New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-18
ACADEMY or MUSIC.
MAD. DE WUH0RST.

MAD. DE wu.HoRsT.
An American Indy, Ntw-forkcr by birth, young
creature I'VE believe that's The proper word rnrsrd
by the genius of Gvthslnte luxurics-nsrsrd IN
the circle Of our best sucirly''-nur-ed bet Eeen
tie t,rmiu Of Stephen Whitney's dwelling on Bowl
ing Green uld the Cltims Thule Of Cnon square tthat
is dating before the brownstone ehtenPcnzaiionr oi
Fifth avenue leading out almost t0 the periphery OF
Olnlsteai Ce1trsl Park, which ia progressing uniS
the muscular inhuerces Of > 90 Of cur adopted
felkw-citiztnsi. young lady 80 resEed,
wbo.e fr-, words are the morosylsbles ct
the mothers knee or the Lord's Prayer
and We NE ution incidentally that the gen!us
of the ianguag. Of William Shakespeare and J.mes
buchanan is nonos, labic-a yc1tg lady, to come tc
4 corclusnu who j. so reared, who allows her spirit
to snaT over waves and mountains, the At Antc
ard the Alps and nestle in the polysyiiAhlc einuen-
ces of the mother Of arts ard Of arns-ltaly who I'M
bibes not only the sytsy. the proSody tbe rty'n"o'
cy, ard the entire speaking apparatus OF the hnSua
loscaaa IN tie boccd RomaHa, but adds TO that the
methCd ard the style Of the Italian slnger-that
roy al nheror Of the lyrical voices Of the Greek nc
tor whose melliiuous grsndiosities IN the immense
ttettrs without any roof which have slept fof 1000
yehIs-a Young lady, who, not to make thi7
een,eLce too Rufl,sy Choaty-i- q marvel whose
extra American end -uper Columban-aquliue merits,
ought to be a.theticaIly recognized Sweet is
rtcogniiiun-in the street, in the ballroom. in the
G,rrn litcraiurt. We tender tLissaCcl arne recog-
tit!on to the fair New-iorker. She sings, indeed,
like an Italan. No dazzling difficulty that the lose
pcurshed Bellini heaped upon the muse Of his " Pu-
rtan,' /, slikrd by this interesting and charming
yuurg C"thuInt' priuadouna. Sie ,hower' the hori-
tuI q. tlsifa " with the most lavish mouth.
fTfe-c are certain ali, c;iyes always used
with certain ,ub-tsntIyes. As long a. We
can remember, tie word lavish has been employed
hv tie lry-as da,ls Of literal iuxtspositionS, with
Lcad We think il sounds well with mouth. We are
Of cIGCI that Mad. de Nhorst il, in all the essen
tials of culture prma dohns. She does tue most
per;culous odds and end Of musical combinations with
suIcucss and success. The transccndcutnl "dodses'
Of the Lagrange che es,ays successfully, in
a WAY that nothing but an extraordinary artist
could attempt We would say more, but the v"-
cntjrn Of the critic has become obsolete. All
tim, be might say in the way Of laudation is
already ailicipaied in the advertisements at the
manner. They manage those thing bctter-that
uav n, an worse--in France. There. in the play bills
surprising it TO be- the first representation Of such u
piece as The Prophet" by Meyerbeer, they are con-
tcrt ,n announce as follows The Prophet, opera
bv NJ Meyerbeer, in five acts, will be performed On
Monday-scenery by BlaLk-properties by Dash
q the principal characters by Mr.. Duprez, Madame
"AILtni." Sc, Ac. And that j, all. Tho
criticisms On the muse and the artists come
from Hector Berlioz julie, Ianin, Theophile
Ganl.er ard snch men. The public would
hc r some sor, nstuuudcd not to say any other dd-
il the manager should stuff down their g"rgr7 has
di,irterested views Of the lyrics and performances.
They would say a. Bummel did Of the Prince Re-
g,its Carleton House, " II shows great deal OF
{" iaste, and that very bad" But here We are
rcIradc. Rrtic-uce, artisica!ly speaking Is set at
defiance. Nothing s left handbli-wise, to the imag
il a,on Of the audiences all is blurt"d out The
auditor learns from the box-oce what he to admire
he inda ont who is who and what is what from the
sane d,iuterested source. With certificate ct
criticism in hr pockt, from such foun ain OF truth,
lie cannot 90 wrong. He acquires the difference pc
tween due, aud fiddle, the separated sympathles
between the grizzly bear r. Hat of Herr Formes and
the canary perch of the ID fiat of the Sogato oil Mad
de Wilhorst lie deriies all the adeetiyes necessary
TO discriminate the rank Of singers, and the rhapsody
f composers. He learns that Don Giovanni IL the
gi,ae. of oprras-and that Fidelio is still greater
and that Semiranide il superior TO all Others. Im-
n euse is the institution UI uub"ught managerial
hsnobills. Criticism l. now an obsolete idea. VINO
so would know the truth lyrcaly and vocally need
not read the newspaper ciitiques but the handblll
rhetoric.
p S-Brigno sang A tc o CarG cXquisitcly.
"Don Giovanni viii be given tonight with a
strong cast-Mlle. Pccolomni, Mesdames Parod aod
Strakosch Drignoli, Gassier, Jurca, Amodo aud
Rarili.