New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-13
CITY ITEMS.

The OPERA.-BosIo is the most agree
able Prima Donna we have seen in New-York. She
has the tact which is the only substitute for genius
for which no talent sufices We do not recall three
performances so balanced in their degree, and so
unmarried by defects BOsIo's recent Lucrezia Ter
Ina and LUCIA. How much finer in the first charac
ter is the genuine womanly dignity and intense feel
ing, than the initiated grandeurs Of Pasta and the
melo-dTantic cYtravagances, howover full of talent
which Parodi displayed last winter. ZerlHa was, tor
Bosio, "A part no less beautifully conceived and
rendered. or rather The charm IS that there
seems to be no study az all 1t is all like Dog
beuy's reading and writing. And Lucia, which
she repeated last evening, was fascnatingly deli
cate in feeling throughout. Boslo Is not great
actress She sketches her parts. SO true is her IDEA
of them-so refined and gentle her treatment, va
without taint of sentmcntalIty-So sad her grief
and so joyous her JOY, that ,he whole impression Is
as If pencilled upon the mind. 1. is vain you hear
that 1t is not greatt IS IN vain that your critical
neighbor pooh-poohs at "that kind of thing" You
look delighted, and do not the extrayagant ges-
tuTe OF the awkward pause nor hear the ambitious
failure or the false tone Beside, il all this not
So what Rlanees are sober enough not 10 sllD de-
lighted over the luSrouS richness Of that black hair,
smooth enough to compel cynics Ike ourselves T.
catch Barry Comwalrs rhymes Of the Qaadr0on and
Nights N June jlnglIng through the mind. And the
French fneness of feeling for dress, which Is so br
daily sumptuous IN the betrothal of La4e.a, and
prettly pastoral in Zerlma, and so just, although
With less range Of taste III Lucreeia. These would
be enough to carry the town, even nd not Young
America flock down he parquette to.the very front
seats, and SO prove that the town sf carried Her
voice is so much finer at that point, says alstere
Young America
But beautiful BosIo sings a little too much with the
arms occasionally. Al yocalists 90. They do so,
they assure you, upon Hygiene principles. And it IS
necessary now. Pinion the ROSTERS wings, and
what kind of Growing should we have Judge Of
our dismay then, when the bold BErTINI, who
was fast becoming fabulous emerged as Edgar40 with
his right arm in sling Our alarmed Fancy figured
the desperate struggles and Beneyentanean inter-
hldes and death scenes and embroghos infinite, and
We feared that our tragedy might be truly tragcal
But II was not So BETTINI carried with him the
feelings of the house during the whole evening To
large manly person. too large IN fact, for the size
Of his organ and for such a lachrymOse hero as
Edrqrdo he adds good tenor, decided uOcs d
tesla crude, as yet but Of far range and Of sym
pathetic quality. He has no particular style, and
has evidently hammered himself upon Salyi who,
good and tOlerabe In himself, n intolerable In
an imitation The first scenes with LUCIA ard
the maledcton scene Of the second act are much his
best points The finale vas oVerwought. His
diminuendoes, every one Of which q sympa.hzing
hearer could not but wish might be the last, were
prolonged as long IA he could retain the note and
by the time they were over the agony Of the au-
dience had reached It's crisis and settled again INTO
attention for something else. II great error for
singer 10 let his audience get the start Of him 10 The
end OF an emotion and wait quietly there 10 see him
come IL He should drag them with him which i'm,
plies his constant advance.
As vocalist II would be unfair 70 measure BET
TIM With the best. IS high praise that the Hawai-
ese accepted him as SAWS successor But We have
no doubt Of his success among Us Tor bri liant ca
reer, however, very much IS still necessary Yet
his prototype Salvl again, - Illustration Of the
triumph Of unweared cultivation. As an actor Bzr-
I'M IS Of the meo-dramatic style. His acting Is
pleasing, and from his good person, effective But
he spreads his Sfeeny vans for fight" rather too
frequently He IS Derpetualy climbing to climaxes
both Of singing and acting. Yet, whatever defects
might be mentioned, ne has the secret Of sympathy
with his audience, waich II as unreasonable IS also
as partial, as love HIS voice blends beautifully
with BosIo's and the duet was deserTedly warmly
appauded.
1t was high holiday, az it always is for Briarean
Ben. He poured out unstinied hbafiOns Of voic, al
over the audience, With most oppressive generosity
Does he courf for uk that Ducal death Of Clarence
and would smother Us in thick wine How vainlv
any dispute with am the palm Of ponderosty,-
Would hapless tenor spread Sheeny yansl Ben
spreads sheenier vans and more widely Womb
hero stormi It's sun-shOweT To Bens thick tbroae