New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-08
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
MUSIC.
MUSIC.
ITALIAN oPERA-nMA III MURSKA.

ITALIAN oPERA-IIMA III MURSKA.
Mr.. Max Maretzek produced his third star
last night at the Grand Opera House before audience
much smaller than artist OF Nine. lima d Mlrskas
splendid reputation bad right 10 expect. Nine. di
Mursks has long enjoyed exceptional celebrity I'm
the chief ceuters Of musical culture abroad dividing tho
paudits OF London and tho Continent with Lucca aud
Nilsson and Patti, and abe comes 20 with fame we'll
assured and place already settled In the history OF ART
For her first In America she chose tho part
OF A nina In " La SOnnambus." When she upon
the stage We saw slight gracefuiwe had almost SAID
girlish-hgure and wealth OF blonde hair crowninga
pleasant face. She was very Tar from tho
ideal OF the simple young peasant girl but
she was clearly thorough adept In all manner Of tho
atrical arts She began her aria denTaIa mo "Coms
DER me-" apparently with the perfect assurance Of Ii-
umph The first sensation OF the house was PROBABLY
ono OF disappointment. There was somethihS acidr-
lous in her voice 1T was not exactly sharpness but
something less decided than that; suggestion tnss
the bloom had died away from IT, thas sn'
lndescrlbabe charm which outasts tho morning
OF ifo had vanished. This seemed TO DO not h""'a'
but mature lttle fine lady masquerading In Am'nas
clothes Such. We say, was the first Impression. ina
audience quick TO perceive however that the vo'ca
was as clear and brilliant crystal. lis perfectly
true; 1t Is strong 1t is penetrating 1t Is homogeneous
and IL scars with among those difficult nights 70
which most soprano voices climb with painful effort AZ
last, toward the close Of the fest part OF tho
aria di Murska INDUCED in ono OF those amazing
feats Of vocazaton for which she has become famous
and from that moment her victory was won she IA Dy
far the most brilliant vocalist have had here. Ger
ot,a Patti rivals her In OF the mechanical achieve
ments OF her art but lacks both the sentiment the intel
ligence and the good tssto which regulate oil Nine
Murskas vocal displays The tr In its several varieties
the rum the crescendo and the delicious little brdhka
staceato with which Adena Pattitook the town capiVe
when she first upon tho stage-all these accom-
had ut bar yIp
She ia singer 10 delight connosseurs and amaze the
multitude and we easily believe that when she was
younger managers may have fought for her and au-
dences thrown themselves at her feet Her acting calls
for no extended criticism. IL Ii neat, graceful appro
prate but thoroughly conventional the kind OF acting
that satisfies Ms for tho moment aud makes impress
sion upon the memory.
The rest OF the need not detain u.s. sig VZSaoi
WAS fair enough BuiaO; and new baritone, Sig ROssi'
CALI made his debut RodolDhO. He did better than
the gentleman who sang Secero tho night BEFORE Ou'
his voice Ia fresh and he has no style The chorus
little dlsorderly at the best OF times was now ana
then at oggerheads with the orchestra aud the repre-
sentation as a whole seemed to have been carcleSsly
prepared and thrust forward in haste. 1t IL PERHAPS
difficult obtain the required rehearsas when there Is
performance every evening; We ara not blaming any
body in particular; we only state the facts
THE BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
The concerts of the Brooklyn Philharmonic
Society this year will be- already announced under
the direction OF Mr. Theodore Thomas whose own band
will chief part of the orchestra There VIII Do
five concerts during the season. the first OF which so'
for Dec 90 No programme for the series has yet Ooen
published but the first symphonies to be produced
are Rats I'm Walde." Beethoven's NO g. ana one OF
Svendsens the same. we suppose when mr. Ih9uiA'
prOdnccd OF his concerts last july MIS- hlouol
Miss Kellogg. aud Mss Cary are ~ be among the soo
artists.