New-York daily tribune., 1862-11-13
academy on MUSIC
n! Trovnicres

fall
.r;o.s The rain fell sharply When is"s
, -.o,uoa into the charming compost whi'" 81
c,os. between sbips-taliow ""u w.
I0"l' ,,..tino Horses, going to the op.,A'
1en"'' "f,rv A number were injured ior '''o'
snPpoo ssonirs extra grooming to be as oao' OF
V'hefs o"' , Pedestrians fabricated their
s,so, carefully, until they arr'eu az 'Ae sa
- .sv,ral Of the Muses-ior 'ne 0P''" W
..s,ds not simply music ou' Po."!,
.;n,;ro and sometimes dancing on the stage Ooun'
-.oous;n, saw something different IN the appear
~ of che house from that Of last year. Upon In
.,,ir;ro Of the obigng ushers, they were informed
'ha,;, vas probably the removal OF the caryatides
',ho .rhstituion of more slender supports for the
....,nd tiara of boxes. The Emancipation policy has,
scoo,dpgy, 6st been inauguated at Irving place.
!, nav now safely extend itself to less gifted loca
ties. r..
The opera, last evening, was the TrcVd'ors. 1t
a. work with situations dramatically intense-only
that they are caused by nothing. 1t has wonder
fol plot beyond human comprehensioni though
finally we learn that SignOr Brignoi is made into
.up in the last scene by the order of his brothers
and then the brother expresses his emotion and sur
prs, on learning of the transaction as the curtain
hus We have many stupid plots in English: way
ips from weakness to the periphery of idioey-but
none insurably idiotc, like the T'roratore.
As to the musc-there are some charming, popu-
lar ingenious artistic, great, points: then there are
others which are egregiously vulgar and rowdy.
The Anvil Chorus, for example, is about equal 10 a
,scene of mendng sewer set to music; or repairing
psr of cast-of leather breeches-and as fit FOR the
srprehensions of any audience, above the level OF
hopeless snobs and imbeciles.
But-place auz danes: Another American prima
donna We shall have to express our wonderment
sc Macbeth did at Bauquos regal line if this linked
sweetness long drawnout Of native canaries coDtin-
ues. But before we enter upon prina donna No. ,,
let Us philOsophize.
Are we beginning to pay back to the mother Of
arts and arms, some Of the debts we owe her We
ave in her debt for social tems;-Columbus: book
keeping by double-entry, without which New York
would be in the hands of the Sheriff; the sys-
ZEN Of indnctive philosophy, which can be
historically shown TO have antedated Bacon,
Calico being the pioneer; high-ceings TO
our dwellings in preference TO the old'fsshioned,
SQUAT, dumpy. dismal, unwholesome twelve feet,
which we inherited from clumsy England; fresco-
decorations; musical notation; counterpont; the
organ; tie violin; and the human voice rendered
mnsical aud the opera revived at Florence from the
defunet Greek drama:-ihese are among the few
things we owe Italy.
And we have given her in return-an American
citizen iu New-York freman's red shirt, wlo is
reyOutonizug the peninsula from the tip Of The toe
70 tue top Of the bootleg; who has knocked tempo
lities and eternities into such ge-thick
s,eaming baner--thsi We see no solution Of the
syentuates " or in other and undiplomatic words no
chance Of setting the Roman rumpus to rglts until
We send out an American born Pope-who VIII be
a. peace promising religious rainbow, oyerarcIing
tie slowly-moviDg upscientifc Middle Ages, andtbis
mpusive, ecsiatic, sublime epoch--which distances
sll old dsys Of miracles by making the Pacific and
Atlantic rusl into tie wild embrace Of first love,
through the ;.rch-angelic magnetic telegraph
Bu, beside the grand piece dc resisfaHce, Carl
bald. may be repaying Italy, in siiording prine
dozne, along with painters and scuptors ,sculptors
particularly some art critics in Europe say that Mr..
William S,oryS Statue Of Cleopatra ID the fnest
thing Europe has seen in marble for two hundred
years.
We ',ave to celebrate additional ability by Nine.
GuerraLeus, the New-York prima DONNA las, night.
Sic executed especially the last act to the satisfac-
tion OF connoissenr---wi,h great finish certainty,
snd intellectual comprehension. She was much
spplacded
A, for the p-ma donna Of Gotham. No. Two the
Conirsito, Mrs Morenci, we can only ssy that II
was a most surprising first appearance. She has
good voice, which is easily heard in any part Of
the house, She is accurate in intonaon, and clever
in her musical apprshensioDs. She has one detost-
Of notes, fhel1-ou.
The great Rubini was the 6rsi TO introduce this,
in certain situations lie could sustain the curiosity
Bat il will not bear imitation though it has been
excessively aped
Mr.. Brignoli has done better, but in some points
lac, night be was equal to his usual rank
Mr. f. Amoiio is rieing artist, but lac has a way
'veilng bis voice, which is improvement but
,cidedly tie reverse. He should alway = cultivate
} sopen tones.
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