The New York herald., 1871-09-12
A M u s E M E NTS.

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OPENING OF THE MUSICAL. SEAsON-vIENNA LADY
ORCHEsTRA.-The musical season opened last night
OF Steinway Hail with genuine novelty, over
twenty young ladies' not yet out Of their teens and
all good looking "a few more so) playing away for
dear life In 0UOu orchestra OF their own; another
young lady, Miss Josephine Weinlich, waving the
conductors baton with the grace and skill OF q
Thomas or Costa; still younger lady, Miss Anna
Elzer, thirteen years. ride baptismal certifcate,)
one or the best barlones heard In this city, by
name Herr Jacob Muller, and o neat compendium
OF o conductor Herr Mnlder. The programme was
as fOllOws:-
March, 1.-The New World. .Farbach
Overture, Nabncco. verdi
Fantasia for violoncello. Hummer
Herr jacob Muller. -N''''
Ar' lie N011' d FkHrS Sa Xans s1s ss4p Mozart
German popular song ,,..- u,u..
"ana0'nA'' Mile. Anna E.er. "'A'''n'
Overture, "Dchter und Bauer. .suppe
W@sx Val MI ATlo@assHS @ and 6tidi
Ths SiaSsstrs being tie feature orIass 81 sns
vi our na st Gs T sscS0% Z vons g.
one VIOLA two celli, one contrabasso, two nutes
one pccolo, one harp, one crosse caisse, one tym-
Miss Wenich being the cOnducLress Of this heterO.
geneous assemblage Of performers. There is no
esprit and gan CHARACTERISTIC Of the city they han
@ @ da Sy besSsa oa
Die the number or those sleepy looking lager beer
drinking Teutons that make up the rank and file
OF our orchestras. They created good impression
and gained the sutfrages of the immense audience
,Sismsly prs5,y picture ihsy formed in their very
Of natural flowers around them. ',-s'-T
The defects OF the orchestra consist OF want OF
are indispensable attributes OF an orchestra. The
laws OF music are like those OF the Medes and the
Persans; no substitutes can be found for them. In
sdlOn music, especially that OF Strauss, the young
girls displayed not only remarkable power, but
such music. In the two Overtures, familiar to
everybody, the want OF balance IN the ensemble was
complete popular but not entirely an artistic sue
cess. Further hearings may incline critic to
The singers were both OF them, artists In the true
sense or the word. Mile. Anna Elzer, young as she
Is, Is pure contraltO nothlng OF the soprano In
her voice. and in both selections she gave sulcient
proof Of sympathetic, clear toned, well trained
voice Vol a5,a and Keen artistic appreciation Of
songs. which are utterly unsuited for her
voice and style. she ought to connne herself to the
broad dramatic school ana escdew everything in the
ieggt1O sty lie. Muller sang the "No ever,n or Mat.
tel in style such as 1t has never been heard here
before must be good artist IT that 1 can inyess
city. Judging strictly according TO the rules OF art
we regard him as the best baritone at present on
him too. Too constant use OF the mezza voice gives
the hearer idea that his voice Is as full and
himself Outu future occasions, there IL no fear OF
his complete success. We can safely chronicle the
opening OF the musical season as successful In the
popular sense OF the word.
wALLACK's-THE PRINCESS OF TREBIzoNDE-
Opera bO,tDe may well be said to have Its PALM
lest days. The lower school Of music which IL made
the rage Of the European capitals for the past few
years, has Proved like the int0xicatlon Of French
champagne, to be only passing exhiera-
tion. Like champagne, too, in large doses,
1t has proved nauseating. Manifesty the pro-
duct OF the lower empire and Its loose ways,
this dedication OF the demf monde has almost
passed away with the other false gods Of Napoleon
ism. Transplanted to America ir had Its heyday
too hut the purcr taste is returning, and Onenbach
Herv6 and the lesser lights are being thrown aside
for the great lyric masters OF the high school. Here
with US Its indecency and doubles entendres were
lost the multitude VINO ocked to !sten thanks to
prevailing ignorance of tho fine language which Is
the tongue Of diplomacy. 10 Is safe to say that had
a knowledge Of the French language been more
the grOssness and e1utuoQue OF Its dia-
logue would have sooner earned for It public con-
dcnnation. But its success depended on the sparkle
OF its music, meretriclous as II may nave been. |
coupled Win @ the inlshed acting OF the aIti,is ,
librettlst Scarcely t0lerabe, then, the opera
bo,l6p, what snail we say OF II parodied, we can
not say translated into culnbrOus English q Ian |
guage wholly untitled for the delicate spirit OF us
immoral Rnesse2 In the "Pnncess OF TreDiz0nde,' as
thls unftness was painfully apparent The dialogue,
which was an attempt at bttng IL Tor American
bore the distinct trace OF Cockney
handiworK. The eQufDOQue OF the French became
gross indecency in the English, ana when one com.
pares the acting WITH that Of the French stage the
contrast Is deporable Beyond this there Is another
TACT, which must make ;he piece OF last night |
failure IS the TACT that for opera bOuDe COM
pany OF trained singers Is q prime necessity. WHAT
pains ana wasted labor must have Oeen the lot OF
Mr. Connolly in coaching this, with one excep.
ton, muscaly Ignorant company, Is sad TO contem-
plate. The exception Is Miss Carlotta ZerbD,
VINO possesses a toerable contrat0 Of considerable
fexibility and sweetness. The public Is tolerably
familiar with the music of this opera; but 1t re.
NAMED for the Thompson troupe to thoroughly dis.
gust the public with It's matter. travelling show:
man, Cabrol Harry Beckett, mas an aged but
muscular sister, Manola (Mr Willie Edouin), daugli-
Ter, Regina miss Lydia Tnompsonl and Zanetta
Miss Camille DubOs) who Is the real future |
Princess. Priuce Raphael miss Zerbnij falls in |
love with Zanetta, whom. In spite Of his father, |
Prince Casimir (Mr. Henry Montgomery, Tremolina !
Miss Hetty Tracy Is In love with and |
hnally maries Regla The plot turns on |
Regina drawing the lucky number In
lottery, which leads the showman's family into |
nigh life and consequent series OF counetenps.
IL Is useless 10 review the acting individually
rhere are cdncdns and other ndecences OF the
French school which permit display OF legs
enough to crafty the debauohe taste OF the Young
IDIOTS, but In the whole thing there Is nothing 10
ustiiy single word o merted praise.