, 1869-11-04
AMusEM Is.
THE orKK4.

GH4 V1kAA.
A second fresh opera VIZ given Last evening 1t
tho Ope.A House, the "Dgacs DOMINO - Of ths
nonagens1tan Auber. belonging tos.he opera CON-
iqu< school; we hAd Altnoat said the eps4a beugs.
Scl1be1 libsetto would certainly suit The the aser
style, and very often there t4 thin partition b.
tween AuDerA mualc and that OF Onsnbach and
Her1e- "Ie Domino Soir " came between "Fs2
Diaro!o ard the "crown Diamonds" 4 ha. the
and II has lety which neither OF them possesses
There Il no nore soldlty, or thought, Or sJupa-
htsse; snd III il u fali Of sparkle and sun1ness
navor. the duoa aud trtoi arc often vesl pretty,
although rarely pathetic. The dramatic edeeta
are OF the very simplest ktnd. and some Of the
fnales almost .srerc Ia their simplicity.
The atofJ Of the opera a .ubstAntssiIJ ~ fouoHa
and, u will be perceived, FFcncbY throughout:
Tnr opera ofens WITH baliroom scene, .ntre
tMr Gss1ie} ,eiis .,n.san Ill. Lsaienee1 ., lis ID
tense desire 10 neet a uysteKtou1 tadJ wnnm he
had seen rast ye4r ago II tue Qaeent nal1 and
unon hla Cinderella, bot Horace heclare4 he knos1
het TO be = lady Of Iank Count Julian Joins the
a.neesr, nd tae Bsast IT ngssns th..s aetsesl y.
Anotla slpes dei9hifn. eo!o, and Coun. Julian
eomss IT, ho,aes "a. a.atetf sad acoosuss "'ssa
although she pnmaska, she refuses TO tell Who she
IT, Again. when the coek strikes Il. Rae flles. bat
aaspee;s ~ % saas shs is his w.fe VICE. ] he iefs Il
home II With the neadache. IIoraas also
believes 1t, and soc runs on In fear. Tue ue1t
house oI Eb1snt Julian, the honsekeeper, JacntAa
tIlas Stockholm. Ia moved By parse and ring to
tegutse her IN her otecea dfes1, aud 10 pass her
they admire her rather Too boldly, but Harax rec
ognizea her and protects htet She Re!a sway
rom this place, and the next act reveals that
she Ia q member Of the convent. and about to BE-
| come Tho Lady Abbess. Horues cones thsre to la-
| form her thai he cannot ma1tJ the young lady he
Il bctrothed to, who ls In ths convent a be loyeh
! She ia called to the chapel. but at this moment
letter arrtves telling her tnAt her uncle has lelt
her large fortune, and that her vocation Is rot
Oh bridal dfeat, comes BACK, and bessoFa her
| hand on Horocs. 49,. ....
Tho cat was veg good one TIE parts were
| well Sung. and vet ihe1u seemed to be = lack Of
| animation, which The opera needs notn than AnT.
thing else to make It thoroughly successful Mas
lessee sang her Ivls yep e!pte,ss.ely especially
which was delightful piece OF vocAhzaston. ArA
ScRul3. although she hst iIls!e to do. DID i er-
aene.y vel NJ Laurence t1n9 n!s @ mase sesy yery
had ~ little ~ do with the sprst Of the Opera ~
| Old liund1et. A1r1Eoz. have all the artists got
70 saor ~ aGn su, sp ana
good talte. Ilall WAS acceptable, and S=guin ~
funny, and In tho Supper scene carried Oh a hand
Fl, esenos W
\ TNI TrxAERES.
The bills at the theatres rrtnA!n unchanged
| "Htp Van Wtnkle" Al McFtrkeF'4, "MAsJ WA
ner'' i, ihe MUSEUM, and TIC Ainstrela q, The
| Dearborn.
THE oRAroRIo SOCIETY.
The o5Ato1s1 Society rehea1ses, on Friday eTen
Ing At Lower Faf"el, ldIs1s- aals
THIS evening. concert WI be given At AoE
| with the following ntoHTAntpe: