TINS Is tna
secret OF the success or the large houses 80 ar as
un NM Aching, scenery and properties are all
good but the drama itself Is miserable. Il ts
not ,mnossble to write dramas OF the character or
m .qi When will possess good, stirring situations,
and al the same time reveal q consistent and an In
Iegent story; but the reverse seems 70 be the rule.
~ ieehnnv THOMPSON was not banjo aud horn
nayer no one possibly would ever have heard Of
..On Hand and Mr. Morris Dutch dialect led HIM
TO suppose that that peculiarly alone would be suf-
Gcient TO render his play Of ION the TracHs
acceptable to an easily pleased public
mt rIielp.v "On the Track and "0n Handn are
Too much for good nature, and but for the really
good acting OF Mr.. Murphy this last productions
would have proved failure al THIS house. AS a
Murphy Is good and deserves better fate. Ali tho
actresses and actors In the play did what was as
il now IN lts second week. passed OIL last night
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