New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-14

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The following criticism IS submitted to you Tor
publication The establishment oi an Italian Opera IN
NewYofk has often been attempted and failed 10 the
Urea, regret Of the public That New York and uH
support good Opera Company properly conducted.
there s no doubt Tw present company at Astor Place
is one well worthy ofibe support Of NewYork. sgoo-
rns Trufi and Madame Lsborde, the two principal
nina doanas Of the establishment will form the subject
fthls eritcisrn.
e,gnorins Truf POSSESSES soprano voice Of beautiful
aaslity and extraordinary coInps.s Her style Of slug
ins 4. purely OF the Italian school She seldom intro
d.ees Embellishments in her music but when she does
they are always IN excellent taste and consequently
have good effect Her voice IL eminently calculated
for heavy operas being both powerful and clear 10 the
high AZ well a. tho low notes. Her singing "a OF the
ost passionate kind aud her voice being under ADM
ratie control, Is capsule Of expressing IN 'ns most re
variable degree love hatred and Jealousy. Those who
have witnessed her in ErDsn easily testify 10 the
ali powerful control which she holds over the heart 10
the last Of the last act OF Ernan Iruh is sub
line The singing Of that part alone Is sufficient -
place her on level with the fret artists. All artists
have their peculiar pOlntssome exceng IN one thing
some Ia another In passionate expression rum may
be cased with the first artist IN existence and though
she lacks that brilliant quality OF voice peculiar 70 some,
exces In the manner IN which she throws her whole
soul Ia the part which she sings II Is not 10 Lrnani
alone that she 10 emnenty successful, but her La.
crezs B0rgis her Lucia di Lsmmermoor, in the mad
scene Of which she I. grand. are all great Triumph
Her acting Is Of the most graceful and expressive order
and her IntonatOn correct In Tact SignoHna iTuh
sy be cassed with the first artists AT present on the
lyric stage.
Naiame Laborde has soprano voice, of good quality
though not powerful or Of 30 large compass as
fruits Her voice Is very hexible-raher too much
30. easily running voices are apt TO be sharp enc
this 10 the with LabOrde though not to great De-
goee. To hear Madame Lsborde 10 advantage. one
should hear her In light eperas-Ehsir dAmOre or
Linda 81 ChamouniS. for example Her Adina IN me
former opera IL an admirable performance Ia heavy
operas she IL not successful For the mannor In
which she sings Norma she deserves praise, but neither
her voice acting calculated for operas OF this kind
shs frequently introduces Embellishments sometimes
IN bad taste especially In Norma Belnis music will
admit OF many ornaments, especially his Norma
and their introduction sometimes destroys the eject IN
tended by the composed Madame Lshordes voice
ranges well between the on the hrst line below the
soprano ceh ana the above its compass OF two oc-
she reach either above or below these two
notes but II IL good The beauty of her voice lies
between the on the third line Of the soprano cleft %
the an octave above From the on the third line 10
the below, farther, sgnorni PATHS voice Is evi.
IDENTIFY OF better quality than Madame Labordes -
Madame Laborde fings generally, very correctly, and
her information Is good Her acting though not grace
fol Is elective
such IL what think 10 be fair criterion of the
sopranos Both are worthy of the situation they occu.
py And will the Opera be supporedf We trust u
will such artists A. Trutt, Laborde, Benedict Rosi,
&c. all worthy of support-snd let them be sup.
ported w
The above criticism give because the writer evi
dsltly understands the subject on which he writes
With OF his opinions, however we do not coin
eide We admit all he says in favor Of rruf, and have
ourselves frequently said much As to Lsborde
Norma think decidedly the best ever heard in the
United states excepting that OF Madame Bishop In
this opinion we are sustained by the great majority Of
musical people In this City. Yet hne Is Lsborde
performance OF Norma would be greatly enhanced Il
she would sing the music just as Bellni wrote IT, omit
E.Ira.a
We suenuously deny The right OF any artist 10 sing
single written by the composer If all that
written arc correctly sung, the audience viii be very
sure 70 be satisfied
To ,ie Editor Of TAe TribHHe:
SrRksIs-rf LAST REsocRoE-l read from
day to day The Tr,bass complaints from all parts
OF City in regard to the neglect OF the street Con
tractors the shocking condition OF streets but do
not perceive anything the better Iii. time TO give
up all hopes of shamng the proper authorities into do
ing tbeiF duty. The streets must be cleaned We can
settle with the Aldermen At the next election | now
make The following otter the only remedy lch US.
will Join suy reasonable number Of the citizens OF
the Ward in which reside, and will give Jay labor
Of myself and able bodied man, each OF Ne srm,
with broom spade plckaNe erowbar, as the state OF
the may require provided ths, the others the
the company 10 clean every street ia the ward
Sufficiently numerous and u not 70 clean every street
la which the SrSfus may reside Those who are una
be do duty in the ranks can ion the enterprise by
providing aud dumping ground, and LEI stron 2
body OF sufferers IN each wsrd follow the example and
with one dsy's labor the whole City will be clesner
than it has been 10 ; years Who's ready
Yours truly EDMUND kNplCOTT
100 Elm g.
CYr The fashionable cclors for toe ladies. thus
Winter. are blue and green sessle, crimson and
cherry sun maintain feeble reisn with tew highco
ID hutt tttE
Ia promenade weather is subdued and cool Feather.
arc Haunting and vulgar and iurs have ye, made
thr appearance.
6ASlic-A friend who is Just beginning 10
practice on soiosos ss0sases preparatory 10 visiting
Europe, ssys the nsvor Of the garlic .tl bohers him
Atte, and has also inspired him with the following
couple,
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Coon News ron ErICURKs.-Wesawa SKINNED
pos.an IN an eating house the other DAY. al ready ior
cooking We understand tbs, baked 'possam 10 cor
sldsred very good esteg where you cant ger cats
G- Has snybody seen dirs-csrr anywhere
about the Streets We understand the Street Con,rsc,
or. have lost seyers of these useful veh.ces
ABuRGLAR FRUsrRArKD.-Mr. Barber residing
a. The Of Gold and Spruce SITS aroused iron
his samoers shout o'clock tois morning BY noise tp
p4reGty caused by some one breaking into BIS prem
ses snd on entering his bSrrOom discovered thai tls
door had been forced open the burglar, however made
BIZ escape
g The philsGelp hia Democratic Whig Com
naittce, At meetiug Mopdsy evening Dec. H.
Hoo. Jos. T. Chandler in the Char-unsoiSnoIs!y
adopted series OF resolutions that they see no reason
whatever to recommend lss had been suggested b a
resent meeting In ths city the adoption OF any new
party name organization. They sdd thai the broad
yfnSlpcs promus 4se1 throughout the whole csnysss
BY t1ose who sustained General rsylof aud toe sue
css tost attended the canvass render i Unnecessary
% disturb pubic confidence by any Reorganization Of
parties % sustain atm o. BIS administration"
p a yoGns msn lately lie from the Painted
Rock on the Mississippi distance Of go feet without
natsria injury.