New-York daily tribune., 1849-03-23
The Inte Upera seascn In Havana.

ln the Didri0 de- Ia Marina OF Sd March we hud
review of the last Opera In Havana from which
extract certain portions iha, may be of interest
dileusnti. and which trust will be laid TO heart
by empresssros here for future profit No small part
of the IN attendant upon Opera management in
this City msy be attributed 10 the penny wise pound
foolish policy OF engaging second and ,hirdrate artists
II is not unusual 10 accuse citizens of want Of
musical tsste-os an inability TO appreciate the rsvi.h
ing conceptions OF the great Italian and German mas
terssnd 70 lay to this the failure Of the Opera
here. We would attribute il to smother and, as we
conceive, better reason-a true refinement OF taste
and delicate appreciation OF the art which will not
descend to approval ot the attempts which hsve
been brought before To sustain our position We
appeal to facts Has not every artist OF acknowledged
merit ihs, has appeared here roapcd Iieh harvest.
Witness the overAowng crowds 90 hear Tedesco,
Trufi, Msd Lsborde aud Mad. bishop; the good
houses that have witnessed the he Of
Ernsui Norma. Lucrezis Borgis and Roberto Dev.
eroax. By judicously pursuing this Msrii the
Empresssrio of the Opera In Hsvsns, b. cleared
s6OOOO during the past season
The Havana Editor says:
The empressrio mus, be convinced ihsi better
the singers be bings forward ard the be embeshes
The spectacle. the gresef will be The siendsnce snd The
eNctluk pfont, u proved thh OF
presenting four good ,pgeis will be returned TO him
hundred fold III. proved beyond doubt ihs, Hsvsps
ami will generolsy sustain good Opers Company and
that which In the tia doubIfa 10 demonstrated
Truth And This hss been proved with incomplete Ccmpg
n.y. when Opers has been brou shs dol
expended upon decoslons Hess knows how wehsve
made and usve,-tonisht 10 Frsaee yesier-
eve IN Turkey tomorrow In Isy Londoa succ-ssvely
serving the Xllh aud IN the NX.h centuries
before The Chi,sn and all lhis wilhout brush
to tale Of the dust cohwe1s and stains hss Time hSd ea
Ye, with al his the pss season may Ia truth be called The
Goiisa Sssa ofhe enterprise Not all the Operss hsve
been well execuee for the performers cannot always be
equally feliei,cus I'll ec1Slly emineuis ,hifs
which cannot be looked for In Company Time and study
will improve some, and now that words csnuo preia
des laem will speak frankly Tedeseo and Beneysn-
.snO become eminent srsses for they Possess the
ces.sry eusdss they Will throw Of 'hsir J,Trs
and not sisning the sduscns Of friends mPruderi
hsn wise become convinced that they need studies
bosh Ia Music and Defamation We they have
asei every exeron TO Please and T. ON some few ocea
,ioas they may ro have dore the faux hss been
vo'untsry with them The Jls concluded com
eneng is.h Oct as. and ending 18th Feb az has been
sustained by Mesdsmes siefsnon, Tsdesco, ChiseguL
peo sud Past saa Messeurs MSni Beneventsro, Polo
alu Lorin and Welt, There have been IS performance. IS
or the snsgemcn ard 10 benefits bringing on, y Operas
md farewell melsuge The Operas produced iog
ows Hernani IS tines NAbuco :, Lombard Atls TO- |
Norma i2 FahtAri L0erezs T. II Bsrbiere Marin Pa
Hero s Elsire Amour Besuici2 Urrscs2 aMelsrgs
Ste fsnoni r ina Donna assouis, has iung IN al 10 m-s
turing The season Tedesco prn dOups las mes
,idsresaL eomprx aria. u times Pco. eoutsso times
'ss. mFTmsris, um-s MsrioL primo basso sssouic
S umes, Bensyenssac, primo baritone msou,o 10 lines
'0lonin priro bssso 81 tmes Lorir primo asso
ao, a umes Nieu, primo tsncre nsolu,o. 2l tres-
Bsdis the Stage Manager. goes TO Europe with the
mple powers to engage a rev Company. Of which we
ope nsy be giveu TO spsss well with much pless
re ss OF the last SeGsnoui and Msrni 20 10
ugisnd leavog behind lhs the delight recosc
ons Of .keir stay with That Ibese may raaerce their
s,urn 10 the w.h Of every lover Ct The hey
rel know 10 interpret" rrsosE.