New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-07
ACADEMY OF WUsrG.
IA. Wnre,xcL's New Comuruv.

| Last night as fine an audience % nausyer cor,J
desire greeted the company Of Italian y,cs;s,s
just arrived from Havana. The imn, i,ss Acadrmv
Of Music was crowded. Al the available seat. wers
taken; aud aIso 40 equal number Of ones. un,vu;l.
able for good seeing at least
In speaking of these fresh artists one radical THING
isto lie borne IN mind aud that is the imueusty Of
tho building to be filed not simply repleuisbed with
vocal sound ut every moment, but with y body Of
tone equal the electrical effect required TO excite
an sudienoe to tho necessary degree Of nttusasm.
In the Astor-place Opers-louse voice Of fair loud
proportions could, other things equal, sway tie aa-
dence; in the ACADEMY an organ many per ceul
beaver in volume is necessary 70 effect similar ~,
SnIt. The size Of the house Decessi.ates, too. q
greater degree Of energy in proportion, and voeA
apparatus that will bear the strain, keep pure and
fresh under the labor. and maintain itself 10 juA
tune correct pitch.
The artists beard last Light were, Soprano
I.eonora) Name. Josephine Medori; Contrats
tAzucens) Mile. Henrette Sazer; Tenor (MsnrieA
Slgnor Ma1zoIeni; BARITONE (D Luna Signor Del
lini.
The frat part Of II Trovotore is depressingly dull
and largely intejected too with vnlsarity. IL ap-
pears 10 have a common thing deadeniDg effect
upon the singers. Last night was DO exception 70
this. Madame Medori showed, in the first scone.
that che had the prime requlse for the colossal
Academy, AN organ of vast power But tbsn IN
attempting an extra-high note, some say above
the line she wss on. of tune and she failed through
nervous trepidation, Ube result Of several causes
perhaps the voyage the tickle new climate, and the
strange audiepccl 10 execute neatly the rapid pas
saces The THO 1t the end Of the first act did MOI
belp matters; a satisfactory apology was made Tor
the baryt tone who really was indsposed from tho ef
fects Of the voyage, and yet very kindly cid hu
best Under adverse circumstances, but could no. reu.
der himself iustics and both the tenor aud soprano
deserved better music than this trio TO set them OF
to adyantags-for il is q radically vulgar compo-
sitiou.
The second act opened more auspicicusly. After
the infection Of to Anvil Chorus, the c'ntralto
took ~ her air--which ID a genuine inspiration
plain, simple, large, original, and did it well. TAs
lady bus fine voice; and though no. strong IN ths
very low notes, she rest is weba'anced and clear
The duet which followed was u success. The tenor
is essentially and absolutely robust voice: manly.
full, puisssnt--not sweet ordisarily understood
nor graceful bot fulfilling the character of what ID
is called technically.
or the barytones rolo we sball only say (as an
earnest call was made in the aforementioned apol.
ogy 70 consider bis ndisposiiioD) that the singer
seemed TO be a C m potent artist.
The tenor solo sbo we'd new acquisitions: the Glow
movement was so well delivered rs TO excite an en-.
core. The allegro, wbicb--ess a sort of gurging
asssgs in every second nleasure-is fine, striking
air received the most robust handling from the ro-
bust tenor. The aniepennltmate phrases were sx'
posed with a splendid argeness Of style.
The next prominen' piece is the duet in the tower
scene. Tho dramatic effect Of this composition .
very admirable. The soprano portion is close im-
tstion of the i'm uense music in the ghost scene OF
Roesini's S.miramis aud is none the worse for that
Tie troubadours solo, ID deairo, is as beautiful 40
genius could desire. The soprano voice, ess little
forcing ia an extreme upper note, was very happy
in this. The other soprano music was finely, reson-
sntly, end satisfactorily set forth.
The summing up Of tho judgment OF the auditors
appeared to be that they bad heard body Of voices
capable OF doing effectively earnest declamatoy
music in an immense building; and that the con-
reeded argued brilliantly for subsequent perform
Ances, when they shall have become somewhat
more sccmated and used TO their new order OF
Lings.
NJ. Marctzek led and bis appearance IN tho
was much appauded.