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London, England, 1822-04-15 00:00:00

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• OPeRA
111 e new cipers I ‘Prefetaireoll Delost was repeated le •
etoesied and reableasble auditors on Saturday night. The
magic is of a superior kind—possesses more characteristic
discrimination tha■ ordimary—end keep' the orchestra in
itter eruployfatot the*, we art wool to winless. It is •
lemplaint to be eget' mean almost all the composers since
fillesear, that, without having.stiry kof his surprising pulite
of fancy for sportieg with the Seer mysteries of harmony,
they are profuse is they spplicetioy of them, and so con.
those to fritter away, by complieatiag the instrarneetal sr-
resgements, the brainy of the thense,tend the passim, of the
poetry. Mosca, the composer of this piers, skews a better
diseernmeet—his compositions see jadicioasly shaded. The
temolinasy movements are reserved fur situations of exi.
vary—them which describe the gestic ieci•teats are tots.
dueled with s mitre sail delicate oh erg nt she impulses
of the homes heirs. There is a perception of the humorous
to be detected in some of the music (satiably to the
Hues), which is remarkable, as few opera composers Inv►
succeeded in swiss it ideality. The composer might have
been suspected of ',lathier a grace or two from the happier
examples of t►e grotesque, la the English pantomimic scores.
Upon the whole, the opera discovers much of correct taste,
tinting fancy, anJ well.govereed enthusiasm. The duet in
the fourth scoot, het Ivrea the reel levers," Doke dell miscues,"
is a delightful efssiou—it preserves the afilsoce of passiue
and music, with an expressage of georioe pathos, which het
very fairly bees classed wish the feeder compeller' of
Pemiteum. (By the way, it wield do the seenageonsit
credit and profit, if they would occasionally let in the weeks
of those elder mod sturdier ebildnis of Apollo, the bare imi-
tation of whom—agy, direct plagiarisms ulna them—will
mow frequently produce fame eausogh to satisfy us of the
merits pf a composer.) Not that it is taleaded to charge
Ibis fart is the peas epos' the writer in quietism, who has
certalsoly woe fresh laurels, innigh gathered too over the
dm& of. the ;wipe tree to hove the same hardy aed esidgrisg
limn- The sloth 'woe in the first act is the best. Ebnliti,
She heroine; is engaged successively with hot pretended deit-
ies—a court fop and a saner. She rids herself of them by
pretassied acquiescence, in which she takes care to toss
roomier to the rubes' pandas of either. She assumes the
eine of ma eusmoered dolt with the courtier, and of a giddy
sod teresegeat spendthrift with the miter. The sitoatioes
are most happy fee the display of ;router comedy. Madame
Da Biome enters into the vigil of the sense with an eine.
lute devotion. It is difficult to describe the readiness with
which she turns, after having awakened their prejudices
against ►er, up°n any recurrent feeling and eepres►ioa of
regard for ►er, so as to complete their disgust. She bag •
surprising gift of imparting refined sod graceful exonomies
to ell the operations of the mind, whether the sentiment he
one of gaiety, or the fleeting attenuation of melancholy sad
transport, in a ►eart imbued with love. Her searching sod
expressive style seems to be a■ effort not coefined to her
voice. Her whole frame vibrates with the touch of the
moving impelee, and her melody sin•ms like the glag-
ling of rills upon the Muses' IMAM, ender s mist of
Nagrent 'chattiness. There is • Igoesdelt is the first get,
"Son confuse, e a ter dispetto," which es remarkable for the
sweetness and simplicity of the composition. l t strikes with
■n effect mock like the passers' compositions of our early
English ethos', aad may be coosidered as cote of those happy
refinements of taste which result back to nature for their
effect, after having sought in veto for it io Blithe qualified
sad intermediate means of predating it in the modificatioas
of science. It is this power of encomiast' to the primitive
elements of good taste from • system, which, however tap-
aims sad sublimated, is too far removed from mature, shot
will esta►lish the fame of MOSCA. We alum* speak too fa-
vourably of the performers. PLACCI made the very best
of his foppery sad all the occompaoying cymbals. Signor
Ds 81011111 pereciasted the miser, sad gave to site character
that grotesque vivacity which may be supposed to result
felon the operation of the most generous, wpm a wore
crusted with the most sordid of the passings. The mond
Whites him and Madame Da Boom, i■ which they
diocese the after arrangements of their projected coo-
noble' iotercoorse (with almoner iosionstioss, sad pee-
teats of profusion god disobedisisee go her part), use too
geed in all respects to piss without repetition. Cull/TRANI
desageoed himself well as the real lover ; but, whether pea
peel, themeteristie or not, ►e seemed to have lege cane*.
sees and Ire One either of the pretended ogee.
The ballet of Conskillos followed, sad the corps were
drawn oat in fell streugth. Madame R. Vareals seems to
hold chief einionsce for the graces of utter volatility; All/1.
Toss end Di VAIIIIINES for these of a more positive c►a-
racter. Tie forgoer represeets the an wearying caotacy of the
vital ►pirits; the two latter qualify it with a degree of cor-
poreal languor, which retards the attics* just enough to es-
able as to trace the delineation of it with pleasurable
iaterest.

COVIINT-GARDEN.
On Saturday night Wean Queittt was performed to an
overflowing audiewce. In t►e whole 'sage of nissical dramas
perhaps there is nose that communicates so much pleasure
as ibis. The music sad soap are of the Saint 'melody, it is
replete with 'be most noble and generous sentiment, sad ao
air of romantic c►ivalry pervades the rabble, which com.
pbtely captivates the sisal. Never were these impressions
more strongly masifested thee on Saturday eras lag. Each sae.
revolve part elicited fresh marks of approbation. The brave,
the virtuous /Heart, who loved the people titadeely,who might
have governed by their fear., hot preferred to gain their hearts,
whose Noble mature taught him so make allowances for the
occasional irritations and 'mariners which their distresses
produced, sod whose vragrance was directed only against
shoos who 'Niue sought to oppress or to delude them is
shoes, the father of ►is people, is Its fulled signification, was
MOH faithfully delitiesied by M•tlslrADY. WM M. Tugg's
Louise, was a pure /preidleti of Rustic simplicity sad female
i•sucence. Her graceful and elegant perms sad melodious
voice give an air of favinstion to every tbiog she does ; the
stets virtue sad Incorruptible Niter/my of Song, who
" made the Kislev head what it ought to he," were Seely
poiirtrayed by Futarum ; sad Liirrun's Joeriass kept the
house la perpetual laughter.
SKOLISH.OPSIA HOUSE.
Mr. Mattruews appears no. as completely At BONN as
ever he was. This, ou doubt, might be expected from his
Youthful Daps; but public taste is capricious, and it is
nal always Ike lot of merit to command success. His
performance on Saturday night went off with eclat, and
although the Circuits sad the Parliainelitary recess have
'trip' the metropolis of • large portion of its Nubility sad
risky, the house was crowded with an etegast ardiesce.