The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-16
MISS sjoHlNNE nOULsgsy.
The teneert last Night ANA Its Eminent
kuessrss.


Success.
In The olden. though not golden. times, when
shot and ell were the order Of the day. we re.
member that after every battle the soldiers we're
wont 10 ssyi 'Well, this is the hottest light thai
| have ever been In" We will to day paraphtase
tlsas old saying. concerning Miss Cerinne Bou-
Iigny's concert OF last night. AMI aver that drune
valid Was on that occasion the largest house
that we have ever ssen. The largest and the
fairest In saying the farest we fear not to be In
vidious, because everybody was there We re-
efet That we are something over eighteen sum
mers, so that we could give an accurate aud
rhetorical description Of the various and eael,
putvying beauties In The 1Iall. but we will spend
The balance of our life regrsttng that eighteen
sunners cannot be immobiseJ, so that we think
we had better let the matter drop,
To speak in vulgar patlance IL WAS crowded
house. Heats had been reserved for the mem
bets Of The press but the ladies. God bless them
tuck possession Of them before the lettering
editors or reporters we're forthcoming. The ladies'
are welcome. Anything they do is well done,
q L'henpeur st lee DANES IL our mbtto.
We entered The hall Just In time 10 hear The
United States Thifteenth Infantry hand give the
Finishing touch to The overture of the concert.
The IhtftGentH INFANTRY HAHH 70 gay the l6aHt,
renowned. and II would be Hdusndering words
and space 10 praise lie performances
When the melody Of the brass instruments had
ceased a tumuiueus applause announced the ap-
pearanee Of Miss Cotinns Bouligny, and there
the Voting artist stood before the ffieH div audi
ence, beautiful. graceful, ti,nid, yet confident
confident because OF the courage that talent
gives, and The assurance that friends were before
her.
Hhe opened with eavatine from "Lueie 10 is s,t-
,,F
dourFes. II was proper selection II she wanted
10 show the scope, IN the high and low notes, Of
her voice. We remembered that when two years
ago her charming voice sounded In the same hall,
on The occasion OF her last concert. ID WAS beau.
tifnl and well tuned. but scarcely reached
The entrance OF the hall, where The crowd
had forced us to stand, We. therefore, being
espsrimentally inclined, took last evening the
same position, a. much aa we can remember, nj
tho Identical place az two years ago. 90 ~ TO
Judge of the success failure OF her trip TO lgHs
rope. We admit that we were anxious. but We
we're not disappointed. Az soon ~ she began her
Interpretation OF Doniaetts beautiful music, the
full, round. separate aud distinctly mgdnlated
notes reached our ears with the same artistic ef-
feet as II we had listened 10 them In parlof.
which II has been before our good fortune 10 do.
and we sincerely congratulate onr charming
eountrywomsn upon The immense progress she
has made both In the scope, elasticity an scion
tiie conduct OF her voice.
Mr.. A. Livain, the eminent fIutist. then played n
flute solo from Demersmann, which was much
applauded. ,,.-.,,.
Miss l.. D., 4 sister OF Miss Bouligny, sang after
that in an admirable style the "Air du Bstment
Of Auber. Then came Mr.. q Ilolling's new song,
s'I,e Reyei dn Bud.' sung by Mr.. Van Huffien
with his well known talent aud sduob' fdus. And
now we come back to the favorite and the musi-
eal star ascendant. who entranoed the audience
with her Interpretation OF "Paul OF Virginie. ol
Y. Masse, concerning which we spoke In The
mention OF tho delicious soiree musicale spent
nj her house,
The audience applauded 30 much when the
Last mslodous notes had ceased that she was
forced into giving an encore, and sang IN the
mont delicious way "Ca Fait Peur Aux Fleurs, a
graceful ballad Of Paul Bernard.
Our space forbids us from following the 40
oompshed young artist through all the varied
programme. We cannot omit, however men
tioning the eerenade from "Braga,' in which
Miss Bpugnys voice showed to 80 much advaB-
tage with the accompaniment OF Professor Null
lef's artistic yioloncello Donigeti had all the
honors. An mir from HIS Immortal "bucis
opened the concert, aud his delightful fantasia
"I,a Hipgara," ended II pebly and tiiumphanily.
There AiHs Bpuligny had occasion to show all
the scope and elasticity OF her voice and tho
d,letianti we're enonptuted
To sum up, tho whole affair was n complete
success. Tho trip TO Europe. careful study and
experience in hearing the great artists have near
ly completed what nature had already done 10,
our fair songslreas. We notice thai ber voice has
somewhat changed from what " formerly was
tho low notes to-day being magnificent verJ
promising feature with her 10 tho perfection
her medium tones; with that ~ besis she cal
attain the highest excellence. We promise bist
reputo and great success to our young and fail
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