, 1865-01-18
The Opera.

Zanber 1otc; how q broken down manager.
SchIkaneder, came to Mozart and begged him to
write ecore for his ridiculous Nbrctto, which
should euit the ordinary people," I'LL bis opera
| house and replenish his lean pursc. Moza1twrote
the score. and while he wrote for tho ordinarv
people, wEotc also for the lovers ofmusic and tho
counofseeura, which aecouns for the fact that his
most trivial mnsic, and some Of his best music are
IN the Magic Flute. Yon can easily pick out schf-
| kancder's part-thc 6rdrura mus1c Of the Queen
| Of Night aud the music Of Papageuo, Pspeeena
! and Monostatos, md sou can as tasfy nic,s ont
The music Of Moxarts part-the AHA Of 5aTastro
a1a Iamaa9 .h the ch9Enxes and marches Of tie
them as familiar 3. household words,
fron a. ;teausnt prsenes IN ths concert rooms.
sehiksnedets. "oIdtnary people" the magnid-
cent orchestral prelude. The gorgeous colori9g Of
character Of the chorn.es. and the inexhaustibls
fertility Of Ee1odies which are flur. promiaen.
On mous1y through the entire opera, must always make
from the broad. flowing, maesive harmony Of ors,
torio. down to 6racMa arfas md simple melodies,
%o1H e. 1a BE- enpd IL s
and hest aspirations, and hia deepest and most
hearty dtEgust at the Hansccndent abaurdities and
@ t9o often, the twaddle Of the story. Much Of ths
ploI ls tarFago OF crazy nonsense. Characters
ate introduced, but where they come from, where
they are going to, what they on the stage for.
|nat %anneF 4 Ct peI,ons they are might
Is neither unity, wit nor sense In it. It
might Ten Be the ragged edges of ono Of schik-
EIhe oPera vas well cast, except that it was HIM.
let with Hamlet left out. The Qneen OF Night,
nb9V shst pahf vas omea Ion TIE fact pro
cope with itE The: score vas Originally written
ior pas1icnlar yoiee, having resources to naater
.e exs ssPhsss{ Phesh{ an ad DE- as
,4s, R5ss, !, sh1sa ,E sw ssists therefore
epoilcd in futile attempts to sing them.
oF ot ths character Of Tamno was paaistakins
AHA p: sas. s q q WI III
Of the Inst act with that magnificent orchestral |
baskGro1nd, we're masterpieces Of artistic vocat-
n Good yaes as f w. superb H.
at the commencement Of the second act with great
r. nd e snd i majestic
e1icia score VAS cxacty within her compass, and
her part vas admirably well done
which brought ont the bvTo element OF bis nature
IN etIong light, l, was IN admirable persona.
hon, II such character may be said to have |
ufne;cou1edy.
er thinner Fd
taiu for their nc rcnas,;na ~ ~ i; =. t9e
Of fe frsf nct n1d tSe s.o a~tfst. g. 9e Gnu
aIao cali affe1 rho ter-s91 .. the 1 Nv ~ o'nes
ond act The trITiaI 1Ito Gat =. s epa o. ne sec
Papsccna with its dnmh .bawa,h pbmesh tapageaG auo
ious Scene in SchicIancder ,,jc1t,a o0t sco;nas
M encore. whilr the sn1endia nEa1asas 49, 1ese'xeu
oCently fnterTnnfed 49fh ann1saen "ete 1sc
To-rioht Meyerbecr's rra55 nn.,a of t,,o u,c,o-
uois; to.morrow nirhf iier Fleischntz. FrSdnv
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matinec. NA0 VI e4's401' o1's'"oon
suuru1sx pAnr.-A norton of +ho ,nc,,hors
anu congregation o. Tie Berean Baptist Church |
called, on Saturday evening. on Rev A. Kenyon. !
their pastor md presented him with snbstsntial I
o1rt. fnc,n5fuo n,-sa ~ ,ro,.v r. 49, .s~,
66ices,.nt nrr.a5on w. barn .,nt s,ac - +,f ets
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