The New York herald., 1872-09-21
PAULINE LUCIA.

half dozen sittings for photographs at Gurney's
and long rehearsal OF "Faust' In the greenroom
OF the Academy OF Music took up the most Of the
time OF the fair prima donna yesterday. At the re-
hearsal were Sehora Sanz as Siebe, signor vizzani
as Faust and janet as Mcphisto. A rehearsal of
another opera VIII take place to-day. Mr.. Maret-
zeks plan is to have number of works ready for
immediate representation, 80 that on the opening
night he can make judicious selection. But there
Is hardly doubt that the first opera win be
"L'Africaine." Herr Hackander. an eminent Ger
man Htefutelv, thus dlscourses about Nine.
Lucca:- .,.Lff..tn tt.i
The Berliners must always have some one or
other with whom they can do little hit OF idoatry.
The Idol was once Henrlette Sontag, then Charlotte
Won Hagen and afterwards Johanna wagner The
last beautiful, bewitching little idol sylph hob
goblin, demon ana nibbertygbbet all In one, Is
Berliners are not to blame. The bills announce one
s 'S2SF sRspa al
pet Before the theatre the public maintain
order; inside the magnificent house is full up to
@ nj s te
visible in the stage boxes; in the boxes on the pit
tier you behold Old and young European diploma
lists In the most touching concord with each other
The pit is occupied by persons OF the wcll-to-do
middle class and by those individuals who have
sky at Berlin, as well as elsewhere-we mean syn.
g agogue On the first tier sit the mass .t,. Of the
nOblnty the OnlCerS ana the h1ghcr 0llica!s.
the other gradat0ns OF government EN-
ployes following In due succession, up
to the regions where milliners' girls, appren-
tees and porters, jostle, push and crush each
other. The curtain has been up some time, but no
interest Is manifested till she comes; then there
are flowers bravOs and thunders OF applause from
the front, and from her large, halfblue half-gray
eyes, with their long black eycashes, surmounted
by finely arched brows, there is one glance-not
the vapid, gracious glance OF prima donna-the
thanks OF gentle, rOgush and somewhat spot
child. Every person present In the immense house
fancies the glance was directed at him. and those
indescribable eyes exercise O dreamy fascination
She sings. There have been, perhaps, fuller, more
powerful anu more extensive voices; other
singers may have been more accomplished
tion of quavers and shakes, but the sounds
which flow from her lips seem the only real sing
ing. No one but Pauline Lucca can sing like 1t;
there Is nothing acquired, nothing premeditated
about 1t. SO too, must the parsonage represented
have looked; SO must he or she have moved; any
other supposition ts the suppositiOn Of impOssi
| bihty Everything wells up from the springs OF
grand and fertile nature. Heaven first gave her
| the voice OF . nightingale and then said, '.NOw
singl and she sung like the bird In the sunshine
| OF spring; she sung with every sense, with every
| thought with every emotion OF her SOUL You may
call IL the aress art OF nature genial caprice and
80 on but there is one thing you must admit-it
produces its effect; IL inspires II carries you
away; 1t imposes its influence on you. And In
what does her secret cOnsist2 In her wondr0us
and peculiar ways.