, 1864-10-30
THE oPERA AND TIE OPERA
fT0HxR
Chicago NJ Musical Cepter-An Inde.
pendent Destlny a Arked Out
for Her.

1he ne" opera house IL rapidly approaching
complexion On tie exterior and bids f.if to be on,
OF Ae inssitadons OF Chicago II not OF the whole
West. In addition to the exerstons Of Ms. Crosby
who IL making this thilding labor of love and o.
Mr.. BoJtngton, the architect, the well known In.
pFesar1o GFau, who ia pre-emmenty the father o.
opera N the West, IL overlooking and aarising 1n
manT important details. He pronoancet It Grand
e9cceee thus far, ard predicts that 1t will p=oye,
5Aaion or Or re city. .Artgonl, an art.st from New
VOTE. has been bnai1y 1t work for thEee months
labor Ths results 81 his brush vim be Ill hat he H
mort fast1dfous can ask for.
.s.t3sa !ae hoaee Ei4 toid three thoussud people,
eress e1Eels anu parquette which will be elegantly
!urnithsd, viii eeat twelve hundred. The next
accommodating 4 ve hundred, while the third t,er,
IN addition to these, there Htli Be six prosceainm
will be hested With Stan IN iii lts dep,rtmeats.
aud the Water works go arrang ed that casualty hy
fire Wilt be rendered impossible. Ths stage, dress
aea T. r. II III; sppdn w b.
ments, and thoroughly warmed, 60 thlt
Ss. Hs ,tnhda t6sl1 haze ave. 70 more suffering md
estes 70 chstter artas, and tenor and bassi
MI lose the necessity ot tearing their passions to
.s tstess 70 keep warm; Apart tron the musical
gives excellent business advantages, Two OF tie
iour stores have already been tseu.ed 6y musie
dealeEs, and third will BE- converted into a su-
European plan. In fact, every Improvement md nd
decoration th1t taste can suggest and veal b pro-
cure. vii be lar,shed upon the structure, aud
I'D T. sh9 sss
bor bestowcd, that the Opera House viii Drove not
p'e me5e ~ sspsS1lsop but IN artistic monument Of
We imust confess to little OF Cotton Msther in
nul t1s 6Gomposluoh. We aFe not content to regard
cate It as pubic benefit All arts, ali eclences and
~ insdtuttt ere liable to abuse. CongreEe End
@ Fletcher wsEs @ Eulear; but shall We hAye no more
gross but must all painters lar down their pen
cissS Because nrde women are Cared must the
i ~ ossot o tas Te
cau eco no resemblance, except in the matter OF
oramalc action. Apart from thst, the two insii.u.
immoral rur,oundings Of the rhcster are III want
Teeatef: ind tno. delight :at HE Opera. The pit
Opera House. The ends soueht to be ob:ained By
The two are different. While the one msy appeal
70 The hlgher qualities, it too often ministers only
tends enly 10 degrade. The Open ia elevating in
it, tensencee, because 1t IL based upon masc, and
we hold that genuine music and Yics are incom-
panhle a thoroughly bad man ts no lover OF tau-
SIC and the man that hA5h no muric tp his soul is
1T toE treqson, str4t1geus and epoils:"
=, Great clties need amntements and especially
those OF high order. Secure IN amusement in
which the ennobliDg and purifying element Of art
enters and you have made Etep In advance IN The
f,sht direction. In these entertainments we class
The opera. Earupean nations are quick to ac-
knowledge Its potency. The Freuchuan says gtye
us the opera and then bread- Napoleon deyotes i
stx hundred thoutaId francs to Its support, There
vas considerable truth wrapped up Ii the famous
exaQ9e1atton Of Nicholas OF RussIa, that the opera
mad done more for bis country than bis laws or he
schools We need hardly mention what fs appa-
rent on the surface that the ope1 stimulates trade
that It keeps busy smsll army OF mi1lIners tail.
ors. dress makers, adds to the net receipts Of our
dry goods homes, brings money tLt3 TIE city and
keepstt here, adding to the metropolitan wealth.
Bnt to 'our mustons." We snail soon hare
distinctive Western season of Opera, and no longer
depend UPON New fotk or Boston to set our tQu-
aical fashisrs for us. Cincinnati and Chicago have
their opera houtee, and St. Louis will have ono
shortly. Gran has taken these three cities under
his wings, and Will commence his conquests with
the Inauguration oi the Chicago House, devoting
a eeEen months eeason to the three cities. West
yard the star OF Opera takes 1ts way. We are at
length independent Of New York operas, New
YORK artists and New York music ha.hed over for
Western consumption. We shall sit do IN to fresh
baDquets, crown cur own singers With our oWu
ger.andf, and II the MaretZeke and Strakoeches or
the East ind themselves hard up,, occasionally
baton Of cbiesgo audience With the coming
sprtnE, the bursting Of bud and breath OF balmy
Qales The time Of the singing Of birds shall come
and the voice Of the turtle shall be heard In the
land. and both birds and tnIEes shall be our own.