River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-03-01
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ADELiNA PATTI.
How She Appeared at the Cincinnati
Musical Festival-Her Diamonds
Her Wonderful Voice-Niccolini.

Her Wonderful Voice-Niccolini.
On the opening night-a Patti nj CHIT
writes lady to the San Francisco Argo-
naut when there were close upon five
thousand people packed in it's walls, it
was brilliant sight to see. A view of it
from the stage box was worth almost the
price of season ticket.
Besides the immense parquette there
are two tiers of balconies-one of them
running all around the room, and viii h
with the light toilets against the dark
wood of the walls, the flash of gems, II
may remark, en- PEASANT. tfat | have yet
TO see a lady in Cincinnati without pair
Of solitaires,) it was a most brilliant
spectacle. They are an enthusiastic peo-
pie, although they fatter themselves
that they are cold and phlegmatic. And
what greeting they gave the little diva
when she came tripping I'M 1 had the
peculiar sensation rs looked upon her
for the first time that /
was looking upon the cpl
tome of all the human happiness that
this world can give. There she stood,
this marvellous woman-a greater auto
crat than the English Queen, or the
Gar of all the Russias-ruling, not a
single people, but world. All the
gifts are showered upon her; the en-
chantment of an endless youth, beauty,
wealth, popularity, loye-for it is cur
rently believed here that she leads a
life of idyllic happiness with Nccolini
and the gift of song in ITS divinest en-
tirety. Who ever heard of PATHS re-
gisters. 1t never seems to occur to any
one that she has any. She simply opens
her lips. and flood of music pours it.
self forth, which is peerless, perfect.
There is no evidence of any training, of
difficulties overcome. of mechanical OBJ
stacles. The ease of it is ineoncelvable.
Her voice plays among the notes like a
cumming bird, among the trees, trifies
with trill, caresses a sostenuto, toys
mischievously with q staccato, does
everything which is wonderful beyond
the power of words to describe, and yet
how dare any one say" "and vet" in
the face of such marvel7-and yet /
have heard many a one say that she re-
minds them OF fashion-plate-and she
does.
Her small Greek head Is crowned
with let black hair, which grows around
her face and neck in exactly the line of
beauty. She has worn one couture all
her life simple one-but eminently be-
coming. Her dressing Is, OF course, q
marvel of elegance and taste, and with
her trim little figure-or although she
is not a small woman, she has the eft ct
of being one-she has an Understandable
natty air. She has a funny little pigeon
walk-for, alasl the great diva's toes in
cline kindly to each other-and when
ever she crosses the stage, people ex'
claim: "What cunning little thing she
isl" She plays La Travita''-one of her
best, they say-very much as little
child might, except in the dying scene.
Until then it would never occur to any
who did not know what
was going on, that Violetta was naugh-
ty person. Albani is said to have wrung
the hearts of Paris with the power OF
her pathos in the scene with Germont,
but the Patti made quite pleasant little
afternoon visit of his call and Entered
around the stage in the lovellest, light
est manner possible. Her death scene
is reqlly one OF considerable power, too
pal nfully realistic, many complained,
but it was pleasant to see this one dra.
fummery, laces, fashion plates, and dia-
monds.
PATHS diamonds are magnificent
Beside the usual solitaires in her ears
she wore a riviere at her throat, Of
such tremendous soitairies as to make
their genuiness doubtful, but reporter
interviewed her next day in order to as
sure Cincinnati, and she declared then
all to be real but admits that she wear
some pasto III -nemlramide." In adj
dition to her bracelets and fnger-rings,
for which the little singer has passion,
she wore across the breast of hey dress
huge mass of diamonds, which, upon
inspection, proved to be large horse
shoe shoulder-c clasp of brilliants, to which
was appended a comet of diamonds,
perhaps quarter of yard in length;
Patti is very fond of the ornament, and
says it is a luck-pece which she had set
according to her own fancy, and made.up
of lot of diamonds which were lying
about doing no good.
OF course, these were all worn in the
ballroom scene, in which, notwithstand-
ing the diamonds, and magnificent toll
let of white silk, covered with lace and
camelias, she looked as white, and in
nocent, and untroubled, as a school girl.
llCt SdiiouCo, HCtlEatoj
the ear; but Albani transports the soul.
Poor Niccolini derives no prestige
from the open preference ofthe greatest
singer of the world He is looked upon
with contempt which the man really
has not earned, for who is to blame him
for taking the divine Adelina whenfate
gave him such an opportunity? He is q
handsome man, without the traditional
barbaric look of the Italian tenor, acts
well, and sings fairly. But no one ever
applauds him, although he gets eight hun.
bred dollars a night. People feel
called upon to take position on high
moral ground, and as they did not dare
to sit upon Patti-for by the royal right
of her marvellous voice, she does as she
wills unquestioned -they take it out on
poor Niccolini. What funny world 1t is,
when even moral indignation is bull
dozed into taking such crossed eyed
view ofthe objectionable sinl NiccolinTs
manner to the prima donna is said to be
q caresslng Difference which is a curious
eommingliDg. 1t is very easy TO keep
up this manner on an income OF five
thousand two hundred dollars night,
which figure represents their joint earn
ings.