, 1876-10-31
.AMUSEN[ENT'S.



THE OPERA. .-
It is now nearly two ysara since w. have had
Italian oper' IT. eight years sltrc we luTe t'ad
"Nortna," anu since ''fst TIC fftcsless sum"
monctl her Drtifs To war against the Romans
upon Chicago stage, twcnty.ttlrco years haze
t1,nc nnt1 r,,,,c.-al,n,,st twcnty.thrce ycars to
.'. 80 .,sa a.. s..,a..,..r,. 49,. - vIs,,,.
m"ay' s'e1 ~ ..' az am'' ,s, -. 49,. "as . y. '.
lhcat!e, Oet. ~ i9h' ~ WIS !iot fe1y
fDrfnltlAOlO cast. Duk perhaps tUer0 Weft
,,na or twn of thc nIa hahttr,cs .r
,,.. o,1,cn,o Inc, .r.nl,,v ,.h,, nan
t"- ,,,o. ~" na-r,r,n,ns. .r or ~, ,;ov,a
remember tnas Wy pes!n.'nanec .l "as e"Joyao'e'
{sToYnn1), Nine. siedcnberg (Adatyt1a), Arnoldl-
nj fi,li,,,. nn,l (,otlcttl {Oruxsol nrc nov Blat
owy names In The oneratic rrcor,ls Of our ci,y.
s"y ,'n ,,o, umc III ~ wnn. ~ Mrma - ha~n h.on
sung sixteen times by parodf, Virginia Whiting
tLori,1D, Vcrn-Iorlnt, Xuecht, Noel Guido, An
rlol.na GhIonl, purcpa.t,osa, La Grange Of
.,,ortnn, ,nc,nnrv, AMI Mrx n1,tinvs. .I,erna,,,N
fifteen times In Italian anu once IN English.
There is certainly no need to say aught Of
"Norma" rs an opera, fur Its story is well
tnnwn ,na ~ m,,st,. IL futn,l,,r cycn IN +ho
Verge ot pe''H 1asSneyeu. EseIy amateur
sngs "Casta Diva" Every amateur, too, can
sing "AlIra Norma" It's cllnruses uTc tic
staple uf every country s!nglng-sehool. Never
tlnlooc r.r1, 1nrtyt. nI,ttntnn In, nffottf.
.eIess VT, ~ 's,i ,S ..ar @ -, -, .%
a'eo' maae w ot 'ne 'eeu'af ol'e'a'goese ol tne
city, md although there were many wcak
spots In the performance, yet It WIS On nudl-
wnrmcI un 10 reaI cn,busias,,, %hjcI was not Il
satt.ntsl mill thr artists cant hcfnrr ti,c cnr.
tatn ut tic end Of eurlt act, Tie east yus "a
i"II,ws:
nasisa stie rnrsiapt
i"iini' Sir pa,misri
Uruvcsn. MIR. Ilall
Nine, lulnirri CARRIED Tic burden Of The ourra
unul, iIrr ulnpc shoulders. Sl,e is IL, artjst of
n Tin lutne,ite,i urcna.1,,,s,,. viii, n
strong, EXPRESSIVE tragedy iarC oml very
] Impressiyv stasu prcs:t,cc. iicr style i
syy n s. rS,y r,atlc s'ran'y ,r hitting
cst f,1ii ii strength asi fvelig, aud ilspaywin
verv ntrllitrent a,,,rxtiltlu "i tho r,,I.. iJrr
yulce il uol yu,,g ur fresh, in itn up,Wr regis
Ter II slows gjrI,s uI wear, but j tl,c ,ille anl
lorer il Il ri ninfrnhir uI,eftv nn II ia ALWAYS
u.sl 10 Tic ysry b.st mlya,,tlt,e. showin., tI,e
s"Enoli,T ~ i tLnr,n,,s;iv truIn"tl sIne"r
But unr docs mi look 70 ,,,flch
| in Il Norma n fur mere swcctncss and beauty
dramatic snpnr ,,,ra i,,touat;ous. Ind tu,,rrss.
siv. NJ vol n rI,rrcrt ,ccntnufon III reritniiye
aud il, ali thcse rospucts ihu Is superior. Sic il
ui,t. al the few r0blst a,u! lntunss DRAMATIC
singers Of tic Italian stage, WHO arc nov
81 r.,rely heard j--mrtists Win rDruncn.
." s"to 'G5 inr fl. nIsa,,r" ~ msrn @ swcstnrss
MI md @ "nr.tt,kl,n,, mrlo,}v. hv tho r',,s,,n.
mn.c urt al thrIr msthods, lie intelligence Of
tiIur work, md tlo iutrnsity of tirlr ati,n,
% lJcr Anrst s,,rccsa", wer,, II tIIe Custa biy,.
tin ,,,,t. rtii. IIni1,sn q. Sirn Snr1nn ~, un'I
Tia fnryrttn r]osiuy ti,c scrnnt net. In With
her ,tn1mssoucd uctinE and powerful yocalIz,l.
tinn ,rant,I m.tt,s n fur.,rn 1'iH, 1,o,v sintrr
NAV be slIu t layC achieved SO decided saIe-
CESS that tllrre viii he a very general desire to
| lcnr her In ''Troyatoyc ~ this evening,
| r,,u+ 4h,. ,,rt an
| t1,f,