, 1865-01-11

fow Of his .noasica1 thought Only ma5c1tit
themes m1s .S BE- tst to bis majestic q
sellence Of womsnt and his key note Is Liberty,
the FTeihett which made him worship
NsVoleon ss ef11n, and detssf him Il Il
bess roe4 of BsasSoEsn, h3 e,s sn5S saS
inspirations. and through Beethoven, OF the best
and noMsst slds ef human nature, and shi-,. too,
iaen. The l,bre.tot-, e he osixiual for he 1
andthe @asls the bfsto a' y fac comos aps
thing to say that Beethoven is a r1as-
ter st inatrumeIsal tone. E1dclio shows that the
he later are sabssr7!cnt to ind buff ap ' On ts
former. The acccmpanlmenH dcmonstsa,e the
real value Of orchestra a:opefa, as 1t WIS mover
Ssons,sat9a ntes, esisrs ls:t shs
Ion tho vocal part Of .he score.
The hoase was filed with an audience largely
musical, and, Of course, attentive anl apptccia-
Johannsens : conception Of Leonozaiwas mssnid-
cc7t 1t ia in reality her greatest and best ro!e.
Every development Of the character, eliminating
vss worked up III trne artistic style, Ia the lat-
ter scene, she merged her ide2tity in the charac-
ter, mud displayed IN astonishing fire and energy,
tho very climax Of human passion to the serenity
aud peaeeful dow Of the dsc, 0nantnlo&e }rsuIe,
WIS like the still, small voice after the earthquake
eiSt eli, M da lii and he following aria, fonns hog-
naung, despite the Wcnr IN her voice, she wus su-
perb. lswas rendered with great sptrit and ex-
preston Caniasas' Marching vas very charm.
Ing and graceful rendition Her opening aris. 0
,rdr ich schon, with its Inagnfacent accompaEi-
ment, IN which The instruments seem the echoes Of
voices tosains the melodies from one to the o'her
vas very REettily done, and WIS received With
II nerrnana Il @ took tho character Of Rocco, the old
talor and gaye It not only al the wealth. the forci
hut a calm and dtgnided dramatic power which
stamp him as true artlst II yns not SO Startling
an effort Of genius al his Mephistopheles, not so
s5d fesd + M M @ 1ft {S1 as vice ii fias h
viue quatuor mir tst so tuantstroar went far To-
wazda securing the enthusiastic encore which foi-
lowed. Itimner took h1s part feelingly and nohly.
played hts wonderfully sweet ttor rohust) tenor.
but Was full Of the most wonderful feeling and
symgahy haeean9 asG ept charm With
Jacauino and 1aree1inp ard added to the general
The choruses were Invariably we'll sung. The
male chorus Of the prisoners was admirably .ha-
70 the orchestra we owe debt OF gratitude for
the superior manner fn Which they Interpreted
the aecompauiments- In reality the most important
ind responsible labor Of the opera dcgolsrd
most aztia!ic style. To Ill., Anschutz all lovers Of
the customary Fidelio overture, bqf tie Leonora
overture No.3 usually known as the overture IN
c. Coming in after the stormy prison scene, it
new power, suggesting in the mighty crtsc 'ndo OF
it, finale where The strings succeed each other In
great sweeps Of harmony, and reinforced by tbo
braeaes the whole moves to perfection, the s1o
rious climax Of this great work.
The repertoire for the remainder Of the week IS
as follows: Tonight, Robert L. D,ab!e; Thurs
dag, Faust; Friday, Tannhauser; Saturday night,
Martha. On Saturday afternoon, krentzcrs chaIl1-
inc opeEa-A Night In Gzcnada-wtll be given.
ALLEGED LAncEST.-Pat Mcdonnell was yestct-
dsy brought before Justice Miller, upon complaint
Of Henry Hans, wagon maker, charging him
with having stolen sleigh. The case WIS post
poncl nntil Friday, the defendant giving bail In
the erm OF $2tQ-