The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-21
THE OPERA.

THE OPERA.
Mr. Canonge and his OPEN company will
arrive to-day in New York, and will probably
reach this city on Saturday. In the mean
while We have received from an old friend,
who is now residing in Paris, and who is
thoroughly posted on all theatricals, very
interesting letter, from which we shall make
some extracts which cannot fail to interest
our friends:
PARIS, Oct. 2, 1874.
see our friend Placide Canonge
almost every day, and from what I know of
the artists he has engaged, may safely con-
graduate my New Orleans friends on the pros
pect they now have of brilliant operate
season. Messrs. Chelli and Merle have already
appeared on the Partisan stage, where their
professional merits have been warmly acknowl-
edged by the most competent musical critics
Chelli has a fine powerful voice, and pos
sesses thi-5 magnetic kind of histrionic and
vocal talent which is so highly appreciated by
our Southern audiences Meric, is finished
artist, who enjoys we'll earned reputation
Dardignac, the other Narytone, is young man
Of great promise; he has very prepossessing
physique, combined with vocal gifts of no
common order.
Feitlinger, primo bassO, and DeGreef, basso
canto,de, are also excellent engagements. The
former is the brother of Feitlinger, who sang
last winter in your city, and has Just returned
from Italy, where he has been fulfilling very
successful engagement. Lamarche, who had
been secured as primo bassO, backed out ut
the eleventh hour, and CanOnge was lucky in
procuring such an excellent substitute as Felt
linger, who was warmly recommended to him
by Halanzer, the able and experienced. manager
Of the Grand Opera.
l heard De Greet for the first time yester-
day, and can only say that he has a good
voice and seems to be a well-trained singer.
/ have purposely reserved the ladies for la
bonnie bouche, and here again our friend has
been favored in securing Mile. Vercken,
young and beautiful artist, who has already
sung with brilliant success in Paris as Falcon.
She is pupil of the celebrated Duprez, and
will, l feel assured, be great favorite with
you ALL
may say as much Of Mile de Jolly, very
young, very pretty and very fascinating chan
teuse legere, and of Nine. Teoni, the mezzo-
soprano, who lately created a perfect ft,rore
here in the part of Azuceoa, i'll which she dis
played vocal snd dramatic powers of the very
highest order.
The Dugason is Mile. Fanny LOGGER, very
PACttoluSo dCClCoS uuO SluSScI. NIL INITIAL, IFOm
the Partisan theatres, is the t1'ial, and Canonge
is about to engage Mile. (name illegibie), of
whom report speaks very favora5ly, as
"chanteuse legere. He has already engaged
a maitre-de-ballet, MIR. Mamert, and u very
beautiful young da1.seuse Mile. BRAGG. His
ballet will consist of Mr.. Mamert as male
dancer, and three danseuses, two Of whom
are not yet engaged.
From what have learned of the orchestra
performances, nineteen in number, who are
to reinforce NJ. Momass battalion, 1 am salts
fed the veteran leader will be far better able
than he was last winter to give you an idea
of what he can do with full and well Sc
lected corps Of good uiytuosi. Our friend has
had great difficulties to contend against, and
such is the dearth OF frst-class artists Just
now, that scarcely expected he could have
done half as WELL
As it is, l have no fear for him, unless you
are all too poor to patronize one of the most
excel Mt lyrical companies that ever went to
New Orleans. I hope for the best, however,
and wish you all prosperous and quiet win
ter. l say quiet because we have all heard of
your late troubles, and sincerely pray that
my unhappy birthplace may soon resume her
place as one of the most prosperous cities of
the Union, and again indicate it's right to
be called the American Paris. H. V.