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THE OPERAS. Alboni's reappearance in the...
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FROM. THE LONDON UAZETTii. Tuesday, May ...
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La Traviata was announced at the RorAL I...
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Mr. Mitchell opens the campaign of the B...
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The Vocal Association, conducted by Mr. ...
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Mrs. Anderson, the Queen's pianist, has ...
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THEATRICAL NOTES. The Princess's has pro...
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The access of Spring—signalised this wee...
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Royal Academy. Ii. The Story Telling. Th...
r ~ J The middle ages are brought back . The old knight , relishing the display f his horse ' s vigour , is finely contrasted with the children , so fresh and apprehensive The obsolete costume of the stiff yellow armour contrasts with the •^ mortality of youth ; for the type of childhood is the same in all ages , though the fashions of older people , and the costume of the time , pass by . The picture is finished with all Millais's power and exactness . It is , as we have said , - TThoto'Taphed ; but painting can execute motion , colours , and relief , and many thinf 3 ° denied to the photograph . In the photograph , too , the drama is always fc the mercy of the actors , and can never rise above their pitch . Raphael naints what Raphael sees in his mind ' s eye ; the photograph can only give us a drama dramatized by Jones , Brown , and Robinson ; and even of the greater traits of nature it can only attain a colourless engraving . In this picture of Sir
T < mmbras the figures arc brought out under a broad light , which places every line in comparative relief ; while the landscape in the distance , the banks of the river are subdued under the darkening tints of evening . The weakness of the picture lies probably in the fact that the painter has devoted himself too much to its parts one after another , so that there is a certain want of unity in the whole . The figure of . the knight is flatter than the rest , as if it were drawn with a pencil and coloured with water-colours . The horse is scarcely finished , and from its huge size and smooth handling , it might pass for a giant wooden horse . The children are perfect . It might be said that the figure of the knight is like a drawing cut out from illustrations of L . itta ' s great book of pedigrees , and placed between two living children on the horse of Troy . is taleand powerfull
The " Escape of the Heretic" a more stirring , more y told . A lovely woman has been condemned as a heretic ; she is garbed in the condemned costume . A young gentleman has come into the prison , has taken by surprise Fra Juan Romero of the order of St . Dominic , and is in the act of cutting off the woman ' s hair before putting upon her the habit of the Dominican friar . Such , after much study , we interpret to be the occupation of the young gentleman , who wears a Franciscan friar ' s gown over his gayer clothing . The defect of the picture lies in a certain obscurity in the action of the rescuer . It is not clear whether he is cutting the woman ' s hair , or threatening with his knife the priest who is crouching behind her . The obscurity is increased by the expression of the lover ' s face : it is that of a man who is busied in some troublesome and hasty effort , the brows frowning , the lips
stuck out ; but a certain blooming , almost smiling aspect of the countenance deprives the expression of intensity or reality , and makes } 'ou doubt whether some joke is not going forward , and whether the out-thrust lips are intended to inflict a smacking kiss . None of those remarks apply to the woman . She stands , barefooted , in the prison dress , somewhat elevated upon the steps lea-ling to her cell ; her action , with the head slightly thrown back , the hands gently gathering her skirts about her , her knees slightly bent , expresses perfect yielding to the hasty and vehement action of the youth . Her face is a tour deforce on the part of the painter : it is as beautiful as it is gentle ; it implies at once extreme fear , sweetness , submissiveness . and trust . Under the power of such emotions , it frequently happens that the lips are somewhat lifted from the teeth , and so it is here ; and the flesh of the face dragged back by the hair . " It constantly happens in real life , especially under the rough handling of such tragic occasions , that the features of beauty are distorted , and yet the beauty only stands forth more brilliantly through the trouble . To portray perfect female beauty under violent disturbance requires an absolute mastery of painting : in this triumph Millais has attained absolute success .
The Operas. Alboni's Reappearance In The...
