New-York tribune., 1885-07-19
SOME NOTED SINGERS.
CHAT ABOUT PATTI, RIsTORI PERUGINI.
NEVADA AND LIND.

return for which he Is to renOunce his claim to the
annuity which sne has been paying him since he
and she separated He goes into society good
deal, but appears TO do so more from habit and be-
cause he has no occupation than to amuse himself
| never saw any one who is so thoroughly sharp
selfish good. tor aothng loafer than this spr'g of
| French nobility. He began his life of parastism
by quartcring himself on his country as n hanger
on TO the late Emperor. and when revolution ap'
pcared TO him imminent fastened upon Patti who
| is a generous woman and would have grudged hm
nothing if he treated her according to her deserts
Wherever one sdes the amablc but inane Comic de
Lancaster-the neglected husband Of the Countess
| of Cardigan-one is sure to fall in with NJ dc
| Caux. They were both cotillon lenders at tho
Tucrcs. The Marquis does not any longer set
| up to be n bean. White hairs are not
picked carefully from his head, whiskers and
mustache OF dye applied to hide them His eyes
stand out with fatness and fold OF adipose flesh
rises above his shirt-coar at the back OF the neck.
The chin is doable AID the whole air of the man
gives one the idea of a sensuast. He IS not exc
| tremey corpnient because he takes care to keep
down excessive adiposity. But he is a. prosac
| horsc-jockey and looks horsey" man. He Is
devoid of the redeeming quality Of galianlry which
| is 80 strong in the Marquis do Gallifet and in the
| Comie dc Lancaster and often at so.rees stands
talking to chum3 with his feet wide apart and his
| hands in his pocke in the attitude of man who
is waiting with enforced patience In tho wings OF
| the theatre for the fall of the curtain. The more
| see him the less wonder at Patti casting him off
| for Nicoini There is q report that rich American
widow has taken 1t into her head to marry him.
| have no doubt that Patti will be the rage when
she appears at the opera house in the scores Of
| Italian composers. But she will not bring wealth
to the managers. The probability is that they will
/ ~.f.... han Hl,sn l
| tectura part of the opera house drew when it was
| q novelty, aud foreigners and country cousins
wanted to SEQ the stairs. 1t is now out of favor.
The corridors are dark and low. and the saloon is
too far from the boxes to be conveniently used as
promenade. Toiettes are not well IN view even IN
| the widest aud most open boxes, and the general
| acoustic conditions are irrcmcdiably bad. III
PATHS career Was not drawing to a close she would
he i'll l-advscG to sing often at the new Paris Opera
House An exceptional organization, as well rs a
fine voice. is needed there. FlImsy voices soon
knocked to pieces aud the vocal efforts
10 correct tho want Of sorority in the
prosccnium break down health. Madame Richard
il blessed with AZ exceptionally fine physique. but
even the velvet in her throat is losing its sotness.
Krauss was phcnomenally strong had genius, and
in point of diction the equal of Faure. She
does not intend TO sing any more at the French
Opera.
have often seen in the Pare Monceau and in tho
tram-car between the Madeleine and the Avenue de
Viers a man singularly like Machiavelli. lie
was frequently with another person or persons.
His physIognomy and the wonderful beauty of his
dicrion made me curious to know who he was.
Though his French fautless, and no
trace of foreign accent was to be
detected in his speech. thought he
must be mn Italian 1t did not occur
TO me that he was actor. and still less that he
was an orator, but whatever he was felt sure he
was superior in his line. A few evenings ago was
Mt dinner party given in compliment to the poet
Minister OF Roumana. aud was after the company
had left the dining room asked by the lady of the
house to stay to hear very good singing There
were TO be the comic singer Clectis (whose spoken
sings arc rendered with the finest art aud touch
of humor which never becomes farcicaD, and
Risorls brother. The latter was to give selections
from I'll Barbiero" and other gay operas of
Rossiui. The moment he entered the room recog
nized the person with tho Machavellian profile. I
dare say no would have earned a wide world fame
had he not been the brother of his ustrious sister
She drew attention from him when she was the
first tragedicnne In Europe, and he has now got to
n time OF life when fame IL not to be conquered on
the lyric stage although all his vocal gifts are un-
impaired aud his histrionic talents perfected by
study aud knowledge of mankind. Strictly speak
ing he is not boutfc singer But he renders In q
way that is peculiarly his the instructive, ire
prcssible gayety of Rosslni's lively scores. His
brio Is splendid The voice having great volume
he can All room without roaring. In simple |
speech IL Il ear-enchantng and in light badinage
enlivcning as sunshine dancing IN room in early
spring. found his conversation delightful. Old
Dumas used to hate musical people because DC gen.
orally found them IDIOTS and Victor Hugo
-l.S horaa afn 10 lu
and keenly intellectual. He is not here |
as singer. but as professor |
of Italian Operatic diction. defamation and |
department. He teaches at the Glasses Of Madame
Marches and Madame Lagrange. The former lady |
was the professor of Madame Krauss at Vienna |
and Of Emma Nevada. She left that city because |
Its variable climate killed oil her children save her
daughter Blanche, whose intended marriage with |
Baron Pepper, u wealthy Hungarian Jew. the Pope |
is relentless in refusing to bless
Madame Marchesi is, apart from her artistic |
gifts and requirements, o woman OF great intel |
lect and character She Is French on her mothers
side, q cousin to Baron Haussmann, and was |
taught by the Garcias. Not long ago In CONVEX |
sation she talked about the vocal endowments OF |
different Nations What she said recommend |
English ladies to mark, learn. and inwardly |
digest. She placed Germans and ltal- |
ians highest. Hungarans and swedes
very high, and Americans next to them. The |
English came last Is it, asked her. the language
that Is unfavorable to the emission of full sonorous
tonesf II thinkInot," she replied =" II 1t were, |
neither, the Americans nor the Irish, would have |
fine voices There is great music in English poetry.
English voices are poor and unmapageable because
of the manner in which English children ara made
to talk, and particularly English Grla They must
speak in undcrtones OF very spbdued tones: ana
they clip their words IN uttsrins then-or Is tho
French say manoewt lsurs mota Their nurses and
sovsrnessss also speak In suhdusd tones sad dip