The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-21

| LIE OPEHA.-DcdtIlce al IenQd, \MdJOccH,J
widow Of Facina Cane, married Filippo Vscont,
(Valtellina) great rake and greater spendthriff,
of Lombard, for the sake of his rank, which he
kindly consented to share with her in exchange for
her fortune. This is a very important historical
fact, it clearly shows that in the age,
old women with gold could find young husbands
with debts, and that the old Roman made mis-
take in calling tout, so tempora, mores" Sig
nor Viscont, after securing the castles and towns,
considered it business not at all 'sale, flat and
Improbable" to get rid of the widow, who is said
to have been SEAT and forty" but not over fair.
The same opinion is entertained by Signora Ag-
nese, (Alberazzi) who, wishing to become Mrs.
visconti, accuses Beatrice of adultery with Orom-
bello, (Antognini) This individual, happening to
be tenor and no bass singer, is, of course, inno-
cent, having only secretly met his kinswoman to
brought against her by her loving husband. But
he, having made up his mind to find Beatrice
guilty, causes Orombeo to be put the rack +,
which, making him rather uncomfortable, tor
supposed adultery. Beatrice Is, therefore, found
guilty by the unanimous verdict of an enlightened
jury ofthe middle ages, and consequently brhead-
by her lord. Nowadays he would have been
| satisfied with ten thousand dollars damages. Thus
| ends the opera.
Here is another libretto, as insipid and milk and
Watery, only Italian operas can De; IL does not
possess redeeming feature, action, no Incl
dent, and OF course no invention and originality;
| being nothing more than miserable patchwork,
made up from the rags OF an old Italian novel. the
castle Of Ursino 1t Is fact, that those called
adaptations, as Lucia, Romeo and Julia, are only
surpassed by the nonsense of the original libretti
| of Chiara, Puritan, Blanca, &c. The authors are
not so much to blame, but the compc sers, who
take them, and put them in music, which shows
decided want OF judgment, as much depends on
the dramatcal episodes of the plot. The meagre-
OF the words is, perhaps, OF the reasons why
we do not find In this opera the sou-stlrrng melo-
dies ofNorma and la Straniera. A kind Of enmui
pervades the whole composition land although there
are in it some excellent passages, as for instance
the beautiful air in the introduction, the finale
guistizia per pietd, or the delicate romance,
| Angeio di pace. Yet we meet with the most
singular attempts of originality on one side,
and the most lmpudent plagiarism the 9TH
er. Tle sofrU torturG, which Is the only po-
puar air of the opera, is entirely taken from
Webers last musical idea, with substitution Of
common time for three fourths The opera labors,
more over, under the greatest fault musical COM
decidedly a,tnuyeur. There will be plenty OF mu-
steal fanatics, who will say 1t must be heard seve.
raj times but this can only be applied to the pro-
found creations OF Haydn, Handel Or Beethoven,
but not to the hollow and superficial compositions
of The Italian school Another fault l., that the whole
load Is thrown on the shoulders of Beatrice which
} makes it a, great iavorte with prlma donnas di
prtnO cartellO as the Ungher and Persian The
latter, particularly, is truly great in it, and she
! alone saved it from a fasco in London
, and Paris, although even she could not carry it
through two seasons. 1t is, therefore, not unjustly
considered one of the weaker, if not the weakest,
of Bellinfs works. and in sharing this opinion,
proved moreover through It's simple success destime
on nearly all European stages We do not think TO
sin against the 'de mOrttis nihH nisi Bene," for
Bellin is still living, and he will live through many
|, years to come.
1t is hard task to speak of the execution of the
i opera; praise we cannot, and blame we would not
If we could help 1t. There critics who fine
fault with every thing out of personal vanity, ant
to show their power, just certain princes, whose
! land could be conveniently slowed away in a cul
, and saucer, hang every year several dozen men
| and comparing their criminal statistics with those
, of great Kingdoms, draw lnferences favorable &c
, their own greatness. Valtellina, whatever hi.
faults may be as director, is capital singer, anc
sustained the difficult part of ViscOnti with much
effect. He evidently labored hard to neutraize
the anticipated downfall of the opera, but succeed
, ed only partially. Antognini made his first appear
ance last night; indeed he did, and yer.
warmly received. He is not yet In the possession
: of his full means, and we really hope that he soo
may himself again, for he decidedly has the bes
method Of all. He had not very much to do, a
5 Albertazz would not have been equal to it; bu
: what he had TO sing went of very well MaJocch
sung, as it was foreseen, very tame. She has every
requisite for the r6Le of Beatrice; that Is figure, ag
,, and voice, but method and taste; she evI
IDENTITY has her part well studied, and with skipping
. the cddencs, changing runs and passages into sin
; gle notes, and throughout employing slow move
l. ments tor aegros, she got over 1t Just to avoid
asco. We hope she Is satisfied, having asserted he
ght of singing in opera of her choice land wher
d III ere is odIum attached to the person. But nov
:. let us have again Borghese for every body seemed
: to be, as Rogers says, Gin quest of something, AM
i the ladies' really do not know what to do with thei
bouquets. She ought to take the part OF Beatr ce
l. for Majocchi will never do for it, unless it be nov
e Albertazzl's turn Ito define her position" Il
i primd donna est morte vipe la primd donna. Tn
: orchestra acquitted themselves very well, and tn
chorus surprised every body; great credit due
!, the maestro, who must have had hard work wit
them. The new scenery isvery handsome, but In
windows looked as If the curtains would be on fire
j. The theatre was toerably well attended
d LYNCH Law IN Missouri The following pal
d tlculars OF the last murder committed by the Lyme
e law people of Missouri is taken from the st. LOU
Is | Republican
Il IIrRcuLAsEur March o. Is44
Messrs. Internationally to my promise, ! shall
endeavor to aybefoeyou the remaining particulars of tn
proceedings OF the mob which yesterday assemble
;, | at the house of the murdered man, Yeider.
After the notion prevailed Monday to defer unit
= oday any further proceedings in the cases the
dispersed and the prisoner was given into the hands of
q constable and taken to Hllsborough to Jail The ptop
agreed to meet to day on the same ground yesterday
at two o'clock; but this morning by ten ocloch hei
were forty fifty persons at the place meeting
After short consultation among them they resolved
going to the JAIL taking the murderer out and hangn
, number Of one hundred and when they got to Hill
e borough it numbered, perhaps, one hundred
/. fifty.
!. There some two or three young men who O,
postuated little when the mob expressed their ntentio
Il OF taking the prisoner out Of jail, which the on
dissenting voices heard-wh the exception Of man
II who mentioned something about decent men and
: good sound being above such behavior the mol
was guilty Of in taking the negro out OF custody.
The Sheriff being the ground, the key Of the jail
demanded by several persons who not receiving salts
factory answer took up large block Of wood that ley
near the door, and burst II open The key agaii
demanded to open the doors othe dungeon b receiving
other satisfaction than before they procured
crowba ami burst that door open and the murdere
i brought out, amidst the shouta OF the enraged
popuace In very few moments he tied and place,
horse behind OF the men, and started back tn
G place Of the murder.
!, | Thu. the crowd much excited there cnn be n,
doubt but there also that calm and fixed determine
ton among them that showed plainly the deed was on
sanctioned by their sober second thoughts which are
always right On their arrival at the place of the lat,
outrage many Of the colored united prayer
him, and In talking to him OF his expectations il