New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-22

Tbs close Of Nr Hactsr's Operate Season with
TIE departure for Europe II Sgn,- Mario snd asfsne
Grisi suggests few remarks 90 the American career
Of these artist They arrived at time ~hen GO n
merciaI crisis long expected, should have hrbdd-n
any such enterprise. Engaged at the suu Of nearly
81 900 weekly salaries, without counting the u-s'
cent Of a. the oiber expenses OF the Opera House.
became apparent after toe Grst nights, ~heu curiosity
drew extra numbers 10 hear them tha' the enterpr-e
was DO, paying Ole fn1eed, The frs' night st Cas-
lie GARDEN sugured failure, The house no. beng
overfuI. or the applause over1buudant- II sas a
capital bluDder to take them to Cattle Garden, ~hea
Niblos not 10 mention t1s new metropolitan frea'-r.
was anxious 70 get them bat Instead Of ID 'se
places. with comparatively cspac,ous stase-foo an
means Of scenic aps ontmens an out-ottne way place
with contracted little stage was taken FIR an operate
season The drsi night no agreat success IN tle
part of the ringers Mario sang piece we'll ana
,iohted ali the rest and Madam Grs voice ~ss hpt
fre-h enough for the purely singing Pirts. Her un-
approached dramatic powers covered up her mu-'-
ca Deficiencies and the scenes OF passion carried the
audience to certain degrees ofentou-ia- She her
self oio not consider he rs nj succes batcose
upon a failure Norma. however, ah jried MADAME
Grisi still higher chancs OF looming forth as the
divinity Of lyrical tragedy True her opeuing solo u
Costa Diro exhibited neither freshness Of voice re-
ligiosity OF temper nor acquaintance with III lodic
proportion Tor the divine close was ruined By vu-
gar sisle musical form-crD'rsry 10 the s-nnmen'-
AND this DODsense was repested ever Inc 'h''
opera however, carried the hou-o say " ap9l n'ei
ana the furious or broken.hea-ted Drndss; sFaJei
the scere in lyrical triumph. The next opert pu'
upon the stage, I Puritan ~as as1coeSs IN ex' b
ing the speci-lties Of Mario-hIs delicious, teatu
voice biz complete portamouro changes of tone. and
Ioye.lorn ecstacies. The f4ce-plsy Of Madame Gr.s
in The part Of Evirs, something marvellous, and
Ter powers Of song pure and simple, came forth m're
clearly than in her other characters.
The change Of scene 20 the Aeq1"my, in Four
teepth st, did not promise sel slim house GO
cd stale opera. aud it was not inne lately that the
current Of public favor set in the new direction
The opera Of la Fovorfa illustrated By some exqai-
cite scenery of Auegri, and SemVdm'de put on rae
stage WITH rumptuousDess of detail hitherto une-
qualed took well with the pubic. T1e Ass5riaa
Queen wos vital in the impersonatl,n OF Crisis mag
nifcest effort throughout The assistant Singers con
tributed more or iess The success Of thee places.
SusiD ia TIA bes, bass have had, taking him ~ Il
whole; and Badali is an established fsvorite Of a
great school and thorough ynsrrnctef artist.
Miss Donovan with fine voice possessed 40 striking
requisites for the stage and made promising i'm
proveDent during tbe season
The visits Of the company to Philsielphia and
Boston were successful. Especially in Boston were
they sc-a city, according TO ts size, which appears
10 sustan opera the best Of any. On the return Of
the company for four nights 70 this City the
Metropolitan Tbearer turned MO- an opera house,
and the impending close of the caused Ia be
crowded.
In q pecunialy point Of view the enterprise can
not be considered brilliant Mr. Hackett rlsked
fortune in agreeing to pay couple Of sing-rs
$50 600 for some sixty nights, which SUN, the
season beng somewhat abbro I4ted # We cor
reotly inf lrmed be PAD them, saving slight reduc-
ton. Such mopstrous sun of money IN puld have
secured Mr.. Hackeu more for he enterprise aad
courage than si2 coo whatever the sum Is he
clears But we d., not could oe gainst
when nothing in the operate composition was
offered WORKOUT Italian operas, whose mel pdies
are the food Of d-crepit osrfei orssns-thodSh the
bet evidence OF the musical merit of such compost
tions-are not the thing tor exclusive 10 up
house In iay, VII r. the IraI4u iaugusse. used 10
optra il understood, two new operas are pr)iaced
each .eeson WHY Dot here 20 too As g'eI
innovation sos citing new fnent aud the he
iDtroduced even under tie D4rrOwest reception OF
drectorship ana tbOuSh the oppression OF fore
ing & couple If pampe'ed lazy Singers TO
lean a new psrt were resored TO- Our puh
lie. 10 their credit be it said, would not ADD did
not stand such Nonsense. and manifested their dis-
p es.ure BY staying away by thousands from 'neto-
death kormas aud Lucads Mr. Hscseu by pltting
two new Operas on the stage-dolns as they d. III
Italy-meht have doubled or uebied his prJu's; but
he did nothing Of the knd. We state this far, not
forth purpose of d. 'DieTirg he dead but ss pro-
test agaus the mendacious statement in certain
quarters that the Opera has failed The Opera sue
ce.deo though It cid not deserve to succeed under
the prices paid TO the chief singers aud the rgf
adherence to old musical stories, with which the pao-
he was generally tired Besides, more money was re-
ceiyed by Mr Hacketts Italian cOnpsny-far more
than ever was taken By the italian Conpaoy in
Paris during the same period aud 60 far from the
Opera Dot paying in NesYOrs, it paid better 70 Al IT
has in Paris when it deserved 10 fal-frst through
ex,ravsgant eslsries and next through want of nov
el,y. II Opera cannot be secured al moderate eos
in this country, let it be shut up
BAIL or THE YOUNG News DEMO
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