The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31

work derives its greatest attraction from uchl
really connected history of the opera schoo
from lis origin, soon after PalcStrna to its pres
ent wonderful development. The trst opera OF
note was "Berenicc," by Fre'chi, performed al
Padua in 1850, and the account OF II is worm
quoting;
There were choruses OF huhdrth virgins ahu
| II hundred soldiers; hundred horsemcn IN stc"I
armour, hundred performers on truihpc,s' cor
nets Sackbuts, drums, hutes ana olher het,u
mcnts ON horseback ana on loot Two mons lso
oS wv u,Na ;''. ,imndI "ar JroHr nv fon,
| horses and six other cars with spells and priso
ncrs, drawn bytwelve horses. Among the scenes
II, tc lIst "cl N.s ,usi pam ,s
snuarr nrrnarrd for thr entrance of the trium.
phal proccssisn and Il forest for the chase IN
inc second acI lletG "e[e tc aol"' "t"'
court viii a virw If tbc nrI.on and n covered
way with long lines of chariots. In the third act
there were the royaI dressing rooiis 'hc stroleS
MIL ,"tr and ,roo, no,acc n thc ncrsn.c.
/ tive. In the course of the piece there were rep
rcsentations OF lhc huhtlhg OF the poat; 'hc s'"S
anu Ie l!om ,me N Srn, , sics and dvdn
Il Itself into lesser globes Of fire on which stood
allcgorical figures OF Fame, HONOR NoWII'S'
virtue an" "'o's
kossln was the Hrst 10 rcHcNc 'Hc oPo'" VI
this massive spectacular machinery and to make
IN for il by the more appropriate substitution Of
oIoborotn INSTRUMENTATION. which is still main
tanned But we cannot undertake to cpitomizc
Mr. Fcrry's very attractive work and refer the
reader TO the volume itself.
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