New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-05
Parodi.

e;qpora Parodi has found wrought IN gold the
.,;tioI letter of her American chapter. Her debut
1ast evening was a decided success and this morn
inc We can do no more than record cur general i'm
,,rsssions-so manfestIy unfair is ttocrticise an
artist finally upon her first appearance. ne au'
dience was crowded and fashionable, lopS IA
lev was thronged and all the entrances aAds1ePS
were occupied by those vino were only too eiad'
at such inconvenience, to see and hear tue Queen
oftbe evening Mr.. Maretzek was received with
complimentary applause upon taking his seat
and after the overture and meodious chorus OF
Drlids-ior all Belini's chorusses are only con
certed songs-Sgnora Parodi entered as Norma
She is a lady of fine presence upon the stage,
and of large, expressive features admirably
adapted for dramatic effect. Her hair is raven
black. aud fell forward in two long locks before
her shoulders, as she advanced somewhat stltfy
10 the front, and Inclined clinging to her sickle
and not very gracefully, to the continued aP-
plause. That once over, she turned to the altar,
and her first firm delivery Of " Sed12aoSe roce IN
dicated clearly enough that she was IN good pos
session Of her powers with the natural nervous
ness doubtless, of beginning The recitatlye
she gave fairly and the audience then rusted
itself into attention for the CaSta DIUa. We
must confess, individually, that her conception
and rendering of this invocation did not
please US Yet we are at variance with &C
complished critics upon this point, and reserve
NIL expression Of opinion until after another and
smother hearing. 1t was received with great IA
yor By the audience, and the curtain fell at It's
close amid the unceasing plaudits of the house
while shower of sonnets all egregta artistic la
Signora Teresa Pmodi," fell from the Gods,
and the Prma Donna appeared before the curtain
which under the circumstances, should have
been raised for her--aud bowed snilingly grateful,
and bearing away several beautiful boquets, as
emblems OF her triumph
At this moment gentleman in the terrace on
the right Of the parquette cast white dove into
Che air according to the Custom OF the Italian ova
lions. The bird, however, frightened by the glare
and the braves Of the house did not fly to Parodis
hand, as he should have done, but Huttered across
ahe house and took refuge in the second tier
Another shower of sonnets fell from the amph
theater and the excitement then subsidized.
The scene of Adalgisas confession fell rather
quietly upon the audience, until the Trio =" p0nne
.si.ma i0Sca0," which most heartily received
She was again recalled and attention was alive
for the chamber scene and the Duet. In this
scene Parodi disclosed decided dramatic talent,
and during the last two acts o the stage arrange
menN she made several points winch drew down
the house and satisfied we are sure, the great
mass of the audience that we have now lyrical
artist of high order. The mira Norma did
not touch very deeply, nor the Quol corh@daStt'
of the last act-seeming to indicate that there
xyas some lack of tenderness in expresson-whlle
an mia maao" was given with good deal OF in
tensity Indeed, it was during the intenser dra
matte action of the Opera that the applause was
most sincere a fact that prophecies well Tor her
success Upon the final fall the curtain, Parod
was called out three times to receive the homage
of the house-the last time with Mr.. Maretzek
who was, last of all, called on alone.
Such is a fair sketch Of the evening, upon our
deeper impressions Of which we iorbear as we
said. to enlarge at present. If we might charac
terise the great general impression we should say
1hat Parodi struck the audience more dramatically
than vocally. Her points were all dramatic ex
cept one shake which was quito pure and pro-
longed Her voice did not seem TO be true, at
times, which it is but just to ascrlbe to the same
natural nervousness, and we shall look forward
with the greatest interest to hernext performance
chat we may verify our Impressions before utter
ing them-congratulating Mr.. Maretzek in the
meanwhile, that he has introduced to us q pupil
of Pasta. and by his energy and enterprise given
such good earnest of the very highest success
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