The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-11 00:00:00

Y. AdVll/8 NEW OPERA "BBECTILANRUM."

The managers of the Grand Open at Paris hare
Joel teoeght on,, with mach Meta and magnificence, the non
wash .fferveknewn„ compond by M. Fe. Mill David, and
written by MIL Mery and Hadut. We are indebted M Gar

kreiroCa:Mistagger for the taws* description end aid.

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"The soma Is laid in the city of Herculaneum, almost ot►
the are of ita dotranlom, but than donna:kin Wall 'tailor,
under Olympia (Kam Borgbi-afamo), Altar of Nicatme,

the Procoiteoi d &oda Maim, whocaile bee Invaded with

royal authority, sad who has been crowned at Rome. The
that scene discloses the palms of the Quin with a crowd of
courtiers sad populace, displaying ths various costumes of
diadem, Greeks, end Litres ito peopled this ancient Gre-
cian colony now fallen under the Roman sway. Two Chris.
thins have been noised by the people in the act of praying,
and are draggy' before the antitoriies for condign minielt•
meat. These are Helios (Roger), en Resters prima
whe ha. embraced the new faith, end the other
Lola (Yens Onaymard), hie adhered bride. Olympia,
who la a kind of incarnation of the epirit of Astarte, resolver
to reconvert Helios from his new religion, and commenced

a sown of seduction in which she is but too sumeestd i
abandons his promised bride, and bexame a elan MIN
beauty of Olympia. Ws are nett transported to a iamb=
valley, with barren rooks 'arm minted by a rode ma;
where the promoted Mistime assemble to worship, ball
they are dispersed by Mesmer sad his soldiery. The al&
left Glove with Lelia. &dens an ardent passion for her, eml6
being rejected, le about to employ force, when the ores
soddenly lighted up with electric fire, end &eat/ale&
. .

~like. 'the' ravtolte; to the carat. Thu, inisolool4m

miracles seemed to mate mach stupriire among the wales
tors, which was not st sll dammed when they beheld •
may tunas open like the orator of Vseavhis, and no lam
a proosage than Saran, is proprie pdrams,': starts sip
therefrom. The evil one speedily gives the audit.*

to understand that ha is a; war tooth and mail with this.,..
Christians, sod commenose the campaign spinet them by
awaking the jealousy of Lelia, who has already dark form ,
Dealings of the dangers of hie lover's faith, upteed to the
hactuatioas of her beauteous deal. Oa expressing a with
that her eyes mold pierce the wills of the Palate Mandit;
the demon cause the reeks to sunder, and the interior of the
glittering boudoir of Olympia is shown to her, with the •
voluptuous queen reposing es a luxurious ouch, surrounds&
by slam and Hellos at her fee, repeating a tender lute
Wain be had sung to her (Lelia) in the tint act. This
is vary affetive; the oriental splendor of the mesa
grouping of the figures in the back-ground, with the
despair of Lelia and the menaces of Satan In the haat,
forming a fine and moot dramatic contrast. la the next
sat we find the apostasy of Helios completed; be ohms
the throne of Olympia, and, surrounded by the
wanton pleasures and magnill one. of the Bast, his former
love and Cbri.tianity seem equally forgotten. A ballet takes
place here, representing the JIM of Bacchus, of which WM.
Banns Livry is the great ornament; and though muss
what too mythological, the taste and skill of the
grouping and gorgeous effect of the costumes, with the
grandeur of the architecture and dazzling luxuries°,
of the surrounding gardens give the tablets a splendour '
mad Maul not often reached even et this theatre, where
ft bus keg ego been sad the Nome-pester and the
belletuaster enceopolies all the poetry to be found in it.

The oboe* of Lawry Ina nand with inuaesee en-
thusiasm, awl the ballet oa the whole nowt be widows we

