New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-11
ADJUSTMENTS.


tlsudiences increased the public pulse beating
u freely ss regards the Rappahsnnock battles,
s,he angry winds and heavy rains having ceased.
Aery successful performance OF Ernah' IN "hicn
Name Guerrabea gave fresh evidences OF voice
stslent; and the Italians, pure ana simple, NM
hzoeni, Bellini and Blachi MADE the iour ueis
tthe psrquette resonant with their duicet thun-
O. The matinee advertisement held out 10 the
etry cousins, the Brooklyhites, Wilhams2orters
,surroundng towns of high promise, as well az
ye bellies who have no evening beaux their
5eethearts being in battle-the opportunity of
5arinq the sorrows Of ArOdo-the Knight who
weot 10 Jerusalem, and aferward found certain
little domestic matters askew on his Ieturn-but
who was rec,ifed iu the fourth act-and expressed
bis satisfaction to the persons who bought tickets
well TO dead-heads in much ecstasy at the right
pitch.
Tonight, Monday, the Trovatore will be given
10 afford Miss Parker-an American lady from Bos-
ton-an opportunity of making an operate debut
in New.York, as the prima donna soprano
Miss Parker has been starring in Italian opera in
California, and in Australia also, we beieve-e pure
81 niuope-and comes gold-crowned thence TO Goth
am, TO give MS a touch OF her quality. II ste be
fine dramatic singer, the public does not care rush
whether she comes hther via Milan or Sacramento
CITY. En- attendant. The late director Of the opera
IN Paris-we say late, not because he is dead, but
because he was detected in cheating at cards, and
condemned to prison therefor-said that Miss Ade-
Ina Patti made the fortune Of bis last season. We
hope that anosher American prima donna, Miss Par
ker, may lie equally successful here's for now is the
time for America to show herself in arts along with
L. a. nd
ere our national resources that the best and most
cheerful of the arts crown like rainbow Of
hope the smoke aud agony Of battle.
Mr.. THEODORE THoMAs's CoScERT.-On Satur-
day evening there was assembled a good, but not
OVERLOOKING audience at Irving Hall, at a concert
an "annual conceit"--of Mr.. Theodore Thomas-a
young musician who desires TO put, at his own risk,
netO aud large things before the public; by the iull
est and choicest orchestra be is capsule Of collecting
together A noble ambtion-a little too noble for
some people to understand, there would not have
been standing room at the concert.
The fret piece performed was an eccentric SYM
phony by Hector Berli0z, called Childe Hsrod-the
musical colorings Of which suggested by the
spiritual unrest, the low spirits and dyspepsia, of
the grown-up infant and Of the natural and national
peeularties of the ALPS and the Alpine peoples.
Hector Beroz is a Ffencbman-a composer OF
distinction in the instrumental walk-a member. we
believe Of the National Ins,itute elected such both
on account Of artistic and scientific productions in
music and his eopious and elegant literary coUtribu-
tons (The Lord help him to d seat in National
institute after the French model ACCORDING to
the very latest csrryingsou of that colossal misno-
mer as chartered by the last Congress- An enIhu.
siastie young Frenchman, he rstappearedi about
the year as all anti RUssini man. lie was 80 angry
OF the applause bestowed on Semramide, that be
avowed it would give him pleasure 10 see the whole
audience blown up with gunpowder for lending their
sufrages to those Italian flowers Of melody. As Vir-
gil sDgs: "Can such anger overcome heavenly
rinda' Il can. II does 1t will. Hector Derlioz
was equally savage with the model Barber Of Sc
ville-whieh he denounced as t0page lnoisel, aud
went off irreevautly in his critque TO some remarks
on the Duchess Of Berris toilette. All the poor
Duchess has passed away with two dynssties,
but King Rossini liveth yet These youthful
critical ndiscretions of Hector BerliOz were, how
over, justified Rossini, the most wealthy and won
derfnI genius for the opers who ever lived, had up
10 that time, written in but way for the opera:
in the exhaustless fertility of his melodc muse he
gave as many notes to bis men as to bis women to
dypnmics Of the one and the volatile lghtness OF the
other; and. besdes, be wrote his Semiramide with
q, uauy as or more ford notes than, his Barber. SC
Berlioz was partially rght-only his rage made him
wrong through the want Of discrimination. lie Tor
cot that all composers are attacked by certain
critics, in the same way; and, after all, the dear pub
lie will form its own judgment about operate COM
posers II the composer be melodst, and add 10
that natural gift sufficiently great academic expe-
riences and acquisitions be will triumph. IL be be
not a melodist, no other qualifications Will make
him succeed on the stage. Every opera which holds
possession Of the stage has either been assailed
or negIected--one or both on lis first presentation
Don Giovanni even was no exception. AS for Belli-
nj every the smallest merit was denied TO him.
His pjrata-which is musical revelation for truth
and besuty-and for the perfection OF It's dramatic
,ecitatives and it's quasi defamation airs was never
.oualed 10 to the time of lie appearance I'VE
limit ourselves to these two propositions)-was never
eoualea. This was called worthless, destitute OF
originslly-snd properly named, as all IT'S airs were
,irsted La sonnambua was called by the highest
RECOGNIZED authority trash, aud the only point III
{, the elsptrao Of kicking off the bricks from the
decayed bridge in tie sleep'waikipg scene hoOeft
le Diable was said 10 be deficient III science, anu
no;sv with trombone etc. Verdi was SEPT bowling
20 the seventh he'll Of musical sinners; bulletins came
f1om Paris TO London 10 recite the contemptuous
failure of his Ernani-proh prudor and the con-
temptible nonsense was duly repeated here. And
40 we could fill columns with similar citations, OF the
manner in which critics make up their minds iull
of envy, malgpity, aud all uncharitableness; ard