Favourite operas from Mozart to Mascagni : their plots, history and music . remain on the stage Ustening to his love-song, grew weary of the reiterated call for a re-petition and calmly fetched a chair and sat herselfdown with a resigned look on her face, much toGiuglini*s disgust. The French version, called ** LaBohemienne, for which Balfe added several numbersand extended his original to five Acts, was producedat the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, in December 1869,and gained for Balfe the Cross of the Legion ofHonour. It may be added, in supplement of what has beensaid about the first production of
Favourite operas from Mozart to Mascagni : their plots, history and music . remain on the stage Ustening to his love-song, grew weary of the reiterated call for a re-petition and calmly fetched a chair and sat herselfdown with a resigned look on her face, much toGiuglini*s disgust. The French version, called ** LaBohemienne, for which Balfe added several numbersand extended his original to five Acts, was producedat the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, in December 1869,and gained for Balfe the Cross of the Legion ofHonour. It may be added, in supplement of what has beensaid about the first production of The BohemianGirl in 1843, that at the close of the hundredthperformance Balfe was led on the stage and presentedwith a valuable tea-service. The inscription read:**To Mr. M. W. Balfe, the composer of elevensuccessful operas in London. Somebody sub- i«5 FAVOURITE OPERAS sequently remarked to Gilbert a Becket that itseemed odd to present an Irishman with a tea-service,whereupon the inveterate punster replied that hesupposed it was in allusion to the Bohea—mianGirll i^. 1 dreamt I dwelt in marble halls WALLACES MARITANA* Some little notice of ** Maritana may fittinglyfollow The Bohemian Girl, for the composer,William Vincent Wallace, was, like Balfe, an Irish-man : born at Waterford in 1814, the son of a militarybandmaster. The two might also come together ifonly because a very exalted critic has written ofMaritana and The Bohemian Girl as thosetiresome English operas which have enjoyed thefavour of the lower class of operatic audiences forso very long. Wallace had a most adventurouscareer. After serving as a violinist in a Dublintheatre (he was a brilliant violinist and pianist too),he emigrated to Australia while still in his teens, andspent some time in the bush, chiefly as a a casual visit to Sydney, his ability as aviolinist attracted the notice of the Governor, GeneralSir Richard Bourke, and under Bourkes patronage hesettled for a time in Sydney. But
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