New-York daily tribune., 1849-04-21


which his enormous voice. meoeiousy ihunderirg mo
no:ony. supports the fairy fabric Of sound
he % 20 longer younz-zearly CD | an tod-yei hii
immense size doe. not seem 10 ineonmode him. The
fat has rot aoved TITO hs eyes % deAden them and be
q as sprishily an elephant can be.
Roucoui-esssni rednsd Italian and gentleman al
zav,-vi,h hs tuu free hs15le baritone and rich hu
NOR 10 inin.abe with Lsblsche The whole character
Of Roneonis being and doing remind. ne Of the I'M
preston of Vandyck There Is nothing forciole and
commanding but unfailnsly the extreme grace Of 70
snsrnent Roncon Lsblsche, Css,slsn sod Bart oloui
hsve sung Don Pasqase" several evenings. The
pa-t va. written for aolsche and mus; end with hi
although the music makes Il one Of the very few good
| ousras OF Douiz.ui The Serena De Tor the tenor
thiok must BE- az Italian sir-s popular song, mean,
.or ii has ihss peculiarly Of character which per
rs5e. all usonsl alrs-ss tie Scotch Irish and Gerusn
melodies, ard tie Italian bsrcsroes II is sung behind
the scene. accompanied with guitar and ism5ournes
Soriug rno1ul sht and love are the gracious themes
spring. mooniish, and love the Inspiration Of the
music
The bes. thing fine Society does is to support the
opera Th. I,asn Opers in Paris, although the house
not so large the Ia Scala and san Carlo in Ray OF
90 tasteful As the Royal O2ers House Ia Berlin has such
an unouesuoned chsrscteE of refinement and fashion
the audience 10 so perec; in ia kind and the stage and
al is appointments OF artists and orchestra 50 COM
plete and svmmetricsl one with snother-thst sn eve
ming there ia very harmonious and delightful II 10 not
the hearing Of enc singer but Il sthe proper singing
Of good opera to audience attentive and apprecls
tive Il is the combination Of all that is 50 satisfactory
Is therefore strsnge that who hiss heard the
best operas perfectly sung should sometimes criucse
fseverey toe Opera home nsy should even assert IN
| the passionate paroxysms Of meodious remembrance
that the Opera as presented TO isnkee doodedum 10
not worth the hearing How many lovers OF Tiuans 9
Ienns N The Tribune and that at Venice rush with en-
thusiasm 10 the undoubted. almost as good aboriginal
copy" which is periodically pareded in New-fork ?
And why should not be assaulted with that hns
criticism of being" suck sp because be mas been IN
Europe az much for not liking secondrate copy OF
picture ss a second-rste copy Of an oPersl singers
fear the ocean and DO not come to when they are
sure Of a position here. Americsn-ltslisn prims
donnas have been educated perhsp, in Itsy-hsve even
played the frstraes but Pals aud London seal wusi
cal srtsu with the stamp Of fsmesnd the really great
singers when they have finished At the Academies or
the Conservatives of Italy and have acquired stage
familiarity aud Ia their parts are seized by mana
gers their AMBITION for the " sle Ventadour
or Her Msestys It there that the fortunate trsv-
cling American hears them, and II 10 them and
| that which he remembers, when be ventures to
breathe lowly 10 untraveled ears that he has heard
bct,er-so much teter-thst be prefers TO feed upon
perfumed Past thin an odoress Present lie
may be stuck up" his friends IN impassloned
privacy assure him. But ii ia only sticking up
for the truth. We may eat our bread thankfully
enough w,hou, playing I. Is plum eake-nor need va
bite our neghbors because they have tasted the liquor
some morse and then tell Of IL.
| The French Opera or Grand Opera" the Pari-
slams call it. 10 extreme labor with Meyerbeers Pro
phe,e" Il TO be brought out on Monday or Wednes
dsy next Vlardot Garcia Roger and Castelan are to
.ing In H. Only the ysgues hint, are dropped ss to
ns character The curious eye and ear may detect
" pyramidsL" phenomenal" in the eager hum Of
expectation There are hye acts. hesr-hve mortal
acts-exhausling, doubtless. as " Robert and 80 The
lIuguenois' What Icy, elaborate Intellectual music s
| Meyerbeers and how ncomPsrsbly tedious are MS
o2eras There isa sor, Of religious respect tor them
a. II they were bodies of divinity In the art But NE
melange OF spectacle ballet and drama s certainly not
necessary TO the success OF music 90 really good HIS
are not haunting. soul searching melodies Between
gushing natural music and hls there 10 the difference
Of Claude. and Poussin's landscapes That does not
| condemn H. Of course for Poussin was also a great
painter But thoughtful artist b. is called by the
artists, and we may well call aeyerbeer horshyG9
composer. His operas seem 10 be intellectual pro
cesses cold shining Mnery sprung from the Joylsn
/ head-not not like luxurious, fcrever-flscinatng
Venuses floating from the heart Of summer southern
ses, such are the Wild, weird AMI wonderfully pene'
,ratng melodies Of Mozart But Ills no fault OF Meyer
beer that he Is not something or somebody else SIN
ners sleep under many orthodox sermon. and there
Is 10 denying that hi. operas good and classical.
and that bis Instrumentation Is more magnificent than
| that Of any other modern opera composer
| Bytheby, am pleased TO hear from Florence 'na'
Verdi has produced opers which failed hopelessly-
pleased 10 hear because his music is such unse lex
ceptng always the gold scraps in the Ernani' and
" lombard y and because IL was In Florence where
two years ago, upon the production Of aseoe'to -
the Macbeth of Shakespeare done into Italian rhyme
adapted TO Italian and Interpreted by smashing
claihng and ran,ng music Of Verdi-he was called out
thirty times and crowned with golden crown Dis
criina,on and discretion not useless even In the
judgment Of Italian operas
American artists who have been 10 Italy and all who re-
call the French Gallery at the Louvre will be glad to hear
that life Of Leopold Robert has been published Win
his letters and interesting scraps Of personal gossip
There are accounts Of Brgsndsge In Italy and pleasant
/ pictures OF persons ~ MS V"u 4'tec'' D
he was a sad, solitary genius whose every work Coz
him mortal psngs he did little for abu'y Painter "no
lived Al years His lasting works ara the four i'si-n
pictures two Of which IN the Louvre-"I The mar
ve.t upon the Pontne Marshes and The returni from
the Madonna del Arco, at Naples His Idea wa To u
usrse each of the four parts Of Italy By proper paint
ings How weehe succeeded, those who have ie''
Isly In some measure az be did, and have seen the
pictures will recognize They songs, Ike Clsude'
snd.cspes-exquisite lyries-ltaisn idyls Inc meisn
ehoy repose Of the and and Of bis own genius orood
over them. and stranger who remembers Italy win
longing and love could have no memenso more oeauu
fol than me engraving. from these pictures
Leopold Robert born Swiss, but ne was french
by the wish and adoption Of his heart From the BE-
shining an IN named sorrow consumed him and when
ne was entangled in hopeless passion the as' sni oi
| hone went ou, Even If one did not know the end be
could not be surprised in reading OF his suicide vi"
At Venice in March ls35. in tbs Palszzo PiisnL
This passion and suicide lave been varioasly eI'
planned The bogrspher ssys that that the truth Is now
fr the hrst time published twas not the daughter o.
Horace yernet now the wife Of Paul Dearocbe as has
been generally stated, hut Charlotte blnspafr ine
cousin and vile Of Nspoeon BOnaparte' eldest orotner