New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-30
MUSIC.
The New OTera Company.

Inc We" OVtTa tOtifany.
Te from Errore ard Csorn-a Jed oosns Art
&c prepared FOR yesterdays IrbuHe
AtNiblO's on Monday night full and brilliant
audience greeted the first appearance Of the CON-
pspy of ltalan Artists, OF which Madame Albon and
MesErs Sslvi nEripi and Benevantano. are the con-
sellaton. Pleasant Is il 10 much youth beauty
good dressing and good manners concentrated in the
auditorium OF the house. All persons who are ad-
dicted 10 coarse exc.tements-to seeing life through
the glass CT bsr-room door, should 90 occasionally
10 the opera 20 witness how a multitude can conduct
themselves decorously.
Rarely have we beheld so much feminine loveliness
concentrated in the space and exhilarat-d by
the food Of love" which the crest bard determine.
be music So nsif is the publicity Of descriptions in
Pari, that the chances equal in the euetou that
rayishBg bonnet inclosing rsvishing face At con-
cert will find itself signalzed and named in full with
the owner and almost wish that the same priv.
lege were accorded to us Of ndividlatag particular
face with nmbus Of youth and beauty clasped in
circle Of flowers within q certain bonnet But our
business is not with Beauty in the boxes but Art on
the stage.
There is sucha wide field for nonsense In the ordinary
pursuits Of lfe-the smaltalk OF society being nine
teen parts Of twenty bsdinsce and excellent Jokes
being told in mourning carriages with the hease
in per- pectve-that some solernnify should be
served fer spiritual art that inspiration which
deavors TO l OF the earth into the rial gories of
imagination. When we reflect that each musical sound
10 stepped in infnitude-that each such tone Is part
and parcel of the Heaven which prophecy aud poetry
breathe into being 10 tighten the burden which poor hui
Rnsniry carries from the crib TO the coffin, one may
shudder in seeing Euterpe yoked to beastly Sienus,
and the most loved and beauteous Of the Olympisn
train csrcaured with broad and salacious grin OF
truth grimace il not fortified by an alliance with
music but the latter is thus degraded to the filthy level
of swinish popular minstrel-y, where the cank
of the tlayes chain marks the of ART prosttu
ted and adapted to the level Of community "of the
earth, earthly"
We are le to these remarks after Witnessing the
work OF man Of genius like Donizetti thrown away
upon comedy where fat old fool 0he part created
for Lsblache Ike bad stories written TO suit engrav-
ings) makes love to young widow. writer, speak.
ing OF love- rays "all other passions not worth its
pains and |; is the passion which Genius most loves
to treat from the depths of his soul All f,ong with
the divine passion seems sacriegous and utterly out
of place in music. One has only to call up the unwrit
ten poetry of his own nature, or the expressed po-
etry Of Shakspere, Qor all Shaksperes in
our greater moments) to feel that the art of
Music should be saved from proclamation when It
to paint the master passion Beethoven properly
thought that the viiulent of Mozarts Don
GiGnn unified il for the purity OF the lyrical drama
Equally DO think that the purity rejects such
subject Don PdsgEGle whose age, rounded Off into
shvering taow is made ape youth and love- through
three mortal acts 1t may be urged that Shakspere
80 represented Falsaf in the Merry Wires Of Wiadsor
Never did hat sublime genius suggest such thing; it
was reserved for the rabble of the Court of Queen
Elizabeth for the Sovereign herself TO order such
play But the creator of ROmeO and JHlia of his own
motion, could never fail to the depths of such unhal
lowed tom.foolery.
As though his muse would not surrender herself TO
to such plot, find the first act OF Donzettis OPP
era vague end without saency up to the final duo Of
Maatesta ard NonUa-BsOne Hu0ce, sc. This is bril-.
liant and striking.
In Ac: H. the Trio, al rd( nj is.eiate s worthy
OF dtsuihed tragic petition. The finale of the same
act is splendly vigorous, and worthy Of any author.
The baritone ana Bass Due, Act ILL., Is admirable and
had it been sung thoroughly ensemble might have
commanded an encore. The Serenade, Come Z gesti,
is not to taste though 1t has its admirers. 1t IS
characterized by number OF csterwsuling spogatu.
rus that are damnabe As for the Finale Of the ope
ra-Donizett never wrote IT,
Madame Aboni was in excellent voice, and we were
pleased to o5seve that she condescendedt to
the row VOW passages OF the lowest register Of her
voice 10 secure applause. Equally free was she OF
exirasuper cadenEsmaking Salvis accomplished
artist la the delicious duet with the soprano, Act III
which compeRsstes for such world OF fat bufoonery,
he exquisite saving two false notes The effect OF
that duo incomparsbly better last nigh, than it
with Mario ard Gtisi al the ha!iers Paris Signor
Beneventsno "a always peinstsking, gentle
msnlike, sincere artist, and his singing last
night not marrei by any of the excuses
usually attributed TO him signor Marins decs-
msion> the thorough character OF his italian pro-
nuDcison is beyond all praise He is said sing out
of tune-we did net detect it last night The orches-
nearly forty strong and wa adequately led by
Ardi; saving some places where it was too loud for
Abcri The intensity Of sound should Away, be
measured in orchestra by the special ability Of the
singer. The 5oft voice in woman which ia the great
character OF Albonis orgsn-win not bear the same
force Of orchestral accompaniment as to heavy has. or
soaring resouant soprano.
The price Of stnais ion 70 toe O,ers Il oae aud two
dollars. This is too hgh sum to put il within the
reach OF the public al large People with families can.
net often afford, a general rale such expenditure
But Is not clear under the present system how the
admission is 70 be lowered. An English Opera in a
house Of the proper size could succeed lower rres
By an English oPers, we mean che givingthe reperory
of German, Italian and French Operas translated a
well - that IN cur own tongue. But If the public are
ever disposed to encourage the Italian Opera they will
do 20 for enc 60 splend.dy appointed a. tie one no
performing st NiblOs House. Mr.. lie Grind Smith the
Manager, merits fuH praise for his spirited and eesau.
enterprise. Lee him be duly upheld
Demilt Dispensary Second ABalversary.