New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-20
THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC At PH7LADEL-
PRIh.
MADAME GAZZANfGA.
Prom Our sp.cl.l Correspondent.


grand Open House or A ,adeny Of Music. As pro-
Douncei i; then the foes, lyrical thester in the word
fully "a large, if not lar,er than suy IN Europe, aud
bestes b! fsrths mo.t pletei its construction no
only n ths accou ocaiols ST the performer. bet Of
the e1d.troe. nv account Of the house would be
t5sorem without Q D., unless saoersdded .
notice OF "ts practical workings" is heating, seeing
lclDg flirting time krepirg and time-higing entities
ara y ssolties. So, sv.JIg mys.f Of volant visit
/ wen, last light to the Academy to tue house in
acton ard to near particularly Madame Garzanlss,
he rev prina dOEra.
The company now performing al this bou'e is under
the scl- direction managerial az pecunlary 70 laIcil
il generally u,ed in this s,ase, bO. /. bad Use of
the term, which apples sold. TO the rncneIs Of the
ss.s)-pecupiary Of w H. Paine, esq. Of our City Of
Ne~.York. II is a very significant fact and prophetic
Of untold artistic triumphs ant kranceurs, 10 tnd
private GENT, man Of wealth steppiug out Of his city
lots and country stocks ard deeming tas, God sde
man for something bt+rtb buypg cheap aud sell q.
Gear ana z pg cogtnI-cole ht al and shou der into
the support and diTecoo Of Art-merely for the love
OF TIE tting-in the same was that Nero, when he
was Emperor sf the Void, was ravi.hed With
mug;c-iAe sound of bic voice itelud-c-thst he
sent when in Greco. daily bulletins to the Sena'e at
Ron OF bis singing in public against the mot c7e-
breted teDors If tie ue and excsllng TIE whole To-
of en-. II consdtr Nero q mGcb-s Used man, AID
deem that Iasssge ia Tacitus cescr ibog hs persecu
ton # the Chr tlans ly'og monksl interpolation.
A, ~ bis burning down me, that il another stupid
story repeated in our schoOl-book'; he burnt doS
the dty lazzaroni part OF Rome raj ed the price OF
real estate beside purgpg the rfausverines Of cen
tunes Of fltr. Bot am not wrtrg his Lfr.) Mr..
oil. kx.r
sufficient artist il the country TO fnd requirements in
case Of artists cortumscy and sbams, possesses the
despoc power Of keeping refractory subordinate, in
oder; and wei does he DO it-fr the wheels d the
car Of Apollo ran last night as they Swedish
steel gre .sed with Macas.sr oil The opera ex-
taordinsrily smoothly done. And the Pbadelpaaus,
although the founder Of the city belonged to scot
which PRACTICAL, dered the seven essential sounds
and tho seven essential coos 60 in shad to this
tempe of sweet profanity. The houses are lager,
and besides more genuine, than those Of NeT-Yofk.
The success too s great IA the original projectors
Of the scheme Promised in defiance of the wonderful
COZ pses of men Of common sense: but com
il verv well in its way ard that way is very nall, for
common sense did not iDpire st PAU, hor Columbus,
Tor the vserant Shakespeare, nor the men who
threw the tea into Boston Harbor, nor any one Who
has reconstructed history refre shed msnkiod with
d,aught Of the waters of eternsl beauty. The CON.
paDy Of Mr. Paine is the same az were in Ne~-fork.
with the exception of the ina donna, Nine. Gtzza-
niga. The orchestral leader is Mare EEK; the tenor,
NJ. Brigno; tie baritone, NJ AmOdiO aud 80 forth.
But tie stage IN Phiade )hia doe. differ from that in
New Yok and lie far in favor OF the 70 mer that our
Fourteenth street tisse seems provincial in comparison.
TIE pl.torm for the scenes and the singers cot only
superior TO tha. il Nes YORK in extent and visibility
brt 10 tie worla.renowned Acad6mie de MQs,yue 4.
Paris. II bas breadth as wed a. depth Then. a. to
the scenery and appointments. Ire panting Of
NJ All. chi ives revelation 10 NewYork so far as at
uo.pheic Effects AZ architecture concerned-M.
Align havipg been an assistant Of the imnon ICED
Daeu,rre, who was aiso scene p,ibter Hence, in
those qus,t es the Fourteenth treet house is suPeroy
provided. But every brdy has hi st}e-and IN archl-
ecurn painting, that of NJ. Alegri pertains most, so
fi a. have the spray Of his pencil, to the Sc
yerer or IN, Doriclke shoOl In this he IL wonder
fully beautiful and accurate. But the architectural
psipters of the Philadelphia house NM. Martin Of
Berlin ard Rviere of Brussels lwho were brought
,pecisry from Europe to Philadelphia by the Direct
o,.) wi ether occasional thing or as character
i.tic of their style exhibited in the opera performed
| last right-Ld TTdrldta-a gorgeous mincry of the
richest inei rcecorsons OF the Forentine school, as
ever, other COZ sideraop transcript # the heavily
laden brush-swee's of the Versailles pa,ce, the first
scere e last night was the most striking ever pro-
| duced en- An American stage. Not wings merely,
but scenic solcities with horizontal canvas ceiling,
contributed to produce this dazzling result. But sl
not told the stage furniture pofdse as regards chairs
lounges tabes, bullets, is Solid ard ependid In the
| .t,le Of the old French Court, aud not theatrical
trsmpery; ard all the pa6phernala Of festivity-huse
n etae gilt vases, pitchers, drinking cups Zebra,
chandeliers and so forth-are as magnificent as ever
the Grard Monarque used and Indeed mske any stage
we have seen in New.York appear and
| prCvir cial. These be hard facts, and must
| be Known. But the secret is, there are
pumber Of gentlemen in Philadelphia OF great culture
al extensive travel Who toast one another in
public as beneiac;ors whst.not, but who quietly do
| c,rtsn great hrgf-snd these are of them. Besides,
the dfop-curtaiu by Russell Smith, the Landscape
| scerepsinter of the house, nstive AID resident
| Of Philadelphia, atches the scece- painting. The
suhject is that eeins end internal Lake of Como, in
the time of Piny, however, dotted and spotted with
the villa, Of y fierce and pbicsOphic aristocrscv
But nature artistifed is always the next best thug
after and the deferse set up for taking scene
of Italy instead Of ont of Suquehsrna County, or
Geresee Valley, for the illustration OF Amer san
Opera House is that the Opera House is called Amer
lean BE- cause it ia It4lisnin the way suppose,
that tom-ca' is ell she, mare be, horn French be-
cause il /. used BY Fl gsh ox.hunters, and window
blinds Venetian because the Neneti4ns h,ve them not
But that apart and sing tp. particular dopsc
as a draueht of nature, what shall ssy ofnl FTs,-
that it lie equ. to anything in Europe Of the kind.
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