The New York herald., 1879-11-06


Carlo. .Signor Campaniui
An.on!o .ssnor GSsss g. s,d
Marchose. .signor Tebald
Linaa Milo Aiwina vaeria
Linda" again sung ut the Academy Of Music
last evening before large audience and with the
cast with exception. that sang it last week, NJ
David being the Prefect last evening in place Of
Signor Monti.
The initial performances at the Academy,
the opening of the Italian opera this
autumn. were far from satisfactory, and many
of the newcomers failing to equal the
pectations raised to their merits. there
was chill upon the by the public
disappointment that threatened to robit
of it's vitality. But the of Valera. the ap
pearance of Cary, and the almost constant casting
of Campanini Del Puente and Galassi in the various
operas materially raised the standard of excellence.
and the general merit noticeable in the Linda of
last Wednesday week and the admirable rendering of
''Faust" on Monday put almost an entirely new face
affairs at the Academy Had Mr.. Mapleson opened
evening public favor would not have first gone
against him and criticisms unpleasant to have to
write would never have been set down. lit is
too late to mend" and manager who can produce
the Faust and LINDA" of this week should never
ances. and he should be able also to do
well in the future that the past
may not alone be forgiven but forgotten
The effect of Monday noticeable in that
part of the Academy which is it were. the baroln
eter of popular opinion-the body of the house.
where are located the seats purchased by the gen.
eral public. Last evening there not alone an in
creased attendance there. but there was an evidence
OF better feeling existing among the occupants and
frequent expression OF approval
In the opera of last evening the same degree OF
cellence and many of the same minor faults that
have been already noted in the HERALD were mani
fest In all musical or dramatic performances there
must exist by the very laws OF nature. blemshes
which it is the province of criticism to point to
plainly to the beauties of the work, and the OBJ
ect we'll the effect of such declarations should
of the results attained and to encourage
| an honorable desire to excel Close analysis
with view OF exposing individual weaknesses. but.
| by comparison of that which should be with
that which ,. IS to point the way to better s
| many of the artists Of Her Majesty's Opera
| Company Is universally acknowledged unqualified
| criticism of their work would be not alone value
less. but useless to them to the public and while
| fault has been found and plainly detailed in much
| that has been done ut the Academy this season,
praise when it is due. is more than gladly given.
Mile. Valera sang charmngly last evening, and
her rendering of 40 luce df questa anima" was al
most fauitless There was liquid quality in the
notes that made the melody delicious. and if the
lack of portamento had not been noticed in her
| execution nothing but praise could be written
| of the famous solo. Her duos with Campanini
| aud Miss Cary were almost equally charming Her
| panini than with Mss Carys. and consequently
shows her to greater advantage in the former
somewhat in dramatic force when compared
| directly with unusually excellent actor
often fully compensated in one way for the loss Of
| dramatic force in another. As singer she is
steadily growing in popular favor and. while she
occasionally falls short of expectations in
detail the general of merit Is we'll sustained
To-day the strength of the troupe rests in her and
| Miss Cary, wherever it may be located later when
scores or new faces are presented by the man
agement.
that there is little to write to-day that is her
singing or OF her acting. Comparison with
former efforts is all that is left to do.
and ", WAY ha aad hat
her Pierrotto of last evening was very good indeed.
and as whole quite up to that Of last Wednesday
week. The ''Car luoghi ov' 10 passar was not thor
| oughly we'll done, but the "Per madre" was
| great Improvement on her former rendering of the
in the "Al bel destin" was most crcditable and
her conception of the entire music of the duo
| very beautiful
| Campanins was the musical success of the even
| ing. and 20 Gaassi belonged the special dramatic
honors. Campaninis voice never better exhibited
| the peculiar sweetness Of quality which has placed
him without rival in special roles The effect pro-
duced when he sung the "a consolar affrettsi, the
'.Se tanto in via. and the "E la che priemera
was matchess, and again showed him not alone
master of musical but possessed of feeling that
he can convey fully in his voice. Faults have been
noticed in his vocaization occasionaly-rarely-bu
last night observable in anything that
he did that could be mentioned in Legitimate crii-
csm.
cialassi as Antonio again made deep impression in
part in which Ronconi and other great artists have
made great names for themselves. Accused of inn
itation half his honors would bo gone. and 1t is alike
crcdiable to his talent and his good Judgment that
| he original rs well rs eXccllent. his VOcallsm
| was a success, his acting q triumph. Mention Of
all his solos, OF the various scenes in which he
made most admirable points cannot be done at
tended when a summary of them all is made and it
is said that ho did all things we'll. His 'maledic.
ton scene the dramatic climax OF the excellent
work which he had begun in the finale of the first
| act.
OF NJ David the less said the bctter--or rather
| tho more chartable--it will be. He is utterly mis-
| Placed Eand his defects greatly magni-
ned by the excellence of those about him.
| fha of bp
| cast was a remarkably strong one, making
! the performance, even with this one drawback.
! most acceptable to the audience and credtable to
| the management. The finale In Act third
! was, as BEFORE cut out and Arditi's
| waltz "L'Incontro" substituted, Mile. Vallcria
singing 1t charmingy. This substitution OF some
ARIA for the composers appropriate finale is
not uncommo in the performance. although the
good taste of such proceeding is to say the least
! questionable.