New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-21
MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE.
CEIsl AND NAnIO.


in the Baltic and with her NJ. MARIO, the mos. eminent
terror Of Europe. accompanied, TOO by Mr.. Hacke, the
managerial ready to open the new operate
Castle Garden the 4th of next month. This arrival
sues in the operate history Of this country We
have bad charming vocas;s like Jenny Lind aud iboni
and others hardly less known fame but suppong ta.
Malibrsn not ripeled into great artist when she be-
gan here her longpsssed pioneer operate season.
have never had in this city tragedisn Of overwhelming
talent in the lyrical drama Neither Jenny Lind Alt Jni
had eny claims to first casS dramatic merit though their
general intellectual quickness prevented them from being
nspid Madame SOntag likewise had large
stock Of talent for tie Of the DIR comedy and
tragedy, well perfect Iizaiion. Any one how.
ever who has Madame Griti in her grand charac
ters of Norma Semirsmis and Lucrezia viii recognize
the etauoque proportions Of classic Greece Of Babylon
and Of the middle ages--the mythical herOisms which
seem fret view impossible to the famiarites of conse.
poreneous life With than average falness Of figure
and thus suited to the visual requirements Of large thea
ter with Italian face belonging the classic age Of
sculpto with physiquo tina, has stood the storms Of
musical agues greater than those of the spoken drama for
the ootes Of tragic song many fold prolonged and
sonaDt than spoken words even in the tragedy Of Shaks
peare,-Madame Grs appears and decaims on the stage
like stately representative Of the sapphc Iomeric
Madame Grsi is Milanese by birth. Niece TO the
celebrated vocalist Grassini she is Of family already
famous in the musical world Like Others Of celebrity
she began her in Italy Her fret notable appear
at the Scala Thea.er, Milan She sang wi h
Madame Paste, making her debut Adalgsa to the
Norma Of that artist Her progress from that time wa
rapid, end she speedily made European reputation
She passed the ordeal Of Partisan critcsnher physica
charms being admired equally with her musical at'rac
tioDs. 1t said her arns, She sweeps them in the
Pytboness-ke ecstasy Of Norma, those that the
Venus Of Milo had lost
When Belins in the asccn1aDt he was chosen
to write for the Partisan capital opera. In this he
threw more orchestral detail than his other works possess,
and he wrote especially for the greatest vocal quartet
ever .ssen bled in tho history Of nusc-Grs, Rubni,
Tambur1i and Lablache. The part Of Eyira which he
composed for Mad Gris is very dexterous anaga of
the simply declamaory and the ford. In the bfavura
traits nothing exceeds the difficult rapdtes OF execution,
end the Glow large specimens Of the purest
Italon eanabie, worthy intensified Boccherini the
great reormer of cassicl instrumental music who taught
all the Others The plot Of this opera being very stupid
required all tie composers and the singers skill to
give it the immense popularity which it enjoy, Belini
died unable to give these vocasts another produstDn
Since then Mad Grs has appeared in several new char
scters The marked is that of Lucrezia by die
amen,ed Donzet. 1t is worthy OF remark that Mad Grsl
has cboon this opera preference to all others for her debut
Tie public will doubtless nd good reason in the choice
ze had of the voice. displaying its ampest proportions
with the Least possible and tcarso different from
some later modes or wf.a-g for IT. makes lis muse the
elect of singers though he is bcabused composer hat
ever lived While the house rises in tumultuous ap-
pause the nat Of his acts he has never been able to
satisfy certain class of critics. whom he never consulted
The splendid scenes in Lucrezia give large scope for
Crisis tragic lowers the climax of the fist ac shows 40"
the simplest decsmstory music from the hands OF genius
and duly interpreted by Grs electnfy an audience
Tie triothe poisoning trio it is caedcontainng su-
peIlavv dramatic writing will be found one OF the finest
pieces Of Crisis acting and defamation. In the winding
mn death and fury scenes OF the black DRAMA Grs is
peylatvel, fne Nothing large acng has yet
been seen in the fe,riaine walk the American stage.
No such majestic Ggure and dramatic proves; and all
this besides music0ly displayed The public who go to
heax simply execution vocasm will be better pleased
in finding how the breadth of musco tragic grandeur alb
soibs details and the artist deneaton Of the entire char
aoter claims the sufirages OF the auditor
When we regard such an artist as Madame Grsi, we
arc reminded of the origin of the dramathat OF Greece
where the jntoned voice in defamation and the chorus
in the iptexude-requred the grandes genius OF III
ersture TO detail its subjects. The evenescen nature oil
the speaking voice in Shaksperan tragedy oiten
leaves longing for passionate Interpretation wch 10
supped by the sustained and meodc notes OF the sing
ing voice in musical tragedy derived from ancient times
For ansn ber of years Madame Gs in her great char
or, has remained undstubed by rivalry in Paris and
London The talents of Jenny Lind of 80 different
an order never for moment; in dramatic grandeur bear-
inc COMPARISON with Madame Gris that the herones of
tho l.tter-her Norma Lucrezia and Semrams especial
lv-baye been without rival. When Crisis name was
mentioned in Paris or London in connection with tho nu-
scally srandiose competition subdued at once
We shall having given place auI danes, say word oi
Signor Mario His voice was first discovered 10 DC hne N
the essroom and he quit arms for arts lie msde MS
first appearanoe at the AcGde, singing with consdera
ble success and his after reputation beng predc'e1.
T,l;no first rank after Rubin retirement he hei al
the different tenor characters demanding raPdy oil eA
.,;on Of the old Rosnian school, the larger style OF
n,oIoneod or simple defamation. His versatility IS
smnv established by his equal success in Arturo in the
a., and Raoul in the Hvgeno,s. His duel scene in
tho latter is one OF the successful specimens OF the
,roo ,yle In the duet OF tho fourth act OF the same
L. ho divides the honor with Mad. Grs His voica IS
ure singing tenor equal to the most delicate phraseoosy
and at the same time gifted with intensity lie Is besides
cood.looking and dresses TO a model
1beso artists will appear the fourth of next month";
..;noa NV severa others whom shall have occasion
90 neok Of The Orchestra has been elaboraey CHOSEN
ocoomnsay them worhily and the chorus know ueH Par
,boropchy. There is nothing in the way oil accurate
aeation in al the vocal and instrumental eqiremenS
at least of an opera ..,,
be bevond our usual practice, two articles from NC M
10, Twc, ON the farewell appearance OF these artists
which took place on the 7ih instant al e1' 80,
or,. Of that city, The extracts contain, besides critical
rs,ls b;ocraphical matter which have omitted 10
ove in our notice. as it is therein briefly expressed
pov,, IruI,y OPERA-The farewell performances oil
uSaa (ris came 10 close tonight with an entertain
,ns for the benefit of that admirable and popG'sr art