New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-30
CITY ITEMS.

.., given by the Italian Company on the ias' o'o
.ng st Castle Garden. and was gwen SO ihhn'.ey
,,e, than IL was on the first occasion, tnat we ieoi
..,.r..A In deal with il somewhat more cllucaliy
,.n ue GENERALLY do with an opera which mas De-
.,,oe q por.ion of our musical memory so decioeup
.,h,s has This. perhaps, the more as it evidently
..uns itself as one of the great avorltes with the
-ssc-oying mass Of our population. more thah
uo NJ whom paid II the honor Of attending to ITS
,.sxsrv ON this occasion In fact, the Somnamb"ia
..,,hout and exception, and speak this with the
..,ollection OF the Norma and Puitani before us,
4, opera which most likely to pass into the hands
J,he future. which Bellini has written. This 1t In
"A owes 10 Us hbretto, which Is slngulariy interest,"
~ for the hbretto OF opera, but more to s meio
!, which even at the present day, when 1t may De
sspd in fragments in the muslcsiand OF every lazy
,so cultyaies the art, Is almost as fresh as when
a,eomposer FIRST sent 1t into the world, fresh from
hsown young brain
The cast OF the opera, as 1t was performed las
,,M. was composed OF Signorl Salyi, Marlni, Gun
hIs and Sgnorc Bosio, AYogafro, and Slgnorlna
co<ni OF three of these singers we Will say noth-
m, save mat Signorlna Costini has a small voice,
,seh scarcely sufficient even for so iight part
ynsa, In so large a hail as that OF Castle Garden,
Itch to tell the truth is trying theater Tor any
,aee TO gil, and which We cannot but suppose VIII
"A ZONE day upon the somewhat thin character OF
ssio's organ. However, whether 1t does so ultl-
r,ey or not we must compliment the lady warmly
o her general Interpretation OF the music in this
s,rs; not only for the tune, but for the feeling
srh she embodies with II, and THIS too, IN manner
,sch is sufficiently rare for the most part upon our
Ao.,ds Too generally the singer seems to think
na shculd her voice be pitched right, and that If she
! Ina toleraby correct memory for the notes upon
q. score, she need search for other excellence.
houera however, a vast deal more is required. She
u,h. TO throw passion into her vocaization-to make
asmusic instinct with viahty-and by her energyre-
m for the time beng Opera from its want of reali-
smd leave the spectator under the impression that
nA a burst as the "Oh non glunge" is food Of
-spressibe Joy called from the lips by the fervour
some deep and overmastenng feeling. We can
", perhaps, say that Bosio thoroughly satisfies us
shis respect, but she approaches 1t more than any
rger we have heard upon our lyric stage, and very
EVIDENTLY attempts to do that which we have spoken
For this reason it was that heT All non glunge
uuck us as one of the freshest and most telling
seces OF operaiic yocahzaon which we had recent
sheard although greatly to our regret, one hall, at
east. of the audience were deaf to II and strove
nrd to make the rest Of those who were present so,
rising TO leave the house when she had but COM
nenced this delicious air. We are. however, an
lcipatng, ought eer speaking of tbs, to have
alluded to her Scare compagne' In the FIRST act,
Nhieh introduced her to the audience and which, AS
well this and part Of the finale TO this togeth-
with her opening duet with Eriao was admirably
sung two OF them having received the honors OF an
encore at the hands OF those who present.
Slsno1 Sa!vi-the oiiener we hear hlm makes us
the more keenly regret that Time has began to deal
with his voice in the unkndiy way he too often treats
tno's and sopranos. Al present do not feel this
much, but there is visible hint given by that i'll
irured Old rascal that In the future we may expect
h,race somewhat larger footprln, under his heavi
hhod heels, or at all events hear additional note
o. two gradually extinguishod the next two or
tire years are scored upon salvi's age. This, how
ever, WAS scarcely felt on the present occasion, as
nely indeed has Salvi ever been in better voice.
ne whole OF the fnals to the frs, act finely
l sne BY him as we have heard 1t rendered by any
nser with solitary exception, that OF Mario
su must we own was the "ah perche" in the
scoud less feelngly gwen. Marini, perhaps. was
Misr Than he has before seemed In the Somnam5uia
simore respect to the exigencies of orchestra and
eOps, although there was even yet room for amend
,ts Neither is the Cosnt RodOio, as II appears to
Sahrge overgrown schoolboy who cannot lay his
nns whip aside fox one moment, and does not
Y ocv what 10 do with his hands and arms While
~vcuh seriously advise Signor Marini to study
ss@teport himself IN coat and trowsers eer he
krmases his appearance before the public in them.
ms "Nravviso" was cleverly, though perhaps
Ssswhai too coarscly gwen, and would have struck
ss being even better rendered but for the fine
S'say Of the organ, which gave them. This unfor-
'assy compels the hearer TO Judge him somewhat
~eoSly, and TO weigh him with reference TO the
~ss which nature has placed at his disposal
Nones possibly with too little charity
'@ Choruses were good, and the orchestra itself
"aceleni, although We might perhaps suggest
~suiae more dehcacy in a few of the piano pas
et@ nigh. benefit them. This we will no, insist
~s' ~ where so much is given We have no right
w hypercntical, and In every respect we CON.
80 aS nights performance one Of the best which
| ''s'e attended during the present season