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A London correspondent of the Spirit of the Times gives an interesting account of the Glover benefit, and the "last scenes." MADAME GAVAUDAN is dead.
This is the greatest objection that can be made to him, in the double capacity of singer and comedian. GAVAUDAN. This young actor, with a well-proportioned stature and a very agreeable countenance, ranks, at the Opera Comique, next in merit to ELLEVIOU. His voice, as a counter-tenor, is not very brilliant, nor his means extensive; but his taste is good, and his method that of the modern school.
Let me next introduce the female performers. First female Singers and Parts of Lovers. Mesdames ST. AUBIN, SCIO, LESAGE, CRETU, PHILIS the elder, GAVAUDAN, and PINGENET. Madame ST. AUBIN. She is a capital actress, though chiefly in the parts of young girls; yet she is the main pillar of the Opera Comique.
To many it will be necessary to explain that Madame Gavaudan was, in her time, one of the most favorite singing-actresses and acting songstresses belonging to the Opéra Comique of Paris; and that, after many years of popularity, she retired from the stage in 1823. GENERAL BERTHAND, Baron de Sivray, died early in July at Luc, in France, in the eighty-fourth year of his age.
This is rather the fault of the actors than that of the public. There are many old productions which would attract a crowd, were the best performers to play them; but who likes to pay for seeing a master-piece murdered? We now come to speak of the qualifications of these performers. Principal Characters and parts of Lovers. Counter-Tenors. ELLEVIOU, GAVAUDAN, PHILIPPE, and GAVEAUX.
Madame GAVAUDAN. She is admired for her pretty person, pretty voice, and pretty carriage. No wonder then that she has greatly contributed to the success of the little pieces in the style of Vaudeville, which have been performed at this theatre.
Josephine Gavaudan, who was known throughout the town by the familiar diminutive of Fine, was a tall, strapping wench of about thirty. With a square face of masculine proportions, and a few terribly long hairs about her chin and lips, she was cited as a doughty woman, one who could make the weight of her fist felt.
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