The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-04-07

V4f00R. Oh E0IO01s
As every thing connected with Psrodi must be
at this moment, have thought proper
to sbridge, from the New York Herald, the follow
ing account Of her career up to her arrival in this
country, in October of last year.
She was born at Genoa, ON the 17th day Of
August 1877, and ID consequently now in the 24th
year Of her age. She displayed great musical tal-
ens at a vsry serly age, and was placed under the
best musiel Instruction which was within her
reach, untir6h had attained the age of seventeen
years, when, after singing at some Of the frsk
houses in Genoa, she obtained the reluctant consent
Of her parents to allow her to prepare for the opera.
In order that she might undergo thorough tTain-
ing, she was placed under the charge ef the cele-
brated Pasta, undoubtedly, we presume. the great
est female vocalist that has ever appeared on any
European stage. The instant she heard her voice,
she recognized the counterpart of her own, and she
is said to resemble her closely in person, that
portraits of Pasta, taken in her youth, have been
taken for those of Parodi. Pasta at first told her
that two years training would be necessary COM
plete her education, but her progress rapid.
that at the end Of one she dismissed her, saying
that she could do more for her, and foretellinG
that she would one day be one Of the first sin
in the world.
Her first appearance was At BeFgamo. du
the mechanical and agricultural fair, in l845S 6
time when persons were present from every
Italy. The Italians ara the quickest Of all IA
to discover musical talent, and they saw at 11co
that the young debutante was person of ex1Ia0F-
dinary requirements. She was invited to sing the
next winter during the Carnival at Verona, and
her success was SO complete, that her fame imme-
diately spread over Italy. Applications poured in
opera house, which had first been opened at Spez-
zia, half way between Genoa and LeghoEn. She
appeared in Ernani," and her triumph was tho
most complete that had ever been achieved, even
in Italy, by girl of eighteen. She next appeared
at Palermo. in Sc Norma and Semiramide, and
though the audience was one of the most discrim-
mating in Italy, she far surpassed all expectation,
high az it had been raised by her success at the
inferior theatres From Palermo she went to Flor
ence, and sang La vsstale in the great theatre
Of that classical city, with even greater success
than had attended her efforts elsewhere. Her next
visit was to Rome, where she stirred up the in
habitants Of the venerable old Metropolis to an
enthusiasm bordering on frenzy.
Parodi returned to Palermo in the midst Of that
terrible revolution which converted the Island of
Sicily into deuge of blood, and it is proof OF
her transcendent abilities, that the enthusiasm In
her favor was not abated by the awful scenes that
were every day enacted around her. She had
formed an engagement to sing at La Scala, III
Naples, but the overthrow of the Republican party,
and the prostration of Neapoian liberty under the
feet of the detestable and detested Beurbons,
diverted her from her purpose, and she left Sicily
to follow her upon the broader theatre Of all
Europe. AT this time she was engaged by Lum-
ley, the celebrated ensprssartO for the Italian
OPcAu AAuusc VI AuiAeoh ~ ueius huo ScuChoA uA-
preston that she the only person in the world
who could prove formidable rival to Grisi and
Jenny Lind She made her first appearance in
Norma, and according to contemporary accounts
carried the fashionable world of London by Storm
| She appeared successfully IN Norma" La
Fayorita," "Semiramide," Luerezia Borgia,n
Don Giovanni" LIE Nozz di Figaro" IL
| Matrimonio Segreto," ETC., and upon this, the
greatest arena in the world she obtained triumph
4 which not even Grisi had been able to command :
At the close of the season OF 1S49 she regned
supreme in the musical world, though at that time
| she was not yet twenty-five years old Those
| who are aware of the long exercise necessary to
bring voice to its hest pitch OF perfection, can
! form some idea of what she is yet destined to
| become.
In the summer of 1S49 she visited her parents,
and sang before the Court Of Turin, and in the
spring Of 1850 appeared in the Queens Theatre,
London, when her reception was even more enthu-
sastc than it had previously been. The aristoc-
racy Of England We're in raptures with her, and by
| common consent, she occupied the vacant throne
/ of the great Pasta.