THE ITALIAN OPERA.

Evening Star, Issue 3107, 3 February 1873, Page 3

THE ITALIAN OPERA.

The repetition'of “ The Huguenots” on Saturday night drew a goot| attendance in the stalls and circle, but the pit was poorly attended. Save that the part of the Count de Nevers had, in consequence of Signor Tournerie’s illness, to be rrndortaken by Signor Favas, who neither looked nor acted it, and that there were a few noticeable excisions,the opera went as smoothly, and gave as much satisfaction as on the occasion of its first production. The vocalisation of Signore Coy and Bosisio, Signori Dondi, Coliya, and Hosmiti (the hist named gentleman being in much better voice than be has been of late) left nothing to be desired. Signora Riboldi made a charming page, and gave the pretty aria “No, no, no,” with such abandon ns to call foith a hearty encore. To-night Apolloni’s grand opera of L’ Ebreo will be performed for the first time in the Colonics. The plot shortly stated is as follows Whilst Ferdinand tFAragon and Isabella of Castile were besieging Granada, the ’last stronghold of the Moorish domination in Spain, a Jew, named Issachar, a man who was known in that town as a prophet and a wizard, promised the Christians to put the city in their hands, certain liberties and imjaumtfW in favor of the Jew# betyr wwwd ty

the bargain. When Issachar came to the Spanish encampment with his daughter Leila to be left with the Christians as an hostage at the instigation of the Great Inquisitor, the King declined to sign the document, and detained Leila, delivering Issachar into the hands of the Inquisitor. But the dew contrived by his mysterious arts to escape, and after having set the encampment on tire, returned to Granada. The storming of the city. Leila and Adels mutual attachment, make the subject of the diama. .At the last scene, Issachar, sacrificing his own daughter to his religious prejudices, stabs her on the steps of the very church where she had been induced to accept baptism. The Jew and the Moorish Prince arc both doomed to be burnt at the stake by command of the Great Inquisitor. The plot is taken from “ Leila,” the well-known novel by Bulwer (Lord Lytton).