The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-22
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Abbie Carrington Opera Compan,


The Abhie Darlington Opera Company
opens their engagement in this city at the
opera-house this evening in Balfe's grand
opera Rose of Castillo" which viii be
followed on Saturday evening with
Gounod's immortal Faust"
The following is the story of the opera
"Rose of Castillo"
Donna Elvira, Queen of Leon, has been aft
anced by her deceased uncle. the King of Leon.
10 Don Sebastian, the Prince of CASTLE She has
asccrtained that he has determined. under the
disguise of a muleteer, TO make himself some
what acquainted with the disposition and ap-
pearanee OF his intended spouse, previous to
being formally introduced 10 her To be up
with him, ElviTa also DISCUSSES her
self a peasant girl. aud, in companv
with her attendant, Donna Carmen, dis
guised as a peasant youth, sallies forth to a
netghboring village, where they come in con-
tact with the muletecr, the object of their
search. to whom they appeal for protection
against the rudeness of the ylllsgerS He is
struck with admiration of the handsome peas
ant girl, and loses no time in making il known
10 her, at which she is in no WAYS disnleased
Their interview is interrupted by the appear
snce OF Don Pedro, Don sallust and Don Fforio.
when Elvira quickly escapes into the inn They
question the muletecr about the female with
whom be was in conversation, but sc; no salts
factory information. On Elyira's reappearance
from the inn, the noblemen are forcibly struck
with her resemblance 10 the queen, and insist
on her accompanying them 70 the palace
Don Pedro, who is ambitious to be made king.
gets up conspiracy sgainst the queen, but
Elvira having escaped from the custody OF Don
florio, suddenly appears in her true character
as queen.
Among those who attend to pay homage TO the
queen is Manuel, the pretended muleteer. who
is astonishcd at the resemblance between the
queen and the peasant girl he met with the pre-
yious day. He requests private audience with
the queen, in order 20 warn her OF new dangers
which threaten. When alone with the queen
he appriSes her of plot 70 make her prisoner
and contine her IN q convent. and also declares
bis conviction that she and the peasant girl are
one: but she TidicGles the idea In order TO
evade aud Illustrate the conspiracy. she resumes
the disguise OF peasant Don Pedro. from a
sinister motive, now requests her to marry him.
which she refuses to DO, and in pique he gives
her in marriage to the muletecr, who hanp-aus
20 be at hand. The mobiles. convinced that the
peasant girl was really the queen in disguise.
snd that she hrs forfeited her title the crown By
marrying muleteer. insist on her sbdicatieu
she Is soulew hat staggered st this moment by
being officially informed that the Infant OF Cas-
tile 10 whom she thought herself nsrriesl has
changed his mind, and msrried another person.
Manuel reprosches her with the accusation that
her preference for him wss the result OF her
conviction that he is a prince but she assures
him her heart Is his whether he be prince or
muleteer. Don Pedro and his acconlplices in
stead OF triumphing in the overthrow OF the
queen, are crest-fsllea on discovering that her
husband, the pretended muleteer, is no less
parsonage than the King OF CASTLE