New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-19
MUSIC.
GREETING OLD FRIENDS.

pecs Of the Autumn and Winter campaign more bril-
liant than for many previous years. An uninterrupted
opera OF three months. beginning with the Rosa
company on the I'd Of October, and closing with tie
Nilsson troupe probably before the end Of tho year.
ia almost unprecedented In New York. and yet there ia
every TO believe that it will be cordially supported
by tbe public Details Of both the English and the Ital
ian enterprise will doubtless DO published proper timc
our present purpose Is TO remind musical readers
that we shall be called upon to greet many q valued
friend and that tho reoponng Of the Academy and OF
Scinway Hall will be memorable for the reappearance
almost simultaneously, of several artists who have long
been our especial yOrcs, yet have 1Ong been absent
from our boards Thus when Society comes back from
tho mountains and the scshOrc there should be les
tiyal of welcome 20 greet the return OF wandering
singers and we shall long for new MendessOhn to cee-
bratc in music tho now HetDiLehr aus der Frcnde
Orr frat compliments must be offered 10 Madame Pa
rcpa Rosa Her career this country has been altogether
unparaelled Other great artists have won eXtraordl-
nary triumphs and amassed large fortunes III tours
through chief cities but no other has retained as he
has tho unwayernS esteem ana admiration OI lhe puc
for long series of years She has been the delight OF
American audiences since 1865. She has illustrated
all the great departments OF her glorious art ana IN all
OF them she has cxceed We hardly felt the beauty oil
the English ballad till she captyated US win 'uoh
smIGe songs as give O'Clock IN the MOrhlnB VIC
never relished the OraOrO till she lifted up her Dcau
great voice. and uttered tho grand thoughts OF indel
We knew but little of the submlty Of BeehoYens vocal
compositions until she showed it to us in tho An per
ndo" and the Choral symphony; and our most groiui
"Reminiscences of festival and jubilee 10 tho clear sweet
soprano soaring above the din Of artillery ana INC Ioa
Of 10000 singers. Once and again sho mas gracou
the Italian stage. The best performance OF I'll Irova-
tore ever seen in New York in which she was
the Le0nOra and her R0Sd OF the Yeicst since
Adcua PATHS Lastly she turned to the neglected En-
gsh OPERA and all know what she has done with IT,
developed mine OF unsuspccod beauty and enricheu
our stage with works that We shall never again aIo" 10
be neglected English opera before her time was mercy
light amusement tit for secOndrate theatres and third
rate singers she raised it to the front rank ana with
such great works as "Oberon and The Marriage Of FL
caro-" has placed it at in competition with the lta
ian muse. During her five years career IN inc Ch'eu
States she done to elevate the standard OF ART ana
improve the public taste than all the other great singers
who have been during the last ten years have effected
among them. What Theodore Thomas has done III one
branch of music she has done in the other
Extraordinary versatility is sometimes said to be the
secret Of her long and unyarying popularity but TINS Is
a mistake. We tire OF her art, not merely because
it assumes many FORMS but because III all forms IL Is
absolutely true. 1t is art without arthce, without
mannersm, without scntlmcnallty, without nculous
warmth without the little tricks of voice. method or
expression which can almost always be detected in the
best pcrOrmers-art in word which has reached us a'c
expression namely the concealment OF art The culture Is
50 genuine that whatever she easy
One never wearies of perfect art like this any more than
one wears of the blue heavens or the green heids AZ Is
rare good fortune that has enabled us to retain so
eminent an artist during most precious years OF her
life while her phenomenal voice Is young anu fresh anu
| all her powers at their maturity.
MI Carl Rosa with his wife the credit OF estab
fishing English opera United States, for while she
has illustrated the stage he has worked for 1t with
equal efficiency in another way. The audience which
listens to smooth performance at night has little ldea
OF the days labor which the manager and musical d.
rector endure to produce that grateful result MI
Rosa has assumed the double functions OF impressaro
and conductor has gained in both capacities an env
able reputation thorough and conscientious must
cian with the faculty of organization, ability to COM
mand, clear head quick eye and ear unfailing self
| possession, and that bold enterprsng spirit which
Americans highly appreciate he has made himself one
of the few eminent conductors now in America, and
won a popularity which will doubtless be freely mani
| tested this season.
Mrs. Jenny Van Zandt. who returns to us under Mr.
| Rosa's direction, is well remembered IN New-YOrk,
where she formerly had her home and began years
| ago, her artistic The promise of distinction
which she then gave has since been fulfilled in the opera
houses of Italy and London Her in the English
capital was unequiyOcal There will be especial cordi
atty in the greeting extended by NewYork to lady
who comes OF NewYorks own daughters, crowned
| with the laurcls of foreign conquest.
Madame FabbrN luder is an old friend, who returns
after years absence Que WAS tsicciLcu ds
dramatic singer and will be pleasantly mbtrcd by
! host of old admirers. she accompanies Mr.. Runan
| and the Female Orchestra.
Mrs. Mouon, who is to make a concert tour in Amer
lea this season, has never yet sung as professional
artist but her abilities have been widely celebrated
that she cannot be called stranger to the public. she
returns her native country after long residence in
Paris and as the of her acquaintanccs is legion
and there is general curiosity to hear her. we presume
| otSha well fir il
her manager but informed that her concerts VIII
| be distinct from those of the Nilsson troupe
These are the chief Of the old friends and fayortes
who come back in the Fall They will not be alone
by any Nilsson will fascinate the whole city with
her MgnOn and Vioea, and Murgheritd; sweet-voiced
Miss Cary will show her pleasant face again. the veteran
BrgnO and charming Zelda Segun and Castle Campbell
and Others will reappear and new artists of repute will
to from Europe. OF these we shall have some
thing say In due season but first owe these words
OF welcome to the favores Of past seasons who after
| long absence ask once more for our hospitality.