Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-06-02
triumph OF Adeliha Patti IN Ion
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Triumph OF AdelIha Patti IN Lon
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Miss Patti made her debut at the Royal Ope
ra on the l4th inst, and achieved aperfect sue
cess, as the following criticisms will show
From the London Times.]
Il was simply advertised, late last week, that
on Tuesday, May IL, Mdlle. AdelIna Patti
would assume the part of Amina, In Bellini's
we'll known opera Apart from those who had
visited the United States, or those in the habit
| Of perusiDg the musical notices Of American
| Journals, no one had ever heard of Mdlle. Ade-
lima Patti; and thus, although the house was
brilliantly attended (t being Subscription
night"), there were no symptoms whatever OF
more than ordinary degee of expectation. AZ
i that diyerting necromancer, Gospadin Frkell,
i used 70 declare, there was "no preparations"
certainly there was no "claque" disposition
1 to anticipate favor or extort applause. The de-
butante was at first calmly and then more warm.
ly, then enthusiastically always fairly and
Idispessionately y-judged, and she who, to Eu-
rope at any rate, was yesterday without name'
before Tomorrow will be " town talk. -
: And now comes the difficult part Of
our 10 task.A /" Ia Mademoiselle Adelina
Patti Pit will naturally be asked =
La phenomenon" Decidedly yes. "Is she
perfect artist" 2"--Decidedly no. How can a
girl of scarcely IL summers have reached per-
lection in an art so diHicult2 1t is simply i'm.
! possible. We are almost inclined to say that
, she is something better than perfect; for per
fection at her age could be little else than me-
chanical, and might probably settle down at
, last into cold abstraction, or mere common
place technical correctness. No; Mademoiselle
Patti has the faults incidental to youth and
: inexperence; but these In no single instance
wear the sembance OF being ineradcable; on
: the contrary, they are in great measure the
: consequence Of an ardent ambition to attain at
! Ia Jump what can only be attained with years OF
laborious application. The management of the
voice, the gradstion of tone, the balance of
. cadence, the rounding off of phrase, are oil oc-
casionally more or less defective; but to com
: pensate for these inevitable drawbacks, there is
. an abiding charm in every vocal accent,an cara.
!. estness in every look and an intelligence III
d every movement and gesture that undeniably
= proclaim an artist "natlve and to the manner
u born" And let it be understood that these
: qualities of charm, of earnestness, and of In
10 telligence, are not merely the prepossessng at
20 tributes of extreme youth, allied to personal
'e comeness, but the evident offspring of thought
- Of talent-we may almost add of genius, but
7; assuredly of natural endowments, both menta
10 and physical, far beyond the average.
Mademoiselle PATHS frat appearance on the
.e stage seemed to take the audience by surprise
Is So young an Amina-young enough in appear
~ ance to be the daughter of her Elvino (Signoi
le Tiberini)--an Amina, In short, not yet don,
IN growing-had never before been witnessed :
Oh The recitatve, Scare campagne," however
no showed at once that in this particular cas-,
youthfulness and depth of feeling might b.
10 found both naturally and gracefully united
le while, long before the termination of the air
OF "Come per me sereno," with its brilliant "caba
10 letta," "S0yra II sen la man mi posa,' convic
10 tion was unanimously entertained By the audene
40 that singer of genuine feeling, rare gifts, On
We decided originality stood before them. high sc
ne prano voice, equal, fresh, and telling in ever
ly note Of the Medium, the upper "E fat" and eve
90 "F" at ready command; admirable accentua
ne ton of the words; considerable Aexblity; dash
II ing and effective use Of "bravura;" expressio
g. warm, energetic, and varied, while never exsg
OF gerated; and, last, not least, an intonatio
IL scarcely ever at fault--such were the valuabl
Oh qualities that revealed themselves in turn dur
oil ing the execution of Amina's we'll known apos
oil trOphe to her companions the auspicious da
ne that is to unite her to Elvino, and which raise
MS the house to positive enthusiasm. A thing thf
~ must have astonished every one was the tho
ng rough ease and "apomb" Gan excellent term
In with which so young stranger confronted g
g formidable an assembly, in the midst of diiicu
es ties that, at times, are apt to unsettle th
nc Oldest and most practiced stage singers. To
~ much self.comrosure, it might be urged, fc
'e, one of Mademoiselle PATHS years, were it nc
that the ingenious confidence Of youth, whe
by uncheckered by the susceptibility of o nervo,
IN temperament, often makes it unapprehensive
he danger and careless of results. At any rat
of Mademoiselle Adelina PATHS first essay was
OF veritable triumph, and her ultimate success tht
o placed beyond doubt. When the applause Q
ar the end of "Come per me serene" had subsidet
TO there was general buzz of satisfaction. Th
mt consciousness Of q new sensation having bee
= unexpectedly experienced seemed universi
,st among the audience, who, in grateful recogni
ey tion, might have addressed the new songstre
is in the language with which the village chort
on aposrophize Amina: i....- .-...f
oe 7,fli- .svivi felcel equesto rau 81
" -9Iv IL comon voto Adenal" b
- The history Of Mademoiselle PATHS first q
ne pearaflce is told in the foregoing. What follol
bisl ed was to match. Needless to describe the f
to- miliar incident of the bedroom, the arraigr
nd ment and despair Of Amina; still less requisi
A. to descant upon the millscene, with the touchir
ce. appeal Of the innocent girl TO the flowers th
on drop from her unconscious hand, or the awake
he ing of the somnambulist to rapture, when b
he innocence is established, and her lover ont
In more at her feet. Enough that "Ah non CT,
,r- dea mirarti" was given with the truest EXPIRE
"a. sion, and "Ah, non gunge" with wonderf
lbriIliancy, at the second verse rendered at
ir. more brilliant by variety of new ornamen
is Che "staccato, ,"as In the fret cavatins, sligh
of " over -obtruded), the high E fat and the
re- again successfully attached, and the who
ir Gro wned with neat, equal, and powerful shal
se. upon the penultimate note--which, conslderi
70. that the air was sung in the original key
o. ast) was feat of no small peril. The desce
y. Of the curtain was the signal for loud and lo
nt. continued paudits. For the third time Made
es. moiselle Patti was led forward by Sign
Or. Tberini; and then, In obedience to gener
Wv summons, che came on alone to receive FIRE
to honors. lls- li.gr-T ,d A -ot
10. NJ, T !t - gi.. :
ut Uniform Of the Confederate stat
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