, 1869-11-11
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fd1 orxaA-hNAAktAGxp o. Y1oAnA"
mo nnt production ot Nossxts great work.
| mo Marriage Of Ftksso." IN ChtcAeo, ii d..
| aooa musical episode. and IL Of consequence
onouan 70 warrant moro than usuA, critics, s.tnn.
uoa. has Written fos Tho italian opera, bY
Mozafl- In l58a. Al time whom {1truan onnrn
1ad hardly gained = too.hold Ia Gfmaay b.
lonto LorunEo furniah!ez him tho Ibrst.o, which
ossoo opon 1'eAumarth1,s' COMEDY ty Tia
sAme name. IL waA furthermore, written 1t q
iinle WHOM MOGart had sio,cu. eur,u!os. who con.
spitod 10 pre- vent s.s production ana failing ,fs
anlIeo IN dccTJlng III tnrr1tL ks,ica wRs
snsasea u sa.s nc ;a.sas1 so .x.n.s ~ % Sa u
AAy, l7et. e!x months aftc1 Il wss nnlshtd IT WIS
produced n wanna by expreAA command nj tho
ih,mnDt, :, sl ana 4. made al unprecedented aae,caa
aummctp bat As1t,uS "ura coss RAro', having
e1t1otd!nafY success Ia November. AozA1ts
work lot I'm. itona sae t. sst<st,tre. This VIA.
n9wessf S, sny H., S,ampa f., r,; yesF
10th It and Tho a Figaro moi Win ori.ut aac.
cesl everywhere. tta vel! 10 az the oAtcs Of tho
iwo opera, and 10 remember that the Wharfage
ot F,Rslo WAS written orst, ~ there Ia very Dc.
c.t,yi similarity IN some p.rts Of iee Two *cotea.
Etery ono viii DC struck with Tho coincidence
o.n ses Il Sf S's o!s
Mele inspred ~ Hsaamassnas, the great Frcnch
from Z Aa,.as< d fsoarp. which vu gwen
ra S.o94 9Ss u xI. En- ia 5
lbre,io u ! sort Of sequel 10 isoasin,s It as.
nd enas Win ths marriage q Faars and I'D sn.en
M, Ras'nat waiting ma,d. The coincidence Of
character. Z nos The only one ID the TWO operas
\ Kotstm IN bis younger days studied Mozart vety
eso.ey. The plot of the opera Is substantially a.
Count Ain.aria, after The marriage with Ra.,na,
| I'D settled down upon hta estA es. Fnarq,. snc
q tse castle By ,ac Count. aud wa'lo In n,s NOW
ss Gs Ct a. essa aor Gnfalta
1 II ss oi .
.nlsa. easeSe1 ne iaiso. his Il; Old sii.esneass a1s
r. ranse dss o. .htch he va 10 h.se ' mairlss -
r. o.sa s;;sf''fs fa,. Of an o' ola eass, asxs,
festivities, fne Cossnt -itmarfsa unce be enjoyed
the quct poaAet 6aoa Of biz vile, peghu be5toH
attentions on sasaana, e1.ncing ii Inc sams ii,ns
Geuntts., Ths Count had in his service Lad. 81
tne name Of cheTatfso. 5ounF scspegrace, al
MaJs IN lore Figaro, xno waa extremei, anooy-
ed BY h. tnattsra behavior to Tards Su,anna,
hack to psop1ssy. In ,be a1st place iae sent ist
ter Informing him thai the Cou,.tess had made an
osiI Arousins thus tae as1nts sasp1cioo' ~ F;sars
calculated better 10 prepare rim tnr inc snare.
Eu.onxa vas 70 get messsgr to the Cnunt that
the would meet him In the gsr1En that Night
chs7 7ptino was 10 act Su4nn,4aA parr, and the
cUuntess 70 kusrrise The ifstl husband with tue
IL order to effect the nccessary transformation
Cherutfno x1k sdu.ltsed tn the ruon OF the CUNT
tks. where SuAdnna began 10 make the cnange Of
had stepped out into her tooE u taIe away the
pages coat and fetch nim ONE oi her dressea, the
t"u'4 tired 70 gam hcccts ty the lr1nc,pai en-.
france, and hLa,Ig thus locker, commenced to
knock sehemently. Cherat.sso QUICKLY ned in'o
the chAm,eI Of the cuuntxAs, and the cJu.ttsa
cei1ed Fioaros anony nous letter notlcsng tho
confusion Of the C"unfes< Ahowcd ner Fx}a5os
lttier. llelc, unfortunately, CA.rubtno, In tue ad
went out to get cTownar, win hich 10 opo: he
door Of the cablL the Countess accompanying him
Suzanne 3atcAly Islea.ed tne psge. a.d sasa
cA11Iino. When ihe5 rrtusntl and INC Count
lad wfupG from hIs wife the confession thAt the
;sa in the door took 10th BY surprise But the two
women now TUNED The t-bies npou the CounL
Tno fnefull5 asked bis wtfes ForgtEcne'A Thu
Susanna to The wedding. A little while A'ter hlnj,
A ntonso, the Gsrdpef, made Ills appearance and
llststea he lnnst ,ee t,s master some one nxd
Jumped out Of tie VII dow from the c.un'es.'
