The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-01-23 00:00:00

XING'S 711P:ArKE.

A new mehodransa wet produced last tAglit, es.
titled The Boron of DoiskeiM, the charactert of
Which ere thus cast
Frederic, Kiaß of Prassia...•ll4oor CASTOIII.
Coy/o, Statue of Dulabeint Signor onuon.
Major of the King's troop
florlore, Canal de Fetuels, I .
aignor PLucci.
Capisis in the Hussars
Nigger DI inivantlial, Go.
MOO? Of a Castle on the rsSigaoe Camelot.
Oasts of the Oder
Darehters of the t Madame Ca coats".
Datildet Governor f Signora CARADOIII.
&eadt a half pas Corporel, t Signor Ansaotterts.
•isailias friend of Carle
The plot runs thus :—The young Baron having
Wien into disfavour with the King. Is sent as a ph-
boner to be kept in the castle of the Governor,
named abuse. He there encounters Amelia, who
has bye previous interview, though unknown, crop-
Wilted him. M. bondage is, of course. very plea.
lent ; but Frederic pusses that way. .and discovers
the iappy state of his prisoner's captivity. The
Baron is condemned to forego his privilege near the
Kiag in the action shoot to elope; he makes his
escape from the close confinement to which he is
doomed, and has the good fortune to stay the flying
forces of Frederic, sally them buck to the
forlorn battle, and secure the victory, himself
bring unknown. He • finally escapes throulth
the intercession of his mistier's, his fliend Brandt,
end, above all, *hen duly explained. but own gal•
lint services in the affair, the sentence of ignomi-
nimsdeeth which had Wien oil him for breaking
prison. There is plenty of plot and material in I
these sketches for an opera; nor can any res.
eonable fault be found either with the selection or
"tonduct of them. The incidents are highly di.
terrified within the compass of the plot, and
give opportunities for the display of the musi.
con of the most favourable kiwi. The composer
is GIOVANNI Pact!' I. who is at present new to our
stage. Hr will not continue so alter last night.
There are weaknesses end Homeric eleeptiesses in
some of the composition,; but wherever the run of
the incidents end the play of the passions will allow
edit, the genius of the composer is found actively
4' alive to each fine impulse." He has in softie
cases trenched close within Mower, as though he
would question hie particular right of possession
in Parnassus bat it is done with great circum-
spectneva, and in such a way es to establish an
original claim to the weird of genius. The first
act, as in most operas, is by far the most effec.
tire, taken together. The second would per.
hips afford the meet gratifying selections. To
pass over • great variety of fine passages, in the
first there is a mean by the chief gruupe (the sub-
ject being the delectiou of the hero's pleasure in
otttitiemetit by Frederic, mid his judgment pro.
Dammed thereupon), preceding she first flank,
which is full of seentific contrivance, and shows
off the multifarious working of several passions in
severel individuals, with a complexity sod plain.
nets quite overwhelming to the senses ;. it was rap-
turously encored. Thy same honour was done td
/*seem preceding the lastifeek, mood with still mere
esartasb, just before the fastffeale. The subject
is, the tote/cession made by the parties before
Minded to fur the pardon of the hers. This
Apposition is exquisitely wrought op; and
saes it is relieved by the joyous announcentesit
of remitting the sentence, has a corresponding
edict on the mind of the auditor to that which
may be supposed to be produced in the pri.
soma on the change of his fate—so perfectly had
the musician figured forth the causes which in
that regard influence the feelings. It would be in
vain to select all the passages of beauty mid inte-
rest in the music. It will suffiee for the present
to say, that in developing the sway which the lyric
drama Ins over the mind, PACINI has coneideva.
bly eularged the apporent boundaries, and is to be
quoted, MOZART always excepted, as one of the
chief composers which the last Ina century has
produced. The pert of Frederic introduced a
Signor CARTONt to this stage. He has neither
figure nor face; 'but he his r tolerable good bass
voice, which, contrasting his singing with AN-
Gomm's, pries in softer modulations what it
loses in the exercise of the plero cote. He
was well' received, and sustained his part cre-
ditably throughout—though the part itself has
less of the ingredients of operatic character in it,
thew any which can be named. AaCDIOOETTI
crowded new laurels into his wreath. lie made a
perfect and whiuniteal on of the Mg devoted
soldier and friend Brandi. His solicitation of the
King in the fort instance for the pardon of Carlo,
an a scene of very rich humour, and provoked
comiderable laughter. But it was nothing to the
overlowiog and honest glee in which he recites the
battle deeds of his favourite hero, and an checks the
. purpose of alit King in condemning him to death for
disobedience of orders. Of a like pleasantry was his
sly shaking of hands with the prisoner before
the remittance of his sentence, whereby he sought.
to convey to him an intimation that he was
is no danger, uutwithstanditig he was match-
ing to execution, the King bring present. Of
Madame Ceti/mans it is superflunes to spy,
that. she sang with spirit, fine taste, and great
execution. All this she does commonly ; but,
perhaps from the novelty of the moo, she secured
greater advances than ever upon the favour of the
sodium', '• and had her claims allowed." Her first
•sone, ut which she apestrophiees the image of her
Wet, wisher limey presents him to her, there was
till the exalted glow of imagination- which devotion
to the Move cin best inspire with that Linguishiug:
of affectionate delight which seems to gratify the
heart most when most oppressed by it. Signets'
CARADOR2 sustained the part of her waiting-moult
suttubly fine conduct, both of manner au&
)Luce, and the hatter 'of youthful happiness in
seicli her person sod senses stem bound, 11111S-
toed some measure of its influruce to all who
sew or heard tier. CURIONI ouppeeted the part of
0,,,0 very respectably. PUCCI. acquitted himself'
"Ol of his matte in all the combined- 'parts—host
I,umour in acting is not natural and. prompt enough
tell effectively. We have not seen an opens'
upsti ithsifit•se much excellent new scenery has
boo bestowed fore long time. There are SIR new
',""lt all of very choice arid equally
'oooy execatiou. One of itteni,• which 'Tepee-
": cts the fortress and Sleights defended by Carlo,
I Very fine perseectiver A thvertiteMent uP

Considerable lentil *as introduced between the
acts. The two new Ranters, M. BARBS and M.
MERCABDOTTI, made their second ap.
penitence, and were Well received. It. would be
cruel to compare them with Mons. and Mad. ANA.
TOLB, bat they are Meritorious performers. BARRI
endeavours to mike up in agility what he wants in
stature and grace, and as a tumble dancer he is suc-
cessful. MancANDorri also has power rind veloei-
If, but her style wants eontml to give it a generally
•foe outline. The ballet of Putsdore succeed.
'ed, and again called out those achievements of
ALBKRT, the ANATOLKS, end DR VARENNES,
which have received such honourable notice and
marked distinction before.

The house vras fashionably crowded.