New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-22
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

We have had three Opera Companies-,so in an
unknown tongue, and in the familiar Angl0-Sa1on
Three operas in our town Is enough; perhaps too
much FOR one al least has decided TO quit. The En-
c!sh has departed and le the Italians masters Of the
field Thi, seems rather hard. that nice little English
opera with good sing =, shoUld not longer prosper
Different tbs from the days Of Mrs Austin, Mr..
Wood ana Mr.. Seguip when the house OVERLOOKED
and peorle listened ,o their mother tongue set 10
dul.et sounds. Wiz hot now 1t i vulgar super
fnery which negects the viscrcu. English language
for any other. come whence il may.
The Academy has novelties. The new tenor
Ste,sani Is ,uch IL has good stuff in him. 4 manly
yoice-far action and much yi-or. In finish he has
vet to make progress; but be i yeuug and enthusa'
,ic and NAV achieve all that is desirable Ills second
performance Of Edgsrio wss the most satisfactory,
and the lat scene he gave with rEuch intensity of feel
ing 4 fine scene it is Moonlight, towers, romance;
hot blood. despair snd ieath--and all set to
mu.;c What more could be ashed to MI
I'D the circle OF the luxury of woe snd
the warnings after we know not what , Ma Lucia
Hos. the broken hearted fellow rings ii out Grief in
the opera is popular To syrnpathze with it, mock
woes sliung II swee,s coets effort. There are no
solid agon.es no mourning attire; coffin topay for
scenes Of two such comic actors Ranconi and
Formea- But a. an average thing. few care for Il.
We think here the comedy had better he served mp
one d-h. and the music on another Madame CASTER
i bright little artist. Little birds have big lhroai-.
She did the scene where she wthcrs under her Eli
yarJo's cure beautifully. A curse can be so much
more prolonged in music that il becomes perfectly
blasting. AT least Lucia seemed to think so Madame
49,, !, th. Hut. IN
her lat solo; where the voice and the instrument APP
pear to b. in friendly rivalry to which shall rise
highc,, and come down softest. She was much
applauiei. Siguor easier il Of the best artists
on the stage He is always well upto his worknever
uncertain; never deficient Among the musical know
ing one- especially, he ranks high. The Academy
thus i richly endowed.
- The opera at Burton's is prospering-not Won
derfully but moderately. The company is Mesdames
(iazzaniga and Strakosch twho will appear tonight
Mad. Colson who will appear on Thursday Brgnoh
Amodio, Barli-a strong party. How it proves the
size and OF city, after leave great
company at the Academy, find in acting theatre
such another as this. Al these celebrities to New
York except Mad. Colson, and she, new conner. is
making name fast. Her performance of Travlats
was received with fcrvor ms general unlocked for
mer repose. Brsncli has the voice of lover; Amo-
do of lover too only that he makes love at lower
pitch. Fine organs, all of them. few years since
one such voice would draw, for time at least good
houses. We have grown critical and exigcnt. MIR.
Dackett complained that when he told Americans that
he had engaged Grisi and Mario they asked whom
else ~ What is enough in fortune What in ART
More than We have. Considering that Americans do
all in their power to break down their own native
art aud manufacturers, and turn themselves into the
beggarly porters and peders of foreign wares, they
should he little modest in their claims what has
,o come from aiar.
AT Burton's, too, the alternate nights with the
opera is Mr.. Roberts, the American Shakespcarian
trsgedian. Mr. Roberts has only to play long enough
to he appreciated. Among the tragedians he is the
best reader the stage. We have had no such cor
ret natural elocutionis His Lear las, night was an
admirable performance. His intellectual gifts triumph
over whatever physical deficiencies he exhibits. That
he will excite the same attention in his own country
that he did recently in England is not to be doubted
II will only require time and that criticism which IL
his due r. an artist who has closely studied his pro-
fession.