From the Easy Chair, Volume 1Curtis, George William
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From the Easy Chair, Volume 1
Curtis, George William
American essays
In this day, Wagner _consule_, of the eclipse of Italian opera, the
programme of a Lind concert will perhaps win a glance of curiosity
even from the lovers of "Tristan und Isolde," who follow with
reverence in the parquette the mighty score of the trilogy upon the
stage. Here, for instance, is the programme of a charitable concert of
Jenny Lind's in Boston on Thursday evening, the both of October, 1850,
just a month after her first concert in the country at Castle Garden
in New York on the 11th of September. The programme is a pamphlet
opening with four marvellous wood-cut likenesses of Jenny Lind, Jules
Benedict, her conductor; Signor Belletti, the barytone, and Mr.
Barnum. The words or each song in the original and in translation are
printed upon separate pages, and the whole concludes with sketches of
the lives of Jenny Lind, Signer Benedict, Signor Belletti--and Mr.
Barnum. The selection of music comprises Beethoven's overture to
"Egmont;" an air from the "Elijah," first time in America, sung by
Jenny Lind; "Non piu andrai," from Mozart's "Nozze di Figaro," by
Signor Belletti; piano solo, Mendelssohn's "Songs without Words," by
Signor Benedict; and, for the first time in America also, "Und ob die
Wolke," from "Der Freischutz," by Jenny Lind. This was the first part.
The second part began with Reissiger's overture, "Die Felsenmuhle;"
Signor Belletti then sang the "Piff Paff," from Meyerbeer's
"Huguenots;" Jenny Lind followed with the "Come per me sereno," from
the "Sonnambula," for the first time in America; then Belletti with
the "Miei rampolli," from Rossini's "Cenerentola;" and the concert
ended with the "Dalecarlian Melody" and the "Mountaineer's Song," both
for the first time, by Jenny Lind.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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