New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-15

| ence Justly attracted Dy the lame OF the artists
but unforeseen circumstances sat Sphynxlke
at the iron gates of Tripler Hall and did not re-
move the disappointment they created. On Mon
day evening Of this week PARoDI sang again in
Norma at Aston place to a very large audience,
and scene occurred quite unparalleled, we fancy,
| in our operate annals. The musical review Of
the week. ending Tuesday morning, will not,
therefore, be modifying. We shall begin at the
end, however. and dismiss the discord the first,
for unhappily it will still be the musical that are
dscordaDt, and the monotonous intensity of mu.
steal jeslOusies and the pertinacious presentation
I OF those jeaouses to the public, are only equaled
| by the public's pertinacous want of interest in
them.
An opera concert was announced for Saturday
evening at Tripler Hall for the purpose of pre-.
senting HAUsER the Violinist to an Americ an au.
dience. At this concert PARoDI was to sing and
STRAKoscH to play 1t was iDiudiciously announc-
ed for Saturday evening, we think - because
many who would have been glad TO attend were
not willing to lose one of those Philharmonic con-
certs, as they were sure of hearing HAUsER on
another evening. This Opera Concert did not
take place, and a placard on the gate aAnoun.
ecu tuht lOI uuOIebe6u IGdbOub IL was posi-
poned. The reasons WERE however, such as
there 10 no v~o~-~ Cor any musical man not fore
seeing namely, professional prides and jealouses.
PARoDI could not sing because by serious
schism in the Philadelphia department of the
opera troupe, the manager was obliged to rush on
to the City Of Brotherly Love mainly distinguished
for bloody riots, and pour on such oil of healing
as he could command. The unhappy manager
had only stepped from frying pan into the fire.
1t was Pandoras box again in this unpoetic town
and age. For as he ran to put one back again,
the other leaped out and ran away with his pa
thence and with his and her obligations to the
public and with those of Messrs. HAUsER and
STRAKoscH.
In fact and in prose, PARoDI declared that
she would not sing with another Conductor
than Mr.. Maretzek-as she says in her card pub
lished on Tuesday morning in our columns-but
as we heard, she did not wish to sing with a Ger.
man Director, and when an Italian was offered,
was appalled, at the German Orchestra who
would not play with an Italian Conductor
This sounds too good to be true, but it was a
sparkling on DIT of the evening The fact is plain
the Prima Donna did not choose to sing with
another conductor or as she says in her card,
my unwillingness to hazard the kind opinion the
public have been pleased to form of my humble
abilities, by trusting myself to any one but con-
ductOr to whom have been accustomed" This
is poor excuse for the disappointment of an au.
dence in fact for breaking faith with the public
and for injuring the prospects of new artist,
which always are injured by such occurrences
We cannot find any reason at all in the statement
for such conduct Had it been her first night in
America, the circumstance might have been re-
GREETED and excused. But when a singer has
taken her place ss PARODI has, and is no longer
on trial, the case is entirely different and her
conduct should be so too. Had PATTI the right
to disappoint an audience in so cavalier manner,
or BENEyENTANo, or LORINf And yet they
have all the rights that PARoDI has and if the
public is to be at the mercy of artistic freaks,
there will be very rapidly loss somewhere, and
an end of many things 1t seems only fair to
suggest to our really well-meaning and excellent
PTima Donna that on Saturday evening it was
not so much her own fame as the claims of
HAVsER that were to be considered; and that
unless he expressly desired such postponement,
artistic sympathy and natural feeling should have
dictated silence and forbearance to her.
But if the discord was decided on Saturday
evening, it was direful on Monday at the Opera.
Norma was announced, and the house was full.
When PARoDI entered it was clear that something
was wrong. The opening chorus had been. as
usual, not utterly perfect there was evident un.
certainty in many of the instruments; but still
the whole went on tolersbly well During the
prelude TO CGsta Dira, Norma advanced 10 the
front and stood ready to begin, when an unfortu.
nate horn blew little "bo0zily," as il it were
confused over its score, and the delinquent re.
ceived sudden sharp glance from the Moons
Ninion and Priestess. The aria advanced in.
differently and provoked good deal of applause
but when she commenced the final allegro, p RopI
paused suddenly and addressed a few angry
words to Mr.. Maretzek, then proceeded with her
part The audience were silent for moment
and there was then a good deal of applause
but evidently very uncertain feeling peryaded
the house whether they had been insulted or not
An artist has no right except under extraordi.
nary circumstances, to interrupt the progress of q
work-to destroy its artistic unity, and obtrude
his personal pique upon the public, and those cir
cumstances certainly did not exist that evening.
1.-THE orchestra had been really bad, Mr.. Maretzek
is too Intelligent and capable director not to have
corrected the fault at once. lift were only slittle
wrong, somewhat confused in the time or evepout
OF tune the artist has no right to suspend the in
terest OF the performance and publicly rebuke the
conductor or the offender. He might as well an.
srily tear his dress because it pinched him. and
did not allow him full sway Of his limbs. II is bis
duty to submit to the inconvenience until bs bs.
left the scene, or to dispatch private message
to the proper person-in fact to obviate az nucbss
possible all the difficulties and defects of his DO
sition' instead Of exaggerating them and making