, 1879-01-21
.AAlUSEAIE ENTS.
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E'EutL" FEis h"iH''s
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flHUAltHH alEnF ksH1tHCHE
Tho scconsi week OF The opera season liegan
last evening with the representation OF I" RVo.
1cLto" to nnotlicr large audience. showing iha:
the interest IN flcr MaJcaty's 0pern laa NIT tct
begun to wnnc. Tito opera Is not very we'll
knnwn here, ns 1t has only bctn givrn here four
times. aud tho last time over Hive renrs a1,,
though It contains some 0f the ycr7 best num-
hers Vcr.l4 l,ns ever written. II was hrsi pro-
stuccd In thus ctr nj stcvIc!cs's Theatre Feb.
20, 1Sig when Cora W,lhosst, Ill art
ist wisuse Atasa life was very bricf,
AMI wtIusc principal charm wna her bea,ity,
snng Uida; An,atIa Fatta, liza iaataa; Dara1t
KHo'tlfo; SouIres, tic Lakt; ansI SIrulu. Spar
af"eile. 1t WIS nut heard naain Until tne first
trason in tho Crosby Opcra.iiousc, WHEN Mss
Kellogg ss1una 10, lst'5, H,alo quito sonsati1n
rs dileld. a,,l tile ilI-tatcl atorrnsi sang Hoda
tina; sinasin,ilanf, thc Dnte: npisnf, t.i1pttto;
aud Cullctti, SIm.u}Hete. These arc tllc only
representations Il has had In ltaitat, until last
evening. It was wight ycnrs before Il wns henrl
acasr. anl then Il was given tw!ce IN Engtisf, ly
tic Hess troupe, Mt tloo'cy's, in Deccm.
boz. iST' Jenny Van Za1nat, nuw singing
in Europe A. Vauzlni. taking tho role
Of aHtA: Mrs. seguln, .Iad.Hena; Mas, tic
fuk.. Hail. h1o,+t,o. nn5 pe,k.,. ypar, f,r;,.
IL ia n revolving story, nightmare of horrors,
and Ut utl Victor ifugn's lurd conceptions, Il "
the worat, The burden OF the story Ia tho
ael!smo Of tlc dcfurnled ftstrr 10 avrngc his
daughter, In w',oss seduction lso played MI Mn~
eonsrlnus paFt. In the momcnt ri Ills roycngc
no 1Icars thu rball song Ut tho scsluecr, ardt or
rorstrIcken, finds that he has paid tic bravo 10
acro.. thc .taro IN tbrov ,nto tbs rivcr.
''.'' wv a'H1 ~ t"" '.t' %
s.se'' ns'o9t " o'o"'S ta'e W" "a''e' te'ehse
"t course aslor'is p'Hnty of slotc stro,ig aisua-
tiunA III Wl,fcf Verdi delights. Tu tllia tktcfur,
40 utterly wanting In nobtr or cycD healthy
,o,tt,or, H.. h,x .tron .,,. - ,,s ,,,,., t,ttny
,r,n' ,,. ~ ,,,reo ,n,rorf', cnn.ar,n1 .r"ct.
aud d. The pest auartettu he l,as ever written.
| Much as t,rhle may trn,pcr the horrors OF d
stury a,nl ruyer M their rcuulstvcncss.
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t"e oe8t "''se :" lho "o." ""a''' '"'' " eo''.
mend stlri1 Il thenc+ Admiralty NJ ninch nt
this music wus gwen, It tl1sl not sllsu lint arti
hess Of enthusiasm which has characterized sumo
n ,I,o ,thcr rrr,,,r,,,,nt.. of t1,c .,,an,
W. NV uN"-' fe''"' s " w. ., a'"'
As "esHtcF "a8 tle ''as"s' "a'ei' aFe" 80
largo an audience. though tfafassl was tho pronlf
mont figure uf to work, the music al..tcsl tu Tier
"s a'e ,' Muu s n"s.s ,, as ~ "J ~" J., s', ~
.soeh ~. ho1 W.. NJ out "'.'a s"u ~ a.!saest
Tic srerct III hcr auccess IL her ability to aston'
| isll her audience With dazzling vocal tltHplay.
4. d,,jua nn, f,,ci,, W. hu,l hpr at her hcxt.
~, ,",.o, ,,,.,, .ov .,,,n- nrt,s, ,v, h.. ornr
a'u oet'e' ''sl' "'1 IVY w A''sI ""o '''s e'e'
nrch ae9e, pat VI """" ""o WI" on
| different plane. aud whtta In solitary
uun,hcr, 1l,c "Caru none," In tbs tiar,,cn
atuuc, abs lad It'll opportunity 10 bcwiitter tl,u.
| y.lsiIcneu wltl, nu exquisite eallctzs, closing
! with Il rptcnutdty.ualtat.rl tr!,t ltut led 10 4
sli.tn,nrI notu o( 0r,,at beauty, pt1rity. uuI
l .,f t,ur
aiIr wn,. stu wus M greater than soit,r tt1,rr
urt,sts have beon. While In her cant tnblc sing.
Uu mud delivery of sentiment SHE WI. bt,t III
| vi nstlsi,.tl1. she wus uone tho lcss oycrjeut,
rsrrI,iy fur tic prily. sIn,pltcity, uf,,I uut.al-
urts viii which sic ncto, plthlli them, nn,1 In
| Tho cu1,rtrtrtI mtaIr r.,rcIaIly III tho l,1to
wlih i.;0o ria rlntinr lila tturi act. md
In thu u,lartcttu 1T fhc fourth, she
Gfxp1ayctI i deErcc Ut power for which
/ ne aiIt,1Id hur,Ity hayo r1yrn her rrr,itt,
| rlr rlIarJu of mr. Representation ot t31ti, ya+
he naturall.tss with whirh alla gaye 1t, at1 its
.4,m tr.,t,, ,rtlllcr pr sensation, khe WIS rc.
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