The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-11
Mr.. PUCClNrS LATEST OPERA
'oriiHIsd rom Fira Pug.

break down. ASKS. Would I'D dog Tray
remember na'' What ,an b. done with
Old dog Tray Nothing. ~ course Il
oin care ma raviss-ra - That - III,
f,bl stt.' equivalent Presently comes IA.
hyster'Cnl ouiburst OF IITksns
-Ss:' hoS-. I'm hom"-lcA and Ia
broke and don't give u damn who know,
II. ! want :" 60 hons, again
want olI P"nn-yNany want nv folks
1 ~ dane Now here ~ the Italian:
Non rcGGo p,u.
Non regso pin ragaz1i' son mliato
Non so III che Mendatemi,
Al. Inandatemi via, Son rOvInatn
son stanco de plrconc iii min.tg
NoSifo farstru. vo' la mamma nina
That Is as near as an ltnlian can come
to II. Son roNinato---I ruined
Then this. excellent English gentleman who
made the translation from the Italian
Tor fh" hhr"ttn reads that I'm stony
and I'm -Ick. don know Of what =
u - "a Lam. attempt ~ m. true Bsla,-.r"
thing. SonoTo gives the GTI dust and
says, Here. Girl clean tn. -lai. uIt -
that III" Italian reads -Tira una riga
sal mn" CONT" Make mark gu my
account What were the poor hhret-
iists tn do In tho SECOND act Johnson
hints that Minnie might become lonely
mp IN her mountain home. and she has
the n"st poetic speech in Mr.. Bclasco's
play Her. Is the Belasco version:
MI>>Ik Lonely Mountain lonely? Tia,
Reside- .o' httl" pinto an I'm all over
the country gu hm finest LITTLE
horse YOU even throNe.i Il leg over. II I
l..
rier ~ the ioothill- with mileS Of Injun
pink i4>' lafn. an tiger lilies A. mad Is
biaze> There's river there to". the
inJnns "ah II Water Road an | can :ei
- thai an drif' an drift. an I smell the
Will ~VrinGa nn tho hank MIN,
VA u az tIre'i - that | IAN turn
np h"rs" NJ grad" an GALLON rIGhi into
lie winter al ia" h'nrIv pines an ilr>
a-W hI-pertn an a->l.hIn oh my noun
'sins' Nh n"auiiiul p"ak>' Ny Si"rra.
bod'- IN tn" air here. sure You AN So.
hun lay'n peaceful han'i- "n the 'u",Int ain
idp~ We ~"enI- :" u"lu Won want 10 let
Your soul =" ri.h, "n ~
Now here - he Italian version
uh - SlI->is
Come II ,tNere . allegro
Ito un pIcUulu pollsdru
ne III porta "A salopp"
laggiu per Ia 'HmpaGna
yer pratt IL giunchi-l,s
Ill Saroiani ardent
peT rivl-ra proinnde
HI prufrmIn :. -pondp
SslsoniuI NainIglIs
Pot rit"rnO al miei PIN
~ monti ALA Sierra
cost al cielo viCini
che lddio pas>a ndn pare
u stia inano NtnClIni. g.
which II. being transIstod
ph, ynuN" NO notion
How exciting my life -
an should see my little pinto.
See hum carry me al a gallon.
Right down beyond the foothills
fhr"' meadows fun OF lilies
All abla/" with golden ionTuIIs
lhcu drit' dow IL the river
SCENTED all alun: - bLnk-
With je>~Inine md H I'd syr.n:.
" hen I'm tired :" ha"k
Io my mountains. my Stcrrls a.
IL was not possible for I'll" poor lIbr-t-
tsts TAI grt hold Ut that BcIasco talk. and
u they had don" y" ~ would hav. been
buried 10y a musical setting
Df ,rnrsr theirs are tI'NI,rs tn 1--WE the
opportunities to Mn" solos
The sS.,nc lctx"-n Rnpcs AID uInai, in
the first ac' is padded So rs to give the
former a solo beginning Minnie. dalla
nna casa son par'ito In the second act
a hymn To- tn" Sun God ID introduced
and IN s'il'g Ia 'hc sIrIaw Bur il is m
~ enter into IN account Of
.very detail ~ thus hind The second
lgt remains substantially the same az It
in in the drama. The third act. as already
indicated. is wholly rcarraus.d. and the
short fourth act Of Mr.. BsIasco is omit ted
The main Ubl-Ctivos of the librefrists
IN th" final orf appear q hav" hr-n
Iiopos'1 Solo. Minnie ora pianEi tu.
JohnsOn's -Ch' ella ui cr.da lIh.rr-
beautifully set in Mr. Pucrini's finest
nelodin N"inJ. and the pleading e Minnie
which usb.rs IN III. finale. the most
ambitious concerted music of the entire
opera
air PucrInI's IN lscil plan is both COIN
Ir"bcnsIr" and cp,nplaI. bur NO. more
intricate, Slsn that Of his -'lnsc. ".
cuntidcs To- the orchestra tn. duty If
pajnting a panoramic tDnS picture while
'hs actors carry an q dialogue copstrrIr,sd
;hIciiy un th" lines II that 'n.lodicus
'ccitaiiN'' familiar 10 is in III" nthnr wOy.s
Il this maestro. There ar" no st musical
Iisccs. except on" in the first ac,. " here
! sony is used IN the ori .inaI drama. and