New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-13

ing 10 critics the task Of describing and anay ing tne
merits Of the composition want TO say word OF zoe
large auxiliary neans whose 'kiifu spphance IN Its
production before the public las contributed 90 nucn
10 its full effect and legitimate success Meyeroeer
secures Scribe ss brettist. He insists upon reh ars
sls without number, til every word ana note nave
crown 10 b. an inaenable part of the artist meho'y
frd the organs of tie artists are htIy moideI " "
tieir siehtest infections. lie orchestra are So
drilled hat they pay with unconscious cOrrectnes
IN ,r.ctice has brouebt about muscular habit. ne
tableaux every pose and uOvement, every exit ahi e
france the dances ard marches, all are careIuy
led with tie incest eye to IN eject upon tle e ina
sIsu harmouze with the intended eheet upon the ear
IN orrIestrs ia strengthened the choruses are en-
lroed -t sceuerv must be new, the dresses must Do
.,,onrste and there must be drill and practice, not
rTrIv I'M Tie perfection requisite for perfection IS az
tanned but till il is secured Ii the manager WIZ not
,gree 10 all this lie shall not have the opera Meyer
beer is famous and what ls more rich enough " nav"
bis own way in these matters. ,A.
The lust degree ofmpOrtance that De a'taches % o
reprefentation Of bis operas Is sufclenty lnlcaa ~
e history of the first production oi one OF theh cn
,be French stage He had already brought OIL sA
orers with succegs IN Italy. bile residing a. Milan
BE- resd one day in French newspaper that one y
fese Crociato was TO be executed at Paris lie resu
tle distIibution the parts, and, knowing the acuy
Of the artists, he saw that CTced'o was 10 suIel IN
,u senses II was lis own child, and he wouii NOT
bayeit urGered. Forthwith he posts away from Milan
strsipbt 10 Paris-straght 10 tie Manager-deulands
ard obtains rev distribution Oi parts; and alier
,eries Of troubles and trsls that ran through them
finally saw lis composition W0rth.ly rendered 70 the
rublic II was performed only few times, but to the
bieh srproval Of c0nuOeuIs. Ills was almost thIsy
years AGO Melbeer composed III those days IN the style
Of tie Italian fcLoCl wanting something OF the leu
tonic power and originality that mark his later works
BeloIe last TLursday night i was one OF me Won
ders low the great master could work fully within the
narrow limits Of tie comic opera. Now that TIE Nortd
Star las fhore out tie wonder is how Its horizon Is
eularled He las DEVELOPED the comic opera. HIS
ae1ius would not flrnk, and 70 the comic oera IS en-
larled from comedy with songs IN 1t - an opera WIN
a comedy in it, Not all your readers may Know, what
al Le euictOnsts here 10 have forgotten thou h
Dr. Veron refreshed their memories little while ago
Iy telling Il, that Eojen 6 DdHc commenced as
comic opera in three acts The hbretto, written by
Scribe and Gernain UclayTe, brother OF Casimr
Delavpre was read and accepted and the parts dis
t1ibued to the artists of tie Opera-C0mlue in 1879
Meyelbecr took it with him TO Berlin and 1idiy com
posed the music Of tie first act But be soon saw that
tie character Of tie music beyond the talents ol
the artists lor whom he began 70 write H. ana b" gaze
I'D tie hrettO ard the Opera Con gue IN May, tc3J,
tic notes and words cf tie RoteH ie DiGJc, as We
now hear it were delivered to the director Of the Royal
Academy Of Music (GranJ Opera It's rohearsas
were iIharU Onously interrupted by the reyOhuon oi
Julv following Worthy Dr. Veron fnall! brought it
out Nov u, 1881. Tie whole story OF its bringing
out which az lie intimates is an interesting one no
pron ifes 10 tell rs in Lis forthcoming third volume
We arc in the last week Of Carnival Volcano or no
vocsro tie Parisians viii dance AZ such time Last
uiplt il WAS tie ball Of dramatic artists az the opera
Cemiore Niqht before it was the second grand mu
picipal ball at tie Hotel de Vile Eight thousand
gueits. or at least iLytatons-magnitcent rooms
brilliantly Illuminated, splendidy decorated, thronged
with lovely women oil flashing with diamonds, and all
sorts of N II in all sorts Of uniiOrms-m0st OF whom
received On their ornate coats additional decoration
of tie order of the whale from the dropping candles OF
uyriads of chandeliers. This is IN abridgmcnt Of
description fu1nlcd LIE by attendant friend. The
fancy bail at the palace more select The Empress
was a Greek The Emperor was n colonel of the EN-
presss Guard that ia to be- and other characters
other characters. QHere. Suppose our Minister was
tlere dressed in an American suit-then was he in
character or cut Of fcharGcterl