New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-11
AIsosI AT THE BROADWAY THEATER--The I


fin, epnearsnce OF this grea; srt in geuis S1ssas
bla .ook place Lac, night before crowded audience
She never Gang more exqusitely powerfully. W.
do rot uudertand how they have called her inanimate
We do not know singer with truer more vial. OF
more touching power of expression Nor Is she at al
d.eiep, a. an actress Either she has improved vast
,v since she cama 70 America or her former eriHc'
vere sinrlsriy at fault Last night she was exsecn
throughout. both dramatically aud vocany. Bat 'ne
c,ovpne glory Of ell was the Al non ereac9i We
have heard her give it often in the concert room ou'
now sung With that deeply human and tender voice
and tina, large and faultess uterance, II was at once
Tho perfection Of feeling and Of AT. All the gessy
and ali the rnusc Of paintiye heartbroken, dreaming
mechanically were combined ia il, and the audience
listened with hushed attention and beating hearts to
every delicious phrase But in the jubilant diamond
as,hipa Al non gisng,, how they paid her with ap'
plGuse.
sirnor Pelegrini made his debut last as ElVno
He had better not have done it, for how he had
90, praised in some of the journals and he might have
retired On that reputation Now it is defunc'. He Is
misersble singer better might have been he'd out OF
the chorus 1t was altogether unworthy of the opera,
and not too polite to the audience to allow him 70 ap
PEAR along with Alboni His voice his style, bis bear
~,
we administer for prcsumDg to step 50 far out OF his
sphere as to sing leading part in such presence Let
the cobber stick TO his last is good philosophy for
senor Pellegrini
signor Baril was the Count The audience were
guilty of great injustice in kissing him instead OF the
sudacous tenor for be Is the better singer Of the two
His chief misfortune is that he SINCE out Of tune For
ears at all delicate or particular, that is serious.
The opera will be repeated this evening Why can't
we have ssngiovanm Elyino, and Revere as the
Count They are not quite equal to Mario snd Romeo
nj tu, arc infinitely preferable to what other
wise condemned to-
MADAME SosTAc's FIRST APPEARANCE IN
OPERA AT NIDLo's THEArER-The appearance OF
Madame sontag in Opera in this country forms his
torcal point in our art Whatever may be said Of the
attractions Of concert singing 1t must necessarily be
inferior to that Of the stage The scenery dress and
deccTaiioDs-the movements, looks climaxes ecta-
cies--the laughter-the dcsoation and death Of the
scene, are all wanting on the prosaic platform Of the
concert. It's glory is instrumental music where the
flesh lie cast of aud the spirit reve in the infinite,
clogged by words millinery, paint or properties.
Hence beautiful "a is Madsme Sonag in the lady like
Requisites Of appearance and action In Metropolitan Hall
she needs the arena Of opera to give vent to her
artistic qualities.
After all that is stid Of the grand operation Of
Europe we prefer Nibo's a house. The divinity
Of six tiersthe holiness Of boxes sacred four five
exclusives thus multiplying the space and superficial
feet Of the house shine well in novels but detesta
bic In practice combining the best places to the selfish
few end slowing OF pOlloi heaven knows where. Com
u.s. therefore, therefore to Nblos architecture where
with three tiers snd open spaces many people the
Aeadamie Royole contains can be accommodated.
In this thowy open-boxed house were collected Las,
night upward Of two thousand people. A brillian,
array. Never have we witnessed more attractive
company as regards good looks and good toilets The
Overture opened well Some forty eight instruments
gave unusual sonorousness and variety to the com
position not often encountered In theaters Some
more care in warming one two Of the brass instru
ments beforehand, would have secured better tone
but let that pass Superetive side drumming prophe
sied the trade Of TO come, when the curtain
The revelation Of the soldcry was fair: The chorus
comparatively strong, well dressed and well
drilled. As the vcrisimiludes Of the opera dup
cate, appealing to the eye well the car the mount
ing Of piece is not matter TO he overlooked in criti
cism The plot of the Daughter Of Me Regiment is too
wen known TO need repetition but "judicous cut in
the recitave was yet more judciousy restored, and
the birth and parentage of the Daughter thus made
clear 10 those tracing the rectavc than in other
readings Of the opera.
Madame soniag looked remarkably we'll Her cos
tune undenisbly excellent.
form of singular elegance, step light and elastic
gestures well made, and lively abandon Of manner
won the hearts Of her auditors. And here on this
head, we would remark that the pink dress with boots
.,1 - ifv Dana int
the fine lady but che had the Corpo d bacco air about
her yet
The regimental diity was taken very much slower
by Madame Sontag than ordinary, and in very pro-
nounced manner The drum scene was properly left
ia the hands of the drummerboy. for it is rule in
French armies that the rrandire distributes wine Sc,
TO the troops and does not beat the drum tradition
which Madame sontsg has observed with military pre-
cision
In the finale to the rsact the remarkably fine drawn
tsnuy which the can;arice can give to the clmaxes OF
vi sdagio movement were particularly evidenced I;
l. question interviewer with dramatic composition
however, as to how much direct repetition of slow
movement can be safely ventured without change
of accompaniment key or cooring A fault in Italian
OpeIss-which little more care in writing or a little
more time allowed to composers would obyiate-is,
excellent accompaniment Of the Como Insese to the
slow movementin question was much remarked
SignoT Badial Is an admirable actor and singer His
voice is potential and his making up thoroughly in
keeping with his bluff accents His attitude in charg
ing bayone,s is susceptible ofimprovements and it has
much TO do with the rataplsn duct.
sgnor Pozzolini did no, sing as we'll as in the PEi
tSRi at Metropolitan Hall Colds are about and he
may have his quota. So pure tenor doe not bes,
any ordinary shorteoming without lis being observed
We have never justice done to the beautiful sing
ing and voice of Signor POzzoni. Considering the
rarity oftenors, be should be handsomely recognized
In the musicpracticing the Daughter was full of gen
uine froc; and there ensued rich spray of Torture
that wsuld have made old Porpors rub his hands with
elee. There was a stubborn effort at encore which
Madame sontag quietly resisted. There are some
scenes which do not bear encorcs; for example the
ten,scene in Richard H. the above lesson and march