New-York tribune., 1871-09-09
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not exactly unsxpecteaU bat vithout the usual pre-
minsry hourshes and advertising arts which look
for warptpe Of the rising Of star Wachtel set cut
upon this tour under contract with Mr.. Adolf Neuen-
dorf late musicsl director Of the sadt Theater Bus
Mr.. Neuendon seems to have been indiferenty supplied
with facilities for collecting company to support tho
great artist end not very clear as To his plans Of man
seement, and what he could or should do with his
prize has been for days euyiousy uncomfortable
problem. Mr. Carl Rosa has at last solved the difficulty
by relieving Mr. Eeuendorf Of his white elephant and
engaging the etsdt Thester for an opera season to COM
mence Monday the 18th inst. The company VIII be
made up Of German srtiss in this country whose
are not yet announced We learn, however, that
Madame Lchtnay has no been engaged, and that for
the opening performances the manager will depend upon
Madame Joanna Rotter.
All musical readers know something Of the great tenor
who under these odd circumstances about make his
first appearance before American public. He Is
native Of Hamburg, where his father was stable
keeper and thirty years ago the famous artist was
O gay young position, rafting the German high
roads with chaise behind him. After his fathers death
he carried the business with his mother and he would
never been heard Of beyond OF the Elbe
had not those lucky accidents which always seem to
wait upon the development Of genius revealed to some
body that he had voice worth cultivating. In truth
uine robust tenor Of high range and splendid ringing
quality In about eighteen months after commencing his
studies he made his first appearance arstnot with
remarkable success but with results sufficiently encOur-
aging considering the Of his training This
was Hamburg He then went the rounds Of the smaller
German cities, and promoted IN due time to the
boards of Vienna and Berlin London first heard him In
1867 and thsre his prodous He went back
England after for several years. singing
In Italian at Covent Garden, but preferrng his native
tongue which he used at his numerous concerts 1t was
could hardly be expected that German tenor should sat
isy that fastidous capital but after ALL be criticised
and talked about in Paris In itself brill.
liant success. There indehnsbe magnetism in his
singing glory in his great high chest @, which the
critics could not explain Then his horses the
OF the Bots de Boulone and the splender Of his per-
sonal habits and the OF his history mex
hausbe for the journalists and gossps OF 30
cety. His favore role, too seemed only poetic rem
iniscence Of his humble origin, and even Paris ad'
mitted that in Adophe Adams " Position dc Long
Juneau" wachtel acted with superb ease and vi
vscity, and cracked the best whip ever heard In
opera house. 1t is in this pretty opera that he Will
make appearance in the Stadt Theater Aan1co
in Trovatore is another Of his famous parts, and he
has won special celebrity also in la Damo Blanche
william TELL" and "Don Giovanni" Wachtel Is now
years Of age and good judges who have recently heard
him assure US that his voice shows no sign OF wear
THE VIENNA ORCHESTRA
The first performance of the Female Orches-
which Mr. Rullman has brought from Vienna Will no
doubt excite lively interest Monday evening among
the miscellaneous public and is awaited with some
curiosity by musicians. Miss Elzer the tweveyearsold
prima DONNA and Mr.. Jacob Muller who is announced
genuine assbartone, will make their debut on the
same evening.