New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-20

| DE TIE same thing. TIE crctestrs mort dlsci-
pjnto AID refined: excepting IN tue ball sceue unne
e...srily coarse ard loud uoder free dialAsu. be-
tween "ArmsDo aid Camille and excepting the
osrse oretesrs'on Of Vero the whispers OF ing
r,n,sn tie ibstium ss'a ayirg last Light vs.. good
The eherus, TOO. was siogU,ariy accurate. And DOW
.cr Aso.me Gszzsniga.
Anew pina donna, in the fal sense OF the t.rm is
the p.,sstis ripple Of the sea OF lyrcal be.uty-a
proof that heaven will supply toe ntrt sicsy 1te sch
able I'd. thing which i- writ books Dor conveyed
b, moral sua,On OF the cunning Of hsndcrats. r.mey
artistic expression. Madame GsIsanlgas claims to
he praa donna are not complete, bat nevertheless
.ie s Ii qualities the greatest singer ths, has
ever been is America; in other respects aosut the
poors.t. AZ regards rapid vocsi5ason might name
score Of young ladies' IN N-wYork in private life her
supeier ssr.garos intensity do Lot know her eqas
s1uorg the ,mniIe singers in the world. She canoot
eng a scas not a diatoniol NJ, no; dis;onic she
b,u,s IL: ana chrou attic scale Is 60 far "a could
irdse. utterly beyord her powers. Bat her voice is an
absolute soprano-rch, full. loud, porspt, true
..escy teaiful passionate heroic, not exactly bril-
Isn't but fbrous ike q weg covered muscle
Of wOusns arm, where the tuliness Of
Ae,h renders the sign of asshh lovely. she
Lever slo~s any sigas of exnsu,tion, and hence
/ r. standard volume of voice is compee. But the
corbai excellence Of the guilty of her orssn Is the
fact that in tbos region, where Gisi ana Son:.g
poorest, where J.rp, Lind had no p,ee at a worth
spessug q, the loser octave, sne has equal in
pas.or cspsbhy and sOoorousr ess except Ia bell
soaraee Cruy.I; and here the compsrls mus
C, ase for she is Intellectually and morally grander in
her expression. Touching particularly her perform
he first ct Of n
us.by production. The terp,ichOrean patt OF the
music does DO credit as an extenponzaton, maca less
Is deliberate composition TO great composer. But
tnsre il one bit of love music prophetic OF tragedy
which hs. dash of ghastness 10 tn the melody,
ret the haruony-wOrtby Of ann of genius OF the
nineteenth century. The driokng sorg is simply fsr
ana Nine Gazzanga gave 1t simply ft'ry. The
Cabaeta she reLde ed at closins point with crisp
srcbLess very rems, kable in its way but the whole
wanted volAtify-in other words. la the second act
where Yero gives splendid duet worthy Of hi genus
che rose yer, much. In the tremendous bal scene
.be is .eebe-srii-caly not looking Collaboration,
BIO the ty pc of a sublmer setsacrticDg woman than
Sbsk drew Ia this respect the character
stands peerless IN literature. Rightly viewed by all
aid thst tine will come when it Will De So IN ierstO)d
the woman who tears out her heart AMI sibks into
loves from shame, is sublme. There may be severe
dash Of hell ordinarily Interpreted in it. but like
LDcIfer il is subj ne. But not To dwell too oog on
deta,-the Gle sill dying showed her power. In
iudgtg Of action and e sucuatioL for the lyrics. stage
the lame canops Of criticism must not be u'ed az
,or the posiiive orsma what these are
have not time TO describe now, further
than 10 say that the generic difference arises
from the 'ength Of the notes of the singing voice
pared with the brevy of those Of the speaking lee.
The greatest effects in singing produced oy wha
would be horrible dravls in eocuton siuply; add tue
stteudan cote poraneous action and gestlculau'n OF
the alists s.veially must differ on thst accoun'.
Madame Gszzanigss action here is beautiful, lyri,aly
spo.kug. II supports adequately her defamation,
heb pc at il the granoest nobest and mo-t s,u
felt ave ever heard from any womsuly lips on the
Il sian stage. exc. pr nobody, neither In Europe nor
America. The whole thing may d. scribe little pat
ticuarly in its relations to music although feel wha
dreary work ii is to 20 into the subimaions of musca
compos,ion which is seoed book. However, 10 the
tack. The passage mean can be indiviiIated here
b. the words;
Gran Do,-morir y siovsne
10. che penaio no tanto -
Morir 81 pr-sso a 'ergefe
II mo II Iungn pla.Uo
All, durqde tn delirio
Ls creoDls sper,uza;
Inysno di
q avi6 IL mic cor
Ahedo-oh II ciedo ermine
serbstO al nostrO amor
TIE melody SET to there words "a il appears simply
~ psper, is Lot greats and moreover, Verdi gives
passage which cam OF be nusicslly psrsed-pO, even
under the sanction of an ellipsis. But with Mne
Gszzabiga it becomes magnificent The wild license
of the melOd.c passage Ii question becomesa heart
wrench OF a hesd-broken woman that electrlhes the
audi oy. la word, Verdi has found IN her the inter
prefer Of flash Of genius. lhls intense piece OF
defamation is done ne4ry all in the lower scale of her
voice, with muscular vibratory intelectusuy-ner-
vous manner tba. is Incompatible. The words Ike
sung parIante ('pokep), az she retreats to DE,
msgLIhcenty rendered.
am n.erably at fault in the disinstOr Of chsrsc-
ter if Niue. Gszzang. is Lot a noble woman ssd
this IL the secret Why che does the chsrsster in these
particulars go nObly Given the voice and the intellect,
there are certsin elem ns OF the moral natu-gel-
crosby kudline.s the want Of worldly c.l ,ula oa
s it Of selsacrihce recer .ry the highest religious
eyp,es in Art In The ordinary works Ct AT pra'ed
IN the mouth. of uer, | find this element waiting
found the voice of Ind divine, bu, her expression
deficient in feeling passion ard the s.sacrifcill ee-
IN. ut srd 80 in still greater degree nth others. But
shall not extend these remarks ss the puolc OF our
city will ,ooL have an opporu.ity Of hearing her be-
yond a ing that she hs. an agreeable iace and SUI
tic ently good figure.
am grstf.d IN b-pg able to give this testimony on
the success Of the opeIa-house IN our 'ife' cry "a
myself feel roue o. the petty prejudice that nothing
gres, AT can be achieved in the United States out
OF Mes York. | have been srry 70 zee N severai
respectable Nes-York jourLa snesrIg remarks Us -
tie quoted fuss " vn.ca the Poisfelphi;ns were
ire ovs- .bei, orsrs. \ ,use ard that anus