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London, England, 1860-11-27 00:00:00

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MUSIC.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, 00TRET-GABDEN.

The operetta, The Marriage of Georgette, en-
sconced for some time at this theatre, was produced last
might with immense moons. It is an adaptation to the
dogfish stage of Victor Muses piece, La Now cit Jose*
isafte, which hu had (and very deservedly) a peat run at
the Opira Comique. It is one of those pieces which on the
old Italian stage were called Interne :2i, and to which Pee-
gold's fumes dine Pedrosa, which a hundred veam age
mode des mead of all the intaiorl theatres in Swops, and
mainly ocatributed to make the Italian mode popular in
Frame, below. It Orin one act, sod ha only two character',
a young purist aodr his floncie, enacted by Mr. Cord and
Was Looks Pyne. The plot, of counts, is ea simple eh
possible ; very gay and somewhat extravagant, bet
pretty withal, and not destitute of interest. The
young couple are piing to be married • the
village all alive with festivity ; the pair are at:wading
before the Mayor, and the oaremony is beginning when
Jacques, the bridegroom, soddenly take* fright at tles
prospect of matrimony presented in so formidable a shame,
and tau to his heels sod seeks refuge in his own Pottage,
leaving the poor little bride said all the nuptial party in
state of wonderment and dismay. While he is congratt-
lating himself on his escape, Georgette makes her appeal-
luau, and a scene ensues of remonstrance on her part add
of stupid embarrassment and dogged obstinacy des
his, till her spirit rises, and she dismisses hint with
dissembled indifference and contempt. He rooms to
his companions, flirts with some of the girls, and returns to
his cottage pretty considerably drunk. Georgette reap-
pears, sod, after frightening him with the intimation that
her father (an old soldier) is coming armed with pistols, to
cell him to account, she gets him to sign a paper which she
tells him is the marriage contract, ensuring him
that she will not sign it, but want. it only to show the
village that she has refused him. Having got it she tails
him that she has changed her mind, and intends to remain.
Whereupon Master Jacques gets into a pumices, breaks the
furniture, and ensconces himself in the hayloft, where be
falls asleep. Meanwhile the little bride seta to work,
makes the cottage tidy, by saw chairs and tables brought
by the help of her friends (a feat not very intelligible), sad
has the table nicely laid for supper. Jacques, when he
wakes astounded at the comfortable appearance of his
deridi is
ng, charmed with his bride's pretty behaviour, and
ashamed of himself. The neighbours enter, and the piece
osmiludes with a jocund chorus.
he music is very light and pretty, and like the music of
all the popular Parisian composers of the day, quite of the
Amber school. The pariank portions, where a rapid
dialogue is carried on, suffer a good deal front the language,
it being impossible to give the English words the light and
tripping character of the original French, although the
adaptation is cleverly executed. Some of the melodies in
Georgette's part are graceful and tender, particularly the
acing, " Fly nimbly with your work, my fingers," which is
graceful and tender ; but the prevailing character of the
music is great brilliancy. One air—
" Sweet bird, like thee,
I'll chain, with love's melody,
is it sort of dialogue between the voice and the dote in the
ordhcatra, which represents the nightingale, and is fell of
passages as florid and difficult as anything we bare
ever heard, nor have we ever heard anything
more brilliant and finished than her execution. Her whole
performance of the character, moreover is delightful—
light, piquant, and playful, with an admixture of feeling
and tenderness which heightens the interest of the piece.
Mr. Coni's personation of the young French peasuil is
lively and comic, and his singing exceedingly good. The
instrumentation, which has much of Auber's graceful
variety, receives of room every justice from the admirable
arched=
The performance was received throughout with the
warmest applame ; and this pretty opera, we cannot doubt,
most be permanently attractive.

DRAMA.

WE JAMES'S.

A young Servian lady, Mdlle. Albina di Rhona,
who has made a great .section in fit Potersburg, made
her first appearance last night in a little 'ketch written for
the display of her talent se a dancer. Very pretty, and
with • little elegant figure, eirpreeeive face, and graceful
action, Wile. di Rhona soon won the favour of the audi-
awe, sad wee greeted in each suoxesive pas with thaaders
of applauee. In the little skeleton of plot of the piece
(which is called Snack for Smack) she personates a young
French girl, who so captivates an soldier that he
fi=es for her sake • dieee to avenge an
offered by • Preashataa to hie sister by task*
the note of the drat French girl he encoastered, and
Lally abstracts • kir from the savage Briton. The
Cmoovienoe, the Etusaire (our old friend the
Fling, we thought, made faahiocable far • et.,arbd es%
sudiesce), and one or two other dances, were performed
iiri.l.mat spirit and lade, and the roam:lmmo well
by the blunt absurdities of hfr.