New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-22
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
MR. ARREYS BENEFIT

In the size, character and appearance Of the
audience, the exubcranoe Of enthusiasm displayed ana
the interesting natire Of Of the incidents Of tho
evening Dir Abbcys benefit at the Metropolitan Opera
House last night of tho most extraordinary
demonstrations ever seen in paJ house h tb- coun-
try II wa, marked by every factor calculated 10 did
den the heart Of manager. ami iaasuch as Afforded
also generous and In respects uniguc entertain
mcnt to the audience, the satisfaction vas mutual Tn
fortunately sickness, prevented The man who ha- On
delrcd himself to his artists and the admiration Of
the public Ia plurkY but disastrous endcayor 10 1vo
italian opera on grand scale. from witnessing the
brilliant affair." aud this. 10 Hmy Of hi, friends. The
only drawback of the evening. Others who were in
cncd to look solely upon the artistic idle Of The enter
tainmcut may nave feit some disappointment the
absence OF Nine ScIlchi the only member Of The troupe
who did not take part In the Interpretation oi The pro
grannc. n would have been strange " this dppOint-
ucnt had not been felt the Of who ha-
tributcd much Nine. s,arh % thc plcIsugo- II
the OF which nave no" heard uc lat note ~
the postiudc.
The programme was one Of those miNcl affairs which
are compounded for The p.Ipo-r o. csAbi,ing every
artist in some fi,Orc effective ,c,uc. T., operate
portion embraced naem"n'- oi !u.clH Eo'li!'
rroya ore" u B1rhcic dI S,i-a."~ AIDA, and Lcs
iiugucuois.' th"lc Wis also % scene from tc Me-.
chant OF Venice introduced :" permit hr. Ir'Ihs aI
his company. including Mis- Tory, fl" talk pIit ~ tho
benefit; ballet an overture and twO number ~ rniGHe
interest. In the first o. tnc-c Nine -cmhrc appeared
t- solo YlDu.,t ln tsr -,rpnt 'ino. Nr@-oh snug ~
by slime cnnrich. and te piuOforc aeon pnlncut nv
~lnor Yiane,i Before the first ~ th"-" two u'1n~Tt
lhne. semDrch had sung an act from ' Inc b,i"t'
when size rcdppca g. sfli wearing The saucy spanish
dress which shc had worn ~ Po}nir. nm carrying
violin and tucking kcrcbof under hc chm ne anli-
cucc mNoluntlIy broke iho applause zine i'l i'l-
M rom me Don IN Tie MtsrdG "E.,n r .' ~ ~,
iooicLt.. with many Saucy and c"qu'ilsh gesture.
sine raised her instrument tU her shoulder aud began 10
piay the slow movement nom D. bcilOls o''c"'"
Amused interest the part of the audience soon gave
% "a
music 70 convince Ill that the bow which evoked them
not in 'he hands of mere amateur. Ih s
were the evidences OF Ter mnslti.'uhuO
in the correct stopping ami confident bowling when ea1I-
acertlcd her ylolnplaying a. ~ her singing ne "a
OF tbe rOno finale which followed the so" move
once was q concert performer the violin. bnt few per
Int .Iuiciency OF frchnioue wonld remain in h"r lin
gers long after she had laid the instrument ASIDE 90 enc
unuIt of tbu-las an followed the performance Anar
falling 10 SIN 1t ny her acknow eigmehts in the ordinary
way. ale ss down to a grand panofQrte ana P'ayfa
ChOpn's CshaTp minor Nalse-play"d n WIN nbi~hri
execution and poetica conception. or course.
the enthusiasm burst forth a1Jn, ana this illne acr
couc Wing in vain hara dorm times called mon tho
orchestra to play her accompaniment without tb'
music and burst form Wiln the lo'"u. ,'i i, ~
needed only an exhibition OF her skin ~ coiup1"rto
show her fully equipped "a musiciah ID" m1dfht.
which was ,rice a. can be imagined, with OF
rctu,s.ss was A. once the most tIvartiHg and the
pretticst incident of the evening. Almost the same
den onstrtous followed the r,t appearance Of the two
prime dOnnc in the ave Maria"
Thc.c were nowcr. Of course. in profuson great bas
kets one from f.r. Abbey, attacEes and one nom
irnd huked the main entrance IN the lobby ana near
II hand upon a table lay be5upiu WlSath
20 which was attached the card cf Nine. Patti lhese
were some o. the gts 70 Mr. Abbey. Another, whch
could not epr scented, ~ was intended pphciE' NS
cod cart ry diamonds bearing the da,e ~ the Jcca
sion aud the names of the artists WHO paucipd cd
in he entertainment II il thought that tnc pOce -
will almost. II quite. reach 10000 Mt Abbey at'er
MS disagreement with Nine. Scalch returned the sub
-criptiou 500 which she had made ~ the h'nrht
nn! s,cray turned the money over to th' actors