New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-29
BROADWAY THEATRE.
OPERA BOUFFE.

Brief reference has been made, In this col
sun to the fact that the Broadway Theater opened
for TIE new season. on Monday evening. This house 1t
vii Be- remarked reverts to one Of it's former names
tle which trust win this stick. The visitor 70
The Broadway viii ind 4 the clean and cheerful
sheaer that II last when Mr.. DAILY rettted
and occupied It O. the New Fifth Avenue. The same
RESTLESS and persevering manager still directs its for
tones and be has reopened with popular form OF
entertainment bright in character and perniciOus IN
tnnuence-the entertainments namely, OF Opera BOune
Ehe particular specimen Of French musical farce which
be has offered is q new work, entitled La File
oe Madame AngOt," and this has served as q
vehicle tor the remittance here Of Nile. Marie
aimee and the Opera BOufe organization headed
b. that artlst La File de Madame AngOt is spoken
as having been a success IN Paris and IN other Euro
pan oInes- should be remembered in considering
~ fact that success in those centeTs Of old civilization
usns within legitimate bounds and that opera
B9ue 20 matter sparkling II may happen TO be, rs
Do mistaken for Grand Opera, any more than kitchen
1such Is mistaken for a duchess. Hert there has been
tendency from the hrst-that Is from the time when
M Bateman brought out Nile. Tostee at what IL now
Mr. Mansen's Lyceum Theater and 70 set the whrigig
N notion to give this meOdiOus and hcenuous fooery
a. undue prominence. The contrast is not without ts
lesson We WILL not, however pause upon the moral e1-
csp 10 remark that perhaps at some future day lnte
eebos as 70 these matters may so far prevail
IN his community that things IN themselves trivial
well "a mlschevOus will shOrD Of half their power for
harm being relocated 10 their appropriate ooscuFt
q Ia Pile de Madame AngOt" Is, comparatively speak
ing an nnocuous though not an innocent composition
o. l class The chief theme in It's sory-as IN that OF
The Hundred Virgins lis an interrupted marriage.
Iu heroine. Clairete, Mrs. Angots daughter, Is
pqasnt downy" young woman, whose paternity Is
uncertain She loves Bohemian singer, who Is clever
Axle and vicious She is betrothed 70 barber who Is
gDodnatured ass She its the barber, and she is IN
turn ltec by the BOheman-whO loves, and is beloved
b.. the mistress OF couple Of French politicians This
latter female. told, is favorlte actress IL VIII
D. perceived that the company choice. Falstaf in
shs chaste retirement OF Mrs Quiekley's inn, could
scarcely have wished for better and the immense impress
sveness OF these people as objects for the contemplation
OF young cent men aud their sweethearts IN our day,
viii OF course suggest itself 70 the most casual OBJ
servef Out OF the relations thus indicated number Of
comic incidents-such unexpected meetings, sudden
and confusing discoveries and bold and adrot schemes
Tor oonoeament-are easily made 20 rise. To mention
them N particular detail would be to waste labor and
space Invoices and catalogues not lively reading
the taste for the perusa Of plots Of plays not one
ehat in general have time to address. few pages
OF the City Directory, should say might serve to
soaoe H. Enough. meantime is said about this opera
oude story 70 denote it. character and drift and the
favor OF ev1ty that pervsdes ii. There may,
perhaps for French pgJc, be some political signin
eAnoe IN the tale but have failed TO catch its
point recognize force The action is assumed TO
pas Paris year 1871, and conspiracy against
che French Directory is part Of the machinery Of
the plot One result OF this pretext, possibly,
t. udicule Of Government but the best result OF
The choice Of time. place. and circumstances Ia
pretty costume. The French dresses Of the period
often really beautiful and that element in
the illustration Of history has furnished in perfec
ton, the Of the Broadway Theaer-just as The
lovely Watteau style has been on the stage Of th'
Olympic A brilliant Suggesting N general. we may
add HIS been provided FOR La File de Madame Angot.
respect production has Afforded = display
t8at Is dHe pleasing. and oOmmendabIe. The music
the pece was written by Mr. Charles Lecocq, OF whom
a. comD0sers II might be said that nc resembles Often
hachtbe master In this line o. art-very much
the OdOr Of bergamOt resembles the Odor onion
rs uumbers fluent sweet airy sometimes plaiutive
sometimes tumultuous, at al times pretty, but never
IN tins operaeither original in character or remarkab
m adsptveuess expression. The general quality o
the music mpresses as as rustic II makes think
sum meadows. and newmOgn hay, and great. sleep
barns with red doors, and those lnxuriant, unpOshe
country grs who wear, Ia their bOsoms, little pape
Packets Of musk, and who do Mt know how
spell IL has natural beauty, with little fore
of aaish-hke Of BiOomned's poetry as compare
VITA Thomson's- The most popular melody seemed
- Thai OF particularly piquant duet between CaiTet
aud LaH9e Nile Aimee and Nile. stani-ln the sec0n
&C. but there Is nothing IN the piece that will captul
AID Keep the laborOas vhsting population as certai
o. The melodies have done the Grand Duchess al
Helen the Beautiful CIqiretts's defiant song
perscnsl avowa and self assertion" vous aver fat
ID depenss pour doDBer de Innocence brisk as
bAuuiy. Aad the ehOruses are gallant and stirring.
We ada that the piece never dull shah an up q
measure Of such pllment as u deserves. Mile Mar
Aimee aud her company have given IL competent,
lh some respects brilliant, Interpretation. To g
e-rnai coquettish, dixie feminine character Tia
hsures continually IN Opera B0ufe-and Is no less
I's ona than IN ~ Predecessor Nile. Aimee BE- awa
equal and seems emiren1y frted. Seeing her In q
Specimen her All. S0tLing vlE'es bat lac Ore