The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-03-15
PiREPA's ENC LIsH oPERA.
Rtrst Performsnc Of Mozart's Mo rriass Of
fgsro-kin Rntert sanment In tho Aead-
,my Last Evening.

smy Last Evening.
The Parepa-R Rosa Opera Company took posses.
sion OF the Academy list evening for short season
OF English opera. A very Hns audience met and
greeted them warmly The Academy vas no, only
overlooking. but the auditors were OF the musical
class. The house looked o. II does on evenings Of
the Philharmonic concerts.
Doubtless the merits Of the opers performed had
quito much eilec, In nlling the Academy a. did
those OF performers, for II IL not often that one
has m orT ortuni'y OF hearing Motart's Marriage
OF Figaro" AMI tie probabilities are that the occa.
-iots OF its Performance will grow less rather than
more frequent, tor the musical forms Of this genera.
ton ere fast drifting away from those OF Mozart
Already be seems quaint and ldasbioned In certain
vsy-, though his great aras such poi che Sope,s
and Doce >oFO, and Krh IeiRi tar dor, In this
opera have In them simplicity snd Girecness that
II " ould seem can grow out of La.hioa than
can the form Of the hy or the color OF the rose II
is curious to think ns n Connecting link between
what seems the far oil time Of Mozart and
day that many OF our citizens distinctly remem-
her the tall. lean rgure Of Da Pun,e ~ he not many
year ago, took hls daily walk in Broadway II was
he VITO wrote for the young Mozart 10 the last cen
fury, the Italian iihretto Of this opora.
Tie conf poser, in writing II, adapted ~ 20 the
singers he had abOut him. SO II happens that tie
part "a very inferios one the principal male
voices being baritone and bass. There arc three
'emae r0es each OF considerable importance one
being soprano and tN. mezzo+oprano parts. To
each also l. given one " MuZut. most lovely arils
ana " u diflCut To- say whether Idi che SJDsff
sung hy Nfs Seguin the IOrt >otO that falls TO is-
Rose ller-ee'- share or the M TslHEf Madame
Ro~a'- ana l. the beautiful IL certainly srelka
well 'ur the strength enicenc, ana resource. of this
Eng-h optra company thnt Il l. ntie TO cast a work
Of snch magni ude, and 10 cast II so well. Ie-iies
the ladies whote names We have mentioned, Mr..
CImpbcli, Mr. Hall, MIR. Lawrence, and Mr.. Nord-
bln1, al cSeohent -ingcr~ are in tho distribution.
. i've company h1- rep, atedy given tits opera At
ston, Flilndrlplin, and elsewhere, and IL II
Thoroughly rrholfsct and In perfect running order
rms IL much q say, for Mozart often has from I've
10 seven e" MS characters the stage at once sing
Ing In teDpo rird>, the muscal phrases that dove.
thlhio each Other in way "a keep every singer Ou
t'e alert, Nothing II more dficut TO render
-noothly than th"-v rapid chatteling scenes.
i scarcely necessary to go into the detail Of the
manner ~ Nuch particular parts Of the opera were
rendered 10y the several actors. sumo. o s1y that
the performance was very smooth and admirable
one throughout. While there was no really bad
singing there wac much that Vas unexcsptiOnabb
god, no ably OF course that OF Madame Parepa-
hosa. lLis lady sings 80 eminenty we'll that prsisc
or her seems almost idle In Mozart iii. finds a
most cobgenial composer. though for that matter she
since the musi" OF every author u Ike we'll
MT. Carl Rosa led with Grmnes. and precision
sometimes perhaps with too much impetuositV. The
tmpo In which Mrs, Seguln toos tho Iot cha Aap,te
was not Ne believe, In accordance with the irad
lions oi the stage or tue cHstom of the most eminent
concert singers II WIS driven through at so rapid a
pace aud in such strict time a. TO lose its decacy
and sentiment. aud to mar mucn offs divine boau,y
BOZ ME s+guin sang II admirably In other respects.
ne hcartly commend the performance ss a whole
10 our rehltrs Tho opera will be repeated tonight
asd several other evenings this week us to
the Advertisement will show.