uss.t popubir tars tbelip!rs. tir masiNe-

bintrthe illethlistemees el the city and 1t rases I. NM.
dews apes fe the week of heaven, and the unheedlig
reveilles ese mired their impending fate toz
kind al imelle Oeseemlins Mognue by seas%
admonitimm et by the Queen and her people. At •
Meth the. Mel here erica: Teenvius roars with the
seethe temps* emd Ostia, gulch to add to the elements of
the eta, week the beam. of inearrection through the die.
teseesd lend. Team aims every heath Hobos inthherre
end eleethe the perks of his °alleged Lelia, sad la by her
Woe to * /kin, while the terrible volcano pours he
tug lava apes the doomed city. The Queen end her adhere*
saner ea shifty tome, yet film hem the flery torrent.;
Beta mine In theenmult and *eye the storm,' while the
deeermedes Sams le efiveacing from column to column
end sales elm* der temple. The whole stage la
sow dime aegmenledss el cos of Martin's mama-
these hileleal pieteme eagemenging the destruction of
Nineveh, snit a mean lespealegeight ft is difficult to imsgieu,
The finale of the le lost m the fracas sr excitement
produced by the otholndieg scene, and in this
deputhent it is to be feared will be the real ate
traction of Hereelannois. Si. David proves himself now as
beret Kure, s symphostrit of the trot urdor, but in the wield ,
porthole of the work be Is unequal, and, we must add, gear
rally deficient In strength where power and grandeur me
required. As on simple, we would point to the derbies
lanittr and chorus in reply to the denunciations of Maga*
which should empress scorn, defiance, and popular fury fm
their strongest term. But it is far more element to speak of
the writs than the Maisel a moo of genius, and we will,
therefore, turn at once to the first couplets of Olympia,
Bois, buds co vin,' admirably given by time. Borghi-llama
and the delicious melody is the same scene sung by
Roger. The sir of Mine. Gucymard, in reply to the
menaces of Satan and the Insults of the Queen, Jai-
vered with a sublime enthrufeen by this young
to mother of the choice morreaux of the opera. But
the duo in the last set between this lady and Roger le -
probably the finest composition David has yet produced; lb:
le impicedble to unite MUM with the sentiment to be me,
premed more perfectly re more sweetly. The diem is
argullite, and Mose. Gurynised throws her entire soul late the •
execution with a fervour that rouses the auditory to reel
enthcaleare. This character is by many degrees the finest
is the pump, both marital and dramatic, end it is but • just
oomplintere to the fair artiste to add that since the digs of
Mlle. Falcon no ginger of the Grand Opera—in voice, senti-
ment, mid mere/eon-1m been more conspicuously success-
fel in rendering service to a new work. Mme. BorghliMenso
also mug eliesintegly, and the chereftes of Olympia in alto-
gether inferior int/surest to Lelia. M. Roger acted the cha-
meter of the apostate prince admirably, but his voice in singing
does little justice to his intention. M. Ober msde a most re.
spectable Devil. Of the libretto the lees said the belt r. The "
▪ ane e admixture of Eastern and Greek endßomen manses,
Christian mirecles, and heathen mythology, ell micgled sp
with other bizarreries, render it difficult to believe the
authors were melons in writing ft, or, if serious, sane. Al
all emote, It seems what Junius all the madame al „
poetry without lie inspiration.' Whatever, however, be '
the difference of opinion on other points these can be now
un
the merits of the meek artist,. Every scene is •
sppolendid talmn some of course superior to otthrs, bat ail
diephying the taste, imagination, and executive akin el the
genuine orbit. They are due to the pencil of MU. Devi
pled*, Cashes, and Thierry."

Sir H. Bulwer and Lady Bawer attended& peat ••
utecosto bell, given by the members of the Oriental Wise .
at Constantinople, a fortnight ago.
"On Saturday evening hut," says the Levant
Heald, of Meath 2, " there wee a grand performance of the
2raMato et the new Imperial Theatre at Dubria-batola."
The carnival at Rome his concluded without an
disturbance. A letter written darted the progress of Oka
fils says The minks and carriages have been most nu-
merous, and this joyous manifestation hes been favoured by
delightful weather. The balls of Argentina and Apollo have
attracted immense crowds of people. In the evening the
asturement of the vioeeeleai, or combat of lanterns, was
carried on with great spirit. This divereica, which is peculiar
be Rome, consists in a kind of fight with a lantern, a wax
light, or • t wch. Every masker caries one in big had, sad -
the fun consists to endeavouring to extinguish year neigh.
boar's light, and protecting your own. It In the Corso which
is more particularly the scene of this popular amamenent."
The Aerpaberry Gazette announces that at Munich, •
Nines den beck, the Chamber in a secret sitting imanimonelp;
voted a credit to the government cf 111,000,000 thetas far
military purposes; e'so, that the Chansber edopted an address .
to the King explaining Its maltose for the vo'e.
Some months ago the Univers published the
most circumstantial description of an atrotioos crime coma
mimed by some Jews of Fokcbeny, in Wallachia. They bad
seised on a Christian lad end bad subjected him to the most
horrible martyrdom Micro petting him to death. The stette-1.
mat of the Univers was too important to be paired over *
seems by the Wellachisa authorities, who eonseguntly
spectated a commission to investigate the matter.
somisialea, which comprised delegates from the French,
English, Austrian, Pruden, and Russien consulates at'
Buthersa, nod a Walachian deputy, has concluded Ea
Ishontes, end palelish.d a report which proves the assertiong
of the Univers to be false from beginning to end.
, The Levant Herald (Constantinople) of March 2,
brats a Ant warning," addressed to it by the Ministered
Foreign Affairs, co sapless of some enicturce upon the ma-
' duct a/ one of thentembere of the cabinet in connexion
wf
the new Lards' Back. The Herald vitas this comma,
cotton "%latter rare in IMO, than in anger,' and Ws;
—" Be tie risk rioliolel displetam» what it may, so lose NI
h oar joined is peneltMl to appear we shall continue, whsh
00011111011 asset, to otter isgidinste coomaast on whatever oar
arm the voltam of Ifs mmittay, sod espeolally on whatever
• Aisle she deeply Mahal Warm* of Englishman here aat
▪ home. If sera Macias be nnwelcoem to those whom
• may oceimm, we know the worst ; eft if that ems, lhavello
ell mersalate the motives et oar scperseice."