, 1879-06-17
AMUSUM ENTS.
THE VERDI REQUIEM.

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THE VERDI REQUIEM.
The r}eothoycn Society clptcl its Eoason wlth
Lin porFur,nasru OF Vcrdi's "Mnuxunt Ill.,
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~. "as''.
IAe allaonso Was soeS laf9a "ha eleRaft ofle'
ygnteteu were suggestive Of Tn Muplcton
utr1ts ut ttc sn,na tbrntre, Tbc calctun, Ifr,lts
rnvnrnd ,vny nn,t co+,,a,f,,o. ,.,r ,,,,.. ,n,,,,
t..ss:4 i3' "n. s"''es,"ss NV o"ts %
psoo0''e ihto scFfGe' AM au1tc m e.aoFt was
tnade 1T dccorAtinn, tile hhn1Es or Alihs NC"
Earthy aud Verdi ind CARY md Beethoven,
lpralIy atrayrf; n,lrrn,n> tho nrusccnI,ltn walls
mn, .,,-,.,,u,,,,,s ,~o,f. n,ru, nm ,trr.
asa1"atM e1sss was, a1so @assh 70 tl'e eef'oe"s-
&ncs by tl'c arrangement Of tle stage, which
was sct 10. rct,resutJt r|uryl, iuteriur. 4 cat-
nfn1our y,,1, i:ttc;rti ,miI mi wr.utha nt I'm.
'noFtcllrs' "sac'ea u l'!e Memory " o. A"nzon''
orcntaeu the centre u Hc staee.
a,l wns illuminated Will candies, ntrl around It
on three sttirs uas grouped slle chorua, each
stgcr ,arfuyetl T. .o'nbro taek With solitary
Curthy,, Ny. Adams. nt,d Mt. Comfy, wsro fnltne-
tltmtrIy IN fr0ilt, nL tho Drchesira, which num-
burc1 nbtut furty.tve pieces, oerupIeJ thu Gus
tonaFv plaee. ltto Sli4ru. tut1leti out ~ very
It IS unnccossury'{or Us to 10 ,nto any dctail'
I'd description of tlIt "Keanlesn," for this we
l,ayc dont IN previous ottalko when the 50.
taoty Eaya IL at Piy!noutti Church, aud later at
alcCusIr!cK Hull. 20 far Us thc wurk of tue so-
tic STANDARD of thine performances, or that
the work tnntlc such: nn elect upon the
hearers. Tile Aet!ctuuuY. apfseared to 9e owing
IL weakness ii ihe vosnlne of long rather ttan
Eu ineotttct singing. The attnck wus alwnys
prompt, and even IL the 'tn1ued work tho slug.
nig was clcar, aud the Euucra result stlowcd
GOol study, but Tic stfu,,g dramatic ELECTS and
eosstfasts-Ioe Vesdt In thts uastc Is essentially
t& Att1I uJfn
with the very extremes uf pta1.a anu fortc-wcfo
wcnkiy madn. 1t maY layo beuu lint t!,a ur-
ranHeineut vi tho stage had totncthlng to do
With t'ils. but It is ulore psohabln tlmt TIC vgor
uqrrel tie vocal ciferts by covering hc.n up.
