The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-21 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

Don iza les grand opera, " I Martini," after several
postponements, was performed last night, with great
splendour and success. This opera was one of the com-
peer's latest weeks. It was written for the Paris stage,
sad produced about 1814. The libretto was by Scribe ;
and the piece, in its coustruetion as well as subject, has a
considerable resemblance to the " liuguenote." The
drama as a lyrical version of Conseille's celebrated
tragedy of Polyeticte, handed os the penned.
of the Christiana under the Ileum empire. The
scene is laid in the capital of the soma prosiise
of Arliankit, of which Feliz is greerser. His daughter
J'amona ia the wife of Polyiitais. a oak Siessa, whir les
secretly embraced the Mistime fel& iNdlissttss sod his
fellow Christian, me in the eosins of passing the ribs of
their eclipse' in the sablenensen eileemaba el the city.
Owe of thine, the seam* Mood of Pfslistais, is dissevered
to be • Christian, sad alas seaverled • Roman le his
faith. Thee& imposed as twine, he reams to divulge'
the same of his esenert, ea which Polritais publicly defies.
himself the friend and invert of Neare.a. sled skim his
dem. Peak" Mamas loonies cilsat Issistamrs wIM
aid Midis it b kin., elite him is hie pima, sit,
beteg bluetit esemetedr botemes slum with him aid his
Meads a map le the M., being thrown to wild beasts
Is the polls sigeltbeetre.
This is Weft alt subjest Mar ea opera. Betting aside
Me rapese tieweeter, im esivsilsi is toe uniformly dark
end slash... To give it asses relief, love, an emeutial
meal if spas, is introdesed. before her unions
with Peipearter, has bees botrethed es a youth who wee rep-
zehar: p- fished in battle. This young man, after a
peeled. reappears as &swam who has bee. seat by
the , as pre-esseal of the province, with a timed►
ekes eatenaleate the Chrietiaa• The lovers meet, with
their lionase helings saantiagpennon,niehed ; bat Pasilineer caw
kve triumphs over her aid Swerve vainly
etemspes tem. bar hem her doom.
The ermaing ef the *MI is impeumne. The Neese ia
the eatameake, in whisk the Ode.=ss meenabied for
tlevideo. The bpm by them is maim is pkia,
dente, and mime. eatemied by a ausa of
Mamma ladies, comes le the UM Pam to_parions some re-
ligions rites at the tem. a Ire mother. They lag • hymn
as Pistserrikse. the light eitirester se which is well con-
trasted with the mum of the Cheistkos. Pissilises, left
ale. by the tomb, sings ea inesestiso to her mother's
an sir of gnat beauty aid engeemlea. la this air,
Men Julienne, the new prime dome, Ramie her
Int immense on the sadkait, whisk we. en
Monewag to the mid el the spawn This lily,
, who is hens the Grated Opus of Paris. I pow semi
peeing a appeorame. Bat vale it a high and peourild
soprano, very clear, aid ormewhot Yuma ia polity
aid formation. Sh• sometimes ommtmias it, when it be-
ammo too piereiag ; bet it is • See ups, and she pesemses
brilliant and finished szendite, will poet wsp sad
passion. While Pissihne ressaiss by the look she fora
the Christian bras at a distance, aid is shunt te Qy I.
tenor, when her husband sad the Christie. seas, sad she
discerns with grief and hornet that he law is the
hated sect. The itemise brim the irk as tll. 111. eat,
which is written with great breadth. viper, ami army of

lia the Wenn set, the prereonsel &wren nein hie tri-
nanhel entry, one of the nest eplendid sad
it
patents we keys ever nen aria the step, 41=11
seemed, the whale rencerees of this pest
wire ethereal. Troops, priests, lin" anshisam,tled
pm it endless wars{., is the Wit et nalllesin et
spectators ; the eastanse st every slew bang admirably
appeepriate. then thin mas • beast Ise the entertals-
neat of tllB aiIPINIM he every Ten& were, howmr
wine, nut hen • been ; but C
dr nu the lent engem
fel part of mailiden The aft less Imillibtent,
sad ass a tellers inesenplas to Oho ensue of tho maks.
The semis se the spend met le met In • Ivey hippy van
The wmatag ef Aran sad Illsverak polneine d Inn
neap suedes to ton, haus the bide • bed tba Andes
failed to In the comporn The ;seal per an
nen eamnia-place, sad the oechestral is little
better Um oohs.

yassiessite seam between Peedine sad imam which
opens the think est, items a deer which .stein assay
hseetkr, and wee very /fee by Male. Mimes srl
BARCOI3I. whose whole of the damelise ef
Severna wee worthy of high vegetatioa. Ora
the snbssimat mew between Perm
us bar beihsad.
The air wag by 'Embed& la this some, "sepreme
',gyn." is earmidtdy raw, and ddieloody ocessapanied
lry too riolomidhe end the soft vied instremeab. In
the neat sone, whoa Primares teeekar b diner himself
to death for the sole el ble Mead. Hs or 'II sobs ad
logo tempo," woe ems with ramisidng easigy, mad w-
aived with reiterated esehimmiens heat sit pgamctlss of the
home. The premises, beam= dr hmheaisadwMfa
the last set .arias semsel beentim both of melody and
=premiss. flair* ease of all, the att=zrele.eeNne
the martyrdom of the Orris ia the
awkwardly meresged and enreadmi the yew of the
ridieolous. It ought set tarry le Imiesp ewe alters.
liens.
In these hasty remarks we mall may nabs a very dew
praninent points. We mast dd, Ygeasmi. that, timot
Ids owe is mere solidly and weftift dna
esse==rorks, yet it is only k the mashuslion
that the intympemear h gmeeldble.
cd,.. melody ems Is mash that is *able aid memos.
glees. sad pwwty of inweadea is elm wend by ask..
The gimme hr, iaiaad, lima enseedbity ennemerel ; het lie
maw les bees es mash owing to Mdmimallerat style In
width it her be. get leg. lad to the einfrebie negng sag
aging, as to its own intrinsic its.