The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-25
ANU s z II e N T 8.


An overcoming and enthusiastic audience assem-
bled at the Academy yesterday evening on the
occasion OF the farewell benefit OF Nine. Pauline
Lucca. La Figia del Reggimento" OF Denszetti
was repeated. The sparkling music OF this COM
poser Is especially adapted to Lucca, and, far
acting goes, tits just the grade OF comedy suited to
her. Her rendition Of the the well-known aria
''Ciascun 10 dice'' was marked with maize humor
and admirable vOcalization that called forth
an enthusiastic encore and torrent OF noral
tayors. It IL worth while noticing that she COM
mences this piano instead OF nlaes0s0, and gives 1t
the latter expression in the second verse. The
"Convien Partir" was not sung last night in
Lucca's best style, and indeed she seemed to suffer
slightly from the extremely sudden change OF the
atmosphere without. At the end OF the act she was
had hard work carrying in her bouquets. The little
prima donna, it was evident, had obtained deep
genius-admiring New Workers. The second
act, In which the emusic lesson" Is the
succa. Her 7 singing Of Mozart's aDas vechen;
in German was loudly applauded, but "Home,
sweet Home" was the ballad on which the audi
glory of her rich, iull tones, with delicacy and
tenderness OF expression that was not lost upon
may need some repairing, but she thoroughly I'M
derstOod the beautiful lines, and at the close
1t was encored as an American audience ,S es ony
of the ''singtng lesson" where good support is
needed, the burden was left completely on her
shoulders, the vivacity OF Ronconis Sulpizio
being thing living only in shadow. At the tall OF
the curtain the audience remained to pay her the
which she acknowledged asec eoustom. 1t was a
$4,000 house. The season closes this evening with
the benefit Of Miss Kellogg who will appear in
"Marthan
Serenade to Madame Lucca.
After the Opera had concluded at the Academy
interesting event took place at the residence Of
avenue. This was a serenade by the band OF the
18th Regiment, N. G. S. N Y. Intelligence OF what
was to take place having got abroad the street was
lined and the space in front of the house filed with
citizens anxious to get peep at the prma donna.
At hafpast eleven the strains OF martial music
were heard on the damp air, and the band. fol-
lowed by a company of the regiment and preceded
| by the drum corps, made its appearance. After
| cOuntermarching they took up q position before
pirate r%u airs ending with "bie Wacht den Rhein
| Nine. Lucca hereupon made her appearance at the
balcony carefully mufled up, and bowed and waved
| her handkerchief amid loud and lOng-c0ntlnued
| cheering. She chatted gaily with her friends on
| the balcony while the band repeated the German
bowling withdrew. she leaves for Philadelphia to-
| day.
| Brooklyn Theatre.
| Lester Wallack and the weather battled last
| evening, and Lester won. The above fgurative
| sentence means simply that the dlsagreeable
| weather did not prevent crowded house at the
first performance of Lester WaIlack ct Mrs. Con-
ways Brooklyn Theatre. The play chosen for
representation last evening was "ROsedale." In
some respects the selection was unfortunate 1t is
not q great drama; it Is even doubtful and un-
satisfactory at times. But for the old paygoers it
Is consecrated by the genius Of "poor Mary Cannon
and Old George Holland" and when the less ex-
perienced playgoer hears from behind him
o muttered comparison between present
performers and the artists so pathetcally alluded
TO- and to the detriment OF the latter he cannot
help feeling that the acting must have been Of
surprising merit that could have caused such
admirably suited to Mr.. Wallack, Or rather, he SO
perfectly invests himself with the part that even
| II he were but poorly aided the play would be
| entertaining.
| At the Brooklyn Theatre he seems to stimulate
| the members of the company, and their acting Is
more evenly good than In any other piece played
there this season. 1t was almost forgotten, however
| that Mr. Jordan still persists in forgetting his
lines. Why he does 30 1t is hard to learn but the
| amusement given by his laundering attempts to
| give new version OF their meaning almost repays
for the loss Mr.. Kennedy, the honorable and unset
fish, plays the character OF Matthew Leigh in very
| pleasing way. Miss Effe GermOn's perform.
| Merry betrays "the natural vanity OF her sex
when she dresses in Lady Adia Grey as very young
| woman That servants In the long run become the
superiOrs Ia the idea OF the part OF Tabtha StOrk
| and Mrs. Farren, catching the conception, aptly
| expresses 1t In her performance.
Theatre Comique-Captain Jack, or the
Modoc War.
Thirty wears ago Edwin Forrest In his impersona-