New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-09
Italian OPERA.


Academy of Music last night to large but not crowded
audience. The cast was az follows: Norma, Carozzi
zncbi ad,lsisa. Na.lllc. Morcnsii Poii,on. Signor
N,s.miiiani, Orereso Signor Garba.ci. This cast
is a, s,rons as the present company can furnish ard
with IL we may be content.
Norma is undoubtedly one Of the grandest tragic
or.ras Of the modern Italian school Ia some respects
I, Is work Of Inspiration for nothing but inspiration
ond have produced the passionate melodies with which
il abounds Is very difficult opera TO PERFORM for
tho that the characters stand out 80 marked and
individual and ere drawn so powerfully in their sent
b barous strength OF passion that they dwarf second
r,tc tlent and yet with tie exception OF Norma, the
mo, are too uucracious to secure frStra;e talent to
theIu The character IL Norma is considered.
ard Justly So ,est OF tragic power. and Is no less
test Of vocal education. Tho situations are highly
dramatic and incidental to them, is tie expression
OF tie strongest passions and emotions Of woman's
nature In addition to this the music Is eGbo-
rntely ornate requiring vocslsm Of tae utmost
perfection We have seen all the Normas Of the past
twenty. five years and Of these the two who most
grandly filed ont the picture were Crib and Parod'
during her lrst season here. Zdechi, in her copcd
ton Of the character approaches The best sahdnu.
she ~ truly wsmssly, and di.piays tho earnest sod
fierce nature Of her love aud the sweeping fiery Of er
revenge with powerful eoquence and grand vehemence
Her denuuciation OF Poion, In the second ACT. could
hardly be exceeded for flashing scorn and Indignant
invcctye. Her tenderness with her children and
Adegisa was deep aud earnest, and every
shade Of emotion was portrayed with sin
guar fidelity. We recognize Carozh Zucchl
az tragic artist Of decided genius As singer she
has fne qualifications; Ler voice have been
superb; IL Is fne now though worn somewhat in the
middle register No stronger proof DO found Of the
los Of spontaneiy In the voice. than the inability to
sustain note without the remolo. The upper register
Of her voice Is quito fresh aud there she make per-
feet sossauto The nem0io originally All added
power dramatic eypressonas In passages OF Intense
pathos emotion, the rich pure voice was made to
tremble but 1t IL the fashion 10 shaKe on every
note as though Och and every singer enjoyed the la.
Fiction of St. VitGs's dance. What was once power
fll effect has become almost q universal blein-
ish; the young do II for the fashion, the old
from aud tear. Zucch sang the music most art.
s,icaly Her recitatives were delivered with fine eo
cutionsry power her phrssng was strong and en-
phatic, and in bursts Of powerful passion she was
grandly impusivo and vehement. Her execution,
sometimes brilliant and well.articulaed. was In other
places as In Cdsa Dird and the duo with Adelgisa.
careless and inaccurate and her information too
OFTEN exceedingly unpledsant 70 cuEs
these faults while they lower tho personaton from the
standard Of surprising excellence, be borne with
Tor the sake Of the grandeur OF tie whole conception.
The music Of AdelSisa taxes Madame Morensi's
voice beyond s natural register. 1t requires cxecu
ton from that part VI her voice which Is the least pa
BE. and the forcing necessary to achieve this renders
her inonatlon very uncertain. 1t would be hard 10
Imagine any thing painful than the last part Of the
al Iroh nd and hc ~
with which closed. Both ladies sang painfully false
and Nadcnoiselle taken away up into regions Of
her voice which should never have been explored.
lad as this cadensa was it was hardly as bad as the
taste Of an audience which could encore It. Still some
thing was gained for II was much better executed the
second time Still Morensi saug some portions charm
incly and when the rich notes Of her true voice was
heard they came ont with pathos which all acknowl
edged Uer acting was marked by feminine grace and
passionate earnestness and in many parts was drana
cay foroble
Ma.samiani did oil that could DO done with thst
sbom, liable rascal Polon No one, OF course. found
fault with his falling In love with Morensi, bnt bis In
con,anry 4, too bad to be tolerated. He sang his first
sonu very sprtedy aud his voice told with great effect
,d.d throughout tho Opera he strove 10 do tho best
a,,ce 70 the music. and acted as well act
who has been so terribly shown up aud put down by
woman. Signor lGaribaldi was not very efficient. as
Or.ruo. The choruses were well studied ard per.
formed and the orchestra was ably conducted by Max
Maretzek.
La Trayala viii be presented tomorrow evening at
the Academy OF Music. with new and brilliant cast
Tie sale for secured seats commences to-day. Sec ad
yertsement.
FRA Diayolo will BIO given at tho Brooklyn Academy
OF Music this evening. with the full New.York cast
Our readers will find IL well worth their while to attend
for tho Opera charming every way and ID admirably
performed.
Mr. J. u Pat.ison's Second soiroe Hgs.eGls telss