New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-24

II q more difficult % cOrusni orcaesSra asa n
umy; the che l. An Kfxr Of taste t.-t judgment per
cePnon- transportation; the other Is largely con
connected with bald rnatinet.hip ami evea Sa9olsoa
thss uncontrolled events ofsea destfed
ne success Of The ba.Ile In the tlfhy oarhrs1as Of
cur present society we are qu;se aware taEs 80 70
speak Of an orchestral l-s6er excessive. oas
Is not the less than true A nearly al honor has thus
far been paid 10 he sword sni our last election ersa
for President decided on Saseaertesss, ArtstS
Writer'S. and Thinkers standing Ike essziLs To the
back grOand Is dicut TO treat Of Ar. and IN rela
tons for an anbeEeving generArsn-
The next thug 10 Be mentioned u the chorus This
was good but full A full chorus on the stage 10
sewfork has no, yet been heard Nothing grAai
enough In its proportions to give the Composers IDEAS
hss hitherto BEEN presented II the 6-amse choral way
But the question again occurs whether the public viii
pay for anything fuller In the Italian Opera sn1 We are
constrained 70 believe they viii not The Choras o.
Madame SouiAg a web trsinsd experienced body
their only fault in the necessity Of putting new
operson the stige every nights do NOS scknos
ledge any such necessity for civilized people Is the
programme Of Madame SontAg presupPOsed By saying
that every third night q new opers would be siven.
What the stae the Open is in the Feejee Islands
we have exact means Of knowing. but fit exist
we very much doubt II any Prims Donna there would
BE- obliged TO minister the tastes OF the auditory a.
the rate ola new oPers every third night Surprising
each Of those operas 10 be original work suPPOsiag
il for two nghts everybody would say II was exPe-
itiously dame and properly 80. Now, we would
k very sorry to say that the masterpieces
OF Belln and Donizett were so treated because they
we've deemed only attractive for two nights. We
must in this matter, look TO the labor Of rehearsal
A whole mou,h-sometimes three weeks under high
pressure-bu; sometimes six mouths-are required to
rehearse opera for the stage and the said work 10
10 be given bat twice il s worth the trouble We
think Madame SoutAg did injustice to her powers Of
attraction In making /. cheraI 4, baails that operas
should be turned ike hot rolls thst rate. II the
public vii OILY see operas upon such terms Of rapid
transmoerfC alton the sooner the house is forever
closed against Italian music the better Ii aarce 20 set
forth An on such terms that the public
u too contemplate to require Art, and If logical it
proves them unfit to have il.
OfMadame Sontag's powers we have nothing to take
back respecting our original opinions Her vocaliza-
ton beautiful and in fact without equal for its neat
As for the philosophy Of elaborate cadesras that
is quite another affair, and that opens the question
a. TO the philosophy Of making vocal music the me-
dunn of dramatic expression At all Toe most that
be said IL that 1t is Art and because It Is Art It Is
not Nature Il u q source Of underlined pleasurabe
emotion stimulates the sentiments Of pie,y, herois,
love lays the base Of artistic feeling and Expression
in all its material and immateria outworkings acts
upon the Structure Of language and the culture Of
refined mole Of speaking and largely Ellis up the dull
er gaps Of existence. As for the simplicity OF writing
for the soprano voice, leaving out the fortunes in
which Ma1sme sontsg so excels, it IA well TO talk
about IT, but what thevoi do exqulsitey, and
in conformity with the feminine iabre Of tone must
be good Gluck tried another theory but Mozart who
was SO largely indebted to Gluck even In the matter Of
the lsers ballet Of Don Jan went into the argest6ori
lures for example the Queen of Nights Song is just
az ornAmented as any Italianisms too even In
Christ Mount Olires Beethoven has introduced the
largest vsuxha hourishes and the embroidery Of Han
del makes not few Of his oratorio solos look like any
thing else but religious music.
The only fault VI find with Madame Sontags 6or.
lures Is their too frequent Introduction They too
prodgally displayed There Is s7aJGas De rieissse
in much chronatic and arpeggio illustration Tne
wonder Is, how Madame sontag has retained her
voice. 1t Is no joke to sing through opera Mrs.
Wood who had great hysiqae undertook to sing
Norma six times week. she broke down the second
week Mrs eospia an artist Of wonderful endurance,
hearsals thrown in, is ample labor for an artist
The merits of signor Badisi are great We heard
him give air Of merchants in the great style of the
greatest baritone This was In the concert room On
the stage bis powers actor subject to obee
ton, from his copious Of particular gestures.
Pozzolni Is light tenor, and has more pas
sion than loudness. On the last night be acqult.
ted himself well In the chamber scene, in the
splendid conception of the composer, in
uubroken melody of defamation ranging on
the high regions Of the voice with intervals which
10 the last degree passionate and heart broken But
such music Is half the battle for the singer Tenors
are rare. Since Duprez's voice 10 pieces there
has been nobody to take bis place to look for robust
tenor In this country even paying prices such no
company Afford, would not command him, ii we
except sslvi.
All criticism singers in this country should be
comparative for the present Up to the time that
have a Conservatory TO them at home, and
Opera House sing in with language which the peo-
pie understand all attempts at securing thorough
Opera Will be futile The English tongue is III for
music when properly written and "a the best
dunn for native ears. II there any combination
or philosophy in expenditures for music this Opera
would exist. There Is no want Of material in thus
country We even hold that the superior virtue Of
American women over those Of Europe, Is mag.
nifcent religious element for the musical vocalist.
The ides Of angelic singing Is connected with purity
and ether things equsl the voice of the pure woman
will be superior In expression to that Of the impure
Il may be added, thai America IL amply gifted with
tine musical voices OF course there must be physical
culture and moral beauty 10 develop them The wretch
ed routine Of merely fashionable life lAse hours-the
latest possible late suPPers the absence Of all the
heroic exercises which The Matters Of Beauty, the
Greeks praetised, developing the lungs and the form,
are to be regretted more than words can express.
These deficiencies show how much gain al end
and lose the other have telegrsphs TIA, The
hands Of Egyptian Priests would have rated the Ina.
mediate emAnstion OF OSIRIS railways that Olympus
would have envie and economies Of labor that prom
ice TO strip Oppression Of It's very existence In dspens
ing with all labor that degrAdes and bruti6es-snd /
yet paOr and feebleness obude themselves the eye
md the greatest Of boons-He4th, source Of Extaey l
IN Sentiment Pleasure and AT, is neglected almost i
would seem On principle. Wide physical eulGre. IN
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