THE OPERAS . Alboni ' s reappearance in the Barbiere on Tuesday evening at Her Majksty ' s Tubatre was hailed with delight by a brilliant audience . We have never heard her in better voice ( it has recovered its roundness and fulness since last year ) , or in more complete possession of her prodigious powers . She is emphatically in every sense the greatest of singers . Not only is her voice incomparably fine iu quality , but her vocalisation is perfection itself . In a word , she is as much beyond criticism as Rossini . We have only to record our admiration , and to recommend all other singers to whom nature has been less prodigal to study the secrets of such accomplished art . In the luxury of listening to that melodious fountain of milk and honey ( for such it seems ) , we forget the invraisemblance of the Jiosina . Hc-rr Reiciiahdt is , we dare say , a very favourable specimen of the German tenor , but he is sadly out of place on the Italian stage . His voice has a distressing poverty and hollowness of tone—how different from that rich , voluptuous vibration which we arc
accustomed to expect from a tenor !—and although he sings the llossinian airs in musiciun-likc style , and with graceful flexibility , we listen uneasily , and with a sense of apprehension quite destructive of enjoyment . His attitudes , too , as the gallant Llndoro , may be had any day ( cojoured ) for the small sum of twopence . We never heard the Ecco r ' uhnte and the Jo son Lbuloro go so flatly . B'iclletti has not the via comica of Ronooni , but he is a very spirited Figaro , and sings with ease and power . Benevkntano ( happily subdued by temporary old age ) is a more than tolerable Bartolo , but to Vialetti belong the honours of the evening , after Alboni . His Basillowna in all respects a capital performance ; elaborately and effectively acted , but always in keeping , never unduly prominent ; and his singing displayed a fine bass voice , full , strong , and deep , pure and true intonation , nnd a sound method . He sang the C < tlumnia at least as well as Formes , and without exaggeration . He is a positive acquisition to tho theatre , not only for his excellent qualities as a singer , but for that unussuming conscientiousness which marks the genuine artist .
The Barbiere is a nico test for an orchestra . Wo regret to bo unable to congratulate Signor Bonuttk on this occasion . Instead of improving as the senson advances , the deficiencies and faults of his band are becoming nightly more obstreperous . The execution of the overture on Tuesday night was coarse in tho extreme , and the accompaniments almost always inordinately loud .
Madlle . Piccolomini , who , as we heard an experienced critic say , " if she cannot sing Lucia like Peksiani , does it delightfully , " has performed the part this week with increased confidence and effect , but we are even better pleased to announce that she is to repeat La Figlia again on Tuesday , andto hear that she will , in all probability , appear in Linda de Chamouni ( a charming opera , never , to o ' ur thinking , fairly appreciated in England ) in the course of the season . Surely there must be some mistake in theannouncement of the new ballet . Pjbrba Nena , from over the way , to replace Pocchini ? Where did the Spanish dancers come from last ? From the Royal Standard , or from Highbujsy Barn ? They are all very well in their way , but their way is not the way of Her Majesty ' s Thkatre . Spanish dancers have never succeeded at the Opera , nor even Spanish dances , save when danced by Italian , or French , or German feet . Will Perea Nena prove an exception ?
From. The London Uazettii. Tuesday, May ...
