Show IT IS A KICKED PLAT PUT MESSA LINIC IS SENSATION or ofa LONDON MU ill lia rolly its ta to ameln Amr ln rou rt or f the th la 1 I 1 11 lt t s od 1 nell 1 1 0 o no u S tut algar furl I 1 ill anti 1 it 11 w Leado Lain dion fl letter jut after the dreu rehe arul of ie as allae isidore de d lara lars the coro com gad ae as if i fought ur the to era emild mild go in lae united state states and I 1 ailed him what made anade him think that ll 11 might not he lie mid ob perhaps the plot we auld did bo im too dr arloo blah colored all I 1 could aay my waa was that mat after our fur of olga nether wea ole carman of TrIst tristan aWand aad haold ani a na of the old it did not seem to me that we had bad one right log ally itally it to object 0 to o anything hut but that of roune am vt we a were nothing if it ot leal twilly tw llly as regards in lit latuf drama dri sons and na the opera im lara a question and arid his hi underlying raon town for aniline asking ll 11 I 1 is a rood index to the ort sort of opera that Mens alloe I 1 it both aa an to plot anil and pre presentation both ui an to and the guiti nl at interpret interprets idlor of that atory story the libretto Is 1 one chieh calls 11 for th liaf raty equivalent of the wt pedal if you ae ap a e P it you will do oil to put plit ct ottoo aton in your are ears if it it in lit beluk ren rent to ou you sill find it to h d our now and either abut i i i r t ats t or lake take off your gladdest mental abir beamed a distinct I 1 ilan IN tafe and a of the we art ted blex when anti ha ba to encounter such a L cry ory aa as armand bor and eugene morand have bays sees to set t forth in word words and de laru ara ha has elected to royt asly illustrate in IR dutile george moo e the novelist and ai t i e wrote a si menu tente buce aiu luul d antin h at the time I 1 rl td it bounded rather he ile aid the habitual color of aar d an a lad Is a delicate mauve mave it hae has all 1 l the glories of a ruined raised sundet rIng mr ur moore I 1 nr mad say y that the habitual color of Alers allne li 14 a hot purple and that hat it emit emits the reat glories of a Is decadent the only way to get the opera w without blu bl ahing ashing until you are abo sunburned burned and freckled la Is ta to take the sears and slad attend strictly 11 t the music and even that ie I 1 4 bot not a etire entire relief tor for as I 1 eald said de iaru laris a e music exactly illustrates Illustrate a the libretto I 1 and yoi annot help he tip getting H lottin otin of immorality from his bl use of or the chromatic eale scale and of licentious do lit 1 tie 09 0 9 chord of the eath I 1 kaow know quit quite well that what I 1 hare just writ written tell will amount aa as far as a dome people re concerned to a very good of the new n ew opera orem there are art some birds and animals ani raal ho he bave have an inborn taste for whatever wha teNer Is I 1 specially and unmistakably decayed and the worse ora it la Is the better they like it it that ort sort of tante taste will I 1 think find ample gratification in n Stess allue and I 1 ran can aay say that I 1 truly believe that the kind klod of people who poetee that tha sort nf taste will not dot of course be roade iny tny the wore worse for seeing ein even tuch such an opera at so much tar the work from the out of date standpoint of the decernea decent ica fron the purel no I 1 should aay say th merely art latic standpoint the work ork i is somewhat beautiful and entirely re roar kable I 1 do hot know inow of at any other opera that li Is so complete and ful a character study ai as ie Is thia this me irne both froni from a dramatic and a icil il point of view thanks to de be lara laya and the librettists NeSS Allne in a not m a musical opus t Is an alleged plot attached but not joined to it it Is I 1 a consistent dramatic conception carried out with au amount of care and elaboration results in an ira pre elon of reality equally convincing brilliant and anti detestable thanks to heglon aho created tl tb title role and to benaud and ad kI vares nho who interpreted the two male note parts the three main characters are not merely inertly three modern in antique costumes ho omet lines ing sing and a me betimes times act but who ho ali er d bl tit it the same ino mo ment they are re people of the d rv 11 14 i I 1 0 f 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 f I 1 M MF As Nf essaline ampre of rom 1 I day days when ben home rome waa was rotting ke ed pec pi lally IK I 1 tt tk is true of heglon in rallar 11 ne ahe she tu is the wickedest debt woman of it wicked r a A tha thalacker hai acter lacter who haa has stepped across the oen tarlee and brought with her her bar whole surround aur suir round ing lags of pomp and of lux inis ury and yi go beauty 1 4 I evil both with iab rr iid lid ith alvaret 1 there la to a so burh dramatic Ira matic matle action and 1 blabol ra it the opera were not an slay olpe ut a play imagine the direct r to of the Wua erlan achoo school of at acting act lne a a sai kakta alkes a kids hut it tor for two ban bars of baic and aa an attitude or a gesture to 0 o laa ian out minutest and you will un us de what I 1 mma Is ben I 1 aay say that to a atar age natu fAIDON Maal hw aa AN interpreted by I 1 legion and alvare alvarez la is it distinct departure and likewise a rile relief kaid bd BOW now for te story I 1 w wah sh to ay that I 1 pertly from I 1 the erma of a it avea time and if |