The New York herald., 1874-03-29
Am U S e M e rs.
italian Ouera-.sLshengrfo." !"

The fourth performance OF Wagner's opera took
place yesterday afternoon at the Academy OF
Music. Suca a crowded house has seldOm been
seen at an opera. Every seat was taken, and
standing room was alter the cOmmencemenC OF
the per ormance not OF nature calculated to
give tGe ate conner even tolerable view OF the
stage. Yesterdays repre- sentatOn was IN every
respect the best OF the four given last week.
Musicians acquainted with the terrible nature of
Wagner opera and the fearful STRAIN The prin-
cipal singers d cared empballcaly at the begin
ning ui the week tuat AZ was ply slcal impOssl-
sentationS OF ths formidable work In the same
week. Yet 1t las been cone. and succcssn.v,
TOO. Every praise is uooin one 10 Nilsson, cam
their artistic rendering Ui the principal r6jtS;
TO Herr Blum, TOR ms endurance; to >ignOr MuziO
ior tie training Of t1e orchestra ana caOrus, anl
to 81. Won Hamnc, Ior the ad.nlriU.e manner in
winch the stage management was conducted.
Campanlui IN particular. deserves Il word vi co IL
monuatlon. sick aud enieehed iIom the influence
OF the uetesta.!e Weainer which has p evailcd
tAls nlOnth, anJ On, buoyed up by u 3 use OF dulY
gone through an amount OF work Ia this opera
which would have, under The circumstances.
swamped any Otner ivng artist. IL is hard
enough 10 stag when one Is sex; 0u to 90 through
q wagner opera IN such u state Is herOism. Mime
Nilsson, Notwithstanding the hnisned character
oi her Arst impersonaton OF Elsa, seems To add
new cha ms To each subsequent performance. The
gem tne rOle Is the duet with Cary at the oeg,u-
ning tne second act. Yet all this muse Inspi es
one with a teeins Ol compassion Tor those lr,i.y
gr III artists, WHO FISK the voces III It's stormy
measure No one eau deny tnat "Loueppr,nu "
Sylnpnonically Speaking c!aIinS the attention aud
cOmmendatlon of every musician, but we cauuut
depart RON our first opinion that 1t - slaughter
house OF tue voice.
Academy of Music-Charity Concert.
very attractive musical entertainment was
given at thls house last evening lor the benefit OF
the suffering poor OF tins city, the proceeds OF
which Will he distributed by the Societies OF st.
pants in this grand concert comprised the best
musicIl elements III the city. Gilmore's fine mill.
tary band. wllch IS attached TO the rwenty-second
regiment, played an overture and Wieprecnts
grand arrangement of airs from "Il Proleta.n
Then came the dashlng overture to .'Zam-
pa" gwen by the orcheS ia OF the Italian
Opera; an ara from lonlzesti's "Bety," by
Mile. Maiesi ana violin solo by NieniawSkl.
Then was presented the first great feature OF the
concert. song, sweet the Angeus," by Operti,
very Charming composition ana delivered with
that wealth OF Tone ana expression that is allied to
the voice OF Nine. Pauline LuCca. ''Dle klene
faulina' was In eXceileht spifits and voice, and
her reception was very cCrdiai The song Is simple
and elective anu exactly the style OF
Mine. Luc as vocal art. Mr. j. n. Pat ison was the
500 pianist OF the occasion, and in tue rendering
OIL his charming work, ''Paraphrase de concert sur
un Ineme RlsSe, u Clevar, artistic piano compost
ton, he proved himself u truc artisl. The Leder-
kranZ Society, vocal organization which Occu-
PIES the first pace IN this country, next sang two
Water M Sn Y ISe " Saee m a1d h9
tone hon igeneiry Oi sentiment and warmth 0, ex.
preston shown by TINS renowned society in those
selections, and the SOnorons, well trained bass
voice OF Mr.. +. stems, III or two solo passages,
gave entire satisfaction and testified ~ the
aoilty OF the conductor, Mr.. A. Paur.
Miss Cary, the first Ol American cOntraltoS,
gave the secOni air Of the page ia 'Gll UgOnotti,'
as only she Can sing 1T. anu Signor Campanini,
after hts arduous labors a. the matinee OF "Loaen
grin,n ana we might a.sO say in the same cOnnec-
ton Del Puente anu Nannclti, appeared with not
q trace of the terrible STRAIN on each voice winch
~ N OIL A hn IL hu Wnss
ner's opera lew hours previous. Miss Kellogg
was absent through illness OF the most severe
kInd About $1,000 viii he realized IRON this
benefit.