The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-05

OrknArIC SCENERY IL VIwNA- We shall
saw nothing of the singing or OF The acting,
both Of which were simply superb, but OF
he scenery shown we wish it were possible
70 convey description. Everything on the
stare looks so like the thing desired to he
represented that you forget it i Il stage. Ii
a street is shown, there are persons III tue
| rear of the performance going i'll and out OF
storc-doors. seemingly having nothing to
do with the performances going on. II Il
princess or other diynitary i'll the pro-
cramme has to arrive at hotel or palace,
away in the rear OF the stage a carriage and
pajr rattleS IN the iootmau desCcnd>. and
hands the. lady out. She. turns around
| the beds Of flower on the centre Of the
stage, which represent eurden, and fol-
| lows the gardcu-pltls until she gets toward
! the foot-ights. when, after singing IA few
slaves, her lovers boat shoots into the lake
Of water under the trees bard by. Every
scene is so perfect thar you entirely forget
you are at the opera you are in scene OF
| real life. The scenery is never shifted, as
| with us, but when u sceue is over, and lady
leaves her sitting-room, furnished with al
the paraphernaIia, and makes her exit. up
goes toward the ceiling every Yesl.gc Of her
room except the solid furniture which stands
upon the stage. and down comes wood or
grove scen@ Large trees, with rustic seats
around them, drop Immediately i'll front
of-say the ladies' writing-deSk-and III one
moment we have Il wood before Us us true
to Nature as the art Of man can make It.
The clIlmiuatiug scene II the Prophet"
where destruction comes upon the court,
was one Of the most curious and remarkable
that the eye Of man could rest upon. Ina
cine a magnificent banquet scene on the
grand STAGE. four hundred and fifty of the
most gorgeous dresses that the world could
produce for .ta"e effect, several huge gilt
chandeliers over the head. Of the festive az
Semb!v, containing hundreds of wax tapcrs,
and suddenly u Il thunderbolt, when the
prophecy i, to be fulfilled. the pictures
drop from the walls, the ceiling rolls,
the chandeliers swing at in angle vi forty
five degrees, the white marble pillars
fall in on all sides, the ground opens, and
the table. with their gold and silver vessels,
INTO one ind,SCribablc MASS Of Chaos. For
half Il lri:iu.C yOI see al actual earthquake.
You sc. how Hercuancum was buried the
bodies Of the @ai.y-drc2Scd counters lie at all
angles, and the place still crumbles and
crashes OVER them as they fill seemingly
dead. and i blaze like Il sheet Of lightning,
that illuipines the sky for 4 trice and then
leaves it all i'll darkness, shoots across the
wonderful scene. and thcu The curtain
CONES down, aud many strangers, Eng
IiSh. American, and others who have
no conception Of how they produce
operas here, are found standing, har-
ing become alarmed at the reality Of
the scene; and now a peal Of ap-
pliu>e commences at the parquet and rs
cends the tiers of boxes TO the gallery, aud
again and again one part OF the house after
another renews the applause, and g bravo /"
is heard on every hand but the scene can
not be repeated. Not even can it be shown
again for second until the prophet Is
performed the next time. Five minutes
after the curtain was down the audience be-
ran to disperse.- Correspondence Cincinnati
Gazette. r.-.