The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-15 00:00:00

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GERMAN OPERA.

Last night Weber's Euryantlie, by some considered his
greatest work, was performed for the s-ccond time this season.
We were prevented from being present at the first performance,
last week, to our enjoyment last night was therefore added
all the charm of novelty. But the singular character of Weber's
music in general, and of this opera in particular, requires a more
intimate acquaintance and frequent hearing to enable us to com-
prehend and enjoy all its beauties. We believe that to a great
part of last night's audience, as to ourselves, the music was too
new to be fully appreciated. The applause at the end of the
overture was partial only, not, we are confident, because that
extraordinary composition was undervalued, but because the
first feeling it inspired was rather astonishment than delight.
We look forward to
,a second hearing with great eagerness,
and doubt not but that delight will then be added to our
feelings of surprise. Adolar's ( Herr Tichatcheck) first cavatina is
an exquisite morceau, calculated to please at the first as at the hun-
dredth hearing, and that admirable singer displayed the extreme
sweetness of his voice to great advantage. Herr Staudigl as
Lyssiart, fully bore out our high opinion of his unrivalled voice
and excellent acting. Madame Heinefetter sung and acted as
admirably' as ever. Her first love song, and the terzette and
chorus, at the end of the first act are, we think, the two most
beautiful pieces of the whole Opera. Madame Michalesi ac-
quitted herself most creditably of her arduous task in the part
of Eglantine, which if not so grateful a part as that of the
heroine, makes, at least, quite as large demands on the physical
power and musical knowledge of the performer. Madame Mi-
chalesi, as we have before mentioned, is an excellent musician
and she acted and sung, last night, with much more vigour and
spirit than we had previously given her credit for; but her
voice is thin, and, therefore, does not "answer her demands upon
it so readily as her skill and ardour demand. It was in her long
duett with Staudigl. only that we remembered the Ger-
man corruption for the name of the Opera—ennuyante.
The dresses were splendid in the.extreme. 'Eglantine, Adolar—
both in his Court dress, and afterwards in his coat of chain
mail and visor helmet—and Lyssiart, were very pictures of the
olden time, The lyre or zittern on which Adolar accompaniad
hinisolf -to-Iris first beautiful air was classically elegant. But
all the stage machinery was execrable; in the second act we
heel; :instead of a terrific and continuous thunder storm, no
thunder, one flash .of lightning, and that was cnly a flash in
I,hdpan. The dress circle, the private boxes, and the pit
-were well filled; but the audience betrayed great impatience
during the unconscionably long entre actes. The applause was
very enthusiastic at the conclusion. Madame Heinefetter and
Herr Tichatcheck were called for after the fall of the curtain,
and appeared to receive reiterated bravos and rapturcus
plause. We must not conclude without awarding the need of
praise to the beautiful poetry
.of Helm ina von Chezy, the
uthor
of the German libretto. It is infinitely superior to the usual
verse written for composers, and is itself a charming p eti:al
work.

Mr.•Lefevre, the Senior Poor-law Cointnitsioner,
is reported to have retired from that office. If so, changes in
the arrangements and appointments of the Central Bcard will
most likely take place.