New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-22
Musical.
ITALIAN 0PERA--ACADghY OF MUSIC.

ITALIAN 0PERA-ACADgMY OF MUSIC.
The grand tragic opera Of Pohu.o was per-
formed last evening to a fashionable bu. not very nu-
merous audience. Don Pasquale was to have been
given to introduce new buao singer. signor Bran.
din to public but Mr. Maretzek considered that ID
was not sufficiently rebearsed produce last evening
The change in the programme will fully account for tho
diminished attendance.
The performance was as is usually the when tho
house is not crowded. in every respect admirable.
Zuceh is always grand in Pacolino but We have
heard her so earnest and impassoned this occa.
SION She threw her whole soul into the characte and
acted and sung superbly. Massamuiani and Belini
sang and acted up to the prma dolna and their scenes
have not been more iupressvey rendered upon this
STAGE The chorusses were sung with precision and
spirit and the orchestra as usual excellent Tha
Opera was marked success
Tomorrow evening the beautiful opera of Don So
bastian viii be given for the last time this season,
with the following strong cast CarozziZucchi.
MassimiEani, Bellini Antonucci Lorin &c.
This evening by special desire the opera Of La Son.
nambula viii be given at tie Brooklyn Academy Of
Music, with strong cast Miss Kellogg assuming the
character Of AmiHa.
On Saturday next the matinee will take place, al II
o'clock H.. and the opera given will be lone. the
Last Days of Pompeii On this occasion. congratu-
late our lady friends that the great tenor Aazzoui.
will appear for this occasion Only. The grace OF the
Management in voucbssfng great an attraction to
the matinee should be duly appreciated by the largest
audience Of the season
CONCERT OF CLASSIC CHAMBER MUSIC.
Messrs. Mason, Thomas, Mosenthal, MoiSka
and Bergner gave their Third Classical Chamber Sof
rec at Dodworth's Hall last evening before large
critical and apprecatye audience The pieces selected
we're Quarieite in G., No. l. Haydn Quartette plan"
and strings in A. Op. 26, Brahms and QpaTtettc in e
Op. 49, No 3. Beethoven.
Haydns Quartette ID delightful composition; it is
true music, made up Of pure melody and rich harmony
combining the natural vocal elements with the best and
untortured resources of science 1t is inspiration OF
melodia flow, wiki an attendance Of Imagination and
delicate fancy, tenderness aud pathos. IL was very
well played the subjects clearly deTeopcd thc
artistic shadings which give color TO the whole work,
were carefully defined and its scope and design intci
gently interpreted. The adagio was full the move
mcnts the specially deserving OF praise for deli
cacy and tenderness OF execution aud FOR pnrty aud
breadth of intonation.
The quartette By Brahms by means 10 or taste;
it long and dreary; lis idens, no, particuary good
striking spun on. till they tnreodbare. Tho
POGO Adagio is very preeniicus out analyze IT, and
one phase Of HaydE's AdaGio contains more heart.
more passionate pathos Brahinss whole Increment
Of g.drawn-out plltuies. The Scherlo and Finale
Allegro contains a few bold thoughts, which gave us
hope but these los; i'll abyrinhs OF Involved
figures and unconseoutive phrases which betrayed n
poverty Of invention and although certain quantness
character1es these movements it pl-,akes ratAer Oh
grotesqueric than Imagination. We acknowledge no
pleasure in listening 10 this quartet'o except in its
execution
bir VIM. Mason sustained the piano mcst excelenty-
He led the movements with 1rmness AID b.io; his
pArasing vas fnc and his Interpretation throughout
was artistic lie has not done himself much iustics
in public for a long tue aud pleased to record
his deserved success Brahms is hard upon the sirDged
Instruments but the artists acquitted themselves Ia ex
celent style Bu. the general feeling satisfied.
was not ia favor of the composition.
Il was glorious relief 80 listen to BeethoFcns quar-
tette after the foregoing number 1t was Ike the
beamng out through fog. The broad grand thoughts
so pregnant with matter and intelligence tie deep aud
earnest pathOs, the passionate tenderness and the
clear dominant ideas running through all, dwindled
Beethoven did and be produces effects never dreamed
Of By smaller minds by means a. simple Us they
are wondrously ingenious. The artists seemed to At
tack this quartette with keen relish and played il ia
a manner altogether admirable for spirit clearness.
briiancy. accuracy. feeling and color. IL was alto
gether the masterpiece OF execution OF the programme.
and was greeted with the most cordial applause.