The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-06

| OrKaA INTEL 1zENCE.-We are still in the
midst of great and profound experiment-the
establishment 4 the Italian Opera in this city.
The extra night given on Saturday turned out an
extra failure. The managers and we have done
our best to hu nbug the canaiHe, but they will
not be humbug ged b. u.s. What a pitv II is
an absolute fac :, the gentleman counted the
number in the 'ox es, and he could only make
out twenty -seven~ with about one hundred and
thirty-nine and a little boy in the pit The am
phitheatre' or me' lagerie, had only sprinkling
in the wings, LOT no one will go behind the great
chandelier, ana the parquette people are afraid
ofbeing undertG at immense apparatus for 1t looks
terrible, whenw recollect that similar instru-
ment Tell dowp in Washington some years since,
and smashed' not twenty members of Congress-
for them we could have easily spared at any time,
tn sy are &c ting so bad-but twenty or thirty
empty seauj. Extra nights won't do. The vul-
gar Will not put up with secondhand clothes
The man ayers have been led astray by the sue
cess oftle Extra Herald; but they should have
reco ilef;ted that an Extra Herald has always
some extra news, but an extra opera night is
only 4 second hash.
tt len, again, :" Beatrice di Tenda," new
opel by Bellin, has been condemned by the
fash ionables, and by some of our musical critics
No, we beg leave to differ with all these
crit les. That opera contains some choice music;
and if it had only been we'll put forward by the
mae stro, it would have been successful Barilli
put it on without much tact, and accordingly he
tanned all the idle vagaries of Belini in it, in
stead ofs:utting them out and presenting the opera
in bea utiful and condensed shape. Even in
Italy, the whole Of composers music is seldom
| given, an the maestro on this occasion has ex-
hibited talent or judgment, for under other
circumst tnces, we believe this opera would have
succeeds l. even in spite of the opposition of the
critics. 1rhe next opera to be given is "iSonnam.
buia," an the artist who is to prepare it for
the public, is Bonzanini. From what we have
| heard Of this distinguished MAESTRO, we have no
doubt he will avoid the blunders and want of
taste VIII ich have characterized the management
of Barilli
But the re is also another treat in store for us.
Gamma is to be taken by young American,
native of Boston. This young lady is said to pos
sess gre 1t combination of musical and theatrical
powers. She has been several years in Italy, stu
dying her profession, and makes her first appear
ance in " Somnambula." "Hernan" is to be re-
psated tonight in consequence OF the unpopula-
rity of''Beatrice di Tenda," and Its cutting up
by the critics.
! Looking over the whole experiment for the last
fortnight, we must say, there are great doubts
about its success yet. We have no doubt of the
success of the Italian Opera in New-York We
only doubt the present company, the present
management, and the present attempt. The poor
Italians, we very much fear, have been sacrificed
to ignorance and presumption. Men may possess
talent for Specializing in lots round about
town, or in buying and selling cotton, or
in operating on the rise of tobacco and
segars; but it is altogether different thing
to speculate in Italian Opera with any degree
Of successful operate on the press, particu-
larly such chartered libertlne" as the press
of New York Is. The Council of Ten, as they
are called, have made fatal mistake; but
we fear, while they get the rewards of their
speculation from the first receipts, that the poor
Italians will be made, in process of time, very
good candidates for the Aims House. The TIA
Ian Opera is a refined amusement, and it must
succeed in New York; but those who have the
management of this attempt are utterly ignorant
of the subject, and their ignorance, I'VE very much
fear, will produce failure of the whole con-
cern The highest species of Italian Opera in
Europe, requires and receives the patronage of
both London and Paris. The same company
plays alternately in both those large capitals.
Something similar must be done on this side
Of the Atlantic, having reference to Havana
and New York. We learn from our musi-
cal correspondent at Havana, that the Italian
Opera commenced in that city, on the first
of last month, season oftwelvc nights-the re-
ceipts of which, from subscriptions alone,
amounted to nine thousand dollars. They had
new tenor, Signor Lorini, from Italy, and ex-
pect the great Rubin there in short time, by
one of the steamers to Boston, and he will pass
through New York on his way. For years, Ru-
bini has been the greatest Italian tenor in Eu-
rope-although he is now little passt, yet he Is
wonderful in his way. He has been pushed out
of his place in London and Paris by Signor Gar
doni, young man of extraordinary powers and
great personal beauty If Rubin could be caught
on his passage through this city, he would be a
valuable prize to any theatre here.
But it is very certain that unless there is some
combinatan or union with the Italian Opera
here and in Havana, to play alternately:in both
places, there can be no prospect of permanent
establishment of this species of amusement
here. We shall endeavor to do the best we can
with the materials we have but we very much
fear that bad management will sacrifice the poor
Italans, and destroy the prestige of establishing
such amusement for some time to come in New
York.
Observation-Disclosures IN THE TELEGRAPH
OFFICE We were present, yesterday afternoon,
at the New York and Boston telegraph station,
when the operators were in attendance, and
anxiously waiting for the steamers news; and
having nothing to do at the moment, one of them,
very expert at writing, and who tells by his ear
from the "ticks'' of the machine, just as well
what it says, as though the sounds came from a