The standard operas, their plots and their music; . ch is tormented by Alcindor and the wedding-party, as wellas by the Marquis, who is now reconciled. Finally, upon beingleft alone in a darkened room with Madame de la Tour, shealso aggravates him by personating two characters, singingfrom different sides of the apartment in the voice of theMadame and that of Madeleine. The denouement ensueswhen she appears to him as the veritable Madeleine of Long-jumeau, whither the joyous pair return and are happy everafter. The principal music of the first act is a romanza for soprano, Husband ever
The standard operas, their plots and their music; . ch is tormented by Alcindor and the wedding-party, as wellas by the Marquis, who is now reconciled. Finally, upon beingleft alone in a darkened room with Madame de la Tour, shealso aggravates him by personating two characters, singingfrom different sides of the apartment in the voice of theMadame and that of Madeleine. The denouement ensueswhen she appears to him as the veritable Madeleine of Long-jumeau, whither the joyous pair return and are happy everafter. The principal music of the first act is a romanza for soprano, Husband ever dear, leading into a dance chorus; thespirited Postilions Song with whip-snapping accompani-ment; and a balcony serenade by Madeleine. The second actopens with a long and well-written aria for soprano, which isfollowed by the rehearsal scene — a clever bit of humorousmusical writing. In the course of this scene the tenor has acharacteristic aria, preceded by a clarinet obligato, and thebasso also has one running down to G, in which he describes. Hen- Wachtel Famous as the creator of The Postilion of Longjumeau ADAM 3 with much gusto the immunities of a basso with a double duet follows for soj^rano and tenor with a cadenza of ex-traordinary length, the act closing with a finale in the con-ventional Italiaji style. The third act opens with a long clarinet solo, the refrainof which is heard in the close of the act. This is followed bya Good Night chorus in mazurka time. The tenor has anaria followed by a comic trio, which in reality is a duet, asthe soprano is personating two singers with different duet and finale close the opera. The success of the Pos-tilion of Longjumeau w^hen it was first produced in theUnited States was largely due to Wachtels remarkable dra-matic as well as vocal presentation of the role of Chapelou. ALBERT, D (EUGENE FRANCISCHARLES) Tiefland TIEFLAND is a musical setting of a well-known andpopular Spanish drama^ originally written in Catalon
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