, 1879-04-10

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Margaret. 80 80. MIst Prsssr
Doanvo. ..'''''''''aM4 4io Hssoo
St Croix. ix.....:.....:......... .... ...Nr. itali
The ron,uplsc o,,cta Of apaul uuu YIratuIa,n
,r Victnr Mas, n.ns ,,,o,, ~. .,,,' ox.t s. t.,
Ch,c,ro ta' s,a WI" x'e.' 81 i9r % .'e s'. ra. s'n. IL
by the A 1rss 'D Trouno arI viii cass as'''e, ~
above. As the production Of now
opera ia alyays nm event NJ nr,,nc innnrtoncc,
,vn nr,,,s. a., ,1,r,t,, H., .,r..,... ..,,,.a
~, anors,s -, , ,rar, .has, =.
crfornance,-rcserVinE tie latter uutl Its scc-
oul hearing, on Friday eyoulny.
In making this anulysis. NE fo,1ov lin c,csnu,
score, whleh a'ytdes tue nncrn Into three acts
aaa s'x tanleau1,-the eperioF''anee last evening,
owing to tho necessity Of sccutc ct,auucs hcu,
IN ave. rhr poem Is paraphraso Of St. plerre's @
",s'f s,,,,,.a 49,. .,., ~ 49,. ~" e"'.e'
aha lollo"s tlle original very closely. an! the
music IS act by Massct Que Of ttc lending Pro-
fcssors In the Paris Conservatory, this being Ills
thirteenth opera, and the 'ast md irst or tin.
rror,n fila f1r.t ,rori,-t.,n ch,nt,,s. v,,,,,.,
group A's n's. morh- LII e'@nteuse 'oi'ee
-"as proaucea III lo.'o, n'ld from that time
until 16G7, llc averaged new opera nlniust cyury
ycar,-t]Io most famous Of them beln.
uf,o1otheou .ttn. Nnccs Ia I.nu,ntto +
ar r.t...s, -, r,.s,,. ,,.tT 49,, n.'
- ~ E'e.eGs u, wv W oho'e "a. Ne'1c lopazc
It was not until 1878-slnu years nftcrward-
TINT "pauI n,u1 Virrinia u onncorca. f. 1mvI,,
f,oor ,r,Jre,1 ~ ti,o 1E,h ~ N.s,,s,,,,. =. ..:.
=. ,,o ,o..e ~ ~ 'us" ~ 4,o'.p.' o. la'
direction OF II. Fizcnttni, With the following
| distribution Of parts: I,au ftenor,. N. canoni.
Saint CrotY n,nrftonc,, NJ, N,lci,Isndor. H.
m''9he toatlsohe1 NJ honhy; Defd h'"FdoHna's
| tbnsso), NJ. Bonnefoy; Trginfs (soDrano). Mile.
| Itt.er sister OF Theodore Hitter, tho pianist,
| who waa hero enuc ycors apo win cnrt,tta
rn,t,. u.ak, fcon,ro,,o, M,nc rn,,n,,,. ,." IT,.
1"'s, ne'" ~ teo't'n'to)' '''ao' E'e"'t: .hme'
70 Ia 10nr ttnczzo-sopranol afnlc. sallnrd;
+hargneri'e Qnczzo-sorranoA Niue. Tconi;
u. ntyrtlson tho young ncgro), Mile. Parent.
a., ~ ~" se =, e, ~ .. . w. ~
the happY hie OF Inc TWO loscfs huoh The Island.
III the care of their mothers, tltt ono MI cxitc
fa,lprlc.s son IL, sortal neccsstv wh,r,, ..o.n'
wi. ,,,.tr .ono~ott,,,, n,,, 49,, ,.,,t. - H.,
pe's 'lle" sePa,".io.' "n" 1ae aeSpa'9 Oh I'am
during Ptsai"a.a absence; the vision which
ucrsccutcd by The at,ontiuus of n. t,roi1. win
| l,ns followed ncr thttIwr: I,nr re'rtfn, ri lin
aud dccIaration OF uncianEjus fpyc for It.u:
md l!er q q. attymptsd M return, slspMFsrk On ti's
Il viii bo scct1. aru not only dramatic hui renliy
a.lnpt themselves 10 lyric treatt,,ett. ''
Tie nrern has eighteen numbers, which wo
staie Sy WV Of preaco tat m a. oe
IA ,ot Massr'a, but has bcsn within o, fr""'
tlw mann srnre hy Sir Onnrft III. rnn,imct1r ~
ti c "rr.stra' Gtju,S ,at~cr @ ~ cruiit "a u
ilun tu liz. Dncrti fur his xiii in trorsrrlhtm,
frnui th nIautI ecorc. attll il IL msttrr ri ~,
grut Tint wU could not llnyo Ind tic work in II.
nritfnai sitting. rs Siasse a.rtvcI hts ,,rIu'i,
mi rrn1,tntnn IN t1Js nncra ''f for p''nI, w..
beauty md f1ncss with whir'' '1c h..
trcntcd tl!r Instrumentation. mt onI,
| IN 1h, orcnmnnrf,nrnfs. i,nt ni., Il, III. o,y ~;
~ sas. anS sn ".,, wers eal,,fI uu Iso ~ ,o @ e
frst.s Il. F"ret"Nxhsi' II n1 unsiornl av,s' ..o
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",y i,r ~ IL r Er",ostc,, ~ co.prts :t ~
t,,ra ~ ~ ,ntnonrrI II tin nrtnr'9a1 t,nc. f.,
IN "na4' r"rv vIro.ns,y ,roI,, ,s',e t"tes ~ ~
tho, o ,vI,;e % .,hsaun,'t1,5 rao,.nens y!
1e ea't 1nn n :, r,Hiix y ", y s
sa n Z uhn'yrn aii a,,',..,ri,u, ri ns 9"a .s.
,svn II liz nisss ~ tha nm ras a ~ l us t
t',,ata - ..ai ,ar ~ Wiz p""''o W t"e u"'os
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culary y arEci XVI Viii, T local color. Tb ra T. pr n
r Ill., ~ liz Tis fo nv H.. jt ~ ~ ufaM Er" "sca H.