New-York tribune., 1870-04-20
MUSIC.
TIE MAGIC FLUTR.

The appearance Of Miss Carlotta Patti lasi
night as the QUEEN Of the Night In Mozart's "Mads
Flute" drew forth audience OF dirnensions
and the managers expectation OF making this the chief
event OF the musical I'm fair way OF heinz
justified The Academy was densely crowded. The lead
OF fashion fairly represented The true lovers
Of music who not ashamed TO be enthusiastic over
Mozart there in full force and there was lares
and merry admixturc OF the Teutonc eement-for the
opera given in German. Though the libretto Ia
downright repulsive in it's fooshness the music IA all
decious-not equal either in freshness variety or DELI
cacy TO the music OF "DOn Giovanni" 4" and Figaroy
but music such man but Mozart him.
self has very much surpassed The part OF
the Queen NJ The Wight which Miss Patti has chosen IA
great one II we consider it. difficulty, but a small one II
regard only It's extent 1t consists Of two aas, ono
in the First Act and one in the Third, and literally
nothing else. Ia the first she IS discovered in the bosom
Of rosy Clouds seated ia with the at her feet.
The is waited gently to earth by the breath Of in
visible zephyrs-or, to speak accurately slides
down pink plank with the aid OF rope and pulley
and the Queen then delivers beautiful and
tender aria To say that Miss Patti sang
this with every possible grace and facility u
execution, that she played with its difficulties and soorncd
its dangers Is only matter Of course. She did moro
than hs for she sang with deeper passion than ever
knew her to display before and pleased therefore,
more heartily than she generally does and heartily
than we expected 10 be pleased last night The aria in
the Third Act however Is the with which she pro-
duces her most extraordinary effects, scattering about
her wonderful staccato notes at the very topmost COM
pass of the human voice. and rcyelng in eas Of vocal
ism which almost unhcard Of until She came among
U.s. In the Second and Fourth Acts she does not appear
at all.
OF the rest of the opera there Is not much be said
except that is fairly dOne the PdpGgenO Of Mr. William
FoImes being the most satisfactory part Of IT, Mr..
Herm2nns made impressive Sqrastro and sang Of
his arias the Isis md Osiris very well, and the other
In diesei heiIgen Haen, only indnerently. Mr. Habe-
mann Ta1ino not at all good: he sang out Of tune
and seemed to worry himself unnecessarily with the
vction that it necessary for him to make an cor'
Miss Dziuba was an active but vociferous Papagenq.
The Taina was Miss Pauline Canssa Jealous and in
dusrious young lady who has excellent conception Of
the music and a fair share OF ability but this role Is
much too heavy for her In fact the east OF the opera
weak Of the artists are worth much except Miss
Patt-and she Is only shown for two brief moments and
snached away. Yet nearly all Except MI Ilabelmann)
enter so well into the composers spirit, aud do their
work so heartily, that the general effect s
more pleasing than would naturally an
ticipate. The orchestra, under Mr.. Theodore
Ritter played reasonably we'll The chorus Is the same
old have known SO long, there is little for II do
except the two famous prayers and those IL ueredWh
all requisite strength and unct0n The promise OF new
and elegant costumes and splendid appointments has
not been very regousy respected and part Of the APP
propriate scenery" to which the advertisements called
our particular attention italian villa with practi-
cable woodbine bower representing lonely place on
the banks of the Ne But at the Academy of Music We
have been educated to despise trifes.