220 ON THE PRESENT STATE OP THE OPERA IN LONDON. 



La* donna ch'e amante. 



CiMAROSA < 



Ah tornar. — Rondo. 



CO lass dein Herzchen "J 



HiMMEL* -? Von Pracht und Schimmer YfFanchonJ. 



(^ Konnt auch die Liebe j 



IMaYER ^ ^, , . , T^ .^ 



. — Duetto. 



Egli ha il core 1 



Vederlo sol bramo > (GriseldaJ. 



lo non bado al volto J 



Paer -«( Vieni e consola mi 7 ^xt t) •;• » 



In ran in te s'accende \ (^^'""'' ^•""P''-"')- 



Andiamo carino. 



, Sp'esso trionfa^ — C'^ofonisbeJ. 



At the risk of becoming tedious, I am under the necessity of 

 again reverting to the assertions of the reviewer : — " Bellini, more 

 than any other author since the time of Mozart, addresses us in the 

 simple, unadorned, and unaffected language of feeling and nature ; 

 and so far from answering the description given in the above quo- 

 tation (from Hogarth's History), we venture to affirm that no 

 music written for the stage was ever more strictly subservient to 

 the situation and action of the drama.'* 



The reader will now be enabled to form a competent judgment as 

 to the reliance to be placed on this assertion. If it be true, all that 

 has been advanced in this article is mere imagination and delusion ; 

 ii false, what opinion can be formed respecting the capability of the 

 critic for the task which he has undertaken, when, from vague spe- 

 culations resting solely on the flimsy foundation of his own peculiar 



• The daily increasing knowledge of German renders unnecessary any 

 apology for the introduction of songs in that language. A clever translation 

 of Fanchon could not fail to render that opera popular on our stage. Some 

 pleasing specimens of this excellent composer may be found in the Lyra Ger- 

 manica. 



f I have heard, on good authority, that this splendid aria, although intro- 

 duced into one of Mayer's operas, was composed by Paer. It was a great fa- 

 vourite with Pasta. 



X Some of the above songs may possibly not be found separate from the 

 operas in which they occur ; in this case, it would be doing good service to 

 the public to reprint them. 



