The New York herald., 1878-11-07
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rrALIAN orERA-.-..poN aIoyANNI. :

ZerlIna Mile. Minnie Hank
Donna Anna Nile rarodi
An uneven. but on the whole. very agreeable per-
formance of Mozarts most delightful opera was gwen
last night. In former representations which TINS
niastcrwork has had here. the prominent feature
has been the cast of the lady parts. oh
This occasion it was the ensemble that
challenged admiration. for the usual powerful
sriumvirate Of soprsni lacking. With the excep-
tion Of Miss Haulp the lady artists We're not com
parable with their predecessors III the parts Miss
Hauk was altogether charming Zerlina. Her
performance was notably unobtrusiye. and
the artist exercised throughout repres-
sion that gave uniform finish and smoothness
10 the interpretation There times, as in the
..Basti BATH and in the la ci darem, where some
thing more of abandon TO be desired but the
..vcdrai carino" was sung wonderfully well. Few
artists could have given the cadenza with which Miss
Hank oramentcd the aria with such perfect phrasing
Nine snico was not pleasing Evira, although some
Of her high notes were tellingy delivered Nile Pa
rodi considering her incxpcricncc in parts Of this
ysnie made u creditable Donna Anna. Her voice
seems to improve with every hearing Of it. Dra-
matcally she could not and did not fill
the requirements of the part; but she sang
most of the music acceptaby. II not m
the most finished manner. signor Frapolii had
better opportunity Don Ottavo than il Alfredo the
only other part which he has appeared this
The pbre OF his voice is not especially well suited to
the lcgato passages in which this part abounis
out lie overcame most of the difficulties
of the score more than creditabiy, and
sang all the music of the part, including the rarely
given "paila pace in The first act. In this he
barely touched instead Of sustaining the lower d. and
made heightened quarter note Of the upper q,
written eighth note, but the alteration of the
latter if unustiiiable musicaly, was effective and
the trying intervals OF this song render some liberties
xcusable. He sang the II mo tesoro, especially the
closing phrase, superbly. Signor Del Puente acted
Don Giovanni exceptionally we'll and sang the Deb
vieni" admirably. His singing of the drinking
song" in the first act, lacking in delicacy and
ineffectivebut who but Maure has sung this air
here it should be given Signor Foil proved to be
happily suited 10 Leporelo. There was no exception
to be taken to his low notes this time and muscay
the part seemed if created for him. His acting
somewhat deficient il and finish. Signor Pyatt
made an excellent Commen1Rtori and Signor Fran
cheschi tolerdble NIasetto The chorus fairly cx
ceed the best of its previous efforts. Not III many
year has the Liberty chorus been stirringy
dcred. The orchestra all that it could be
with the number of instruments it has More
needed to do full justice to Mozarts The
music Of most of the numbers last night exercised its
usual spell upon the audience and encores thick
and fast. All of Zerlina's numbers. the "Maskers'
trio. Leporellos solo in the first act and Don Gic
vannis in the second were redemandcd. The in
clement weather detracted somewhat from the usual
large attendance