New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-14

run for an Italian opera 10 be played six times
in succession but CiHdoTebd in English was given
sixtv times in succession at the Park Theatre and
Ar,ie and The Bohemian Girl not less than forty times
Cbrstvs Mnstres also have for years been nightly at
tended by some six or seven hundred people while their
audiences would have counted by tens if the language
had been foreign. The reasons therefore tor producing
American artists paramount. England can no more
afford us supply Of singers in our own language tnan
Italy can of Italians BY rearing American artists we
Indefinitely enhance the dignity % the proiesslon and
the moral phenomena that our country affords IN some
other things may radate the stage In connection
with this may be mentioned that there are some Amer
leans now studying for the operate stage in Italy and
one lady of Boston has appeared at Naples with sue
cess II may yet to pass that Art In all ITS ram-
cations may be as much esteemed as politics, commerce
or the military professions. The dignity Of American
artists lies in their own hands.
That Italian opera management in New-iork should
thus far have failed not surprising High rent, making
few nights pay whole years rent has been one Of the
causes In London for 20 years the system OF making
season of 60 or 20 nights at the Italian OPeraHease
in the Haymarket pay whole year has been pur
sued The rent has varied from 400 81 900 snigh
The latter sum was paid by Mr.. Ebers during
son as appears by his published book In the last %
Years every manager of that house installed At pres
emf il is unoccupiedn consequence OF Lumleys failure
and all its library wardrobe and fixtures have
been sold at auction. At tho rival, Co7ent Gar
den Italian Opera-House, appeared by the proceed
jpcs in bankruptcy against Mr.. Delaied, he lost in
three years fortune of five hundred thousand dollars
into the possession of which he had just when he
undertook the management. Lumley has been called
,bo-, g. ~
must be something in the system to cause failure like
bis and that of all those who preceded him, and it
should be our aim find out what the causes and
prevent their being engraited on the opera in this
country.
The success Of the proposed ACADEMY, besides its
possession of National school Of artists and compo
prs depends on various things connected with the audi
forum These may be rected as follows The seats
should be separate armchairs each occupying space OF
two By three feet with ample passageways and obbeS
Then the acts people could easily leave them and
return to their places and in case of fire and alarm the
house could be Immediately empted and without danger
Then there could not be practced the present system oil
crowdng on attractive nights SIX persons on bench not
wide enough for five and filling the passage-ways with
chairs to compel people to remained damned into
them without possibility of change position durnga an
man through to enable him to enjoy an opera place
Of amusement should least possess every comfort and
Injury. which one would leave at home on going to it,
II should be thoroughly weurnished, in its obbes, re-
firing and refreshnen rooms with pictures and statues
TO improve and CRAFTY the taste.
All the Fine Arts to triumph Individually must go to
pether For the same the painting should
be perfect and appropriate every piece and the dresses
of all the actors from the highest to the lowest always
historically exact as ut the Paris Acad6mie There
should be one only price Of admission This Is the most
important consideration of all. In Europe all people
acknovledce the existence of classes The midde classes
sneak of themselves as SUCH and with Difference to the
hioher classes and usually with contempt OF the Ocer
orders Here the case is different all are soveregns.
No American man will take ladytO second price par
Of fine house but he will be satisfied with any if the
worst place if assured that all the places have been fair
" allotted on the frst-come firstseryeprncpe There
is no class here in Europe able to pay two three or
vedoars constantly but the whole community pay
fifty cents Hence the house must be of the largest
size: larger than any in Europe, where the private
box system uniformly prevails. The proposed building
will seat the enormous number of from 1000 to 5000
persons
The selection of an Architect for Opera House is
most important matter, as one well acquainted with
acoustics in its application to architecture can erect
building of immense size in which all the spectators can
see and hear The objection to a vast theatre does not
hold GOOD against opera house; musical sounds are
easily heard at much greater distances than spoken
words and the effect of distance to the sight is almost
overcome by the high perfection of opera glasses
The ventilation which embraces the cooling of the
house to any required temperature in summer as well
as properly heating in winter is of the last importance
1t is usually and enormously said that Castle Garden is
model plan for a summer theatre, because of its cool
ness Inside is not cool the balcony outside is how
ever In the original plan of which we have been speak
ing system of ventilation appears to attain the object
1t proposes the complete exclusion from the building of
the external heat in summer by of dOublecased
windows and perpetual supply of pure, artifcialy
cooled air which to be introduced by pipes leading to
shafts containing furnaces at the top OF the building
The whole expense of this ventilating apparatus, if
erected in the building is estimated at ten thousand dol
lars If it attain its object, it doubtless can, it will
increase the value of the property ten thousand dollars
year.
wide lot is necessary, as to have the auditorium
or audencepa built in the form of paraboa or semi
circle with diverging sides, bringing all the audience
near IN the stage and not on the old horseshoe FORM
upon which the European opera houses are con-
structed The Conservatory, or Musical school, should
be in the same building with the Opera; an additional
story would give scores of small practising and lodging
rooms for the pupils, who may be supported and in
structed at an expense of $4,000 annually There are
in ordinary opera houses no proper accommodations
for the performers. This should be ooylated and hand
some dressnc-rooms for all of them each with bath
room attached should be constructed. In word, the