The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-01

,, u,, in, ,ha daily manner. call such |
action interesting, and such yels poetry
GssrR, prbIc But what shame not 70 nave sO .ms
pI' ,ha par.' II s"Y snnsr
usHsssosISe punirc How badly vasco and Iasz
done We shant come again.
Mr. Henry inoH. lts very uns,L. Ma ,o ls.r U"'
's NJ, Tm@l WAL OH Shameful I'm sorry went
Mr. ALrRKp MELLON Never mind children, let's all go
to supper .,.. Finn, charm.
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TIM ATIsTs
on.r.,,o artist. who have already taken part in al
Aheane ali entered into their work with real spirit
The original cast is as follows
Ines. We. n ss
Naudin
Neiusko -Faurr
In the English opera version. Louisa pyns, Madame
Femmsn. sherrnston the isnors Adams sna nssn Tas
ortalni
seka.. znss,
$500, ,,.,,i Raj, and miller will also take
part. Ul4,t
THE SCORE
!
| For over twenty years Myerbeer had
at intervals worked ut tins opera, ana
the score he LETT contained many altera
tons and different versions or the same
passage. The work OF selecting any
special one out OF these versions was
left to Fetis, under whose charge the
opera was produced in Paris. Scrlpe,
the original writer OF the hore..o, .s
dead too, ana young ra.,s poe' wa1
hired by Fetls 10 aieer .ne seAs anu
versify where necessary; ior nleyeIpeei
had often written music 70 wnich
Scribes WORDS were nos y. a.. app'a.al
pie Inc WIDOWS OF Meyerpeer unu
scribe VIII make large HI,unes mou,
= the opera, as IL VIII lneVlsnp.y w Piaye"
In az the large cllieso vi EUROPE;
Al the Hrso Proouc,on VI All .
caine' the Emperor anu ne EllpI VI
the French were among thS spectators
1t was most entnusiasIlcaliy recelveu,
ana Is sui attracting large a"oiehces a"
Farls.
. THE MUSIC
, 1t seems to be generally conceded that
u the new opera contains much real
: melody. A foreign critic writes
!, "Without doubt the general effect OF
e the score is not less severe than grand.
n In the three first acts especially, 1t Is the
e lyrical metOpGia after the fashion ol
Gluck, which prevails and we feel that
: this majestic Janus Bifr0ns of music
:. one of whose faces was constantly to
}, wards Germany, his country, whilst the
: other was turned towards Italy, and
$ perhaps little towards France. wished
: as far as possible to fix his eyes on the
: side of the Rhine, but from the begin
ing of the fourth act the melody flows In
d full flood, and even In the preceding
5, acts, where it is absent from the sing
/ ing, we discover it in the marvellous
g arrangement of the orchestra. I shall
a, confine myself at present to pointing Out
the portions which have produced TIN
" strongest and most profound effect. II
the first act the chorus for BASES Of tn,
6, grand inQuisitiOn, and the bishops
you whom the world reveres,' which
II was encored in the second act : tn,
slumber song, by Selika, ON my knees
0. child of the sum- In the third act Ofal
the choruses so varied in rhythm OF thu
Sc introduction which Is masterpiece
instrumental and choral melody, as alst
a magnificent phrase recited by Nelus
?; kO. TO the NORTH, turn 10 the horth
"a or. If not death. In the fourth act WI
to may mention almost all the pieces, bu
that which raised transport of enthu
d siasm with q duet, full OF tenderness
r. and sweetness, between Nauden ant
Mile. SAKE. Never did Meyerbeer dis
y play more of the Inspiration of love
One might almost say that the notes fal
nd like the tears OF virgin into the cup
al lotus. In the fifth act the entire inca
ty tire burst forth into wild applause whei
8 the orchestra executed the symphoni
81 prelude in the time OF iunerai maich
which precedes the arrival OF oenk'
ch under the upas tree. In this tnefe ar
81 sixteen bars, executed IN unison, ny al
is tos, violas, and vioins, on the Ioult'
~ string, the facinating tneiouy VI "nIc'
Il, Is inexpressiDle. Although TIE hou
was far advanced there was auesire '
hear this PRELUDE several Times, tne au
dience could not DO without II anu WheI
according to the usnai custom sne p
I'D loudly demanded the name Oh the AT
thor, and the curtain was raised for
kind of apotheosis, In when all the a
tistes were grouped around the bust I
the immortal author, the eyes OF man
were filled with tears, whilst the orche
ira repeated once more the splend
phrase. 1t was like the song of dyir
swan.u Is, 4pel -.H raf7 !
les, To the chorus of Inquisitors ar
&C. Bishops another writer thus alludes
at is said, but we believe in errC
10. that this splendid passage was original
destined to be the peroration to the /
nous BenedictiOn DIES poignards, al