New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-10-06

/ VITTORIO CARPY,
Who has made New-York his home.
of the story of ''Sonnambula,' and casts doubt
upon the statement In the handboOks, hitherto &C
cepted that Romani. Bellins ibrettst. borrowed
the plot from a vaudeville written by Scribe in 1873.
As early "a 1878 Lady Craven. afterward the
Margarine OF Anspach. published an English
@ on Of v ench nn GGme te @ hs by o
nambule: or. The Sleep Walker" Paer and Pic
cinni composed operas entitled ',sOnnambula" in
1897. and they were performed il Venice and Stock
holm. Romani himself provided H lo,,9 Cor
whose was produced at Mias IN
nambuia in Rome in 1879 < vulgar farce entitled
The Sleep Walker; or Which Is Which? Was
Theatre London in June. 1872, and reached New
99Tk sono n t enaded % G.
Mathews 0he elder; in NewYork the part was
great p o The CLIMAX Of both perform
s Sleep Himself an and mi
tations of kean Booth MaSready ana other greet
was acted u for the hrst time at coven Garden
thing Of 1T its KIND It crossed the ocean without
1 was performed at the National Theatre with Mr.
aRd r is ad in bn the story
is that of Bellins drought forward In lSSD
with few trifiing variations.
Interesting features of the essay are the story
of the demonstrations which drove Mr.. and Mrs.
Wood of the United States and the descrip-
ton of the ornamentation introduced in the prin-
Cipal airs by Jenny Lind ana Nine Fcfslan toii-
corning famous singers who have sung the part
of Amina the essay says:
The list of singers who have triumphs in the
role of Amina is practically the list OF al singers
of the last half of the nineteenth century When
Mime. Pasta created the part the distinction be-
light and dramatic sopranos. now so marked,
was less determinate. What was then looked upon
to be inconsistent with Reliability and voubility of
4tterance According to present notions NINE:
whom Bellini should have selected to sing the
! heroine Her voice was naturally a heavy one. and
in spite of all her efforts it never became wholly
tragic queen in this day Of vocal degeneracy. she
as n a tbSeh essenaR s q
| pie Rossini a devotee of expression In
Mote Norma nG and b IN the potency
of the Songs given to the pEuidf prestess is sun
matte singing-as witness Nine Lehman mann x,..ou
| were felt less two generations ago than now. One
| of the finest Amnas was Malibran. who set the
added soprano register which enabled her like
Alboni later to sing contralto and soprano roles
| with equal effectiveness. However; it was not the
| netic temperament and her passionate acting which
raised her TO the WgLngh peerless position . Wnlch
ances in La sonnambula we have the opinion of
Sisd erybng l conVdptinnaI Thus in the
sleep walking unlike other great representa-
tves of the part. whose muslin negligee would have
cap of the peasant girl and the loose garment Of
sleeper her tricot stockings transparent
this opera was exquisitely touching. her outbursts
of natural that she enlisted the sympathy
of her audience from beginning to end of the piece
, A similar devotion to realism or dramatic truth
| te mary assistance OF supernumerary in the final
frai bridge and seems in imminent danger of death.
| 81 should have been ashamed TO stand before the
had not really dome she say to one Of her
quisite singing Which placed La sonnambua'' high
among Nine; IAnd.s achievements, but the gentle.
ANNA In this respect fancy Nine GsTstsrS i'm
must have rsssembled hers. Neither in voice nor
with the gracefulness, smoothness and exquisite
taste the nobility of her portamento the purity
and eauaby Of her tone and the fa12natng
the manner in which Jenny Lind sang the exquis
ion of a royal critic In her diary queen Victoria
wrote; 1T was all piano and clear and sweet, and
could describe those long notes. drawn till they
and softer those very piano and hut.ike notes
and those round. fresh tones which youth
| Signor Vittorio Carp who will be remembered
| by patrons of the old Academy of Music as mem
Der of the Strakosch company in the of
| 1876 has taken up his residence in New-York
| Signor Carpi director of the vocal department
of the Chicago Conservatory of Music from 1890 to
1895. but before and after that period he taught in
various parts of Europe chiefly Milan London and
| Homburg. He counts Lady Curzon formerly Miss
| Letter. of Chicago among his pupils.
Mr.. Edwin II. Lemare, Organst at ST. Margaret's
| Westminster. London, will give organ recital In
| the South Congregational Church, Brooklyn on
| next Tuesday evening. Following is his pro-
| gramme:
| Romance in ID fiat ........
paroles. Tenure
FGgue IN u minor Bach
Aegretto tiFaalOso Fuchs
Etude Symphonique Bosst
Scherzo Holman
/ Improvisation.
The Gods wahaiia iRhein- Wagner
gold1
Nine Schumann-Heink and Emil Fischer will
| give song recital in the Academy of Music,
| Brooklyn, the evening of October IL.
| The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
! nounces a series of entertainments singularly
named Song and Violin Recitals,'' to be given in
Association Hail. October %. November 49, No
| vember u and December &c.
Mr. William. c. Carl will give three concerts on
the organ in the Temple OF Music the Pan.