... author's chief aim, however, appears to have been to delineate character, and in this he has been par tially successful. A plain-speaking old baronet, performed with much artistic power by Mr. A. Wood, was at least successful in amusing the audience, while the ...

... Theodora-- the Ben jamin of his musical family-- could not decide whether the Messiah or its immediate successor, of which we now speak, was entitled to preference. That question, however, has long been settled all the world over, and the sacred oratorio knows ...

... practised dramatist. It is impossible, however, not to feel the inadequacy of Lockwood's motives for so dire a threat, not to speak of its inconsistency with that benevolent character which has been so much insisted upon in the earlier scenes. Rose has after ...

... at- a time when so many on the lyric stage are mere sticks. Of Signor Sparapani, who made his dibut as Valentine, we must speak after further acquaintance. Enough for the present that further acquaintance is necessary to an unqualified recognition of ...

... people; the solo for soprano, The ways of Ziondo mourn a chorus, with solo, Jerusalem, be converted to the Lord thy God. Speaking generally of the music, we might say that M. Gounod has risen to the height of his theme, and to the sad importance of the ...

... outcast is not dead, and is not Bridget's first husband, but an old companion who has endeavoured to make capital out of his speaking likeness to the happily defunct David Burridge. The story thus narrated does not appear to be particularly attractive, but ...

... present soon found out that a singer of remarkable ability had put in an appearance and that Mdlle. Marimon is, generally speaking, an artist of rare attain ments. Whether she will draw as do Nilsson, Patti, and Lucca, is a question into which other ...

... ity. Only thus can we explain how the purely art-creation he exhibits seems not art at all but nature. M. Faure is, so to speak, absorbed in Hamlet and the actor gives but bodily form and utterance to a conception of which, like another Frankenstein, ...

... house. Hence there is no cause for surprise at the fact that, on the very morrow of their arrival among us, and before, so to speak, the dust of travel had been brushed away, the heir of Germany and his wife took occasion to show their regard for the Teutonic ...

... the pianoforte, we come upon a Capriccio in A major by Westley Richards, of whose variations on Drink to me only we had to speak, not long ago, in terms of praise. An equal degree of merit does not appear in this case, though there is the same clearness ...

... to satisfy those who think truth the highest merit of a story. The performance of Anna Bolena on Tuesday, was, gene rally speaking, creditable to Mr. Mapleson's establishment. Sir Michael Costa had evidently taken good care that the ensemble should be ...

... gentlemen and ladies who support Mr. Montgomery in these performances it would be uncharitable to speak. They are nearly all wholly inexperienced in the art of speaking blank verse, while the incongruous lady who played the part of Pauline Deschappelles has ...