New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-18
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY FEBRUARY ls. 1853

tier details absss be sys<.s hk, n % Do mere 'n"n
remind nssesl realers that be was one OF tbe Get
sbrsted four tthe otksIs being the sts h0bns ne re-
tired IsmburDi, and the sth active hearty and an
yepsly popular Grsi Who rshSdysed her F" fsreweh
10 the EDghsh pubic in 1851 for whom Beliml com
posed, at Pans, bic famous opers, IL Puritan, snd
that subsequently the comic opera OF Don Pssqsac
was written for him, IN the same capital by bis com
patrist Donire,ti. Perhsps not of the Italian
srtsis-,he imperishsble Grsi herself not excepted
who have mapped honor and fortune in this country
ever became more 6Ied and prominent idea in ths
pubic mind than Lablsche. No doubt his peculiar
and striking pbysogpomy had much to do with thi.
Influence, for 10 see him once, and then forget him
vas well nigh mpo- slse: but o.her circumstance
,mbined TO establish his popularity and 20 account
for the unanimous fsyer he enjoyed. Without being
the greatest lyric edsn the creates. lyric ,rage
dian OF his day Roncon occasionally excellng him IN
ore line and 1smburiDi in The otbsrj he emphat-
cay the lyric srtis with whose dio>yDcracy the pub
lie was most hsbtually mpr ssed, and Who % employ
famiisr metaphor, held the public most efec, ,Gally
by the button hole On ever so dull an evenihz-and
we have had some dull evenings at the Italian OfSrs
the appearance Of Lsbache 81 once chased away
tRnRi and put the audience IN good humor liS
eend!ifv was infectious-nobe could resist II; and to
such poin. of familiarity bad Ire arrived with his au
dience that. If anything was gong III, Laoache would
seem 70 he admitted into their confidence, and to Wink
sheer or laugh ruth the audience Just ss though b.
had been one Of Themselves, snd-grsnd artist rs all
Europe acknowledged hm-conscious, IKE them
selves that Whatever was wrong could not De on &c
count OF, but in spite, OF him.
The list of dramatic portratures suggested by the
remembrance OF Labscbe Is varied and extensive ana
the belief that with him not few OF them must pass
away is settled convection in the minds OF cOnnois
seurs. True, we may see new representations ot Don
Pasaualt--Of the deaf Geronimo 4" ii Matrimonio Se-
eleto ID Don Nsgni6co, OF Mouehascone r. Cener-
entoa ard Of other characters upon which he had -et
his mark and, no doubt, We shall have Dr. Bartolo
over and over agaiD-since upon the opera oi - III
Rarbiere di Sevigla, ndelibly as upon any known
w0k Of genius il impressed the stamp of immortality
but who that Lag seen LHblache in any of these
part. can patiently endure his substituted Every sln-
ele point that be made will be- the more sOrrownlly
missed because however genuine, 80 oinseparaby was
Il connected with the man himself that no successor,
at least in the present generation, will have the emer-
ty 10 initiate it, Such is the spell OF genus that II
makes even its ecccntricities-pass for law.
Although lately Signor Lablache suffered intense
anguish from the effects Of his malady-which We be-
leye dropsy-not only were there no fears ot hs
immediate dccease, but Oh the contrary, hopes were
entertained of bis speedy recovery and schemes had
been projected for removing him from Naples to some
place NOR lav orabe to his convaesceDce. The blow,
however has been struck Unexpectedly; the world
has been deprived Of artist of the highest gitt',
and the large cilcle of relatives and friends who are
left 10 deplore his loss must rest satisfied Diih the con-
ISOLATION that bis memory will be cherished as that OF
one who alike reflected honor public and pri-
yete lie