New-York tribune., 1876-05-06
THE LONDON STAGE.
.ocnpos OF THE DRAMATIC SEASON.


60, poysg AND RIP VAN WiNkLE
,r,o, THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE i"i'' ''-''
,o,rov April 1.-THE first appearance Oh any
&c A1Ie. Blanche Rosavella, Known III pli'"'o .
y;So Thicker, an American, took place On o"'1i
sc. ,vening at the Royal Italian opera Co'on' s
80, 4 good deal Of talk had Deeh hedi" IA o.
,Da,ce about this young lady, ana tne Ho"So ~~s
.ro,r1ed with such an audience as ueoo'"n'0 N
.oldo,, been called on 10 face. oid @ no' o1o
80 e4ou or box. Report had given Mile. Rosa
volta great personal beauty adding tha' sh' "" :,
,:-aian who had been studying for some years Il,
Europe. and whom Mr.. Gye, the nian"seI'
thourbt promising enough to engage Tor SIX ye,'i0
So ata hod vet IN utter her first note IN pubic
whether Mr.. Gye OF Nile. Rosayela seiec'cu -"
T,,;ata y as the opera in which her introduction "
1and,,, ,Vas To he made, do not Know. 10 ooeS
soar, rort;cnlarly good choice. Popular nov"
- "a o,-rors 10 ard certain sentimental lhter-
- =: .Io,.s exci+ed bv a new Jioi6'fd mere ue'ci'
.at'oII,. yvos n more preposSesslng one lnah 'ne
a., Tho iropresson produced by her beauty
,.os so strong that the theme has peen u"ei' on
:. .bo London papers with quite unusual warhih'
a,,Io Rosavela is blonde ceRdrfe. tall, winning III
manner girlish and strangely self-possessed' iei
voice ia a soprano of considerable range and inooer-
sto nave. The musical oritics-of whom am Dy
- ,,,a,s opesay that her training has been good,
and there is a general agreement among them that
while her debut could only relatively be called bril-
liant If is full of promise. The audience received
her heartily, there were bouquets and recalls, ana
cenuine admiration was not wanting either among
the ladys friends many Of whom were present, or
with the general public. The well-known writer IL
The Times remarks that though perfection III Dc
,inrer is not to be locked for Mile, Rosavea enjoys
I'D, will ha
If she does not ultimately succeed in making the
b.,ricst use of them. may as well copy notice
Of mare decided tone from The PGI hGU Gazette a
journal seldom betrayIug anything like enthusiasm
endowed with every personal advantage inciudinga
voice az agreeable quality aud extensive coinish 5
young lady could scareei! la 20 f5 va She might
hove cousopd herself rs rejecting ilat ieb "i,:t
% 8h1e on , han frf Gnisdnc lesson. Mile. Eosayelia
Is OF American parcutage she has cc s'y in va,
te ast three years with view To the opeiac S'"s0
uuder Nine Yiafdot GaIca, and she Vas horn Just ~
years agO. In such character as tEh OF ltNtEt SJ
md hesuy count for much that il scarcely o,spe
10 account for tae applause with NElch aile -
was received by ber singing TO the exclusion o a r
nreson and tic recognized tokens Of triumph ia The
Shape OF bouquets were literally heapcd upon hcr'
The event to which musical and loyal and fashion
able London looks forward with most feversh antci-
patton is the first night of Patti and oil the fihce OF
Wales This believe. occurs early in May, and
have. besides. been applications, it is asserted,
enough TO ill the thcatcr six times over and TINS
although Covent Garden is by far the most eapa-
cious theater in the West End OF London. or was
tiU the Alhambra ceased to be a music hail, and
proeured from the Lord Chamberlain license which
tbe Middlesex magistrates wOnid no longer grant.
This is To he kind of public welcome 10 the Prince,
and Society shows its devotion to the person OF the
Heir ApnaTeut by reckless Indifference TO the price
il paws for seats. il does not even know how much
it has to pay for the manager las not been able to
make up his mind what vould be 4 safe limit OF ex-
tortion Al places arc taken at hls disere.On he is
TO charge what he likes and if he likes to charge
$50 stall and 500 box, there is not the least
doubt that there fools enough in London to pay
it, Only in that case the character Of the audience
would be somewhat changed The tue aristocraey,
which is careful enough about expenditure, might
silently agree TO postpone their reception Of the
Prince 10 some other occasion. Then would rush III
the false. The stalls and boxes would all be filled;
there would be rather more diamonds, more newly
set and a certain prepoRderance OF hook noses and
swarthy conplexions. The limits TO which per5ons
of considerable but fixed incomes VIII 90 are some-
times curously marked heard two people who
sat behind Inc on Saturday at the opera debating
where they could borrow next mornings paper in
order to see what was said of Mile Rosavcla. They
had paid $40 for their stalls 10 have bought The
O5Serrer would have cost them just six cents more
but that they could buy il did not 90 occur to
them To buy it would have been reprehensible
extravaganza. In exactly the same spirit lady
who lives in one Of the most splendid houses IL
London sent the other day to borrow a shilling
magazine The message came by footman IN plush
aud silk and the magazine won't home IN carriage
and pslr Nobody here is ashamed of economy in
little things except people who cannot AFFORD not TO
practice it. II IS one Of the ways il which fortunes
accumulated are kept together from generation
to generation.
. With this week begins string Of dramatic novel
ties more on less interesting and important--gener-
ally less Some Of tie more inpatient managers
brought out their pieces for single night or TWO
last week; to the troubling Of High Church coli
sciences. Mr.. H. J. Byron's new comedy, "WIin
klcs" at the Prince Of Wales was given on Tliurs-
day and failed-one more instance of the ill-luck
which has pursued this pleasant little theater since
Mr.. Robertson died and took his mantle with him.
The failure must have been very decided indeed TO
provoke critic to say that tokens Of disappointment
ana angGor among the audience were succeeded by
something like dcIIsiOn as the curtain fell The ver-
dict OF other writers differs frontis only in degree
winch Is no great matter to Mr. Byron who can af-
lord occasional failure but is very riOus to the &C
eompished managers Of the theatcr, who must be at
iher wits end for play suited to the capacity OF
TIER clever company and once popular house.
AT the Globe dramatic version Of Mr.. WilFe
eoiiulSs "Arnaalle' has been giveD--for the first
Tune IN London though not The first in England
uicer the title 81 Miss Gwilt.' The success Of
'niS seems by no means 10 have been very great.
Pa; oil many merits and well acted, is the current
ophaon' but with drawbacks which impcril its pop
"~iy AT tho Criterion Miss Lydia Thompson
anu her troupe in "PiG-paT" wldch was a dreary
ApSuiNtE has ,ro f,. A. c.llel