New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-21
THE OPERA OFLOUISA MILLER AT CASTLE
GARDEN


GARDEN.
brilliant auditory was present, last night, On the first
performance in this City of Veadis Opera, Louisa Nj"
ler first performance of any opera Is necessarily SUD-
iect to many The astes are hardly ever cor
rect in their parts and are often 30 UGH occupied In Trying
TO remember them as to slight the extent dramatic
expression and the audence-not being familiar with the
melodies and being less confused by the stimuli
aneous appeals made the eye and the and to the
mowers of combination and OF Taste prone to under
estimate the value f the work presented to them.
The first thing to be looked to in opera the piot
the situations should be natural follow IN due ORDER ana
then the language need be of the same excellence as
the spoken drama requires for the music divides the at
tention of the nearer. Although Opera-house' exist
throughout Europe and every Court pays more or less
money have operas performed yet 1t Is almost lmposs
BILE to find the writer of good subject good plot for an
opera OF course we except Scribe. Save Ronani no
one in Italy is or was capable of producing the words OF
an opera and even his best works must be taken with al
lowante. His Pirata (Bertram ltaanzedl is TOO SAD
and monotonous: his Norma has certain ieeDeheSs lis
SonnanJula is sketchy. In England there Is noDody
who can construct the plot of an opera or UNDERSTANDS
the necessary verscation This being the case, we are
not surprised to find that the plot OF Louisa M"'er
il not good. 1t is simply melo-dramatc, ana
its situations where strength is required are for the
most pars bloated The lighter coloring-the vein Of
Sbskesperean comedy-he relaxation of the ntenstes Is
wanting But in all this not finding fault we
are merely stating dearth of literary genius, which to
the same extent operates against the dramatic composer
In the opera in question, could not feel the reality oil
the personates No literary master-hand created them
They appear TO be shaded or bazoned by accaiemic
rules: TO be manufactured out of recipe-and stale
one Tragedy, under such circumstances ailhoug II DO
douba no;soninp is no ragedy-he people on the stage
H.. audfh .l m Tar. II
which reyels in music seems to have dress which s unit
for II g. aots as Louisa Miller could be ground out
nd nfn;t,s and the versi6caton constitute no barrier
10 writing them about as fast prose is produced
The following are the characters and the plot OF the
niece and for the benefit of those who do not know aan
we would state that there is good translation by Mr.
II. C. Watson, in the printed copy OF the words; H.,
Charocters-Count Walter RodoPee his W sGni f reu
erica Duchess of Osthem, niece of Walter warm, CON
6dential agent of Walter Miller, Retired S'luer;
Ion;so bs daughter: Laura vlager, friend ot Louisa;
Villager. Ladies of fredenca' raSes m aid in
the Tyro i'm the early part of the Seventeenth
drenment-In a beautiful village IN me iyroi NIu
Miller old retired solaer anu tba nrde If the vii
lace and the darling of the villagers she loved anu
was beloved by stranger youth VINO hau ou' on.y
come among ill., sarb and Miller though loved Charles
tbus was the youth called feared lest ms emu shoa
| he deceived. Louisa was also beloved Dy Wui', -.
| I'd Of old lord VINO was w now
dsrsd by bandits and the oonfdant OF the new horu o.
ter who had but just arrived to take possession - a
| inheritance Wurm CHANGING 10 overiooh 'e "a - %
view between the lovers Propvo rssssa Charles
ia no other than Rodolphe the only son Vi t 80 and
.sr Miller accuses R0dolphe OF ms oecePTpon3
u ont doubts of his honorable intentions hYiDip;o
i.,s h;s VOW. and declares that Louisa sna oo LIE
VIE Lord Walter has, however o'her si s nncbess
whose hand he has promised to bis niece Jonbe.
dOsinei ana he snrnrises them the house OF Miller,
and renroaching them ali bitterly oruers NE RnJnnbe
} convev both father and daughter 10 PI,so AIN and
:.1ossdas for them but his entreatles are IA W., ma
NeiSS ~. +bs violence aud injustice, ne WIS
IDS in his fathers ears who, staggeIeu anu
Nd the archers 10 release their prisoners. and
w nm however is fertile IN viahous sII,sr IA
. " u orded moment forciby conveys away n",e Nc; "
,hc dungeons of the Chateau; then ne see 49, nduce
srd working upon her tender love Tor hel pdolnhe
anu w III, letter stating that she kne" heuoP
her 10 "ine ha Grs, that ambition, and not I1.e
pronnted her actions and begging urn en- would
be iaved 10 come for her at midnight anu w rom he
s1e ,ber The price of this letter. "tuhs No.; it
Depart The liberation of her father las ie
~ was placed as il by mistake IN me na &c consents
who curs;nc her ialsehood, and reckless VI tn,ns bome
marry the Duchess MILE hn deternine 10 lily from the
Mace AT the break of day. Walle Lousa ha marriage
village church. now brilliantly IN sarnest pray
of Rodopbe and the Duchess, ana aoso Rodolphe en-
a, raver in the home of her blrtn-houuP; INTO
tiers unobsery.d and going toward te h:i Ueis pres
glass of milk thereon some hqnu inch alarmed he
nrosoSas har AND demands if she has written .e
he anu %ne he's On anguish she
"Yesp He falls into chai' % saving il is bitter
She gives him the milk he drinks ana dresd purpose
lie tells her they pledged e ssGh
in poison and bids her ON the GI Ser approaching
answer him truly. Louisa, happs frnm her oath, in
death and believing herself released % AGAINST thei
forms him of the whole of the horrible Po o. MS net an
happiness ROdophs now the rasnRes Louisa fon
almost wild with grief mporss Der pardon h;cb was tn
and lovely to the last besses the hand ss,ber an
hand Of fate to her. and dies the arms OF ns' who hav
RodOphe. Walter, wurm, the villagers s;u now enter
been awaiting Rodolphe at the church IN w d;sroyerin
and hOror-srucs at the sight. Rodolpne poon hi
w9rm, stabs him to the heart, and turning asad 81 hi
father look Of sorrow and reProacn' ials N'
feet. -, -. n
To satisfy the curiosity Of readers we VIII ware
the words which Rodophe whispered to bis a.ns the mu
derer Of the old lord for the possession of his 's'
wealth. II M,
So much for tbe literary dement's Of the work anu Nv