The New York herald., 1871-09-03
Am U SEM ENTs.

GRAND OpERA HoUsE-"y ARCIssF Another
opening for the fall season. and very encouraging
and successful, too. II Messrs Cole and Baker con-
tinue as tney nave lust begun they Will, ere the
season IS over, do much toward bringing this noble
theatre up to the leading position It should occupy
and which II has not heretofore attained owing To
the reckless and Incompetent hands in which it
placed. The initial bill was that thrilling story of
q wrecked heart 'Narcisse,n which Mr.. Bandmann
first introduced to public and In which he first
won his aurels after quitting the Ieutonlc
boards. His long absence from the metropolitan
stage-soIne i've years, during whch lie mas
travelled much professionally, from Charihg
Gross to tho antipodes--and the pleasing memory he
left III the minds of the public here. was the means
OF calling around him last night an cnthuslastic au-
dence of very large proportions His Narclsse Is the
same finished impassiOned, artistic inipersoha'loh
as OF yore, with perhaps trinc more of symmetry
and perfectncss OF ensemble. From the scene In
which he first confounds and abashes the powdered
and gold Laced cOurtiers and epigranmatic encycl0
pedists by his scatning irony and ready wit until the
dread finale when he discovers his long lost janet
In the person OF the accursed POmpadour, the
scourGe of France, Mr. Bandman enchanted The inter-
est OF the audience by that magnetic power whch Is
the CHIEF attribute OF talent. His voice ut times
has Fechterian ring In 1t. but IL Is beautifully
nodulated and never monotonous or tresome'
With the sole exception Of Duwson' whose NaIcassc
was unapprOachabe, Mr.. Banlmann's conception
or the part may he looked upon as wlthout riva.
HIS wlc, noe Miss Mnly Palmer made her Amerl.
can debut THIS occasion as Quinault, ana met
with far success. Nervousness, perhaps, Ill Tue
first act made her declulm IN that very prOrOhce
manner OF which Miss Ada Hariand IS the chlel eA-
pcnent, but In the subsequent scenes sue was more
natural and self-pOSScssed. Her interview WIN
Narcisse. when she draws from him the sad story
from the crafty Prime Minister tnat the
POmpadour and the wife of Narcisse
were the same person. evinced hlStrlOnic talents
OF no mean Order The high pitch OF her voice rem
der5 many OF her best lines unntelllIlbc. MISS
HENRIETTA Osborne infused much dignity, passion
which was relief from the conventional lnterpre-
tatOn OF the character. The Ony drawback 10 ncr
success as an excellent acress Is the hard metallic
quality or her voice. With the exception or hlr.
W. fl. Pope, who played the small part OF ST. Lam
bert very acceptaDy, the rest OF the cast was exc
taken the part of the Duke de Cn0seu ior that OF
buio0n, and carried cut the mistake faithfully 10
| TO the end. Mr. H. f. Thornes interpreta-
| ton OF the Count dc Barri would DC an
Invaluable addition TO the LYDIA Thompson troupe,
rs II was burlesque OF the broadcast KIND. MUCH
merrlment was caused by the various and ludi-
crOus pronuncatons Of the word "De ChOiseui,'
which seemed TO be q jawbreaker OF the most por-
tentOuS KIND. One called lt "Shoolc," anotner
"ChOysll,n third "ShzOOl," ana an eterprsing SUI
peinulnerary announced the luke ue SnlnAie
The drama was followed by the comedietta "The
Happy Pair IN which Mr. ana Mrs. Banuinann ap-
peared. Loud ana ealed applause Az the END ol the
mann aud he returned thanks III ieeiIng terms. On
Monday drama ny T. y. DeIeon, called 'iaspef,"
founded on ''The Mystery OF Edwin Drood,' VIII oe
produced