New-York tribune., 1875-03-03
THE DRAMA-MUSIO.
THE DRAMA.
MADAME RISTORP3 RENIREE IN AMERICA.


To ths Edttor Of Ths Trsbuns. fr-s
SIR: Do you realize that the living ex-
poncnt OF what Is grandest In tragedy Is day the
star New Yorkt You read OF sddons, and could she
rise from her grave you would spend yonr ante psnu
mate dollar to catch one glimpse OF her who. thess
many years. has been called the Tragic Muse DO not.
in your alteration Of intangible past forget that
the present IL as rich for you we're those good old
times for your fathers. Campbell may Tax enthusiasts
over his ideal Lady Macbeth and wot not that sddons
deserved oil tho praise bestowed upon her, but do not
therefore shut your eyes tine fact that the finest M
ing Lady Macbeth stands before you so hno that
doubt whether there has ever been liner
You do not understand ItaIiaDf Wnat OF thatf n
were better vastly better, be versed in the
bastard Latin bu. do not deprive yourself OF great
works you unable To take their exact
measurement Surely the hbrettos viii sublco for
accurate idea OF plot and passion Rstor VIII DO the
rest Her physique ard noble carriage her wonder
ful facial expression. her grace ner posing.
and her pantomime. will give you better idea OF tragic
acting than all the English this generation is likely
hear And would you realize the fall beauty Of charac-
ter dressing you have only 10 feast your eyes on RS
tori's costumes. Beyond them it Ia hardly possible
for art 10 go. Though dress may nos make
the man, dress most certainly denotes the
artist and RlstorI is peerless in decoration.
II moi often that Nature does her work thoroughly
where actors concerned. She gves US VIII without
beauty and beauty without wit She puts genius into
missha pen body and demands that fine eye shall
make amends for all shortcomings But Nature wasia
her best mood when she fashioned Adelaide RIst?r.
She gave her hight to command, and ADDED
bearing that would beht queen Her bgns
"a finely proportioned. Her features are regular her
teeth ne her mouth good her eyes expressive being
that most epyiabe Of all co0rs dark gray, which turn
black and even according TO the passion OF the mo-
ment And what Is best Of all. the great actress has
been worthy the gifts so avishy bestowed upon her
You remember Rachel aud insist upon comparing
these rival queensf DO you compare peaches ana
grapes and cameliasi Do you not thanz Goa Tor
botb and proclaim a to senseess compar'o 'oDst
These fruits and flowers are unlike than Rachel
and Ristori One dark the other Is fair Oae was
Greek the other is Roman One was Pagan tue other
ia Christian. one was statuesque; tue othef "
picturesque One was the embodlneht OF the ciass"
and out OF 1t lost her greatness "hich was
unioue. 1.-THE other Is the incarnation Cf the
romantic school, with yet fine capacity ior inhch 'na'
s classic. One hated-the other loves! Rachers ma
t,re ,ra Ii,ned-RstOrs is eclectic On what ground.
them are these two incompatible actresses u meet'
suray ON none at all Glory to the dead; all honor 70
the living!
The end has come. the las, word must be spOtea-
From great and free America psIti
But nsvsI Ss' ,,s ssn sns .ns ss ssyemy Os bsar.
Such was the quatraln spoken by Madame Ristor In
bidding farewen TO America seven years ago. htus
thinking that the honest adeu to be reUoT after
ALL The warm applause which last night greeten Tue
OF this consummate srtiste testified th
,bere ware hearts and brains In those demonsEratve
hands which could not easily forget the siio
Glance due 10 : srira, - belonging mob
only TO Dante's country but to the woHa'
Rstoris art so .ruly holds the mirror up asure tha
her audiences divine without understanding. Hence
her hold upon all natonalitesj hence her ability 70
come back a country where two unparalleled seasons
several hundred nights have taken the down OIL curl
osity. People like to feel power though Rlstor spoke
no language whatever, she would still DO
o power. Therefore she does well to re-
turn to the scenes of old triumphs; she
does better to visit the generous shores OF the Pach
where she will win her laurels and she does
hest TO put a girdle round the earth" and make the
entire world her stagc No actor has ever dreamed oil
what Madame RIstori Is about to undertake.
but her courage is equal to her geDiuA
and thus the impossible becomes possible.
Standing upon the stage historic by her debut un
der the the worthy nephew OF the clever
man to whose generashp much Of the success OF her
American campaigns due. Ristori seemed as fresh
as the bright flowers thai greeted her appearance She
was the same great artist no more nor iess'
aided and abetted by company in'eiif
gent and painstaking IN all respects showing
in details the careful training of master mind Tne
Esser Of SignOr Majeroni was much sppauded Ia tue
third act and Ristor recalled again
and again. or the play and Its heroine
what can be said that has not been
said beforei Every "pont," every pose has been
photographed in columns. and THE TRIBUNE. ike
genius cannot repeat itself. Rstor rose to ber su
premity in the fourth and fifth acts where her passion
her remorse, her wonderful duel between mind aud
matter in an unrvaed death scene, ned ler audience
with all the old enthusiasm.
An actress, professionally intimate with the elder
Booth, Macready, and the great actors Of the last 80
years. once exclaimed Of Risor In all my life never
saw such versatility in dying. She never dies twice
alike The deaths of Elizabeth, Pa de- Telomei. Adr
enne LccOuyreur Gamma, Angelo are as dissimiar as
the characters, and nothing is more difficult than
to steer clear Of eonventionaty in this re-
spect." Tbs Is trle, aud when the curtain
falls upon the fifth act of Giacomettps Elizabeth 80
real dead that the stage seems to be fact ana the
auditorium felton, requires little effort TO go aoous
ones bushes this nineteenth century There Is bus
one Elizabeth and Ristori is her prophet.
Wednesday night the great Italian will appear In her
beautiful creation Mary stuart. unlike the Vireia
oueen as love Is unlike hate but equally artistic Who
fails to embrace this last opportunity OF wiinessnga
mostorp,ece will lose what never can be regained.
Nc,o. York, March 2, 1875. kE
A NEW DRAMATIC READER.
THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER