The New York herald., 1877-01-14
sTEINwAY HALL.

vocal and Instrumental concert was given at Stein.
way Hall last night for the benefit OF the German
Emigrant House in Now York. Tho hall was crowded
and tho concert a The following was the
programme: :-'vineta, Fr. Abt--St Matthew'S Choir.
Quartet, Tor piano VIOLIN viola and cello Mozart
Messrs. Won Goeh, Hamm, Kelch and Werner. Aria,
.Frcischutz,r wober-Mrs. Imogen Brown. Legendc,
wieniawsky-Mr. Ch Werner. "Ueoerall Du,"
song tor tenor and violoncello obiigato, Lachncr--
Messrs Alex. Bischod and Oh. Werner In.
PRODUCTION and rondo, Tor two pianos, &. Walter
Mr.. G. Walter and Signor Emilio Agramontc. "Tiu-
thenreichcr Ebro," Schumann--Mr FIR. Rcmmertz
'Das Gebet Krcutzer st. Luke's Choir. Noc:urno,
for piano. violin and cello. schubert-Messrs Won
Gogh, Hamm and wnrncr. Ballad-"ls IL n Dream,
sulI,vanvMrs. % imosen Brown "Ar ,varie," y,eax.
Ros," "Kuecken-Mcssrs Alexander Bischon and Fr.
Remmertz scrcnadc. for nvo violoncelos, double
bass anu kettle drum, q. .Schwcncke-Mcssrs Werner,
DragOne. kpnig, Carpenter, Rictzcl Reitcr and Ora
ham, Tag Des Herrn," PaImcr-sI Matthew's Choir.
''rHE LADY OF LYONS" AT THE FIFTH AVENUE
THEATRE.
Yesterday afternoon and evening 'Thc Lady OF
Lyons was played at tho Fifth Avenue Theatre. 1t
Is the falsest Of all BuIwer's dramas, without the
grandeur Of "Richeeu' or the truth OF "Moncy ("
Nothing more unreal than the matter Of which this
play is made can be hardly imagined. Il was not
written from human nature. but TOR tho stage and II
has the sentiment of the stage the smell the loot,
lights. Tho carpenter and the manager seem to have
been called into consultation with tho actor Neverthe
less, 40 strong are tho situations OF ''rho Lady or
Lyons" so powerfully expressed the elements OF am
biion, revenge pride, haze, ovo honor so super
Ideally poctical much Of the language tha, IL remains
one Of the most popular Of modern dramas.
Tho principal interest OF this particular
rested In the Claude Menotte OF Mr. Charles Coghlan.
He was a strong swimmer brcasting the torrent OF
Bulwer's peculiar genius. Most OF the Caudes that
We have bad the misfortune to know have
themselves 10 the tide and been carried triumph
10 the ialL Mr.. Coghlan IL not iiko any Claude re-
member, unless II be Fcchtcr'a He takes this i'm
possible hero, with his iproportiohed form. his buls-
ina heart ms badly drawn head his legs
lbs soul, ut once contempt.bo and grand tries
make him man. The task Is beyond the power OF
any one yet we greatly admire the effort o Mr. Cogh
Ian 10 perform ~ vainly he cndcavors to translate
the false sentiment OF the author into carncstness and
70 utter merctrcious words la natural tones SIN, ho
d.os much 10 make Claude Ncnotte human and true.
HIS methods are natural. An example is furnished by
the manner In which he recitcd tho fnmous
description OF the Lake ot Como With
most actors this 10 merely n beautiful sketch
like an aria in Italian opera-somcthIng TO be sung
without reference To tho SITUATION. and ending. AS u
beg,ns, Ia nothing But Mr. CoghIan does not reclte
u A. from memory, aud "thinks' II out 20 the end
With him tue speech has purpose. AMI there 70 more
true music IN these pauses and abrupt transitions than
Ia the ''iinked sweetness long drawn out, 10 which
most other Cisudcs have accustomed us. Tue per-
sonAtlon ambitious, original and intellectual, and
We think oss ef shs suonssss evidences Of lss