, 1864-05-15

The opera Of Faust was given last night to on
Of the largest audiences Of the Feasotl. and IN
style far superior to anything Of the kind We haV
had IN Il long time. In fact, no opera has ers
Pqt ts e Fl se y
Faust. The scenery ts good, the eost9nes saPero
and the general cast il .rch rs to bring out yer,
clearly the idcas Of the composer; :,
all branches Of art which have ior ther theme th.
popular story, real OF hncifalA Of that famouI
necronancer Of he nftesnth century, Dr. Faast9s
The Hbretto Is q skilllnl adaptation, BY n y
In some respects, 10 give Il greater adapabIsy fo
the iyIic staee. The Composer, Gouuod. French sa
German echocl, mid has found hls great ,nsdeis It
the works Of Neyc1betr. Yet his work is ortstna
and fresh, without the taInt Of plagiarism grow
II Iofsi IT. a. s.psiesopees I 9s uy ap the great
pesSy throughout, particularly IL the ana Do dell
and ~ se nogs
cd rerJ much since the last season; &c sang With
ezeat spirit al the arias Of bis part and nAsttsu.
las'{ Wcie the Sa,ne duo'era Caria anq the, the quo
Margaret, wss altogether @ lie ineat impersoDation
Of The evening, c1idencing the fullest conception
Of te n5 Joined win thc .oc1 @ and 1.as a5am3s
audic1 c., From her first meeting Faust In
the second net the Last scene In the Opera, she
VS. t1ue to al The vyng phaases Of Of ths
not soon lie eIaced. We know not whether her
acting or .oeallzation he mort cotnnsnd.ble. but
tes wa a !nnito The bau ns
the DUO IN the garden scenc. and her acting
when she dlzcovsis The c1skct, in the par.tpS
With Faust at tie close Of The third act, and
Musensi az siclcl gave the flower song, the only
opportunity she h,s for Toca1 display in an ad.
mttahle manner, and Amodio az Valentine was as
vessay good, especially In the Fair where the old
men, The old women, the mnidens and the stu
dehte hsve the GoIn,csf contelt-and IN tha
soldiers, chorus with tho military baud. We. hope
yet 70 hare another opportunity this eoason Of
Gran ntt discouraged by the houses OF last wc.k,
ogSnss s tts present one in perfect Gala style and
OF new operas: Tonight thondayl the splendid
OPEN ofthe Husuenots viii be rendered, and Don
Giovanni, Massaniel!o, and the Barber Of Seville
TueedsJ. The uuEuenots nil be brought out with
new scenery, costumes and propegtieg, and rs far
rs is possb with the RESOURCES Of the troupe aud
great meriti. The cast Of tho principal characters
Is ss foilows: Valentino, Virginia Whiting; Mar
Euer1tc de Valots, Caatri Urbano Mo1ensf; Rsoul,
ds5mFefe; ~ st. Ris ho.slL Nsyess Anodl9 Mar
1toWf viii attend to the ballet aud give the pos
g. g 5gtgnsEsst /; and 'a Doaeost:nne;; The Light
GuH5d Band IN als9 give their eeciro assistance
IN Inc ettenxde on the river,
As the i!nentnots 10 new here. we append an ab-
atIsct q The argument The plot is ta oi interest
On Tie Eve Of s., bartholomew, Rsoul DE- Nan.
e1s, young Protestant gentleman, having received
commission In the French army, assembled his
brother Officers 1t the chateau Of conat de Ncrers,
Catholic noblemar. During the festi,illes 1t is de-
et6cd each guest ehal; narlate his amours, and
Rnou relates how he reacued 4 lady from tue rude
.lApds q Ea1ty OF students. and was captiyated
y y. her 70 beauty, thoush he knew her not. While
!east Is at Its height, yelled lady epter1 xud
d tmsndE M audiences with Dc Nerers. Rsoul oh
t4ils GLIMPSE Of her, and recognizes the lady Of
bis heatt, who tu1ns ont to ba Valentine, daughter
Queen o! EalLle. Size yvas promised in marriage
to De Nerere, hut A. her own request, IN the n
telyieT Is relieved isom the engagement.
Raoul, informing him thai a6oat MILDLY. 10
will tc sought for, b]tndEolded, and led away by
servant, mad, full Of adventurous spirit he consents
rem tie queen, crowd around aGd oiles lin tbsir
sev.ees. It is tic Quee4'3 plot tofb.iu: the tTo
|oScther and marry ihe!n but Raoa dtsco7erin. tie
ad5 = rank, refuses to marry her, qu'9es the iE-
challenged to mortal combat by her father The
:ornba ants are dlsasmed by tho Green. The
nafsh q M shxs broken Of vslentlne contents to mar
2 Hs hsssfs stisa M NeEets meanwhile goes to Paris,
is'a, h0wefer. enters into plot to murder Raoul,
SEieh Valentine eEerhes,a and !Fics te inform him
aee asa rs @ tn seng
.t1Acked bY parcel Of armed men, who are beaten
4 hy band of P1osestants, opporlunely at hand
bat VALENTINO loves lin, tut 1t IL too late, for
De- Nevets enters and leads hls bride
3eme Ss night tb,,eso aowere5s be goes to
with valentine, and oyerhears
!er i!!her and husband discussing plot to mug-
Ter all the PEotesAuts. To this I'LL swear but Dc
Il massacre fol1ows, during which Valentine a..
era Raorl pardon tn the crse.l's name, II hc viii
dept her !afth. but be refusing, she consents to
pot, her nrst husband. De Never, having perIshcd
an effort to save the llf, Of Raoul's o:d servant
i41cel. Il Is In the church aud ut the alrar that
Ieeo unhappy people are attacked by the assug-
be stage.
The plot, Il will bc seen, IA full OF interest mud
lHine Incident and capabie Of great scenic o..
IT. Gran fortunately has. =.