, 1879-02-20

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TENORS.
a Ncrnrt' Of the Foreign Tnnora Who Have
Visited THIS Country S1ntH 1Y5S.
.se,c lnrk Hrra1d.
Tie rcnppcnrance Of Brig1,nlI, the silver
Voiced tenor, a,d Max Aiaretzek, tie veteran
conductor, Tevtycs memories Ut the musical past
and suggests tile reflection illnt Il is now lust
twenty-tour years Rlnce Maretzck, then yicoy.
oua public servant, First presented Byiunol,,
tlrn q youth uf rs, to The opera go!,,x
penple Of this city. Tho memory OF tho vrcnt
salvl was yet green In New York, and rs 1,rig.
null came up the hay on the ed Of February,
1865, the glccs Of tile Choral Union were ccf,nel
from the shores Of stntcn Isla,ul, while Marin
waived an revoir nllfl passed through the Mar
rows eu route to Londnn AMI tito Continent.
Aarctzck announced Brigno!i, with StcfIunonl
and Badfali. on Easter Afnntluy, md
they achieved All instant success In "lucrc-
tia Borgla." Drignotlu remained here
ten veara. making many fricntls IN social and
mustral circles. In ISIS tIe returned TO Europc
to slug with Patti. In 1857 hn ratnc back With
Datcman und parcpn, remaining two years. His
next appearance here was witt, tho Christuc Nils.
son trolirc III 1879 md the last with T!tcns, lit
1915. During Ills last quarter OF century
but little OF which reIt,ai,s. He Is now under
engagement with Afr. Mapt8ou, a'nl |cuycs for
Europe On the f5Lhinst., swcnty.four years sineu
he first Appeared.
European nUte have made their bows to our
Atwlcny audiences. Tile hrs, after Uricnull
was Nitrate, 4 very ane tenor, whose ter,us werc
40,O0of. fort two months. Arditi was condurtur
Maretzck then brought ont Lorini, IN admlrsl-
bic Singer, who married Miss Virginia Whit
Ing, sister Of slr. Whiting, who rcceniIy
ioysLestsrs ss s "a "a Inc p1's Fsrk in rnsat}s "1ta
Tibcrlnl came here with great EUROPEAN rcp,t-
tatio,, lM! considerable sport va. nude Of Str.
koset s announcement that he Was q descendant
Of Tibcrtus. Down to this TING atArctzck nnt
Ar1iti lnd everything their nwH why; but viii,
II ncw trnor, lsraucasdc, came Anscilutz us con.
tuetur. Benueardc was ono uf Anrio's chief suc-
Ccssnrs, aud 10 "Lucrctla I,orgia'' nchicvel a
wonderful triumph: Squire was known as the
"Es,Elish tctus,n though, In fuet, he was u1l AZ
bany, boy, very sweet, light tcnor nId very
popular.
one Of tile best Informed tcnors New York
ever had was sbrfglta, q vcry fine singer. who
was "up" III uearly atl illc u;,erus, r'nssir as
well as modern. lie was great iayorito with
Atarctzck Al,szi" brought out BIgnard0, the
sa1ne who Is llrle uuw rs second tc1,ur, nhu
MaEctzck followed lin, will. SicfanI, who
u
lovers Of the brighter untl more spark
llnE operas. 1hcn catne sttgciIi, u Ger.
man leinr, who creatcd j furoEe IN "ta Jutvc.t
and IN all robust rules WINS equal to any sngur
Marctzck wavel the baton tc1orc s,igclii,
Esrani. Mazzolenl. Alasstn,ilant, AMI sscccII-
bottar,il. Vi these Errnn[ possessed n swcrt.
