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singer of Europe" She embraced her CITED aaG
| lovely scholar, and rsres Psrodi went to hsshons
In Genoa and reoiosd the hearts Of her aged parents
| by relating to them what the venerable PsstShsA
| said
She determined ct 10 begin her career In the
Grand Opera Itaana She had begun her studies win
Pasta In ls44 In 1S45, she went, BY invitation, 70
Bsrgamo, during the annual Mechanical and Agrieuf
| tural Fair, duly and August and appeared for The
first time at the Tsatro Riccard in that city There
were strangers In Bergamo from parts Of Italy
and no one was prepared for wonderful display q
musical genius. The italian people have quiokse
appreciation Of genius In the arts than any other
ton; but when the reports Of her unpreoedsnted
went forth from Bergsmo, they seemed too EXTRA
ordinary to be credited
| When her engagement closed at the Teasre
Rccardi che invited to sing during ths next
nirale Qs45-6 at Verona a city Of higher rsnk bosh
In population and art In Bergamo, she sang, her,
first opera, La Comma d yersy," by Donnizetsi.
At the same city she represented Due Poscsvin BY
Verdi At Verona, these operas repeated with
increased effect, and her fame began to spread over
Italy. Applications poured In from every quarter,
and the young eanatriee could hardly believe her good
fortunefor of the charms of Parodis inimitsble
character has always been modest estimate Of hes
own powers
She chose very brilliant occasion for her next a.
hcuse had just been completed at spezzia charming
little city at the head Of the gulf of that name which
lies half way from Genoa to Leghorn. Parodi had
been invited to-what shall say dedicate 1t
For in Italy where the arts have long held supreme
sway, an opera house Is considered worthy of .
solemn and grand ceremonial, when its doors are
thrown open for the entrance Of the muses.. Parodi
appeared there this splendid occasion, In Ernani"
by Verdi 1t was q triumph which had been
al in nj nv n ri Of ight ha
also sang in ia Comma al yergy" with increased
thusissm. Although the theatre rsnked only among
the third class the event everywhere noticed and
the f~f.nn N was every where spoken Of.
The next yecrashe went to Palermo where SIZE sp-
pearedi ale semirsmide,n and afterwards IN " La
Norma" She rapidly, in her career APP
preaching q higher and more difficult point In
Palermo she sang before Of the most ds-
eliminating audiences In Italy but she surpassed
expectation The next summer she went to no
renee, and n the great eatro there, sang "Ls
vestale," of Mercadante, and Maria di Rudsns.n
She went on to Rome, and successfully appeareain
0tello," "Ls Norma, and several other operas In
which she excited enthusiasm which had not been
felt In that ancient and venerable capital for long
period
But In the next carnival she left the peninsula, and
returned To Palermo to complete her engassmeat,
which extended through two carnivals. She new
came out in a and beautiful opera, which
had been composed expressly for her BY CopPoiss
which was entitled 4" II fingallo." new enthu-
siasm stirred, and before the earnira was OVER
the feeling the city TO such pitch that the
whole people seemed to have mad for the beau
tiful eanfatriee.
This fact is the singular, since her greatest
triumphs were achieved during the horrors Of the
sicilian revolution, while the red flames Of we're
rolling over the blushing bosom Of that deveted
island Many feat of heroism was performed By the
women of Sicily during that terrible winter which
would have honored the chivalrc name OF Joan
dare. Born and edussted in the old republican
city of Genoa La Psrodi gave all her sympa-
tbies TO the cause of the struggling patriots ana
20 brilliantly did she Distinguish herself daring
those terrific scenes, even her life would not
have been safe hour but for tho enth usastio
devotion OF the Of Palermo, who would have piled
the ground with hecatombs Of bodies rather tina.
hair fall from the head Of generous, gifted aad
beautiful being
These scenes Of carnage, however, at last passed
away The friends Of liberty finally PEELED to
succumb to the overwhelming po~er Of dsspoism the
hoof OF the tyrant again pressed the SOIL and Psrodf
left Sicily 20 follcw her In Europe. She had
made engagement to sing at San Carlo at Naples.
But II was a gloomy scene TO contemplate. Naples
was again under the feet Of the msroIlsss Bourbon
dsspot; he had butchsred imprisoned the noblsst
men in his kingdom, and pail Of gloom had settled
over the cause Of italian Independents.
At this crisis, Lumiey, the great empressario"
Of the italian Opera House In London, despatched
a messenger to Italy to effect an engagement with
Psrodi, who was believed TO be the only canfahiss
In Europe who could prove a formidable rival 70
Grisi equal OF the Swedish Nightingale. Ne
succeeded Parodi appeared In London In Nor
ma and carried the fashionable world by storm
In less than ten days tbs enthusiasm vas un-
bounded. From the highest In Europe, ana
n IA a
with 6claf! She appeared In rapid succession In
"Norma,n ia Fayorita,n "semiramids,n "Lucresa
Borsis,n Don Giovanni Lee Nome al Figaro" II
Mstrimonio secreto" sc, and TO every scene she
impaired freshness, with every word and movsmsnt
she carried power, and all shs cast the sgiesa
charm CT an encbsntment which even Gris had
failed TO command
At the close OF the of1s4o in London, ParcM
retxned supreme over the musioal world. IL vas
triumph without parallel In the records Of history
for she not yet twenty-five yearssld.
Summer before last she visited her home, and sasg
before the court Turin Last spring shs again sp
pesred In the Of Her Msjestys Theatre In Lon
don, In La Medsa," Of Mayer In Ernani," Nabos-
cor and 81 due Fosssrin Her fame already
regarded complete. But she was her second APP
pesrsnce greeted with still greater enthusiasm She
became the pride Of the srstocracy Of England and By
general consent Europe accorded 10 her the vacant
throne Of Pasta.
That we should 80 soon have the pleasure Of an
nsuncips the arrival Of this gifted sonystrss among
u.s. We aid not dare TO hope But msretzsk deter
mined TO establish the egtm ate Italian opsra In Nsv
York. and he applied to Lumlsy, TO whom Psrodi vss
engaged for two years longer. 10 allow him TO bring
her TO New York for four months With ths understand
ing abe would return 10 London In time 10 opss
the Queens opera House, the begnnss Of the merit
fashionable season All homer, then, TO Msretssk foe
this noble and generous act. May he reap rich hsr-
vest from his untiring exertions.
word - to M1le Parodi's family. She has an ~
father who has served the King OF sardinis tor cry
| years In the army and In the customs and no -
nov retired with pittsnce from the state an
| uprisht man A mother, of plain manners snd am-
pie education, but Of superior mind sna ss.,%s ~
character In their heuse, toe Ives go sa.. - =
| watched over the Infancy Of Ter.ss and snom sn =