New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-23

only seventeen years old when he wrote the drsra
ard ha, the money which It brought mn rom m
tary service had something TO DO with tne sensa.S
created by El Trovador as The pan, an,pssS and
absurd thing Is the Italian opera BOOK, h 10y
ing verds share In the M ~ the enc
scene which Is effective from both nusicss an ~
dramatic point OF view ana mark sc .ne the dresy
grooming OF the gypsy, the agonzed pleaains ~
Leonora and the harsh upbraidnss OF Manreo rs
blended In way which no lover OF MUSIC nesi3
hesita e TO admire. Cammarano. having expe,s~ 49,
two failures and one success Win ner1, ' which
was brought forward in January. 1853. between fo~
and five months after the death OF the bretsss ,h
that OF Verdi Andrea Manei ne ,,. LANAI ssS
translator OF some of the works q MI,9a . ~
Ra 0Sse IKE knd masf in 'nf the 8ean list
dier but his ,p 100, stoPPS' literary
FOR the work OF libretto writing ana not yss
s 70 the wsr@ OF as and
Mafei who introduced Boito to Nerll anu nna, " s,
brought abo1, the association Ass TscH "a ns age les
vepres Sciliennes. its original te ind,I 1 -.
was written to French words the authors n cs or
like Les Vepres Slciennes was written for tai ID
and the authors Of he book were n. Srose
Of Aida under the eye Of Verdi at SAM . nsS
the eomposer as pu LocT b nl seas embodied in
Impressive trial OF Radames and the maj sem s
with It's double stage Du Locle confesSes came '0'"
Antonio Ghisanzoni to whom the book o. vA1s
prose into Italian verse In his early He Ghissh.
zoni was barytone singer but at,s &c wueaie a
Writer and WAS EdHr OF The Snyoisd friend and
sd%rer OF Verdi to when Paia Arts
tche" Ghisianzonl died a year or TWO ago, ara
some OF his last works were TRANSACTIONS o' p''"'
The collaboration OF Verdi and Boito dates i,o,n "a
the year 1882 when the PostcSmpo'er, y Tss whcs
ysYs the Sesn of tine ' to
Universal Exhibition held that year IN l-ondon am ~.
nas wr BESIDE. 0rs5es 9f ana and
speaks correctly. King Lear for VERDI !, .n.
turn to an old ambition Nearly forty years ago ~
author OF the book OF I'm Ballo In Maschera. 10
treat Shakespeare tragedy but he never s ss ma
made too much OF play and too little OF jns,ists
skeleton out OF 4 tos he was an able bic aa Iams
" sAs al safs'y nt' nor @
noss dsy @hsS a ,so'e used
provide so much OF the lifeblood OF "Rlsois MA
ne now shows have been greatly advanced BY s az
association with Arrso Boio. who is In everSs sr
a remarkable man. poet. musician a 'n'n"'''
There is happy combination Of Nor;hf in BcIss
His father was an Italian, his mother lastly syr
From both he might have inherited me in.s.ii
@, b %h'f he ,endsneS s to
temptation. which may be noticed IN ms n 10
tofele even IN the stunted form III
presented nowadays. II surely the fruit OF ms Z
ternal heritage and his studies In Germany go
BoIto completed the routine OF the Milan CoiIJ' ,hs
tory he spent great deal OF time IN Paris an y" in
larger German cities. engr)ssed quite as muenn ss
the study OF literature as OF music ana nj t,nso
follow ed his inclnatlons and the advice OF n"SS
who gave him letter TO Emi,e di Girarslna %. 81
,ns co naTe Sr'' Mens,ofee" and poet OF
"Otello' and "Fastafr But Girardln was mi, ,TS d
much occupied with his own affairs when p''s
presented himself to attend to him. and a.t ssrs
tiresome and vain wait he went TO foiani, w al
for want Of something else 70 DO he sketchn scame
opera on Goethes "Faust'--the same thar oeo az
"Menstofeie" and caused a commotion on us n.sS
production In March, 1865 when II was proarssssrs
at La Scala like unto that created seven ''~
before by 'Tannhauser'' In Paris. T., the
since his first opera Boto has given none " mas
public. though II 10 an open secret ina, Anal ~ Of
completed a "Nerone' and done great uess' va
work on an "Orestiade" In music the 500 .. sl 10
idoatry IL Bach. after whom he thinks Ma atcs I'm
Beethoven Verdi and Meyerbeer the greassv Iii
posers each ir his aeld. As in the case Of sn 70
boIto's friends try 10 mlnimze his oblIssuV,n nda.
Wagner but the evidences Of the German x.,ooSed
ence on both are too obvious 10 De ove..vSsr"
with half an eye. Without "yeistsr.snpssse
there would never have been "Fa!stanA .pes
has translated Tristan and Isolde ana
Liebesmahl der Apostel" into Italian.