New-York tribune., 1873-03-01
MUSIC.
,r.,1AN opERA-LA PAvoRITA.

srhr 'Snrinp season of Italian opera opened
at ne Academy Of Music last night, and Nine ucca was
welcomed back to New-York by a kindly ana srinaht
a,sonee There is promise OF special novelty during
this supplementary series Of performances; We shall
doubtless have repetition of the most popular works
that have already been tried ehail have the same
weak ehors and bartones and the same exasperating
auxliaries and IL may iadge from last nights oxpe
rience we shall have the same meagcr rehearsais
aud general shtessness Nevertheless there was soe
Improvement in the cast Of la Favorita which was
chosen for the opening opera. Sig. vzzan was susst
tuted for Sig Abrugnedo, and M janet took tho part
formerly allotted TO NJ Couon. vzran is by no means
brilliant al list. He is weak in concerted pieces and
ungracefu action and the compass OF his voice Is un
equal the demands Of every opera In which he has yet
been heard. Still he is much better singer than Mr.
Maretzeks other tenor, and his two great arias last
night the rergne In the first act ana the spH1fo
oeniir in the fourth, exceIeny delivered with
smoohness and pathos and In really good, unaffected
style. Big Sparapan usual, made little OF the King
TIC Only interesting feature Of the performance was,
of course the Leon0ra There Ia little opportunity Tor
until the third act and the earlier part OF the opera
| consequently dragged somewhat; but, after that'
Madame Lucca sustained the interest OF almost every
scene and brought what threatened to be dull evening
TO spirited close 1t is rather an actress than as
singer that she wins her brightest laures yet we nave
| rarely heard the 90 mio Fernando" more Deau-
| tifuy phrased, and more purely and evenly de-
| lvered, than ii was by her last night, anu sne
| finished :. the slow, first movement OF IT with
| O delicious trin which excited the enthusiasm
OF the whole house. 1t the last scene OF ALL at the
foot OF the cross that gives the finest display OF her
genius She makes the duet resound with superb iorce
In ante of the drawback of tame fernando, and the
curtain falls upon Of those thrilling dramatic SCENES
like the prayer in the church in Faust and the part
ing with Rao,d In the "Huguen0ts for which she has
made herself 30 famous. Altogether, we know OF no
opera which gives higher idea OF her abilities than
ia Favorita" Her Leonora is less sensational than
her MAJ ghed and less picturesque than her Sekd or
Mgnon but has fewer faults than either OF those per
sonatons and In tragic force is almost equal 10 the nrs
| of them. "a
| MUSICAL NOTES.
| Madame Clara BrnkerbOff gave recital
concert at Vmeland, NJ J last week. ia the FARMERS
| Club course
| A new symphony by Prof. +. L. Ritter will
be performed by the Brooklyn Philharmonic Society be-
| fore the end or the season.
| GounOd's "Romeo and Juliet" is meeting
with great favor at the Paris Opera Comque, with mme
| Molan-Carvalho as the heroine.
| Mr. Daly will introduce in the orchestra OF
the Fifth Avenue Theatre, next Monday, performer
on q curious wooden Instrument called Tue ASoe"f'
pbeon.
| Madame Arabella Goddard gave her farewell
concertrin London on the 18th Of February she Is
going to australia thence e9png @ 10 te ors onop IN pb
in England.
At the first of a series of concerts given by
NJ. GOunods Choir In London, the principal pieces on
| the programme were Requiem" "Pater Noster
chorus, two part-soDgs, and ballad all by Gounod,
| who oficiated as director and accompanist
Madame Parepa Rosa has been highly sue
cessful 1T Cairo in PuritaBi," Norma" " The HUI
gnepots." and Trovatore" and recently made great
hit in Marchetti's opera Of Ruy Bias, with CottOne
! and Carpi in the principal male parts OF the cast
| 1t is now formally announced that the
American OF Madame Adelina Patti is postponed
until 1876; has for time been well understood In
New-York that it would not take place tins year. Mr.
Stakosch have Nilsson for his principal star next
| he
mini or Capoul-or why should not both be engagedf
49,. lFor Fine Arts Drama Second PaysI