New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-23
THE NEW OPERA.
From me PGU Mall.

From me TaU Mdu.
To choose, for the single real production OF
the Italian season, work by composer vi no celebrity
whatever outside Paris was, to say tue least danger
experiment and one L.tle III aecYIuaHce J" tu tnc
Taic Affairs lac result has, OweVcT, proved thaJ Tue
rncrn,uT wss worth trying The author vi " Velcda"
!. = pipl Of AMBROSE Tno,nas he gained the Prx de
Rome AT the Paris COns"rYat0re, ana mas written
comic operA in three acts and a requiem Beyond this
little il generally known concerning nlm. His style, as
shown in opera performed Tor tue first time on Tues
day night cdrUus bearing suc0 very marAed traces
of the Influence of several masters whose methods are,
II not Numerically opposed To one another yet very lar
dpart-namciy Ncycrpeer GOuhOd Adu strange 10 say
Wagner IN his later works These curiousy he,eroscne
Gus influences do not, 1t may well be supposed narmOnAe
with any great degree OF success; Ior tAe Ia,soI
from style to the other cannot possibly DC ehccle1
interfering win, II not destroying the genera
musical elect lac "dShelItu st!io uoea NOT, lnvSu
appear frequently az do the other two; put when II
does II is quite acknowledgements that might almost
fot leading motives occur 'hod7h tnoJ arc noV
adhered to persi7cntly or allow 10 ta@c prominent
share i'll development OF music aud near tue Deg-
ung OF the act an effect Of Unptts Deniuu Tue
scelcs answering another in different Keys recalls
mnrh tnit must DC admitted be commonplace, Il
imd@ad mil in,lcaly as music and that is htte
suurt Of ugly 30 uncOn promising can NJ LencpYcu DC
when he likes yet tncre ineffective scenes cOnsii-
cred cline unsteady or otherwise, and there Is good
deal o honest work especially IN the way VI Ofchcstr-
ton and also III thAt of ensemble whiting -
The story. Occurr as an episode IN ChlteiuD1'
apds Les Maryrcs" turns upon the old struggle be-
ween love AMI dutya theme which Is almost 80 lhIco-
pare In operas As II in plays CsaS Roman general
in ' GiY~ne il constantly audr, "Caesar"
throughout opera but that appears 10 DC Only Jd-
con Ge Darer-nls fallen i'll ioye with Ietcda, DRUID
prcstcs cOnnGaute Ina, also pricstos, lecOs
nIzng the Governor through tue disguise IN wncn he
has come to 0DtIn So Il OF |eHe1@ lures Inn mo
rap ny promising hun an nervlew "IIh her ana APP
DO ntng place AID hOur lndt nave pceh nAeu
upon for meeting o the Gaus ana Iol Sdctlec' "neh
there lie hears Ieieda melting the people 10 rise IN
revolt against the Romans lie Is informed oil Tue
I.u-.rnls uostOu in which lie STANDS by Lrep, q
iou1n lady who yalnly loves nm, ana "o' disguised
as "A boy. has become his Save GA r'cO@hnh5 C"HS
a, Ter lover however. Vedd protects hIu from ,le
nrurIated oau-. 1nis loving coupe are next iOuAd-
their beng quite eApHhed, Db the way
Installed villa belonging TO CGtuS, where r'Jo!cuSs
are Deg ned enc recent defeat % the GS w thc
| R,rulu. nut Teiter, Ga.llc soldier, WAC himself
loves Ieied father OF the presteSs senon, are
all taken prisoners bat are released IN accordance VITA
tied IS rtqucs, JUST peolc lHe dll' 81 vi i"
| IRON lSOue, comes 10 cOMnlIlu C~ttHS anu cA-
terminate tue uauls Inc Imperial order 10
b. C0uuS. ana the pIIsouotS arc soV - ,, 90
act Tetcdd OstcnsDle reason, Is Ound "ltu hcr
aud ner fellow priestesses ia hn Arhorlein hen
lag Ltsc. Here CGttuS Io!iOWs heT, pu mas 10 DaHe
TIC wratn LUcn, wnUse long pcnt-up owe, now coz
fessed, Turned to nate ehe leaves the sae NOWHS
vengeance, puts her design mo execution ny DC
trllng they are resolving 10 NY WIN one
anOtuer, regardless alike OF CGLtSS station ana Ol
| yellcdus VOWS. ON their discovery by Se"0", Ic"tF
ana tue rest, Teiedd aud CRttuS sab themselves IN
the Hrst act elective song FOR IeueF ana
good innate sung by Ieiieta her saccro'ai capacity
ine second act concludes very brilliantly Wltn luAe
| iul n very original - ny AN VI WUl'
I'm the th H. "a CHARMING song for EreH love duet Or
CgituS Iciedd, whlcn Is dlsplIYcu no Sti,ll
amOunt OK sustained power, and capua ana "el-"lit
| nnale, IN wncn nine SOLO VOICES take part 70 Say
nothing the chorus the most successful numbers
Vne fOurn act contains IA delightful song suug ny ma
and the prIestesscs Ieiicdd lies asleep some
effective Ddet usc, fdlry good SOLO lOi 'tEe"~ anu
| a good duet ana male Tor her and C9GaS
OF Nine. Patrs Ieiicdd 1t IL impossible 10 speak TOO
highly. IL Is masterpiece OF dlSniied ana a. tluIcs
even lidSc' iOIS' di.' ~ &C. -, a. ann, Tn
easy CONSIDERABLY written Tor the voice was sung 10
prusslVe, and the difficult passages "hch occur amer
Veledd Das wounded herself WIN the carved hhhe Oh
| her order-hke a tiny reaplnS hook-and before her
death, were sung III manner tnAt que JuSluVs A.
Ieucpvcu IN allUtlug such phrases To such hiohehl
considerable enthusiasm, and the composer and Niue
| Patti received ONatlOus.