The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-11-11
A NJ U s Z M E N rs.
Italian Opcra-NilS.ou IN .,I.r,b.. >,

HnH"n OperS-Niiss0u In "Marfhn."
Nothing could he moro charming than tho swedish
Nightingale last night In the coguettsh rite OF Mar.
tina. She eclipsed even the performance OF the FIRST
representation OF tho opera by nfusing into IL a
much greater amount OF vivacity, and, II we may
use the expression 'at-home-ness" with the rjie
IL IA worth the price or box to hear her sing oThe
Last Rose OF summer" Miss Cary also outshone
her FIRST efforts In this role. Janet proved HIM
self the best Plunkctt on the stage at present To-day
will be given matinee OF "Faust,r ana on Monday
the same opera VIII be repeated for the last time
"Mignon" will certainly be produced on Friday
next and, as managerial promises and actual pre-
parations are the most elaborate scale regarding
II, we may look for the genuine sensation or the
season In It. The music IL by Ambrose Thomas
ana the libretto by Messrs Care and Barber trans
lated into Italian by G. zailra. The following Is
sketch or the plot
Mignon, the daughter OF noble parents, has, when
a child, been stolen rom her ancestral home by
gypses Her mother, shortly after this bereavement,
dies grief while Lotario the Droken.heared father,
almost deprived OF reason by the loss OF his daughter
forsakes his home and roams n minstrel from
place to place, In search OF HIS daring child.
For years Mignon utterly unconscious OF her
birth and origin leads wandei ling life with the
gypsy tribe OF which her beauty renders her the
most prominent ornament Tho chief. Giarho,
that Of gypsy, compels the hapless girl to dance
and go through various other performances In
order 10 obtain money IRON the inhabitants OF
the towns through which they pass-and harshly
threatens her with his stick, whenever, from
fatigue she refuses to DO his bidding. Guglielmo,
a young student on HIS travels, happens ON one
Of these occasions TO be a spectator OF diannos
anse SUCH he hs
Mign0n from her cruel master. The friend
less Mlgnon, deeply touched by Gugliemo's kind.
fnrh nm nm N
ir IRE attachment. Gugiclmo however, to-
sy Sn Q, .sS election which hs Young
Vaccinations Of Fina young ac9i s "eiong,nS
to troupe Of Th'esspians, on their way
grand Jete is about to take pace in nonor
Of the arrival OF some illnstrious prince:
the festivities IS Gugelmo Fna, the beautiful
but c0quettisn object OF ms admiration Is the IDOL OF
Gals at the castle serves but to increase ugllemo's
Loneliness Tor the fascinating comediennc. Mignon,
VINO has accompanied her new master 10 INC
Gugielmo's love for her rival AT length. despond-
ell and unhappy, ana unable longer TO endure the
maddcnng Jealousy which gnaws her hearts core,
Misnon Is about to throw herself into lake adon-
Ing the castle, when. of sudden, harp played by
Lorario appears. Abandoning her mplous resolve
Mignon little dreaming that 1t is her father who
mpores his counsel ana protection. Carried away
by the vehenence OF her emotion. she prays that
alel rival Is, at this very moment in all the glory
oil her triumph. The performance inside the castle
now terminates. Filina appears, surrounded Nv
tumultuOus crowd OF admirers. Oil loud In their
praises Of the actress beauty and talents. Mirth
ana pleasure reign supreme, when, OF sudden,
lurld glare umnes the scene. the castle
Is In flames The aged LOtarlO whom the voice or
nature has unconscousy Interested In MignOn's
behalf, has, half craZed as he Is with grief and
trouble lent an ear to MlgnOns rash imprecati0n,
and has set fire to the Castle. scene OF terrible
confusion ensues. MRn0n Is nowhere to be found.
Gugllemo, after an eager but rutcss search Tor her,
PUSHES wildly amid the burning ratters and In lew
moments rcappears bearing the hapeSs giri. rant
Ing, IN his arms. In a room In LOtarios immortal
residence, Oh tho banks OF an Italian lake.
lies M2non, overtaken by dangerous III
so lately and narrowly escaped as well
as from the continued struggle to conceal the
affection so long pent up In her breast Guglielmo,
who has meanwhile assisted Iotario In transporting
Mignon to the home from which the unhappy parent
had so long been absent, has discovered IRON tho
broken sentences which have escaped Mign0h
dnring the crisis, OF her ilness the secret OF her
| affection Tor him. Through the medium OF long
concealed casket, containing grille worn
by MignOn when little child, a. well as
by her heartful utterance OF tho words OF
| prayer which her parents had taught hel
IN her infancy, the Gptranced Iniari3, .a as
Mignon IS his long lost child. Blessed by the re-
by GugllelmO's 1ervent though long delayed avOwa
OF his love for her, MignOn, tanned by tine resora
tive brcezes Of her native hills, banishes forever
from her memory the recollection OF the troubled
past, and conndingy looks forward to the bright
and happy future.