The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-21
THEATRICAL REVIEW
Some Ideas About Rigolctto and
Yerdi's Music i'm Gtnoral.
Tho Matinee Yesterday. md a Splen
did Performance of BolIini's
Lucrezia Eorgia.

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| nmpa Ap we have akan AiNte give MT IeHat IL
4 neral IdeH Of the music and tho way It wns
| intor pr"toJ that little romans for ua to say In
| this nHr wnakly revi"W.
| Wepr misad In our melltinn Of Higoetn, on
tho morning ot tho twllflh to af.y symothins
today Of tho maNstro's work. Il IL oetoemnd
| by rann nrtlast, ba VHAia masterpieces. nnd
though IT . ,tniuy cont.li IA powaffuI aleruelta
of NOBODY nni harmony. VT anart from tho
| duet batwNou Riqpl.fto nnI fttit aud Tho i'm
mortal qr,ntnor. which nra nfnror 10 nothing
III operaiio musta va thlnk ia 1t Aida. Ieruaa-
lem aui ovan II Trovatora AZ whole ara moro
perfect ro h5,ps It Is thd hprrfl ,rr whien
| n4irpngea la from tho pporn hl. nj NIL rynnta
tIlnt Ia til" wHy lYa
Tho eyorturel romarkahly eloe ,anf aud fhn
mournfuI notes paYed by tho hraas fnstru
mAnta on u tremolo of Tho dnatunr make u
Hitting Introduction 10 tho tragedy witch Is 10
follow. Then. to show tho full apIi OF tho
work Tho motive oi the hltIntn which la sung
by the Duko In tho tlra net nxptotaod hy the
sring In trumontR. tmprosana the mind with
iho ideu Of thHt rprele7e and frivolous lovn
which waR Tho R'mno3 tho deprnvod atato Of
so9iety which tho author repreRenta.
Ia tln nrst net wa hava he Duke who intro
dues himaef aud gives rviienroa af his chHr-
actor by ho light heeeIleaa yot graceful tono u
his ballata singing lightly If Ioge and womon
TIL . muuet which follows Is certainly II remin-
ia@pnee of MeH rt Hn1 so III tho eI,t rance of
NpufcHdJp followed bv tho guard whfch
ftr tpy calls thn ~ rnnco of the commander
in Don Juan, Both, herever arc Very nppro=
prilpe und pr"pntn the nu1imnN for thn
sconea whleh fow Hero Ist IA pay IL
pnasinR compliment t. Misses Paplere and
Homeruahnrs whoso poetry of motion ma
z aonful u 'ttan In the Il Hot contributed lnrg Nv
10 the sue ofA Of Tho mise Up st.nta Tho oInru
without h. ballet would bnt trna Il Ia u sens for
tho nyea na waIl aa for fho oar Tho r1rpeons
Nostutnaa OF thu alugara tho apiand n Of the On.
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mako mo work ooWul'He Hud tpHtrry thH audi
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Aud III not ask for w'nel
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occasion dernnnds Tho rhyrhmic rnonsur"s
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