The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-21
THE NEW OPERA BOUFFE.
F1Est Per fOE = m 10 Btfs n ba bach'a g. r b o.
Htene,I, aL NIblO,a CnARLTe.

B,sUe,'' at NIbIO's rn1aITe.
The New York tribune of to day gives the
folio Hitg account OF the opening performance
OF Odrnbach'S neV opera, at n blO's:-
In Transferring Otfenbach ON the French
Theatre to Nib,o's. MIR. Bate. uan has made nanv
important lmpr vements III his company. He
has IL roOuced mo 1t several people with
voices (@nIch are gooi things to have when
there l. III g1Dg 10 De Jone); he has 0eterrd his
orchestra some VIVA, ne has Strpne tn-ned his
chorus, ana hr has avishel apparently great
ueal CT money upon nne scenery, rcn and gOr-
gtouS dresses, and the many sho w accessories
upon which euiCr a'nments such as opera b0ufe
depend or a graf deal OF their effect. Hence
the performance las night was far the m bst
compile Z that he has yet gwen us, and In many
respects It vas better than La Grand DucheSSe
while IN nearly all H. urDas sed La Bel he. enc.
Th" music OF Bdrbe B cue 10 any one who has
head the o her Jeras needs no description or
cntlc>m. oder bach IS always The sane, aud
tue chara >trr ic mtlod 6. o. ali his compost
items are perVdoei by the ghost of the sa ne
ide1. "Blue Beard" at any rae IS qlite as
sprlrh'lo and lnSDirilng as The works from
the same r'lhcklng 'mpo.er which have
previously been in roduc d to US, and
abGunds P-peC'ally in the first act With gems
which, though not ut the nrsJ Wa er, though
mos lN of course mere paste and snam, have a
Pleasant glittr Ot their own, and will uni Il
plon%y o. admirers such, Tor example, are the
duet in thp 0rst scene bet cen 'teurette' (M'lle
Lambeie) and "PrInce Sdpnlr' (M Dardiguac;
the very comlCri song OF Blue BearJ" (M.
jac,) "M4 premiere, femme este morte;"
uarchoDs;' the lille air, "P ere un beau Jour"
"by Bo o te" (Maie Irua) AMI DER uuet with
Blue Bearr,' "AmOuts Douvrlles;" and the
neslsubly ludicrous chorus which aGcomUauies
the equally eXcruciating duet in act the fourth.
1beIe l. one great fault III the opera as a work
Oi art (lt you csn apply such an EXPIRE e-siOn TO
anything OF OhenbaCh's); the drss act is the
best; ard il ballet by Mad'lle de Rosa aui
others had not been thrown INTO the fourth, the
clan ak wUuld have been pa sed early in the
evening. As il is, however, exDe alton Is
heightened lhrHughout the performance by the
prospect Ot giOri1e legs towards the close, aud
after the blisslnl be ~IldeImenJ OF liberal and
uh-mbarras sed danclUg, the seu-nous audience
goes home niOXicated WIN delight The plot
ot the opera We published yesterday, and have
now only to speak OF the performers. ALL the
prli Cpa artists OF the recOns rue ed company
aIe ood in their respective line. The principal
detutGne, Nile. Mare lima, has a great deal
more voice than Tostee; has, In tact, very
NICE mezZO soprano, wh CO she uses WI h all the
ak IL Ter part demands. she has pretty lace,
but a snort, square 0gute, Nh'ch, in the char
ac'er oil the Sh' pher less "BOuloLe." IS no dsad.
vantage TO her. As an actress, she is the ell-
boiiment OF rCtous fun. She reVeis IN the
qduch97es OF the peasant girl, making them
H. edlesriy coaIse, cegrallug comedy at
times 10 the 10 vest burlesque, filing the
Stage with spirit of deviltry and conyuls,ng
the house Wlrh LAUGHTER, bit lacking THAI
delicate sense of humor without which tun
never can br made heartily accep .Hole 10
persons Ot true refinement. Yet 1t Is only
tair TO say hat there s cert t1n sort OF coarse
ue-S OF Whicn sue DISPLAYED far less tn "a the
lbreuo gave her opportunities TOR. or than
Tos ee would have shoW IN the same part.
Mie Lambele sang and PLAYED the part of
"Fleurette," al La, the princess Hernia "neatly
an r,easantlS, and d much 10 p1ace the disa-
greeanle .mpre sion which sle made IN 'OIpnee
aux Eu ers." The pr ncpa tenor, NJ. Aujac
Blue BeardO IS a mos valuable addition 70
The compunF. His 70 ce Is not altoge her fresh,
bot then it IS voice, 10 g II with, aud tole-
rably strong one too aud he ls yery hImOr rus
acJor aud a much more lively one than his
pIedece sOr NJ. GufroV. The other leading
parts we're taken bS NJ. Francis ("K ug Bo-
h che"), n paragon OF low comedy old men,
Nile. DuClos ("QlCen Clrmenline"l, NJ Dardig.
nae, and our oil trends NM, D4chesne, Ltgrtf-
tout and Ldeard.
Wien We come to the matter of decancy it is
not easy 10 p'OnolDce a 49, verdict on the lPW
opera. There are a'sages IN the bretto which
are entirely shan ele-s, aud are al the more
unpardoDabe because theg adj nothing TO the
iun O ihe piay aud eau have no effect except
to d'Ive TespeCtab ladies away from the house.
There are some eXlb RANGES also IN the acting
which demand repression, But Bue Beard u
10 beasllv, as La Be1e He enc was, aud ls sus-
ceptible OF br ne trimmed. What a PITY that
managers canuot give Us one Ot these CAV little
operas freed from eX,Ianeous nasliness, the fun
without h" ceDSP, the dancing without the
DIR! What pity that we canuot have opera
bOuHe in such form that no young gentleman
iced br ashamed 10 II ten TO II win his sgeet-
heart, aLd no husband with his wife! Bat this
performance goes too ia, and we hope the
public VIII iroSn 1t into reformation.
"A gentleman of Naples intends prose
cutting the Italian Government for the money