New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-15
DEATH OF LABLACHE.

Lablache Is dead. The most wonderful -,
which, in all probability, the world ever heard "a.
great, huge, noble, manly satisfactory ye;ss ~
all voice isis gone down TO the silent earth An 80.
voices psled alongside Of Lsblache. The ~, :,
them wanted force and sublimi,y positively vhes
heard with him. There was no apology reou;;y.f ~.
single note with him. ses Of oil could ~ 49,
been richer or more uniform. Not breah :
ragged edge-not . want Of any kind. Whsa *
opeIed his mouth he outtopped brass WOOD spd
strings. and all the chorus and all the colo sirsss
He flls the stagc and auditory like lyrical coosss
His voice was al absolute bass: but how pure "a
singing. had all the cantable Of the lighter voiced
Labachc began his career happily at time Vhea N.
lists learned to eng He began too, az the begiaaisg
Under the great italian masters Of vocal expression ts
was taught to sweeten and Strengthen TO render due.
tile and aexle his immense notes. Those were tres
when artists learned to sing anything and everything
which could be written for the voice. "Rossp sloeg
with Taleyrand ruled Europe" Rossini wrote cord
music. -Four notes in the tine Of one seemed 20 be IN
motto alike for the sparkling, volatile soprano sad te
ddactc, dark bass. Whose would sing had 10 srx
Rossini; there was no choice left. 50 the sinSen
ike the holy painters, had to shut themselves up viii
art and religion and achieve wonders They had lee
money, but more skill. Now how many sinse-skaov
how to singl How many execute like the ve.ersa
Badali, still existing, or the departed Lab'ssas
With the completost voice which ever existed-so
grand. so heroic so sublime, that the nearer Fever
stopped to fix it as bass or any other notch in the IN
finite scale-LablacEe was one of the most fnsaed
singers on the boards. He was always the great art
st as well as the of the incompatible voice
Whether it was in the flowing tenderness and elegance
Of Mozart, the brilliant or passionate utreranee OF
Rossni tie pensive or heroic trcits Of Belin he Wa
equally at home How terrible was his curse 10 Rcs-
sipis Otelo II was like blind Titan in bis rage.
In Belnis Sxoni la trolgbd he excited The eudsnce
a. we may imagine the victors did the Greeks At the
Olympic games After this latter immense exhieiticp
his tendency to fun could not DO restrained, Cor he
would come on the stage for the encore Struggling his
shoulders, as much as to say, "Whst bore, good
people," The worlds great quartet is BJw gone.
Rubpi il dead; Lablache is dead and Tsmburisi ard
Grisi are changed to wrecks. Tois qusrtet inangs-
rated the ge,ius Of Bellni; their performance OF
Puritas created sensation that cannot Do measured
Musical fanatics among the Italians at tho Italian
Opera grew wild with emotion. The voices now are
dead-the composer sono lives.
Lablache was the hero of the stage FOR more tssn
generation. His fidelity TO Lumey wben tberc vss
to tie enemy and rsi,ed in Covent Garden an cppce
ton to the Queens Theater, was duly appreciated oy
gentlemen. lie showed that his gratitude vas net
sense of fayors TO come The Covent Garden enter
prise, after swallowing up fioo GOO brewer. died n
a blaze of grandeur Never was opera so mdnih'enty
detailed in all its proportions The performance there
of the Huguenots was wonderful ni'tcrcai picture.
But Iablache and Jenny Lind ran against u.
In person, Lablache ives enormous. Imagine two
very fat men rolled into single gentleman, and ycu
have him. Lstterly he wsddled rather than walked.
A. On actor he was excellent but never discovered
in him the genius which some attribute to hiua. For
genius, less the voice, Ronconi is incou'parsbs.
daughter of Lsblache is believe, married 20 Tha-
berg As the favorite singing teacher Of Queen Vie
toria, Lablache was much esteemed at the Palace.
As an artist and a man he enjoyed repu.s,ia
which will make his memory live. Tbossssds OF
years may espse before 'uch another voice 80 ouit-
waited may be heard. History records no other mes
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