The sun., 1883-12-16
he Ieadine characters Hero either persi,tentlr

the leading characters wero either persistently
ropulsiye or orimperturbably. .virtuous. The King
was evidently from the beginning irremedIably
amasiSs Than yTtao sl T. this II kns H %Sle %&e
the same passions throughout five acts. be-.
comes In the end terribly monotonous. Finally
as all the detail, oil the preparation all the
tho King and the Queen and the other charac:
ters resemble terribly mere puppets in spite of
4 II these considerations doubtless influenced
the audiense OF the Irs, night. and they wore
p"be ey oIsny mas M baues ps
turc of the habits and cbaractcrs of kings in
exile too violent too brutal They consider his
be worthy Of theatrical interest and they pro-
test against the cynicism of the scene whore the
together before the public to devour their royal
prey. Then, again, there arose another qucs-
tion;; Was Christian l. portrait or not? H9h
the hero of the siege of Gntta? NJ. Daudct re-
pics fa,egorienl.y. No! Then, answer the crit
king. waowing in the miro Of vcc aud de-
bapchery i! that king has not existed? T? -.
ing his book. Alphosc Diulct worked with u
purely aesthetic aim; he wished to note the de-
cay 2 ,dird a. dSn n Mat is graually @ being ef
Unfortunately for the author aud his inter-
prefers; section Of the public has protested.
the public of the swell clubs espccinlly, ap-
pauhcd beyond measure Snrdou's work of
more "snecny "a M lis aseRs On
titnbettn, who in the previous yenr had fought
hi MS best for his country. No insults then seem
had, had risen from the rank9 In 1883 the sam,
the piece TO defend ii. '"l''"' ''''''''' III
the billiard match. in which visnaux beat
Sch2cicr by lio points. have been almost en-
sh .irsh,y ,hSSarcS Sat "n Tuesday an andease q,
| opcnin..of the new operp house. assembled at
Tho Tho Int},rc Lyriqne Of T. Place lu Chd,s!et;
| the Italian opera The imrrcsnrii conceived
the idea Of inaugurntinG their enterprise
and Grnry y Paris nf shSn
be invited. and they succeeded in gather mr. n n
asnSe h II tfa xisw was % both from
| elegance, 1t was not 10y. any means an ars; y
cratic audience. in til. old sense Of the word
| Il was democratic aud ience. composed in tho
| image OF tho eIunlitarinn society Of the day
u society whero the privileged places are Tor
| sphere. even the sphere OF goidl,ttrtc. with or
Without the cover Of the theatrical profession
sa nosas ent "n and Bo n
these professions We're rerre5ented. it is trne
E%, h'y yt,ar 1 al the ' cT in the
Mrissonier. Dumna, Goncourt Jules Grtvy,
C,@msnsean ara Henri EochefoTt; but ,e
were there too. The Princess nathdc lad 4
| box. so. too had Aiicn Rc..nault and Jeanne
| Granicr. The seed OF Abraham was iars-rly
| represented, and spanish America and III,
| Lnvant were not forgotten.
| Til" list of subscribers to the Italian opera
| is equally cosinopoitan. There is no obJcc.
tion T. be maie TO this kind OF hni m"suut
society. where nobody wears n mask IL is
| amnsng; rich. Injurious. admirably dressed
| and we'll SUPPLIED with fine shoulders. fuii
faces. and gittcrin: diamonds: In beauty
and splend9r Of toilets the audience, on TIL,
| 'lrst subscr rirton right. last Saturday. was
| almost as brilliant ns that on the ouenn.
night. The theatre has been completely rcilt
| ted: centre aisle has been placed in the or
| che5'ra stalls. II uniune thing in Paris theatres
| and in short, the Italians PROMISE 10 he sue
cess. The opening, opera is yerdis "Sm9r
hramati, work which is sung. i'll perfection Ii
Nine; Fides Devrias, Victor ,SInurc!, Edouar'
the tenor Nouvclii. The programm,
Fl .rril this month Ir. omiseS Nile Zoiprr' niI.
Herodado.' The scenery m Of ' the new IaIial
opera is OF paper, an innovation whic! gives
very satisfactory result and permits of til,
| mounting OF several operas without rulnin:
the treasury: Thus the scenery Of Simol
| Boccanegra" cost only about 81 900 whereas i
the Grand Opera. it would have cost 100000 o
$4,000. The new theatre promises to dispa
an activity that ought to awaken tho Grant
Opera from its magnificent torpor. The TWEEN
| ty-four weeks OF opera that will compose th,
season ct the Theatre Italien will BIO welcom
to musical dilettanti. and the commodiou
stitute for the observers and tho loungers
sort Of resume Of the salons Of modern Paris.
| THEODORE CHILD.