Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-20
MusEAENT

/ The OPERA BoUFFE.-The audience ct
the theater last night was large, select
and very spprecialivo. The programme,
lie Perichole," wss to 4 liking an i'm
prOvement ven upon SIS Grand Ouch
eEse," the music of which is so familiar.
Il was, toe, better performed than the lat
ter, which was given under all the dissd-
vsntagss of first night snd after q long
and tedious railroad ride from New Or
leans. The orchestra was up and answer
cd to the demands of the leader with
more spirit and in better tons. The
chorus also gave Us an Improvement
upon their performance OF Monday night.
Aimee was admirable. Her rendition Of
the tipsy song, "Ah! quel dinsr je viens
de t~airs," was simply perfect. As she ap
pesred-her voics, gesture and inimitably
comic manner, the electric movement of
eyes that contain q marvellous fund OF ak
p~ressiOn-she presented q picture that we
have lev seen parslleled, save in the
single instance Of BurtOn's drunken
To5dLes. The difference being one of sex, of
delicate, Frsnehy, feminine jlllity, in
duced by 8 coed dinner and good wine,
compared to the Obtuse, stupid drunken
ness CT al obese Englishmsn. This scene,
so complete, was rspturously encOred,
and the queen Of Comedy gracefully
complied and repeated the last verse "Si
ma parole" And so the chorus of the
10 hCa h68 EEBNauAC0 HA0 kA0b " sAb
second act, in which Aimee was every
inch squeen. The dinner scene in the
last act was q very lsughsble piece
of sc:ing, in which DucheSae sUs-
Ia n ID his reputation IS an actor
TO the great delight of the audience.
In the last act Aimso and Noe brought
down the house for q very hearty reldi-
ton OF the closing passages in which
they reveal their love for each other and
their delight at so satisfactory a denoHe-
msnS to their adventure ab the court of
the YicerOy. Duchesns was excsllens IS
the VfcerOV, and Eigsrd ss the Governor |
wsz very grOtesque and humorous. Noe
WIS q little hosrse, but his &C.
ing was uneXceptionally ~good-comic
to the last degree, but always high
toned. All that has been written of
Aimee scarce does her justice. She is not
as one critic has IL q musical Lolita or
Thomson. Neither of thess are in any
sense types Of al artistic whose manner
is utterly devoid of the Objectionable
thickness that made opera boUfts infs-
nous. Full of life, more vivscio1s than
any Of her vivsciouB race, b fills tbs
measure of comedy TO overlooking, and is
always delicste and genteeL Her
art Is R~rtless, winning and SONS
times Winsome. 6er movements are
UgcsfUI, and her facial
play Is marvellous for expression and
mobility. But her fame does not wholly
rest upon her powers as a comedjsHne.
Her vOice is good, highly cultivated. well
under control, and of range sufficient for
all the trying demands of opera bORfs. g
wss shown by the contrast between the
tipsey song and the m0rcesu so mon
cher Rmant. Is te iurs,n which was loudly
sncored. Tonight we are to have "Barbe
Bleue," which was produced &c NiblO's 10
New York about four years ago, by
Irma and ADjac, the then tsvorites,
Il became the rsge, and everybody con-
that nothing could bs better thaD
Irms's conception of B0Ipl0te. Later
Aimee assumed this role, and entirely
the fame of her predecessor in
the part. From her first appearance as
the reckless snd undsunted shepheIdess;
through the unique process by which she
is crowned as the ROSfere, and chosen as
tina fifth wife of the muoh-married Blue
Beard; in the %wondrous reception where
she 30 sstonishes the royal court of King
Bo6eche; and in the deeth-scene, the rs
vivsl by galvanic battery, q the gypsy
masquerade she shows US a rounded and
conception that disarm5 cTiti
cism, La Psrieh0le Ia her great part
Bou'efe Is next. The accomplished critic
Of the Mobile Register q that in this
last "she ia d~eliciously stupid, infinitely
absurd and so gracefully awkward in her
gorgeous court train and glitteTing jswels,
that the auditor lie at once charmed and
The music of "Barbe Bleue,"
offers some very graceful solos, and
rafting ~chOrusses; while the
1rchsstration Is better than that of any
lpers-bOuf5, ssVs LA PeTichOle." Those
whom Aimee hiss already csrried captive
val doubtless cling 70 night TO the gilt
,ering and rollioking BoRlstte. The house
will Of couIss be crowded.