Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-01
PATTI IN P.AEsIs---A CASA MIGHT
AT .fME ITALIANS.


Ccrfespondenoe New York fimes.l
PARIS, Monday, October u, 1874
senos, eaitarsn wealth. a.,d Refinement we're
assembled ~ the sale antedour last night
10 rear = ale. Patti 10 tho 9it0AesOss- or
some days The eity has been aEitaJed over this
unusual event. The celebrated cnntatrice
was 70 sing iI French and take the part OF
valentino" for the hrst time in fourteen
years. The discussions, opened In advance
among The anateurs and habituea OF the
scenes, were frequently uf lively sort. Il
was urged that Nine. Patti had neither The
force nor the voice Tor so heavy and difficult
rOie and furthermore, those who prOfessed
10 know something about IL insisted that her
French accent was 50 bad that she could not
hope TO avoid good dead Of ridicule. In
both things the knowing ones were in error
Nine. Patti was equal 70 the role OF "Vaien-
lne," although in the fourth act could see
from the dUras-Sceae Box In which / was sit
ting that it was a most terrible strain upon
her force and voice. Her accent was
! the puTest Partisan, and Il was evident
/ that NJ de UauX had carefully corrected
7 her mOdulations. IN fact OF the two
! leading singers, it appeared that NJ lie Belval
! had far more OF the Italian accent than Patti
/ An entirely exceptional audienee was present
\ on this OCCASION The announcement that the
I first representation would be under the pa
4 tronage Of Madame Ia Marechale herself and
/ for the benefit OF the poor OF Alssce Lorraine
( cau-ed nutter among the denii- 1lO7iei1inss
/ who began 10 move heaven and earth to ge;
l an entry. There In nothing they ike more
! than these SORT OF gatherings, where they can
/ and elbow the aristOcracy during the eIIsr'dcfs
along the sOitiofTs and IN The saloon. But steps
/ mad been taken 20 make the audience ex-
I tremely exclusive. All whose relations were
/ not clearly known were told that the tickets
I were all sold, and fabulous sums were offered
| two days before the event. Twenty-Five dol
lars for a ngle seat in the posterne were freely
offered at tie door by mum Der Of elegantly
/ dressed young men who had failed to gain adj
mittance. Hence the places were Kept fo1
nigh officials, Journalists and literary men,
the Weaithy bankers, the cream OF Partisan
high life, aad few coble strangers who are
now within our gates, IL was a representation
de gaia, and, as Nine. de Caux afterward re-
marked, "qlite Ike st. Petersburg audience
/ for peri finance ordered By the emperor.
TIE number Of diamonds displayed was really
astonishing Beginning with Nine. De
ROthscnild, opposite where was sitting, W no
wore heaIJ-snapei locket set with enormous
oril iants, round as far as | could see there
I appeared tD be a CONTINUOUS stream of dia-
n0nes, and constant scintillauOns Of light
ard colOr- But there was one exception
WORTH noting. In front box sat lady OF
middle age, dressed III a simple muslin ROBE
OF somber lint, aud without a single orna-
ment visible save plain tdarriage-rinq. Be
side TINS simple figure we're three distin-
guished-iooking gentlemen, and in the boxes
on either side were two ladies who must
nave had millions value in their hair.
The plain little woman was the Grand Ouch
sss Marie, OF Rnssia, who never loses one Of
Nine. PATHS evenings 1fshe can help Il. But,
as a lady remarked, q princess OF the blood
can afford such vagarits, while plain Mime. So
and So would be disgraced. Nine. PATHS en-
trance RpGn the scene drew forth slight ap-
plauSe. but all were anxious to hear her be-
fore committing themselves too far. The
FIRST few notes, however, showed that the
voice was still here, and that the Diva Is still
the grdnde GFtfSte she has been for so many
years. Her accent, as have remarked, was
nearly faulIlesss and as her rich notes came
OUT ike showers Of pearls, the vast audi
ence began 20 warm, and finally burst cut
into enthusiastic applause. Baron ROJhs-
child spplauded longest aud lOudest, and
tried mis- best TO get an air repeated, but IL
was too evident that the part woUlI
prove a sufficient strain upon PATHS voice
% admit OF any eZ' rag. For q light voice, the
role 0f"N alentine' il entirely out OF the Ques-
ton, and Meyerbesr came very near writing
something that could not be sung many times
IN a century. During the third act Nine.
= att began to show her powers and The audi
enCs was moved, but IL was Ia the fourth act
that she gained her greatest triumph, and
showed herself an actress as well as a canta-
trice. The stage was literally covered with
flowers, and bouquets poured in rom every
direction The marina was apparently
charmed but there was one MAJ present
VINO was radiant with Joy, and that was
NJ Iurice StrakOsch, who must have had his
heart warmed by the s. ght OF this splendid re-
cepti1n given to bis former pupil Nine.
Patti sings herself three times more once in
The H,tgUca, q, and twice in Faust, and
then we shall not hear her again until she ap-
pears upon The stage of our new Grand Opera,
rapidly approaching completion. A detail 70
close. Nine Patti was called three times be-
foe the curtain, and was so deeply moved
that she could scarcely walk, and had to ask
Tor aid After her fatigue the emotion was tee
much for her. On reLring TO her room She
found It fuil Of flowers and she marched to IL
between two lines Of dgltrdnt s, all the people
OF the Stage, with whom she was great Ia
yorite, having formed themselves into an es-
oQrt