New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-05
The Opera.

The Italian Opera opened on TUESDAY
evening. at Aston place, with Lucrezia Borgia ~
house was fairly full and very warm IN Us
az BogIo whom we heard for the first time 1IO-. ~
rnornert ~ SEEMING from tic gondoia 70 'he IA
,hoo nae an ,pNaiinc charm N the woman anu ''
,s,eoymarce which IN Us way qhie so'
- ~. ,.,o heard finer voices "iih greater ~
,,o, and more dramatic Po"ef--ye' W. ia '''
,,,caj performance more symme"i's'' i'"'s
- r,o's voice Is a genuine soprano oi sooi iaii5o'
- .,,,c,f. gympaihetic, and flexible, Du' sodle-
-, b,skv. not vibrant, and hardly arm enough id
,one Her vocalism is good no; remarkable but sae
,ever for moment disturbs the unity OF the iaVofa-
he immersion by the slightest attempt Deyona hef
rover. in an artist Of the Italian school TINS aceo-
ate know edge Of vocal capabihty and entire VIKING
ess 10 remain within n, is very rare. BosIo IS SIN
euiarlv adapied BIZ natural organization Tot ue
italian music The quality Of her voice SUCCESS IT,
and one fthe most pleasing points IN her perform
ance Is her instructive hold upon the intrinsic CHd'
rac,er of the music. even when the cxtravagant am
hilton OF the composer has gone far beyond H. Inc
evmnathetlc character Of her voice, however only
eyuholizes that Of the whole impression she makes
she Is the woman throughout, IN the most Deaulhul
scn.e Whatever she does is feminine, and 50 pro-
(oundIy SO that the close Of the first Act aiier the
duet with Gennaro when she is repelled wlth horror
by the young mobiles Of Venice there was something
truly touching in her forlorn and frightened position
We could have very easily challenged Gennaro Tor
rebufing her clinging and yearning appeal.
TINS feeling viii explain the character Of her con-
cep,ion of the superb sinner LucreZla. Not hlted
bv nature for the grandose treatment of the part she
relies throughout upon her intrinsic feminine force
and dignity This she never deserts, and hence IN
stead OF a historical performance fine IN fragments
there IS the utmost consistency and uniformity
Without this just instinct which IS the git oil genus
her performance would be poor, because so made
ouate But with this, 1t Is much the most striking
and beautiful that We have seen upon the stage OF
The Astor-pace Opera. The great trial and the
great success, because not great faure-for there
was no opportunity Of anything beiween-was the
poisoning scene with the Duke. In this there was
nothing leOnne, nothing trdgicaly tremendous, but
the slight shrinking form by the side OF the enrage1
Duke wayerng the gusts Of his passion like leaf
IN storm. and vet constantly replete with the natu-
raj grace Of woman and the dignity Of feeling with
out any largoness Of presence was patheticaly pow
trful beyond the remembrance OF similar scenes AZ
The Opera There were no ponis IN the perform
ance. Sympathy flowed toward the singer because
II could not stay away, and was instantly Of a
permanent and not Fictitious charm
BosIo was called out after every act, and twice upon
the final fall Of the curtain VIETTI the Orslno OF
the evening, has pleasant cOntralt0, but not very
sure or uniform. She was warmly encored IN the
Brindsi or Drinking Song, IN which VIC arc herctcai
enough to prefer Patti, and IN tins song she gave
one very clear and good shake, after she had re-
moved the cloak cord that Siranglng her
during It's first singing LoRINI sang as usual We
still hold to the theory Of good strain somewhere
in his voice, but he fattened sadly last evening as
the performance progressed For MARIN the shoes
Of Beneventano himself are too small. He out-BenS
Ben His voice is very loud and his action is of that
character which reckless critics would qualify by
the same term. In the last scene, IN which he kisses
his hand to heaven in Jolly manner (for II is noleSS)
over the dead body OF Gennaro, and disappears APP
provingly in the rear Ben's signal concluding stroke
of raising the arm of the dead man and scorntully
casting II back, was quite surpassed. The brave
Beneventano must look to his laures. We beseech
Manager Maretzek never to suffer the twain to sing
together unless he wishes for his house the fate OF
the walls of Jericho Signor MARIN abounds IN all
the convusivo steps and starts of the merctrcious
melodramatic style let doubtless owe some
shade Of Bosio's exquisite fominnencss TO the con
,rast of his extravaganza. The next opera Is Lucia
with Bettinl, on Thursday evening.