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CONCERNING "IL TROVATORE."
were
Past and Present Views.
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portant position among Nineteenth Century Spanish dramatists.
Far too much has bean, written of the unintelligibility of the, libretto of "Il Trovatore." It is complicat- ed, but not unintelligible, provided it is read carefully and the reader remembers that the central figuro is neither Manrico nor Leonora, but the gypsy woman, Azucena.
If we realise that Azucena, la half-mad, or rather. like Hamlet,
EXCHANGES.
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11 15/10 aight Documentary, 4 oscillates between madness and
months aight 1/1/16
On Paris- It a sanity, that her version of the
story of the burning of the child On demand told to Manrico in the second act Credits,
Last Saturday in London there two performances of **Il Trovatore," one at the Old Vic, the other at Golders Green. extremely probable that there were other performances in other Euro-
D
is the true version, though she sub- blood sequently denies it; that feuds and belief in witchcraft were very real factors in the life of mediaeval Europe-then the plot becomes intelligible enough.
his
pean capitals, but we will coufine our attention to that which we know of (writes Francia Toye in the Morning Post in mail week).
I wonder if it has ever occurred to the average music lover what a re-
There is no doubt that Cam markable phenomenon the vitality
marano, encouraged by Verdi's pea- of "Il Trovatore" in fact is. Writ-
alon for brevity, did excessively ten nearly eighty years ago, with
condense certain matters import- the musical ideas expressed in
ant in the unfolding of the drama- convention that has long since pass-
tic action. There is no doubt that ed away, it captured the heart of the world almost immediately and Verdi concentrated too exclusively individual on the attention has held it ever since. Thanks to
reaction of the characters to the the revival of interest in Verd! as a serious composer in Germany and detriment of their general correla Lion. But anyone who is prepared elsewhere, it is perhaps more fay- ourubly regarded by the intel-to devote an hour's study to the lectuals to-day than at any time Italian libretto of "Il Trovatore" can follow Its thread perfectly well. since the beginning of this century.
Many musicians, however, haveThis is not done, partly because Verdi's music is so easy to follow. always cherished a love for it.
so immediately expressive of the in well remember a typical, warm- hearted outburst from Dame Ethel dividual emotions and situation, Smyth when the opera was produe- partly because study of Italian not considered a ed in London two or three years ago opera libretto is and one of our leading music critica suitable pastime for the intelligent.
of showed signs
merely con- Dame Ethel temptuous tolerance: trounced him properly, pointing out with perfect justice that the qualities of "Il Trovatore" those which underlie the music and are not such as lend themselves to mere intellectual analysis.
Contemporary Oplaion.
On
aro
are the
I had occasion recently to read Bome
contemporary Press notices
which "Il Trovatore," of
and, very interesting, whole, strikingly just.. Certain defects are commented on, notably the paucity, of concerted numbers, and the monotony of rhythmical interest. But on the whole they may be summed up as paeans of praise.
For instanco:
The Music. It is not possible to consider here individual details of the music of As a wholo the "Il Trovatore." opera may be crude, unequal, devoid of technical, especially rhythmical, interest. It may lack profundity of insight and subtlety of charac- terisation, though Azucena wholly, Leonora and Manrico in part, come to life in their musle at any rate As a work of art it is inferior to "Rigoletto" and "La Traviata," perhaps the nearest approach to a purely "singer's opera" that. Verdi ever wrote. Some of the effects. since copied by many other com- posers, may strike place.
us as common-
us to PASSENGERS LISTS.
"The music transported heaven; and of a truth it could not he otherwise, because this is, with- out exaggeration, heavently music. The
this deserves composer splendid triumph in that he has here written music in a now style.
Castilian imbued with
charac- teristics."
Again; "Verdi has here affected a combination of musical learning with true Italian fire, and the fourth, act in particular ie un matchable."
It is interesting. however, to note that the final tris of the opera with "ta horrible situation" was too much for the sensibility of some of the audience and that the orchestration was de- scribed as "deliciously new."
These last remarks well illustrate the difference between our attitude and that of A contemporary
....5 p.m. | audience. No one to-day would .4.15 p.m. think of describing the orchestra-
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Fer s.s. Tanda on February 4:- Mrs. R. A. Vilondaki, Mr. T. J. Mildren, Mrs. de Villa and child, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Myers, Mias V. Fisher, Mr. J. E. Bowis, Captain M. Mathers, Mrs. Mathers and two children, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Burton, Mr. and Mrs. W, Baker, Mr. N. Yoshieka, Mr. Y. Sakamoto, Mr. Irvining Posner, Miss. E. T. Stoneman, Mrs. A. S. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Stephenson, Mr. | W. J. Miller, Mrs. Hurley, Mias E. Lovante-Cole, Mrs. Farrell and two children, Miss E. P. O'Sullivan.-
A WEEK'S DISEASES.
The official return of diseases Fresident McKinley
tion of "Il Trovatore" as either and deaths during the week end- Registration..... Feb. 9, 5 pm. now or delicious. It may be, ined January 31 is as follows:-
.6 p.m
fact le, adequate; but the oustand- ing characteristic of the opera that Diphtheria..... obliterates all else to us is the ex- Enterle fever
Lettera FEBRUARY 10.
Foo Shing FEBRUARY
6 p.m.
11.
pressive passion of the melodies;
Puerperal fever Tuberculosis
the reason being, of course, whereas composers have brought
that
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Summary for Month. The returns for January give the art of orchestration to a pitch the following figures:- then undreamt of, nobody has ever
(Due Victoria, R.C., Mar. 4) Registration Feb. 11, 4.15 pm. aurpassed the magnificent collection Typhoid Letters
..5 p.m.
of tunes assembled by Verdi in "Small-pox
Scarlet fever Trovatore"-tunes throbbing with Registration....Feb. 11. 5 p.m. lucerity and emotion.
Diphtheria True, even Cerebrospinal ..6 p.m.
at the time It was that quality of Moningitis these tunes that principally im- Puerperal fever 10.30 a.m..
pressed itself on the imagination of 2 p.m.
the world; but it is Interesting to know that the orchestral factor considered by 10 means
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The Libretto.
The trial was opened at the Nor can we appreciate, or even Central Magistracy, yesterday, of understand, any detail of the Lau Kit on a charge of being con- lbretto of "Il Trovatore" causing cerned in an armed robbery at 62 genuine horror, so far are we re- Bonham Road on January 12. A moved from the tonventions of the woman was also charged with being time. Yet it is certain that the receiver of a. gold ring. Laung Gutierrez's original play, "El Tro-Kwok-chi, a student, admitted that vador," impressed Its contempor- he delayed the report for two hours aries as being as singularly potent because he had been terrified by a and original drama, for it raised warning from the robbers before the author in one night, at the age they left the house. The case was of 23, from obscurity to an Im-adjourned.
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