Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-03

The kellogg Concert.


Despite the festivities of New Year,
the concert at the Greenlaw Opera
house last night proved a great fnan-
cial success. The cultured audience
was large, and while to some extent
disappointed, yet in the main it was
an appreciative gathering. The pro-
gramme as announced yesterday, with
from two TO three Q after each
selection, made up the entertainment,
and the whole lasted two hours, clos
ing at precisely ten o'clock. After
it ended, the artists bundled of
in a hurry, taking the II pm. train
for Nashville. The successful artists
Of the evening were Tagliapietra and
Brignoli, both Of whom aroused the
audience to high expressions Of en-
thusiasm. T~agliapietra won especial
praise.for his exquisite rendition Of
1.-THE Palms." his rich voice filling
the house with a perfect food Of
melody. Brignoli also sung with the
same purity and accuracy which FOL
more than twenty years has placed
him at the head of tcnors in this
country. His lower notes, mu
steal admirers declare, were as
soft, sweet and pure as human ever
sung. Our best judges say that il
Brignoli has changed in the slightest
degree for the worse it ism more pow
erful efforts where some appear to
think be has lost a little. Operate
artists, however, declare emphatically
that Brignoli sings with as much puri
ty force and accuracy as he did wher
he first came to this country tweuty
three years ago. OF Miss Kellogg It'll.
difficult to pronounce judgment. she
failed to fulfill the anticipations o.
many, and though she responded tC
from two to three encorcl
at each appearance, and repeated
the laughing quartette, from Flotow's
Martha at the close, yet many de
clare that she seemed cold aud metal.
lie, indeed, that her voice lacks mel.
Ody and fails to inspire the popular
heart with that sympathetic touching
effect that other and less renowne,
singers have done. However, tn,
uncomfortable condition of the thea
ter and its miserable accousticll quail
tiles may have detracted c%onsiderabl!
from the melody of Miss kellogg,
voice. Miss Clara Poole, Herr Lieb
lingandAdamowskiall performed Their
respective nuubers croditablya gave
much pleasure to the audience. Tht
entire company were exceedingly &C
commodating, and answered the %reealli
with apparent amiability and good
temper, all doubtless being agreeably
surprised al the unexpectedly larg,
and critical audience. In individual
cases the artists are known to hav,
entertained the belief that they wer,
to appear before a rather small an(
uututored gathering. as it was tn,
opposite to this, the spectacle befor,
the f~ootlights appeared to cheer then
up and make them amiable. The Kel
logg concert was the musical even
Of the season, so far.
JnO. \. Raymond.
The first performance in this cit
of Jno.T. Raymond's new play Fresh
the American" was given last'night a
Leubrie's Theater to a moderate, ant
considering other attractions, a very
complimentary audience. The play il
full of impossible incidents, is over.
flowing with ~comicalities and on tht
whole is a very taking dra.
matte production. Many declare
it to be better than "Mul
berry Sellers" Fresh" is to be re
peated to night and for the last tim'
tomorrow night. On Thursday
Friday, and at the Saturday m tine,
Mulberry Sellers" will be the pro
gramme.
DRESSING SETS