New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-17
"THE MOUNTEBANKS.n
THE NEW GILBERT OPERA.
on Daily Telegraph.

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which greeted the new opera Of Messrs. Gilbert and
Gesr last s ss% the eae"t Of many sos afsEe
| infinitely pathetic In the circumstances. The DYING
composer the still unfinished score the p0stD0nement
| of production the final touches made by hand which
Death had aredy chilled then the last scene Of al
followed By triumph OF mrth snd mu,T t,o coue
be insensiblc to such contrast and n0t follow TIE e-
ceding SIX dow Wit! eyes In when sympa,ny ana iegee
dullcd the brightness Of pleasure rhe loss o. Aired
! pernaps we cannot properly estimate. We may: how.
ever perform the duty to which hi, last work challenges
! MS and lay upon his tomb tlibute ci admiration
the central idea of Mr.. Gllberts new book is ons
not unfamiliar n drama e we an mnd rT 81 s n%sncs
tears away all pretcnce. and reveals huna ciaraes
! not 1t would b. seen. but rs u ready ~ Al uns
present agency no less potent makes = eany
ont OF seeming men and women who for various rea-
sons choose TO appear as what .sS arc ~. oe,os
down the curtain upon the statu ante. The meanx
by which hi, fixing process is brought about take the
form Of pb %S 81 p"a I'D tG ,Gs sS'rt ans
mountain inn in sicily Early IN the story t, as.
biz p,s the unattended result Of an experiment ana tho
landlord into possession Of the phiah H2y %Hs
the wonder i to work and this he does uIder various
pretence. Twenty four bandits headed 6y a. h n,
lied la the rate Of one per day. and the Inn y con se
venient place for such prolonged icstNlnes. mu Two
dozen bridegrooms there must OF coirsc oe Two ao1a
brides The landlord, Elvino di rasti aiireao =
rustic beloved by Urcc but IN love %tn , dere,S
hanks who come to perform before the expected Duna
md duchess OF Paavcin complete the human Mate-
nav 70 make these Characters assume those in which
they are to be fixed. The bandits take possession OF
mosk int whose power Mnestra. the bride Of one Of
item Is to lure the Duke and duchess Ds ps aJynf
the part OF an old woman suffering ron an arndents
Alfredo and Thrice agree TO represent the Du.e ane
duchess at dress rehearsal OF the recep2n q 1nse
personages by the landlord Teresa fearful 81 losing
her lover pIeteDd go mad with passion ,ndi Inc l9S
keeper prophesies the agoDles OF o,oh y, uU VIC VIC
Mia. The dancing earl. consent 10 peIsonate certain
cokwor figures which have not a fse w se9
made the potion il exhibited never mind how the
Transformation takes place and the nit aG' o so t
changed characters 10 which the human auomata son.
tribute an element OF the widest run ana ANU .~ a
gantIy brilliant show In the end everybody IS glad
be denchnd Coy the mp sd pr % nj O"'n a yo
We're tho opera comes close. IL Is obvious that
the purpose Of Mr. Goers plot Is .ot sG pSa s .ns
shordnote characters as the association. almost ne.
cesSay forutous Of ronages ana scenes sv S oS
dramatist the plot-,upposiDg any other couia Law
Invented itwould probably have resulted n st a g
Mr '"Gnsy ' brings 'o hs puppets on he a.
them cxqui,iiey drol that we are bare n No dis
pOsito7 to inquire into their relations with each Other
or the tory IN iae' ,b ,Here quaint to conoct and points
Of humor follow each other in such 4uck su. snoSss
that every faculty !, aoore ms ~ rom such Gilbert.
ian pudding n The Mountcbanks = not an r ey
mOrp
obtaining fair idea OF the book Is TO rT sb ,riHns
S9egr 10 Of The author At the outset we have brig
ands whose motto Is revenge Wdthou' & 81 forth
whose reason for revenge 20 quaHne" - '""' ~ ~
our ancestor. next door nelehbor,
Had y mother. whose brother
By some means or other.
Incurred three months hard iaDor'
BY the when Of thSss ssnty e, god s. SSIs
Of stocsbroker There does not seem however 70
any connection between the snbterse ana an .ae dsrs
Tote hn band %l The Village beauty Teresa PROCESSES
rather poor opinion Of 9sr Tw9 srv m 'se 20 GEN.
s,av entertained that in common modesty iec o3uns
20 yield to the Pe, e, St Psr WORKING S minority
All sad and done
Against throns.
I'm only yst one;
may be wrone. x..
Iltrfe aud Teresa fall on'. saw one; ne1 ms:
inanity, !" wheeupon the other: Play proprety or so
cety may suppose S inehrleiy baf,oio ,, ne picSsr
,n has one Of the l@s speec hes in the book: I've
played the first acts-and the first alone-oi al ous
srt ef ANYTHING Ny last appearance three months
arone paved the moy 6a9e As no one else nv
ever ever pp s6@d ' See them now hear their riba rosr
whole hons TcSa Win Ps da i IEf iS"! on
,d poug yyur lli You laugh Your last. No man shall
ever laugh ut agnin III be cl2 rN NH a. 90
VOID .nr. dtoined by Inc police becasue they hadn't
onv nassports~ DIDN'T open the figures ara shoS
not roS M rule they might be foreigners The Pre-.
tended figures are introduced rs iiam'et ana Vp"ena
:. The contleman's noble prince marvel OF ventrf
,,haannlIv afflicted with Il mania for s1loqny,
Tho lady j the victim OF the God or Love Na,L,
YoS see II IN her gestures. which are morbdy mecnan'
Hes backed himself nj heavy odds, in proof OF HE
That ne .oIoqnsc her into utter mserl ~, hrr,nv.
But all IN vain--obServe her eyes "-s'ssi'"s WIN
sanity ,, s,.s
f., rcnlitv ind consolation in the thought that tnousn
:" mere Geneva. the cheapest tllng ~ the .Isne hi.
. night have been Waterbury. with inteThaus eaoN
,it nSsde, If, i : lmething 10 have apps'
i1i,uS that never aches MIA Nlns'
.ophera 10 her sex was dsgincei ,,..
Whom nobody could feel c9mpai; passion f%'
opl,elia should have gone 10 MY place.
10 consult an eminent sohol'or'
When such promises ms these
Breaks u su.tor rich and regal
Why substantial damages,
i tine panacea legal
From "A jury-sons OF Adam.
Though stony as Mocadan
Maid or maiden, she'd have had en-
Would Opheha.' ur,.s
Enough has been cited show the kind OF oe s.s
fireworks which let OF through the Opera; ~ cIH!
ling hat tn, we ca uo ,se PC rS mnt e be cold Soa
person no INDUCES In II. II Is niue" c"'ie' "
better 10 laugh.
TWO NICE DOCS.
Percy FITZGERALD In Tie Gentleman's Magazine .,.
once knew little FOX terrier Of marvellous .t hen
llgencr-hs MISTRESS pet. nave se-. n onnsar
le impatient "a go on a"ash LILLE he womid throw
down at her feet could iher ie q DELL acks
could 9ne@ase GS"vsy ' and pun up
Two -, which the flowers Were trained ana return Wiz VIZ