light, flexible voice, but AfHzzneIli, wo SUCCEED
cl lin, WaR Ut all the robust singers iaclle
princcps. lie was great so:lal iayorltc, and
made tnany acqlIatntnHces in circles not sen-
cray sought by pcople III LIS vocation, liz was
pald ~, ,5a5 month, aud earned IT, In ''loue "
III 13rouklyn .MazzolcnI was wonderful favor,e,
unu invariably pslckeu thu Academy whet, he
Gatlg. An>saslsiann MAS antltIlcr roi,slst singer,
and in some respests grcat success Ssecrllbnt-
singer, followed lin, lrtccr The management
Of Unlnal ami lle cnnttt1ct VI .Au5ei,usk. Labo-
vctta, the tWst light setiur In many essentials.
was brought out. hut he Tailed to make nluci,
liz Lutte jacob Gra,s, witt, Maretxck az COLI
tluclus, crcuted q great SENSATION with Altstaut,
\ very dsanlnttc n!nl tubust tenor, who struck
" Tic high :" with chse md became ut unre
tlie rage. That feat has llecn cssNycl hero with
entire success BY scvcEnl singers kincr, but
IN Allsfas lime it WIS lluycliy, aiit1 rs utlc!,
tnnrkcl feature Ii, tile entertainment. Nr. Puymu
tmportea Hsta Saiy9ni IVY expressly so siE the
set,ucnt,y III Erna:,t." sIarctxck also iutru.
Iurttl laneanf, Il tlrutnatic tenor of markell ur-
cuIarittrb. He WIS socially inclined u,I.l was
well known III general city circlrs. Hro,ll, whu
in "Martha,'' :" I.rin,n t'Snnnumbuia, and
30 u1,, scored very crctlltnblr s,1rccss Another
OF alarctzck's y ventures was Lu France. Wig
orous, robustfo!!s tenor .so scared L., dramatic
nights IN William Tci1,h Massnnicl|o," anu
"purtaI.f." Presumably hs WINS not 50 ponuIar
as sulne or hts predeee.sors hut hp was rel'nble
md correct When on tho stage. Vtllani, who
followed him, WIS not unlike lin.
kFt,tp ftrrx
for long t!tlc, nInl 10 tlIcM New furk was III
iebled for 1nnily I'LL uststlc treat AEare,xck In.
truduccd Ftzzas!i, ltsslt, n!l'l pleasing tunur,
WIN sunportr1 Lucca, aist Strakusctt lollowe;l
Frencly siH."r, VITO drew g, Goa month, uni
unrllell It. For two teas0ns lle was quito The
rnge. Eyvrybmly admired his urtlng, u,h yoll,Ig
lat!cs voted h!s loyc-'naling dlylne. lle WIS
t'..n-r. In manner, n!lI bore Himself on the
hiuge with III niry grace that quite won the
popular tnr. III vuitc Nus not remarkable,
but liz n,ntle the lt,st nj IL, nntl went Mwuy rr-
grrttctI BY hundreds. Of admisrrs, wli, will bs
utMd tu know i!Elt lie IL coming: buck nsutu,
tl'nugii not Ia grind nlash alaretzek tIwsl
brought out AbrUgnrdo, who wEs not Il s,tccces,
aud Strliusrh Gnlloweti with Carr! In tie Atlan
tta hcasot,. ~ WINS II light, sweet sIger, though
III. tue ncrcsstty ni making se1lsustnl, Marcel
At that pc.iod uf his He ilr insn0us Ut tls
1,oitrinenr wa. IL lis DECLINE, but even tic runs
manager llld filth IN ht1n Nus shown by tic
trr0is hr tUnEac. ifr was tn llyc % per cent III
tic gross rcrrlpts, and nter wt,i1u liz nrgcpl
81, ,tu .,.,l,ti Although IN sr,su Tanlber-
itk xns s'p!aycd nu,," IL as,oiirr he was q
yrrt.nble attraction. Feoale througed tu.
Academy to SEQ II not IN hear ,l1c Erent tenor,
n'la often lc anslg ao supcso'y as to more tnDu
Wheu Mr. Neucndor[ brought ont Wachtel,
thu grcat tcnUr, from, iertnnny, our t;cr,,,an
fclt0w.slttzctis wenl wild over him. liz was,