The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-12-29
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and faithfully remembered Its reproduction a. the Park
tonight, sustained by Mrs. ssgun, Messrs. seguin Fra
Ter and Delavans WILL doubtless draw together large
aad appreciative audience. Tae comedy of the " Old
Sol Her" in which Bass and Fisher have capital parts
will form the concluding Entertainments.
BowEnr THEArRE.-Ave very strong and attractive bill
IL to be presented tongh. at the Bowsry, Putnam
the Iron Son OF 76 tina. highly popular and successful
National drama, by Bsnnister, in which r. Scott 10 to
appear in his great Indian character of Oneactah with
the original cast characters will be prodgcad together
with Msa Medina's characteristic drama OF " Ernest
Maltravers," ably and effectively aided by the powerful
strength Of this formidable company form the principal
entertainments of this evening. We need not add our
convictions that ths announc will fill the Bowery
to pletion.
Tue BOHEMIAN GIRL.-This opera as performed last
Saturday for the last time, and hope to have bid it
final adieu. We gave opinion this operate pot
pour,i (roiten the literal translation of pour,) when
Il was performed for the first time in this city. We
anay zed that OCCASION the contents of this p,
trida with the perseverance, of an orfla Raspsi
and found in scraps from every superficial composer
the day. with the exception Of Mr. Bae the super
fetal This absence of Balfesm in the Bohemian
Girl" may account in for its g.as, sue
cess. Bales compositions anything but original
for at every moment meet the faces OF old familiar
friends hut as q composer he is paragon of oIjgnal
ty through the and aarotness his perng
He is not one OF your matter ofact pickpockets who
try to get to your by cutting your coat
No he is skful adept in all tho tricks OF legerdemain
Like Alexander, the magician, he takes hold of your
button hole tells you agreeable anecdote and thus
dveiting your attention, steals your watch your pin
y.ur head before you of it and il you hap
pc od him out you pleased at his clevernes
say with Berauger: Je smis ne oai trssrian enjoying
composer, the standing grocer would in social
lfe and who by dn of intrgues and fare,
ceeds in getting "de" before his name II would
however be unjust that Bale is entirely destitute
of talent The Siege of Rochelle" although third.
rate secondrate ope had merit. but enough
watt il the Straits Of Dover. The Quotre ills
d.fymon,' produced at the comic opera in Paris,
has been given in another theatre taan that for which it
posed. This may be ascrbed to the ceverness
of the FIR nch libetto, and the facility with which the
composer initiated the style generally adopted at this
theatre. This facility Of imitation constitutes Bafe's
principal il not only merit He can initiate every thing
from overture down to waltz. Give him par tcull
air, and he will write in the manner the
it is, the easier he can do it. Give him quad.
will o1tsIusard Musard. and outstrauss strauss
Although the degradation Of the Italian school
to be ascribed to Belni and Donzetti-thoso in
ventors of operas made easy'-to whom however, we
the fortune of whole wilderness of monkeys-we
Balfe's yet there some originality in the
with which they have brought about that degradation ;
nay there even boldness in the impuden CO
with which they introduced the rythnca monotony OF
their accompsnmentsthe main reason of its downfall
just many will admire the boldness of Jonathan
Wild, or Jack Shepherd. Bale has the mpudence,
without its originality or bodness he be Jack
shenherd the second hut he never could have muster
cd mn courage enough 10 he lack Sbenhsrd the 6rst
There does not exist ANYTHING in this world which
would not have been created for some particular pur
mind nature The of Balfe having been created
a composer of operas, instead Of an English Mus.rd
how 10 W hat extent the composin of had oneras might
De carried He has tried the experimenw and hope
| rwist If we eyamine for instance tho Bohemian
G;ri We can End only one merit in II that Is s .hor
ness However, bad NAV be an opera of two hours long
inst twice "a had must be- an opera of four snon the
principle that two pigs, who go squesling through
| gate made greater noise than one The iJreao is
miserable counterfeit OF the Gypsy which Ghe hbreto)
h, ~ ~ IA oss . q, ch n Th n; S"s
ma s " gu oiu III. a. ne us,o ones
ness and IL cheguersd like the dress OF harlequin sor
aboard. its prevailing character is trivsiity in
aa,ble-as hare and nakaJ as were Adam and Eve he.
lore the fall for Bafe is too bad theoretican too g
nor a" % T. not aoi haracts az Last
ham charactsr used Inv modern comnosers ma veil TO
hide the weakness of their conceptions What melody
there s-alas to call relody-is either in the sty lie OF
the most mauolin sckly anguisning fngish OF
thc squarest vulsarest sixelghtest French quadIes
tne overture IS s,ring ., counon aunesm.unes
va VIZ .. ,e do. ro;, nsoa ~ =, ~;
second Of the scale wnch produces an effect OF hths
quite hldeoas The Gpsey Caernss soh,a , ye,y
pretty melody that means II is not baies out ueroids
ana is to De found note LOT note IN te coupets OF me
tcird act Q, the " IRE au1 CIeIcs' Inc song SOL
liers Lie Is di'.o very pre,y ou' uhio,unateiy ~
WIZ De mistsIen LOT the hnhie IRON the narnere u
sevigila" Could hush fathers SIGH" Is pleasing
snongh we 40 not know where ne go, A.. " Inc rairy
Land oil roland, j." Nememoer me ana Dreamt, are
nener worse put Hkewise not IMAM the majority
OF Enghsh ballads On the whoie, IL we were asked
why TINS opera has drawn so Wen IN LONDON and Anne
rea we could only answer that is on account OF Sc,
vera pretty acknowledgement or stoenLand the mol
ow ana easy character Oh me music whch fenaers II
ntehgipie 10 me very nm1eo musicai UNDERSTANDING
grea. par, OF tne PUBIC, amongs whch we conn.
.ho oniv Inows ~ d,s,rancs ha,wasn uands o. ID
non;,., tho snddan ,nc,inst;on he tells ., n
.I,.n tha o ono c,,,v
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