New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-07
THE BOSTONIAN IN NETWORK.
Correspondence Of Tho N, Y. Tribun

BosroS, May 8, 1851.
Your next station in New-York viii be the Academy
Of Music, as the Opera-House is scientifically called
From its arisOcratc boxes, Baron de Trobriand was
fam to criticse the humility Of Boston danes who
he says disguise themselves sit in the parquet
believe he calls it parerre. The only disguise we
ever remember to have there the palmer dress
which our ladies generally TO that part Of the
theater appearing for the most part in their ordinary
costume. To my unsophisticated mind, it would ap.
pear that the ladies in your own house befeathered
and befurbelowed white, pink, and striped coaked,
were more liable to the imputation Of disgusement.
Shall we say little disguised with plain dress, or a
good deal disguised with gay dress? LIS not all this
high dress masquerading after all What homely
little facts are there vailed in such clouds Of Grape and
cashmere? As the seats in the Boston paquet, more
over are among the most expensive in the house, and
as the ladies there enjoy the protection OF their
busbands fathers brothers, &c., TO what end should
they disguise themselves? The ingenious Bacon must
inform us.
The New-York house does not vary much in size
from that humber temple in which the Baron did us
the honor to appear, himself disguised we think, as
we neither saw nor heard of him. The appointments
are lighter and prettier, and the private boxes much
Boston theater people may look ongngy at each other
but
"The play, the plays the thing"
And as they know they are to have nothing else, they
soon concentrate eyes and attention upon the STAGE aud
defer TO more convenient the pleasure Of being
seen and admired.
The acoustic Of the n. Y. house is nothing better
than our own the scenery not think, 80 good, or
IL in Ward ia SlSI RlU
which, on the WHOLE does net belong to the triumphs
Of high art II is impossible to describe story which
is but tumble Of occurrences confusedy indicated; 1t
is better TO give the ingredients to w.t. for characters,
a Count Secretary one wife Of do, Page, Witch,
a man called Sam, another called Tom, crowd CON-
posing the chorus, which appears BY turns plebeian
and noble. For Incidents we have little conspiracy,
Whit of sorcery, sort Of sixth drawing OF the witch
tea of the Macbeth caudron little loye-maklng not
very stringent since Nsrcssus Brignoli is its perpe-
TRAITOR whose arms have quite enough to do IN EN-"
bracing his own bulkiuess without extending vague
invitations 10 the stoutness of others-who has, in
short in all lovescenes, the empresemen Of an ODE
lsk; little immortality, do. Jealousy, great deal
of unexplained singing and pointing of hands Miss
Hinkey's trow sers twenty five cents worth of ballet
dancing, and one good substantial murder which
allows the easy Bngnoli TO expire comfortably
on the sofa. and causes us charitaby TO hope
that he may come TO no worse end. FOR mu-
sic. we have a lovely barcarole by the tenor,
good active cavans by the first soprano, screaming
duo between do. and tenor, fine chorus OF laughter
and mockery toebe trio, and the little Pages part
brilliant and full Of motr0 throughout There is good
deal more, which one remembers only confused aud
indscrminate the prose Of music, with which 'erdl
more and fills up the background OF bis harmonic
events. Verdi wrote opera which was brilliant,
and sustained throughout. Ernani was It's name. The
company sometimes galop through II when they have
nothing else to do missing the points and numbering the
time. Nay, to be just he has written more than one
in this kind but the Ba2O IN Mascherd is not one OF
them It's melodc effects more curious than beauti-
full, and bear the same relation to real music that
gymnastics do to grace. So much for the merits OF the
composition AS for those ofthe performance, Madame
Coson loved Bignoli well she wasable anda great
deal better than could. Brgnol sang right through,
and Thought Of bis supper Ferr suieredas much from
jealousy frst and afterward from remose as his lin
tied nature allowed Miss Philips looked horrible
Sam and Tom did their best TO be abandoned villains,
and the little page-ah the little Page pretty,
saucy and graceful perhaps the most pleasing feature
in the performance only in the last act her gambadoes
in the pink satin dressnggown savored rather OF feed
ing on colt s-oot. As for the audience, 1t was, OF
course in itself serene higbness. There were, Of
course no vulgar people in fine clothes no dngy jew
ish faces washed and cleaned up for the OCCASION no
gentlest sex with ungenest tongues; these features
all belong TO more provincial sphere of action than
the New.York Academy of Music. Come, TRIBUNE,
haven't told you quite enough about the Opera
All! but on Wednesday they gave La Juive We
have heard ii in Boston-a brilliant opera with much
for the eve and ear. Tie dramatic or rather melo-
dramatic interest is kept up throughout and every
bodys bairbreadh escapes eliminated by the sacr
fee of one gentle VICTIM Nine. Coson, who looks lovely
in her robes of expaton and gives shudder as we
remember that many fair aud as unresisting have
been called upon to perish for their faith IN all critical
ages and that tie caudron into which she is plunged is
lot so far removed from the tender merces OF irresponr
BILE power in our day that we should regard 1t AS
an expired tradition. To boil Jewess is not more
cruel than to roast negro As frequently done at the
South and the masked InquistIs who attend to poke
and rouse up the mimic stage fire. models Of decoum
compared to the ends who dance around such orgies Of
cruelty as the Southern newspapers coony and mock
ingly record. "Whai man has done can do" is IA
word for warning well encouragement and serves
to remind us how closely must buckle to our weak
hearts the armor that makes them impregnable
We enter the Opera House again. one afternoon, to
attend Rehearsal of the Philharmonic Society
Eisfedt is in the chair. We promised symphony
of Mozart, one Of Brstow, and Mendesohns HGpu-
gis NGcLt. As there no programmes, come Of the
fanhearied very much afraid that they shall not
know the Mozart from the Brstow but Maestro Bris-
tow must be sangune indeed if he contempates the