, 1874-02-01

Nllnl1 Inctf Respective IelflLCTles. All LIE
greater was its success when finally permission
wa. granted for putting 1t upon the s<axe, ant
its performances throughout Europe were az
unbroken eeries OF tr;unpEs.
In Chicago tina opera is said to have been At
tempted cuco some fifteen years ago, but trayo!
nuver capable OF producing heavy operao Like
the Huguenots, Hasanlello, ETC., citner com
pletcly OF satisfactorily 20 the connoiaseur aud.
consequently. that attempt is generally pro.
nounced failure. For this reason the Lieler'
kranz Society OF this city deserve praise aud en-.
this opera to the Chicago public during the
presont season. We ara assured that the
management both musically and otherwise, will
be in the hands OF experienced professionals
ard from what we understand as to tue solo parts
the chorus, aud orchestra, We may safely predict
immense SUCCESS for SO metitoIious an enter.
prise. 1t least there can be no doubt as to the
cordial support the LledeskranZ viii experience
on tho part Of the music-loving people OF Chi
cago.
The opera Of :" 3lasAniel1o ~ WAS first produced
III 1928 at the Academic Royale de- Musique, at
T.ris, where the celebrated author OF the te1t,
Eugene Scribe, as we'll az the equally celebrated
composer Of the music, Auber, lived at that
time. It may anfely be said that s. ''Masaniello u
il the first historical opera-as tho few others
containing historical names, as Richard Cmur
do Leon" or ''Fernando Cortez." do not truly
dcetlft W Dt7 t-AAtA 0AoSo4Na4e 4Ao apltfa1 oHCo
Of ''Alasanieilo," however, rapidly produced a
new era for the lyric stage in Paris. Rossini
soon brought out hia civilian, Tells" Meyer
beer followed with ''Robert the Devil " and
1.-The Huguenots !" Verdi gave Us "Ballo
3raschera;' - HAl-vy produced LA Juive -
DeIin1, ~ puritani;" all these worka OF art
belonging to the samo period in musical history
and all Of them being what may be styled his
torical operas?
In " "Masaniel1o," Auber. as g dramatic COM
poser, has reached exceptional excellence. The
opera la masterpiece in all its details. The
composer has succeeded in spreading over the
entire work tho glowlug lus,ro OF sunny Italy,
The warm coforinS Of Southern Italian life las
been most gracefully and wildly pictured in tho
music. The overtare-in itself work OF grea.
merit, aud certainly one Of the most admirable
parts Of tho oper1,-contains, as it we're, micia-
ture picture OF the dramatic plot. Its very be-
ginning nnpzcsEes upon the hearer the fact that
Eere We lave tragedy enacted in Southern
Italy, and it continues to depict tIle various
places OF the dramatic denouemeut-the re1olu-
tionarY struggle being recalled to the mind by
Nas1n;eNo'y triumphal march, while the touching
story of Fe,1e}ln's wrongs Is illustrated by the
highly dramatic passases, which afterwards &C.
company her to the watety grave The i1stru-
nontation Of both the overture and the opera is
si1upl; magnificent, proving the uasterly kuowl-
edge AnEer had Of the extremely variable power
OF e1preHafou contained within the Limits OF
orchestral music This is especially remarka~
bla in the Accomplishments to Fene!!a's mimic
cxpreFs!oos.- This character, the tnuse heroine
Of tha OPEN, s1aatl4 aids to il d1asnatic power,