New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-16
PRAISE FOR TAMAGNo'
MS UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS IN oHlcA'o'
Not . BEAUTY, THOUGH HEROIC IN HIS PRO
.onr,oxs-rArrrs DEcLINE-AcoUsrlcS
an THE AUDITORIUM.

cnprroNS-pATTlS DisNhiN
or THE AUDITORIUM
a. A. ,here Is no domain OF human
,.,sr~ss more liable to be lmposeu upou ,oasure 10
,or ,han the operate. II Is an .o,adi,ed to
- W. hat the gifts and atainmehs ad Fran.
- rver have been rather uhuei-o' Iar a. he |
nc" rsm,cno whom you have yet 10 "'a,' -
cesco 'a"as ,h any tenor who has sung s'ioo
yo"u - rhere seems to be consue'"o'' W
N"no 49, counare him with Mario ny ~
49, A.. ,.,,.r Ri, while there may o0 -, ~,
h0ai1 Vs. ,Aor, ar. certainly obvious dsp"'i1l,'
49, who know Mario only by usdluo"' ~ piedmontese
-, . c,as. apart from that to whi0" :" =, ,o,,n ue
III he,onced Mario was 81 AP0 t,oh o,rsraliv
,oseessed the almost efemlnafe ga nrcscryes the
.o.ouron,es the Italian type tns' .,,t, q, his
sc'onps"%s a, the Greek The quaii'y Vi MS
phySU@ 0"N s,eadastly been uesciioeo
No'e -" Mt ,ompcramen was essehua"S "i"s,o'
- ueiO nus,cal Ills eye was a. s
ar lie was a Greek "no' ro' W 49,,
q" Or even choice, but rather " ' ~
80, Commission. adopted the nie % ''o ,rY,ch
s,s.o,srcd only upon 1t fhe ss'onsh'ns P'"0'
.''o,.ns uas developed by experience
siler""u g. not an Apollo. He is not a beauty NJ
,a,. sense Ior, indeed in any sense. lie
' Mas in stature and proportions 'nsesn Vi
elegant and graceful as Mario was OH INC s'aso'
asrno ,s heroic. He overops everybody IN every
10 a. not only a marvellous singer, he Is an
"pos"e h,s artistic individuality is not Greek. Ike
80, ord 20 far as ] am aware. does not extend
80 ,he ,ster arts by either phenomenal sympathy or
ao,naI knowledge He is artistic intellectually anu
su,rn,lally rather than aesthetcauy, AL efcd'
rSn,,re Of possible offence he may De oescroeu as
nov, Teuonc than Latin III MS arts''0
n..a- His striking figure, manly cafriage-us-
80 .,her than supple remarkably giaceIul-hls
ssted hut reflective face. and his habitual COM
.su-. combine with his physical pecuiiaties TO make
a. seem less italian than in fact he Is Inc natural
ZONE Of his complexion and hair is light Drown
uo wears a beard and mustache. which add 70 MS
,oustness but do not contribute TO the Idea that nc
resembles Mario -. - .,o+hoa
- ,,rn,tv and pontaneousncss. He cannot be
~.rororsy set down either tenore al grazlo NOR
,enore robusto. Happily be Is both. The delGhIlui
natnaness and Of his mode OF singing auu III
caculably 10 the attraction of his presence ana inc
beauty Of his voice We have heard Campanini, eve"
On HIS coed DAYS, sucE in the air of an suuiehco
chamber We have watched Wachtel carelul'S
climb TO the high in Di quella Pra. and throw
MI, n wonderful but abnormal note that astouhdeu
rsther than pleased Tsmagno sings cantaohe WIN
more grace than Campanin ever pos se'sed anu "i'o"
the slightest disageeable menncrlsm IN Dreaming vi
pbrasing while his reach for extraordinary noes Is 30
fluent 50 devoid Of effort that one wouh eN pect nu "
take an octive stin higher with equal facility men
tbo extraordinary note comes, II found perfectly
normal as suave and glorious his middle A, ana
ravishing in it's purity.
The and his voice are one. Inc sHsore u"
sllcence and his method are one. Indeed he never
stracts the listener with considerations OF melou
One does not feel inclined TO say that he belongs TO
this school or TO that He sings naturally ana spoh
taneously as Patti, but not let IT be added as per-
fectly as Patti He has slight fault in two notes, ana
their half notes above and below he sings them Win
little nasalty that there is possible peru tha' he
will sharp them. With this drawback-and II Is no
serious because his superb sincerity makes one forgot
everything elsehs execution is remarkably even ana
flowing Too often We have in the Italian tenoGs
voices only and not men. Tamagno Is man
FIRST and his powerful and serious personality pei
vades everything he does. His voice. al
rs full, seemed 10 defy the vast auditorium
10 challenge s resonant and echoles7 walls than ar
keen as a sword 20 cut thin tone and cruel as fatt
10 denounce false one. His voice shook itsel
vibrant with magnificent life. against the walls, anC
the contest ended in his triumph. After he had
poured forth some OF the finest and most Inspiring
phrases I'm the role of Arnold I'm "Wiliiam Tell he
seemed UnconscOusly enchanted Win the result
not because IT his voice. but because OF the purify
and truth with which the house returned the sound
every edge as smooth velvet, every aspiration II
The utterance not only inVolate, but made nobler by
the perfection of the disclosure.
This house made for me- was his remark
Tie Auditorium acoustics have received also the
unqualified Endorsement Of rati, whose candOr Is III
more TO her honor because It involves confession
her decline There was deep paihoS in her slngln
Of Home Sweet Home" Monday night on IN
Inauguration programme Every one VINO heai ,n ne
than ever before. But there was also present III
acute and painful conviction that she herself realize
that time al last had overtaken the dainty throat WhO
organ has not been equalled In our tIne ana Ih
pathos in her rendition OF the simple nelody was du
quite as much 10 this consciousness as TO any othc
cause. In Eckert's Echo Song which She gave
an encore she trOd her tlmd but wen trained
III ,Id fba frafI lpaf Ctp
fully assured. In Romeo and Juliet with which thl
opera season opened Tuesday evening, Patti face;
most fat;ering audience In numbers; ana II
svmpsthies were certainly excited in her behalf II
advance. But the acoustics OF the house pareo lh
truth beyond pretext recovery of Illusion 81
could moi arouse the audience in the least. II wa
pathetic but It true. Tamagno, the stranger
little known even 10y reputation rises towarn IN
frankness the beginning of her descent. ~
Tamagno is the Salvini OF the operate stage II
sSs have heroic roles or nc Is MOI a. MS Ger@s
than in italian opera, with obvious reservations
ne in his first fun prime of vocal quality, menis
cl.aness and physical symmetry; His voice, ssIl
command and presence constitute him heroic SINCE
ard actor far above any other this generation "a
n in music 1 ThefS seT sEGo place e II
SSsomcy face AND and unsracof hgae, her voice
han scaichfs but fully dramatic, while its regise
possibly little greater and It's resources not les
remarkable Her singing IS full of fire and her actin
together the old members well known 10 you and tn
new ones. is uncommonly strong II Italian 0per
possible not TO deplore that the glorious powers am
magnificent organ OF Tamagno should be frittere
away In William Tell"
Mr.. DALY's CAST FOR As YOU LIKE IT."
The east for Mr. Daly's production of As You Like
IL which VIII be seen for the first .ime at his theatre
IL FFfIA