, 1865-11-28
ITALIAN OPERA-sAFFo

The Last week OF the OPEN season opened with
splendid euccces, with a new opera, aud with
house Oiled to orerdowinc. Every part Of the an.
ditorium was FLIED, and the vail flowers In the lob
btes were more graceful md disHugne than cver,
gotten up with unusual care md blosso1ufng with
the u.unl lu1ur,Rnce Of that plant The audience
was brilliant, enthusiastic and app1ecatye, and ali
the artists were welcomed cordially and their eot.
heartily greeted. The ope1a Itself contains the
beet aud most legitimate music We have had this
season. II Il music In the best sense OF The
term There Il nothing mereticious in It-uo
claptraps, no yerdl-lsms, from the opening chord
OF the overture to the fral note. The lustrumeuta,
tion, both IN the overture and Accomplishments. il
very elaborate and otsentimes descriptive and IN.
OF he Ibtto itseI, which Is lie best Of Iii IN
ubsrttos we have yet seen. The unity OF the Moi
Is well kept. and the stury moves on, fum ssi to
Old Greek naseie. fae Classic dcs pe9vse, as N 4
throughout, and although The Roman scenery on
the s.a2s was slightly anachIonlsuc, the Ioeae being
with the character OF ths theme Of The Vorf:
md rome Of them, such as the Care scene and the
Leucadian Leap wep fcty eGecaye. The vocal mu-
touches lie sublime. 1he rsearo IS @ msloao1s 6oess
and maDy Of the concerted effects ase worthy niscc
in F1dslio Of Don Giovanni. The grand duo Il tbc
so aes sse s;a s as ops
In advance Of New York and other provincial cItes
undoubtedly the New York critics viii attemnt r.
,mpnen 93, AeyesnssTs " M testimony We ace willing to
eoncctted fadk Of the teeona Act is the be.t ever
sst1 Enttea ios ene-.a Amer the hackneyed eaeets
ol :..ore Faust and Martha, md The niytaIitics
o. fasorita and the E!1is Q! Love, such majestic
md Of dramatic power, 20 grand In ito movement,
20 swelling in Its Tythms and 80 descriptive OF
emotions from the tendesest aud most delicate to
the snblnnest and most tragic, comes with refresh.
Ing eject.
The cast WIS very strong, including Gszzauiea "A
sado. Poain1 as cntnene, Musiani as Phao1, and
ary. GazznnlEa's Sado Is her great role. Uka
Rachel In all eassical cha,actcrs fequring Tho d.
play Of deep passion she cxccls, and great as vas
this fascinating character ,sns Illustrated will te
graphic deltneation Of tho painter, while many Of
hef statnexquc attitpdes and poses wonld have
approximate the antiques. In The second &C, he1r
lnteryiew With Cilmene, The presence at the
nnRt,,s nsun .he dl,sose,y e Fh.on he a,!er
laee, The otenhrowfuR Of the altar and the diver.
and covering beneath the ana,heuas OF the Aru-
spices made dramatic easeufbts re have nerer eeeu
e1cened. Equally so IN the finale, hcr contillon
and euppllcations for pitt her glowing picture Of
lore u Tie celestial abode and her Welding Of Phaon
to Clsmene+ In all of theae tY8nsfkons she ehope
out the great artist, and MI os her representations
were grrrted With tnmn1iuous applause The dao
a, G s0e5e H5 sSSf'e ct wsfsa 3 Te hare before
N
beth for its own beauty and the exquisite blending
Of The voices Of the two asietE received an enthu
e1asttc encore
Potl1ni, although not In hes best voice, probably
. owing to the heas5, smoky atmosphere which had
pcrynaed every pat Of the house and mas very m
meme very artt.lcay, and elacited hearty applause
FOR her rnany admirable efforts. In The droa and
concerted rleuea bcr Ech cont1ato orCau aold with
TIL Hing effect, while her action was always chaste
and in keeping with the tp1rit OF her character.
AueiaLi nad duhcu1t role but managed 1t with
dht gtdsta pcad the scena Of which Is preceded BY
cerioEet ob.ato 20 we'll Played that The playerre-
eeiycd handsome round Of applause. This aria
and the one immadiseiy following mai pit 4.1f piu
were splendid dramauc efforts II which he Dis
played Great sympaihy OF soice and feeling.
1nu.tc, made much OF his role and marked 1he Al.
formation in hts opening aria with i,s elegant &C
compartment. very De2siy. The IN EriAns otrocs
WIS nlfo delivered with great spirit and in excel
lent sfy:e. wss one 0! his best numbers.
The only distinctive female chorus. the al e7fn t
eingas+ dttplayed decided chansc for the better
both In quantiy snd quality Of voice. but there is
were almost universally good. The orchestra. CON
eder1Dg that they had new Rcores before them With
but shoH time to study, did e1celteutly we under
The careful guidance Of Mrxio. The Gully ses1ors
naishsp. were On the part Of the brasses. Some or
the horns were shocltnrly plsyed. md the from.
tin e aodustrions'y sounded IN the wroug place,
With detracted bo,h from time and tune.
Every une who was present will rr1olce to learn
that Sa5o is TO be repeated on Thursday evening
sud that t,e manager has broken his announcement
Of not = peattnE auy operA NO 1orsr Of trne mu-
did opera. tonight, Norma will be given with
vefF strong cast.