u0nu, broken ZONE VI h!s flower p0te. And escapeti
Figaro Qulefed toe Count by Avoriug himself tho
cuipns. At this mon ent Ha,c..t.na anpeassn aud
lodged cow plalot WITH the Count against Figaro
for breach Of rFun!se. Ainaorttn, tht-k1Dg 10
pIont By it. esinced great Interest In the case.
eresi .hsi Fsuss Va. va % tae ca,ia u hsrsslss. ana
70 Fiodtos and stssanaa. ). uuton was rs.uesed.
Meanwhile Susanna, upon advice .! the Counttss
and without the kroWehCs Of her betrotheG,
carried on the Intrigue. She sought m Interview
ccuiorm to hIs wishes. Afterwards She wfute =
noie to him appointing neesttR " this appoint.
ueut f1garo got ~tn1, mud forthwith collected
to tne csans ~ soat,4 cudse,s,ns " w WSea eysD1na
came round, The two laIi-R--tho C"unfcs& hsrspei
sa m and %ssn.a n I, - i
already IL waiting. SHsiHha then wttndre =, Iras-
loF her nAtteAs alone waiting Tor thb C"unt, Bid
for Hssanna, be- dae T. viii aer IN ',.s IT iss, ss
CtHnt intetiCtcd. The Caanftxs now received Inc
..ll .otda Of her husband: intended tor
G.unt, then made no'ta, aud the Count aent
the t1pprseh SHsdnna IL to tno pavilion on the
shr cunbipR bsr.,er eaw through her Disguise and
then took III active part s,y addressing hrr ~ Tho
ttnnttss. III tsAsIoDste language rMs Count pser.
iAu intn the par.llah on Inc left The Eaunt trcn
called hts servants ana eueFts. AMI hatte them 70
e. e.. ny .a I'm s DE- asass %t .'
plortus inrzisenahs. kuinch'y tho real ti,.n.,.s
appeared ituBl Tho rssluh m the Right, Icf,fsn
with Tho zAtlAtanee Ut Euaafna ahd F,pufo hust,ri
!phisers ur. a'.l hutr1rt Ihs 1lsneas~s uH 10 tho
!rs'ls!tics u honer u f'anr"a tnarrssvr THO
t"Hnf "Aa hrAlesl fr:sl lrs j. sanl.y, Ahh tr-csmo
noIt fsltn'a y a lsrhtt, thau eve IL i".ira.
Iho stnfy. ~ VI! tc perceived, is ser1 isallau.-
tit'l., and inirsns hslhu III" ,nous.a ihrotais.
9ul. Il ran hasiy tss caIttAt = hnFu t,t.nTa, III.
though MnI.tt bad requested IT IL iNnsr baf"
a.e, he bad coi,,,nrn~.t sortas. i,.o4nsc lhcs I
rot sstlt, nl'u. 9hsts !. tirntt of hno,dr IN the
s,.a,. erosrs a.s,t'i tul VI ~" dramatic stu..
is,1s S,ttstr." ia tss ':tistt~. .of ins.snsr. s
deed. tts csrssief q I1sr.is., u ri pon % tslovaS
VI, u nuch hrntrr 1l,u t'fo lhsa IhRt 0f t'rJa1a.
In lecar'i % tho music. ~ r1anhcs. Of in.'su.
ods. aid perfect nnIsa Of drlAil IT heems 10 "
| iLcomrarali, the greatest Of aasartt apar.l'c
l. otfen Gut ;r reno Of "r,ssrs, % ,,ols.tn.t sS,.
inR The "Mh.kra Tf'o." Aatt. t4'M.. mud rtacat
aln.cAt ibnnho variety OF resources and richly
| co1ortd orchea'rat1on. -
The overture 10 tic opera il hr1c1, but Ia to.
ina si1ect Of ta,a @ .ss s1 i se IL IL 10 uxtctse%.
| uaauncl The hsaes Instruments nasn sery Lite
| 10 do, and The unfortunate uunooDes With ~hlcn
70 tpsby OF tho can,poArrR nlxke futoesP. hatrnT
Actually single bote 1ruu one c1,d of thu opera
10 the other. Aud JET the tta'rume nrAtloa Ii A.
! wlya r1ch, and always full! pecause each in.t1u-
BOW reach The rocai tcose. Al d, In aunmartz,ng
Snsa sa .rs ssns of sss 4 ss ee qo6 mt r
! ncecfsity, as Otherwise its performance would
LAT nn,il 4iser usdnlght
II 'connt 4 lt'aartra's tIAmenc+) ca.tie- t1.1ro
lcaurbeln ts walking to aud ITO In the room, and
s.s%aa"a % tpa.pa', ne intended: !. trimming .
are dncosered In very ernceta1 duo, which Is Inc
opening numtef Of ahs ope!s bit q recttatsre
which has the unusual feature Of oeiag soorrd
without ihe ciar!nets, In shich tho improper Al
SHOWN. The htrd number IL = cs.atna ID mtuaes
| frmro, (isrly, Your L0ftlship,' tn whtcn Ft,dro