The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-03

OPENING OF rHx OrERA SEASON -OrKrIxo OF
TRouBLx.-The attempt to organize fashionable
society, and to establish the Italian Opera in this
unhappy city, is as bold, as daring, as difficult as
that was OF the late Louis Philippe to establish a
monarchy and anstocracy in France. The begin
ming OF the Opera season is the beginning of
trouble. Only two nights have passed away
Wednesday Tor the arlstscracy, and the " extra
night" as it is facetiously called, for the vulgar
and already We have trouble in the green room,
and excitement among the public. Last evening
we received the following remarkable manifesto,
put forth by the beautiful and superb Teresa
Truffi:-
The ungensrous attempts that have been made
Of late to lower me In tie esteem of the public.
compel me to make this direct appeal to their consl-
deration. have been assaed in the Journals Of New
York and Fbils delphia for wilfu caprice in fegnng
illness, and thereby occasioniDg nvenience and
embarrassing mt to the manager OF the Italian Opera
Conscious Of the fasehood of these charges should
let them pass but that cannot endure the unfsvora.
bic opinions they are likely to excite in the publ,
mind. The facts these =
left New York the Sd of October, for Philadel.
phia, in the midst Of equnoctial tempest, having
caught cold by appearance at the rabern acls the
previous night. On the ensuing day rehearsed the
arduous part Of Norma twice, morning and afternson
in a damp theatre, with high fever me. was
totally unfit to sing the night but rather than
displease the manager rashy made the effort. Itv
the first time ever appeared in Norma" and my
nervousness augmented my malady At the end of the
first act nature gave way, and wa, conveyed home
faintng, to my bed. For several days was seriously
p,vei cio nr Ioi, fa.t;f
recovery, instead Of the sympathy which needed,
found myself the object of abusive comment in the
newspapers know SO we'll the ma nliness of the Anne.
rican mind, that perceived at some sinister in
fuence had been at work to mslead the press The
cruel effect Of these attacks to lower in the re-
spect ofthe Philadelphia public; and the nton
game has been renewed in New York, where | have
been hitherto treated with so much partiaty feel 1t
due to myself and my friends, to make this Mt
rely with confidence the protection Of the public
against my unknown and unprovoked assailants
In justice to myself should add, that the rece mt
news of the sudden death of iolzed sister in Italy
which, unhappy, reached before the opening of
the Opera in Philadelphia doubt contributed to ag
gravate the illness which ntariy Frustrated me-
Grateful for past kindness, will labor cheerfully to
deserve new favor. TERESA TRUFFI.
New YORK, Nov. 2 1S4S.
This Is a most singular and extraordinary card.
and illustrates the preternatural tact and manage
ment Of the new Napoleon among managers of
Italian Opera. The disclosure made by Truffi of
the mean treatment she has received, is perfectly
correct; nor can there be any mistake as to the
quarter from which has proceeded the Sinister in
Ruence." We have every reason to believe that the
source of all these attacks is the manager himself
the veritable Mr.. Fry. 1t appeal to be part of
his system of independent newspaper criticism
his tactcs-his energy-his genius-hs wof
derful talent as a manager--in getting his cri
tics to attack the females of his company.-
He began this system upon Madame Pico He
availed himself, IN her case, of happy indis-
positon-a fortunate sicknesss--then cancelled her
engagement, and afterwards had her handsomely
abused by his critics In some of the Ignorant
and black. mail newspapers. Mr.. Fry is only car.
Tying out the same game with Truffi, and the NOR
that this amiable wsman and fair Italian artist
feels it, the sharper will Frys critical whppers in
lash her in the purchased and corrupt ne wspapers
under his control.
Thus opens the grand season for the final estab-
ishment OF the Italian Opera--thus begins the re-
construction of fashionable society IN New York
the regular nights and first cuts for the aristo-
cracy, and the " extra ehts" and second cuts for
the vulgar. Vivs Ia bagatalt.