New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-04
I NEW JUBILEE
SIR ARTHUR sULLIvANs LATEST "oss>
AT THE LONDON ALEXANDRIA

AT THE LONDON ALnA
VICTORIA AND MERRIE ENGLAND 'oA.
BRILLIANT PICTURES LOYAL SENTIMENTS
AND rUNEruL MUSIC.
From The London Telegraph. a.,
II was brave night for the AlhamDia;; w Inca.
stage the most sumptuous spec, 1ctestra the musi-
cen ha %b ever stands the chief
British composers; in front Of the rnxai princess
s" e aSS a. s9s
England was hailed en- all hands splendid @ coTi
q rsosns', ~hGs srs , 10 thea
Il stirred ~ the pulses Of ali sn
and hearty T|,, n'r0,s % Of wGs
Arthur suy1D r who has s fam for sner
copp who has designed scenario upon nr ne Asfrcd
could scarcely be bettered and ias, yhose wish TO
give their stage a ballet that should ge f"ai
worthy of the occasion has receive" "''p'e '.
through the many 'Ss msrs q oards
az s 10 opportune moment though the glance mus
necessarily be brief and incomp'eas IN the pretty
aeso o for the Druids still haunt these sacrsa
ms s s' se es saSs IL 10
ping through the glade. and afte, ner bsar,ns
Widths ef m pdsSs Soon the
which has attended their steps est numbers
in in sr Arthur sullivan's score-and then; with 2
pr9phetic ute,anee BY the iore,od the scene
reaches It's end Another moment and md We Say rA OF
ssssr queen leap bs aswn ss een
sion the heir to the estate Is receyin ssanS. him
bs sw Sr Mhek ri bis has tho
music touches yeler note ana s we Emo of sunny
Mayday Here come the pipes a. The The n wo9d o.
is osI sn, w RgS he 1s: w aIs Hs
Tuck with a monstrous dragon ard a couple O
SmSH ,Ons sfar AND ~
and earhauntng tune the sayy clad WHOLE sos stage
Becomes one bewiderins mae Of moving color.
THE MERRY MoNARCHs TINE.
Amid thunder and lightning the next scene v sh:
folds itself we have reached ' minS aays Forest
erne the Hunter and his etansIs Ruri
sue their midnight quarry. But just as every c'VI9
has ss eshS s5 nn sro so 'of
my and % reume y afs next
CHEEKY party Of peasants End nf after them
y yu aS hog er0sE ron 5se 81 and
cices. Upon this picturesque and coon seop },ed
h ne and we find ourselves keeping
the hall Of an old Snse The here ,e cook
bSars head anG rSas sos beef .s to tn:
the lord Of the manor pledged BY his loyal ten;
snd Mhns s Eur TAPES Is Played
to their hearts content and finally ial a,kissi h,
| one anOtneT III IloIiof VI TaNH'i 49, -
One might Wen think tina, the s, feast Of R %sG 9Ss
Alhambra has yet more 70 show us TO me ssra ms
of Sit A ar rass% npon
picture Of queen vicioria's coronation. The scene
shoW Raefa last nshs before the audience
All upon The Young queen IN a all ,6s FS OF the S
Crown Gro upon her brow. After this again comes an
apothsSss Of grea, ao mq rarnR place
| OF British troops who come from AL quarters OF OF
af s0G sr to Rny 70
@ ,Se aud finally s ' ws the q
| the national anthem echo through the theatre.
nd R%n e E a 0H WhO w hS Se
Joined forces with much more than their customary
| success.
sULLIvAN's BRILLIANT MUSIC.
OF the music with which Sir Arthur Sullivan has
| speak on the present occasion In terms that wouk
has hitherto brought his powers 20 bear upon the
ter for surprise that a voyage into unaccr
toned region should find him well equipped in all
respects Sir Arthur Sullivan writes ballet mus
with the same engaging address that has serv'
him in his light operate scores. To so consummat
voices means little Sir Arthur finds all the voices
he needs In the orchestra. and no English musician
ness and purer accord than the composer OF VIC
toria and Merrie England" .
lesson Of the highest value lies In the score OF the
new ballet. From first 10 last the music has solid
ity and symmetry but not for moment does Sir
Arthur Sullivan forget 90 be tuneful One need 20
no further than the earliest pages of the score TO
feel that the well OF melody from which the com.
poser has already drawn such rich draughts Is stu
full TO the brim In the broad phrases OF the
Driids' March. in the dainty dances round the
sacred oak and afterward IN the unbroken chain
of charming measures thai makes the scene OF the
Maying thing OF delight-in all these lie examples
of n faculty that has always been led by It's pos.
SCISSOR into smooth and gracious channels. Note
the snatches OF Rule. Britannia" that make thsti
way into the solemn atmosphere OF the Druidica
rites note the OF counter melodies In the sub
seduent dances: note the comical ends 10 which the
euphonium is turned in Friar Tucks music; and
note the air of gaycty that runs so irresstibly
through the lively tripping OF the masguers The
storm music which ushers in fierne the Hunter and
his followers Is every whit as good. In It's own way
as the hurly-burly at the commencement OF the
composers Golden Legend" Who but a master
of resource. too. would have thought OF the In.
genious ground bass upon which the iule Log
March is built? And who else would have shown
such skill in combining themes as crop up In ale
most every scene of the new ballet? Sir Arthur
Sullivan resist the temptation 10 display his
contrapunta powers. and so he INDUCES In fuga
writing on two occasions. one leading 10 really
finely developed example. OF the dances during the
Christmas merry making last nights audience
showed Itself hugely appreciatiye and one engaging
pas executed by n iovial young jester was heartily
encored But enough of detail when all has been
so well done. Let II suffice that Sir Arthur Sui.
iiyan's new score is entirely worthy OF him and OF