The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-15
rne ltshsn Opera
NINE. pD 0AzzANI0A IN yHE "rRAvIATA.'

Tne ltshs Opera
MNB. DD 0AzzAHl6A IN sHB "rRAvIArA.
re great press o. adver ksmenis upon cor columns
made The NOTICE Of the nsst performance Of MA rravsa
at Nibo's Garden very brisf. The representation Is
worthy Q moro sxtended notice, WHOM give 70 day.
when The "vrsvista" wss produced tn aeaiemy We
gave rsvsw Of hs merits, and No have "aux ~ Add
70 opinions then expressed II h The weakest AZ the
ooppossr's work. and only bas certain nss'resy ir'u
~ lsbreHo, which not0riey more widely spread Than
n env,Able me novelty Of he evening IVES the dc
bx Of NINE Do GAxsAnigA who seemed II nrst duly im
pressed with the importance Of the trial Nine dc 0az
s,n'ss has true fun pure, sweet ynpashs'c soprano
voice. and h. withal "a sxoelIept dramssio siaser
Madame do Gsssaniga belongs 10 . school OF arts
created by the school OF comrosers In which young
Italy lskes such delight For example, Grs, PArod
BE nsnoae fousd their In oSas sSa suoh
NORMA" III Puysan" and ia FAvoriss Parodih the
emily Of these grand artists who now with u.s. seo
che has all tho physical requirements end artistic
quirements for Tho ,0lss have mentioned. The nrs
great pvima doM1a that Visited Ameris, Ame Msibrst
was equally excellent Ia tragic snd comic operas;
achieved triVmphs IN "Norms" wen 10 Zsr.ins, 10
Don CT ,vsnni" Nine de Ii Grange simply goo
musician; she sang without touching the heArh Of
auditors Gas sapiga stands alone. We have never 10
anything like her; ana therefore NOT surprs 20
hat the audience hardly knew What 70 make Of her, rA
new school operas whcb 10 like the school Of p,s's
,sro comic requires sonool OF arsiss-aiuseys w
capable Of the most sudden trsnstons from jov o
gre, from drinking sons 70 . prayer II b 70 this
school that Pocolowis beleBgs II was In the I" Ira
vata that she made her ess, and Gszzsniga has
many points Of resemblance to her Rooolomini v mot
great aytAt In the aeoepea,n Of the torn. Meth
u the oebwasx q Niblos Many young ladies in boar
Ing schools sing scale passages and mako arpese
better than 0sszanigs. There but few prime den
however, who osn approach her 10 true dramatic EXPIRE
sion OF the composers ideas Her face 10 unexpressiv
and mot a al handsome but that defect forgotten
,be besiIs 70 cot She sang the Brndih IN the nrss
siih much spirit - 70 command encore; and
although by an election Of the threat she unablr
10 eive full eject 10 The and aria Ut IT,
finale OF the cot, yet she secured her position with
severely critical audience. In the second oct Arnold
carried OF The honors. He has much Improved,
'uy oeservsd his TO- the Di Pvorens
In the third Nme do Gaszsnga with the fsrvo
ofa true artist Mme do Gszzaniga lacks the graoes
sxecu,on to which opera goers have lately been
cus'omed but she makes no for that with degree o.
passionate eaYnestless which have rarely
seDsd she ~ . thoroughly good artist and o soc
cannot fall to succeed. Brsnol sung Alred very well
All p iDcipai artists called before the curtsa
end sct and the initial night OF the
yrom,sss sell for the future TIE orchestrs and
seve full and true and the opeva thyoushout wss
oeedingly well done Is 10 announced for this evening