New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-12

toetes invcd-and the Earl observing the U0AoraLe
Mrs.. Amelia ReiAlart ChlGdame Colson among the
required number, goes off into suave apostrOphe to
hissecret inflammation. Reinhart then informs Wack
Of TIE party who wish to destroy him, but the Earl
pool.Poohs the whole ret. These bOwic-knfe gentle
men form chorus all with bass voieesas oil murder
ere and burglars have, and led by two gentlemen
Samuel and Tom Samuel is, we infer, understood 10
mean Samuel Adams, and Tom, Thomas JefersOn-
another admissible anaehronism. We bitterly miss
Ben in the number, for the name can be given without
ianslaton in the sreetest Italian: " Ah mo Bea!-
Now there enters JHdgc, who gives Dispatch to the
Count informing that tawny, in fact black, woman,
LVrica lMfs Phillips" sangue de aegr' '--lS to
be exed for plnying astrologer and receiving bad
company.
Che aelr on'yo ,nmondo
SAioma ip'ggo'i q 'gHi ''o eo"'gho
But instead Of tanning, fe2.,nerhg, and geueraIiJ
driving away Ul,ea the Cent calls back the chorus
and invites them to go 10 the Astrcoecrs where he
will proceed, disgDised however to enjoy the fun.
This sudden ap" brilliant thought concludes Act l.
Act u reveals to us the abode of the fortme-.eer.
This dryiring lady had evidently been a student Of
,,ltb ana the librctto of Der Freisetut=lor there
are skeletons and caudron and other insignia of "A
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mystic thrice" Of Shakespcare-"tre roae'-fgurcs
in her gibbelish She has a wand but no broom She
tells the Counts real fortnne maugIe bis disguise as
sailor. The New. England witches, however, were oil
white: and therefore we suppose the Italian lJetlist
has assumed another pardonablc anachronism in taking
M ha, celebrated feminine iortune.teer, Joyce Heath
who died lately at Barnum's Museum on the Fourth-ot
July, after having nursed Gen. Washington, one humid
| 1t1,s. all l. OF
AT the Astroogers and tells her. aside, Of secret love
requiring cure Ulica says there is nothing easier:
only 90 by midnight to a certain place in tie suburbs
trroblbly the present Boston Common Were the GAL
lows was in fashion, end gather magic herb, which
would purge her bosom Of the periloUs stuff. tlIca
having impaired to the Earl the Intelligence that he is
70 fall by the hand Of false frerd, the socessonpary
Sam Tom, Dick, ard Harry, ju5iLart rs the yast
droi-scenc reveals H. pallid architecture.
Tie next act shows us The bad locality where the
lovely Amelia seeks the rlgc peppermint. There she
il Joined by tie Earl who had overheard her talk With
Iiricp: and warm scrle-a love duet-tusues, when
Ra,lart enters suddc7ly with the that the anti
Cosrt party were do'giug bis Excelcucy. \ friendly
vi, hides Amelia from her husJund. The Earl agrees
o leave her il ReEhar will remove the vail which
he swears not to do. The assassns, supposng Rein
haIt TO be the Earl euter aud learn their mistake In
tic general furry ensuing attempt 10 find out
who il the lady, the vail drois. Renhart sees his
wife In revenge be joins the Secesionists-stabs the
Earl ut the ball, before the beet society Of Boston
Tie Ear, in dying, says be intended to scnd Rcnhart
and Amelia to England orpromo;iou, and that although
the moonlight aggHya,iug it was practically
plaionc. General roget. Curtain falls.
Tie intelligent reader viii form his own opinion on
the value Of the plot-its adaptation from GrsiorHs
Ta,g-nud so forth The music 10 the chief tlng, and
merits notice
Tie composer has sought and succeeded in making
bio musc damatc-means adopted to ends, with the
qualification that tie melodies inferior to his earlier
works Tie first net il, az a whole unincrcs,ing. As
tie action proceeds the music is intensified and some
dramatic situations italy ST forth. Tie pieces
may be briefly mentioned follows: An orchestral
Introduction paints the ii scene-thc supposed repose
of the Earl and the daT muitcrings Of the conpiratos.
The flint chorus il good-he contrasts between friends
and enemies being clear and the breyi,y due the sua.
ton being held to. In instrumental music the composer
may be as long as he chooses-the dramatic COM
poser must be guided and restrained by the scere.
Hence the nonsense of comparisons between
operas aud symphonies, or parlor crtques on
stage music. After some inierocutory work,
a graceful andante with unmCanug doubling Of the
voice pant throughout by tain wind instruments, fol-
love- nicely delivered by Brgnoh. An aHiaHte sung
BY FEM, Of no very striking merit, follows. song
n washedout sOrt Of little melody-giycn by Miss
Hinkley is next in order This young lady is capable
of doing better things than pages parts The concerted
piece after this is much Tho Witch solo music is
large and solemn and was well rendered by Miss Phil
lips. The talk-like trio which follows has no indie
pendent musical interest, but Is a stage requirement
sailor song in barcarolc time ia very pretty The phras
ing under the words ron accrc rcc Paia IN tcmpsta
indicates the genius of the eomfcse The concerted
piece, T. scher=o cd toRid, i admirably wit and
the dramatic contrasts clean.cut. III, chorus, OfghO
dIaglsterra, il exccllent-resonAnt vigorous and 10
the point. The dir Ma daF aIido steo d rEisa, is
audable effort in the direction Of novel phrasing-
aQtatcd and broken-he orchestra filling the gaps. In
vocal music the composer must follow syIables and
lines and intervals such as God aud nature allow in
instrumental music he may make chaos come again. Ms
we too often see in the things called Orginal-writlen
| invariably by who cannot compose for the voice,
and therefore incapable the highest most expressive,
and most concentrated form of musical thought.
Madame Colson sings with the accuracy Of the Partisan
school, aud always intelligbly. The duet, after some
want of the love on the slow movement. settles into
an allegro where the composer uses the ot notes st,
3D. and 9TH, TO express the easy currency Of tie way
| cleared up, and is very elegant aud ideal. This was
handsomely sung by Madame Colson aud
Signor Brgnoi. The trio, obi IL come jremOaO,
would-less the hurried desperate eLanc;er-be liable
to the cheap criticism Of dealing inhad usons nstead
Of harmoncs due three dtinct voices5ut the situation
and the common impule Of the characters, establishes
Tie logic Of the procedure Bfeyitv too here Is an