, 1875-01-30
THEPAlsIS OPEisA-llOUSE.

TIE PARIS OPEtcA-l1OUSE.
This Formal Inauguration OF the
1suisace.
Correspondence ef the Philadelphia Pf<ss.
PARIS, Jun. G.-Ihe Inauguration Of tho
the first representation woro issued by the Alin-
tstrY, who mnungod thlugs In q Hort Of half
and-hAH way taat was uelthor PLEASANT nor
rolite. Two cousses retDniDed oppn to tho ALL
thorlties Oh tbs occasion. Ono was to let mat
ters take thcir usual course. to throw open the
bo1-ofI}co - on Ordinary occasions, and to sell
thu ticteta ~ usual. This other, aud tho proper
tno.l,od, would haze boon to have taxen pos
session Of tho houBe for the night, md to have
Issued Invitations to tbs leading dignitaries in
Tho social and diplomatic world. Instead
pasxouaSes. with polite intimatiou that
toy might l,ago ttem Il they, cfoSo to pay for
thc!n. Each Of the Ambassadors Of tho foreign
powers received two. The rest were dIyidad
among tho Paiisian faahtonablos, to tue almost
total exclusion Of tho American COLONY. lu flct,
Dr. sud Mrs. Thomas W. Etans were
almost tho ouly Americans Of any note
Who woro present. OF course with the ex-
coption uf tho American Ambassador. The Lord
Mayor Of London (ucayeu saye tho mars y was
the crest feature OF Tia OCCASION, OWING TO much
gilt coach, official robes, maccs. heralds, etc.
It vns certainly an odd choice, this invisaeioa
sent to the head Of the City of London instead Of
to ono Of tue representatives OF tile EneAsu
nation-ono Of the Royal family, for example. Even
Bnch coiiatcral representative Of Easl'sa ROY"
atty Is The Priuccss Ut Tack or the Uaao Of Cam
bridge would, n1othinks, hare proved q
u1o,o appr1priato guest ttau was this heavy ctylJ
Official. TIE night was mild and ~ is usual in
mild weather here, extremely misty. Tie houses
ait around tho 0peta snd In It's immediate Hoigh-
borhood-tho American Club, tho Travelling bA-
zaar, tia Eotes Splondtdo, the Grand Hosel etc
wcro all brilliantly 1T up wlth lineA Of gas-lesa.
The OperR-uonse itself looked dark amid the
surrounding radiatlee. The sows u lahpa sts-
illuminate the exterior Of tho vast building, and
tic brouze statucs w}fch uphold toe tufuafs are
too dark to 10 effective at night they diaappsar
amid tho shadows. As regards tho performance,
tic old ll-luQk OF the upefa-Housa cIung to II
still. Nilsson refused to slug. owing, i. il SAID
BY some persous to aeveee iudfaposttlon white
others declare that she Inns taken ottonEe q the
conduct Of tho manager respecting tile laBi TO-
hearsafs Inis last ata.etrteut appears 70 10 tho
truc one. It seems that whon blmo. Nilsson
went TO the Upora-H House on last Sunday stight,
i'll order to 70 tnrougn tho last general renoarsa,
Hho found the house packed Tram tup to bottom
With largo and brilliant audience. Having
come to rehearae, snd not to g. through Not
pc. .formanca tic lady retltca aud declared sho
wouih not sing At the first Representations. Aer
withdrawal PIT m ona, Of course to The ropre-
sentatou OF = Hamlet" Istou *xlre got sniired
because Hamlet" was not to bs gisnn, mud he
Withdrew also. However, It msde but sitt!o dEf-
ference al to who sang Or noe on .has night
The house, AID not tho staEe. WAS the atttac-
ton; the audience, anu nas tao performers, AZ
tracsed univa1sal attention. AnlouE tho tlrBt to
arrive WAS tho Marrhai 3facAf1huu. vito catna In
very quietly. a. was hotltins the pfeaI'lcnt Of .
Topnblic. The blind King Of Hanover, With hls
daughter ard tho youug King os spain, wero
the representatives Of ltoyhlty Oh tho occasion.
The Deputies of tho Assembly who wero invited
wero chosan by lottery, and CHANCE favored maay
OF tho Nonapartists. Tho louse, when full, pre-
scented a n1oat brilliant coap Doll. Nearly avosy
lady was in tu,l d1oss, and tho few bonnots worn
ta,,koil ,orr,hlv ont nj nlace TSo praye 1afncta