FROM . THE LONDON UAZETTii . Tuesday , May 12 . BANKRUPTCY" ANNULLED . — Alexander Dal-UYMplic , Limo-stroot , morohauf ; . BANKRUPTS . — SrECJEL Morice , Ooloman - stroot , importer of foreign and fancy gooda— Jonathan Orusk , Klntbury , iienr Iliingurford , liorksliiro , builiioi—Richard Gale , Sklrmott , Hmnblodon , Buckinghamshire , grocer — Oabtle Bhanuwin , juu ., Blackhoatli-road , Groonwloh , and UiKh-titi'CQt . Doptford , grooor—Mauy and 'I ' noiuu Hu » - dlebton , JJornora-sfcroot , Oxford-street , cabinetmakers—JA & iKa May , QoHwell-sfcroot , llnundrapur—William Organ , Waluall , ( StiuTordiiuIni , saddler—Samuel Ahmhon , Sodgloy , ntalVurdahlro , builder—Samuel Starmeh , Wolvorhampton , < moo manufacturer— -John JOaknks , Dorchester , < loalor—William Lisa ice , Alinondlmry , Yorkshlru , cattlo dealer—Anthony ami William Cuowthhk , Huddorsuold , ourriorn ~ Henhy Harkibon , Sholllold , tailor—Nei * tune and John obal , Douton , Lancashire , nnd , Birmingham , hat manufucluw r » --WiLMAM JonKs , Carnarvon , alnto merchant . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . —J . Tuunjjull and Co ., jJUinburgh , woollen warehousemen—A . Straohan , Arlary o nw-uiiii . i , Khirotm-Mulro , wood merchant— J . Feikjuboh ,
Glasgow , grain morohant—D . Thomhon , Orwoll , Kinrossahiro , cabinetmaker . Friday , May 15 . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . —James Basbe and Solo- i mon Linde . 4 , Savagp-gardons , Tower-hill , wluo morchants . BANKRUPTS . —IIknuy Rohkrtbon , St . Miohaol ' s-alloy , OornhUl , commission agont-GEOiiaE Cookhurn Hybk , Sonth-parado , Cholsoa , surgeon—Benjamin Oantkr , York , cloth merchant—Jonathan Entwibtlh . Bury , Lancastor , tailor — GKORan Tilley , Walton-on-Thamos , brqwor — Jamkh JJ . Knai'P , Newport , shipowner—Gisorois Gittins , Hart-Htroofc , Grosvouor-Mquaro , MiddloHox , Ironmonger—Henry Ivimey Cox . fjhalford , Mssox . grooor—Samuel Tanslky Ovjsoy . , Bolgravc-wharf , Pinuico , utatuary and Ntonoination—AjniAiiAM Milnes and Jamics Milnub tho yonngor , Oldiiam , cotton apinnora—John Owen and William i'liONitv Boon , Birmingham , Hllvormnitha and jowclloru — William Thomson , Ovor Durwon , Lancashire , power loom cloth manufacturer—Jamkb Stamvs , Handsworth , and William Finch , aun .. Tlpton , Staffordshire , paper inakera . —SCOTCH BKQUlilSTRATIONS . —J . WL'Mab-Tint , Glasgow , draper—J . Wood , Ndinburgli , merchant — < J . Andkubon , Arbrontl ) , mnmil'nuturor .
La Traviata Was Announced At The Roral I...
La Traviata was announced at the RorAL Italian Opjeha for Thursday evening , and drew an immense house , but on account of the sudden and severe indisposition of Graziani , RigoUtto had to be substituted at the last moment . At almost any other opera-house in the world this unavoidable disappointment would have been severe , and perhaps severely resented ; but so consummate was the performance of Rigoletto , in some respects the chef d ' atuvre of Vebui , that the audience was not only satisfied , but unusually enthusiastic . From the first note to the last , the opera went a ravir . Madame Bosio—most elegant of women , most delicious of singers—is the true successor of Persiani , with a richer voice and a surer intonation . Ronconi ' s Triboulet is as fine as Frederick Lemaitre's , and on Thursday all the natural harshness of his voice had suddenly disappeared , and that ungrateful organ sounded rich and fresh . Mario was slightly hoarse , but what a quality of voice ! and what distinction in his air and manner ! The orchestra at this house is fit to be a normal school of accompaniment . The Traviata is in the bills for this evening .
Mr. Mitchell Opens The Campaign Of The B...
Mr . Mitchell opens the campaign of the Botjffes Parisiens at St . James s Theatre on Wednesday evening next with three pieces , two of which , Les Deux Aveugles , and ( especially ) the last , Ba-Td-Clan , an extremely a propos Chinoiserie musicale , will , we fancy , be the talk of the town . Indeed , the repertoire of the Boujffes is rich enough to keep up a roar of laughter for a month .
The Vocal Association, Conducted By Mr. ...
The Vocal Association , conducted by Mr . Benedict , will give a performance at the Crystal Palace on Saturday , the 27 th of June . We trust that , in the meantime , the members of the Association will take the opportunity of attending the performances of the Cologne Choral , Union , whose perfection has only been attained by constant practice—an example the Vocal Association will do well to remember and to imitate .
Mrs. Anderson, The Queen's Pianist, Has ...