Tie piantsstnlo passages were lost, and
some Ut, tho ehoruses-tl.u "Sanctus,"
tor inssuoce, which hcrctoio1c has been
Gy the. lnjudtslosis zeal Of tie orchestra. This
wns aIl tllc n,ure to be regretted, Us whenever
tie opportunity WIS gtrcti tor tho chorus to
show ttHct 1t Was evident that It was dotuE Its
nurk IN aau,sa1le stye, asld was singing WITH
usectslou anl fidelity to t.,e exorcsstoh uf ,l.c
music tllat IT, lln6 nHyer exce,ledt but to copu
with tint orchestra md It's surroundings it
of thu fur soloists, Miss Cary carried OF tllec
i!ouors, though sIe ssetea somewhat iniiEnca
~ In, toeS, oins. 10 af rrty lnnr nncra arasn irr
rjcl voice, however, Al ttlcs catnc out with tell
i,,g cIrrct, and her generous share III tic
cupccrted, numbers wns aIwa1s Impressive, t,er
nIoau aa n9pe s!y!e eaSs.eDt5 s nt,s s ilof .or
.,1it,, t,rrsrt ureoientiy. THOUGH Ut if,ncs s!,s
Taa slightly out ut tuhe. Her btlls,n. Of thr
ycry trying obl'raso aolo IN tue "Ltlera' me"
GhsateS @ .'es IT, nEn t... ,,a ,1a .,.,'i '; 49,,
"s ,c, aa yrry ~ Tns nI " M
sat,r WITH great spIrlk unu fpyyor, Ajr CoulY;
W. Lclicye, las ncvcr sung ills part before,
which '1nY Account ior us evident nniumli-
as,y ~n 's ;aar,, W. a st.,, ,.h h,,so NE
rv,.r. ta nat siantSi to II. 40 u,at wl,atryrr
effects he might otl,crwise make with yolru
10 souorous anu resonant :arc lost, The
ncss per!oT!neu hn,n9efs III w. ~, ,"ask i, wefc
H.. .1iec,,r,isrr = ts,,ss Wrt.ur,nv aud Mtss
Carv>. lie cirlrtGyy. .Do1tlre Jcsu,n ii whIch
"Agnus Detn tAiias MCCARTHY. sltss t.ary, and
chorlss), and the "Lux Aternp" {Aifss Me-
Curthy, Mr. Atlhnls, -a1ad Sir. Conly). Thc
Urcl,ed}ra was agood unr. but, Us NC hare intt.
mated, too strorE ia tts wurk, which nude tho
o,lF drawback to the psFforn'a.lce and preynut-
ca thu chorus from itnpressng tho audience
with tle really cxceliLnt work 1t was dunE.
THE MAsroDbN1AN MANAGER.
Mu.norr 11nynr,v arrivrtt hcre fnom Nav
"sa" ,,as, hi. ma i,...,3 .r,, ns
YORK }catesuaf thoFh"s Ha'e a''o nca11f ..t.a ~
full of Vim apparently rs ever. te hau HILLS
tint has not already brdn' communicated to tic
rcntters of T,rr TnruCAn to say to tic |utcr-
s,c~.r ss l,crnr,fnr l,is lease Of tho Urooklyo
W s.s"e''
Theatre 'le retnusked:
"1'yc takct that house for ten rears with to
nrIytlrpc of throwing 1t up A. the cud Of any
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w. :. w. ,,,, .o ,a,. ,t to,,,, I, w,,o, ror ,,tt
" "u laa 20 loca VI tah"'s Il "nen @oo !eis
ch!caco3"
t''Nnt The slightest. Mcssrs. Kingsley. Keene
& yrf;,,c,a areuts rno,e tn mr.: ofIrrctl INC tte
,'a,,s., ~ ~, t,,,.' tar,ns M, a.,,r,n,1 u
notev ~ oA "'o As'ars' VII, s,'' Su 49,. s,,
-" How large VIII tl'e HOUSE, OCT.
>" About The lsunc aize ns the old one; scatlnG
canac,ty think about 1,UDQ. i Will our,. there
.h,,,t IN, mi, ri Ortobrr nu,l ,nye I'm, rirhr,
grnae ot COMBINATIONS h'a e.u'ss bat .''s NY
opinion TINT tne tilho ~ nos !af ulstaht wllcf
VIC wt'l al le rsauce1 To- ins Griglna' eondltipt M
Q, maaGSisi .,i !. S,i, ,s"rr.,,t Il r1i ,,,t ny
tI'rec t1rstrlass stork Companies ip three Of Iny
0yo thc4tres-for | will iaYe nve next season
bsyund doubt. I've three nov, 90 you know.
ald I'm tcE11iat!uE 1os GUY ~ fniaaoelpha nilt'
amone1 H., T. Ei r,. YIN In ot,a ns,,tas