Mrs . Anderson , the Queen ' s pianist , has announced her Annual Morning Concert at Her Majesty ' s Theatre for the 18 th inst . She will be supported , as usual , by the full orchestra and chorus of the theatre , and the catalogue of solo singers comprises all the names which , have become familiar to the frequenters of the opera during the present season . The new prime donne , Spezia and Ortolani , and the charming Piccolomini , will be there . Alboni will also take part in the performance , and Clara Novello will be added to the operatic company . Of the male voices , Giuglini will probably be the greatest attraction ; but Belletti , Beneventano , Vialetti , and Charles Braham will be important auxiliaries . M . Remenyi , her Majesty ' s violinist , Pezzi , the first violoncello of Sig . Bonetti ' s band , are among the solo instrumentalists ; and Mrs . Anderson herself , Mrs . Jewson , and Mr . Cusins , will undertake the pianoforte performances . On the whole , the concert of 1857 may be expected to equal , if not to surpass , the best of Mrs . Anderson ' s well-remembered entertainments .
Theatrical Notes. The Princess's Has Pro...
THEATRICAL NOTES . The Princess's has produced two novelties this week—a farce and a fire . TIil farce is entitled An Englishman ' s House is Jus Castle , and depicts the miseries inflicted on a Mr . Pococke ( Mr . Habley ) by his lodgers . The piece is from the French—of course . The fire made its appearance on Wednesday night . The velvet curtain lowered at the end of the acts caught light during the performance of Richard II . Mrs . Kuan was on the stage at the time ; but , with great presence of mind , she told the audience there was no occasion for alarm . Plenty of water soon extinguished the blazing phenomenon , and at the same time did some injury to the dresses of the actors . It was found necessary to suspend the performance ; but it is now resumed . Joseph Chacigny ; or , Under the Thumb , is the title of a romance of villany which was on Monday night produced at the Adelphi , and in which Mr . Webstkii exhibits one of his minute studies of character . The piece also contains parts for Mr . Paul Bedi " ori > , Mr . Selbv , and Madame Celeste . Drury Lane opens lo-night with an equestrian troupe , American and Continental ; and on Monday Astley's produces an English version of // Trovatovc , with Miss Runecoa Isaacs , Mr . Auoustus Braiiam , and other known singer * , and , of course , the horses .
The Access Of Spring—Signalised This Wee...
The access of Spring—signalised this week by a sudden burst of midsummer heat , as if the earth were veritably ripening under the approaching comet—has turned the attention of all greenery-loving Londoners to the open-air entertainments offered by ' the Gardens . ' The second season of the Rotal Sunnuv commenced on Monday , when tho Music Hall was crowded by listeners to Mendelssohn ' s oratorio of Elijah , performed , under the superintendence of M . Julhen , by a very large , effective orchestra and chorus , including Mr . and Madame Weiss , Mrs . JLookky , Miss Louisa Vinning , and Mr . Sims Rjbsjkvkb . This is indeed music for the million—harmonious art brought within reach of tho humble ; and tho audience showed themselves both attentive and discriminating . —Crcmorne is about to open for tho season . Wo can wish it no better fortune than a continuance of tho present sultry weather .
| Births, Marriages, And Deaths. I Birth...
| BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . I BIRTHS . CARKY . —On tho 12 th inst ., at Gromton Rectory , Somersetshire , tho wife of tho Rev . Ohaa . Carey : n sou . WILMMlt . —On tho 11 th inst ., at , Rydo , Isle of Wight , the wife of Major Wihner , H . M . ' s 14 th Light Dragoons : n sou . MARRIAGE . STALLARD- COOPER . —On tho 13 th hint ., at Biomsborrow Church , Glouccutornhiro , William StaUard , Enn . ., ofBroinsborrow Court , to Sarah Emily , youngest daughter of . the hifco Jamos Cooper , Esq ., of Saxvillo House , Rodiniiniy D'Abltot , Worcestershire . BLANDFORB .-On tho 8 th Inati , ut tlio Hotel daHllm Britanniquoa , Naples , deeply lamontod . i 'l « o '"«» HV " ,, " . don BlumWcl , youngest son of II . W . JMiuidlord , Esq ., ol Wcntoii Bampfyldo , Souiorsot . . ... - „ ,, VITZ ROY .-On tho l ! Jlh iiint , all Knitt SI « e « i " k < ji , year of his ago , Admiral i "'"' J 'Vi ' fc ' . / of flr » i & ii " hrth aon of Augustus IJoiiry , third MiikoorGmOon .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 16, 1857, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16051857/page/21/
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