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    • SOMETHING LIKE CRITICISM.
    • SOILED DOVES.
    • ENIGMA.
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      To The Editor Of The "Tomahawk." Of Sir ...

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      had Tiad feel sure time time that to to make make the Eye . . However However of Faith , , we we might were were have very verv perceived comfortable comfortable the , , and and great II her Genius divine of Liberty irit of hovering self-sacrifice round and our benevolence pillows , breathing . into us sp I am , Sir , your obedient servant , I . Socrates .

      June I, 1867.] The Tomahawk. 47

      june i , 1867 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . 47

      Something Like Criticism.

      SOMETHING LIKE CRITICISM .

      Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. Thou...

      ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA , COVENT GARDEN . thoughtful from ticall Of y our all true , the ancestors musician than wise sayings that , it finding is familiarity probable which his way have that breeds to there been Covent handed is contempt none Garden down more , and Opera to prac any us - House on Monday last would have found a rare illustration of

      masterp the proverb iece . which The , so opera far as selected regard was s its Rossini own intrinsic 's Barbi merits & re , a , thing may well in the be whole styled range a " dish of dramatic to set before music a which king ; , " for there buoyancy is no- , mirth made , of and the grace number , can equal of times the Barbfere which . If a return icuous could be to their It think popularity not that without Rossini , have 's been chef ' cPceuvre played that all of over comed found operas the y ourselves , would world consp , " walk incline in . "

      to was a performance on pain Monday , then , night we that must be denounced listening as undeniabl European reputation bad in itself such , and as Covent wholly Garden unworth . y of a house of and In loud the first after place the , the overture orchestral had accompaniments been brilliantl were coarse the with band a did steady ; not seem zo to for care te ( when much they what were happened not p , and p ing layed p fortis layed , - the simo Covent ) all throug Garden h the band piece , which . We , if would taken willingl to bits , y will be be proud found of

      to to but contain contain so long the the as they finest finest continu materials materials e to b of of e ignorant any anv orc orchestr hestr of the a a bare in in the the meaning worl world d ; : of the term pianissimo , they must be content to remain where they So are much , and for to that be portion a brilliant of the but performance coarse band . which took place and before we the shall curtain see the ; we obverse will turn of the from m the edal band for whereas to the chorus the or- , chestra chestra is is too too strong strong 11 , , the the chorus chorus is is a a deal deal , too too weak weak : : in in fact fact .

      we sentations chorus such have a'toneless very rarel of materiall works y and heard which ineffective y . before Mr , like . Gye he company Don ca mu n hope st Carlos assuredl of to ladies give make y and reinforce fitting heavy gentle repre calls men his - , on the choral resources of the theatre . To , proceed with the Ba Cotogn rbiere i ) , was cando but ur a forces very indifferent us to admit exponent that the of the Figa part ro ( B Si erth gnor a good ( Madlle , and . Ackermann Basilio ( Signor ) was bad , liafico Bartolo ) transposed ( Signor Ciampi his song ) , was , " not La Calumnia" from the key of D into Cand it flat all the

      , , sang boots same ; it to truth be told , he that has Signor scarcely Tagliafico a note of makes his voice such left . a clever What tain sketch individuality of the part , , and c & giv c . es That to everything is all true he to undertakes a certain extent a cerb insuperabl ut with the e disadvantage impaired , means of which faulty now intonation remain to we him cannot , and but the , more think favour that than . the counterbalance objections which anything are to that be urged can , be against said in him his

      is It a mixture must be of borne patient in mind forbearance that the and British insoucia opera nce -going and if public Mr . Gye waits until he gets any expression of opinion from , themit be is probable hoped that that he he may will not have be to indisposed wait a long to take time advice ; still , , w it hi is ch , is establish proffered men in which all sincerity , unless , cured and , attend will pre to ven those t him evils from giv in his ng

      Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. Thou...

      or any unambitious but unequal the representations works be of . operas , no matter how easy with It is gladness a deal p to leasanter Rosina to and may praise Almaviva than to ( Madlle censure . Adelina , and we Patti turn and see that Signor she Mario has not ) . With yet been regard spoilt to the by praise lady , it more is gratif blind ying to period lavish than in the has history probabl of y music ever been . She accorded retains the to , any charms artist of at sim any

      the plicity habituks and earnestness of Covent Garden which first in won addition the aristocratic to which her hearts voice of has progress grown in stronger the art of and sing rounder ing . ; The , and profuse she has ornamentation made very sensible with which she loaded Rossini ' s music was not , to our thinking , in is perfec irreproachable t taste , but . what So , all she honour did was to well Madlle done . , Patti and , who p goes hrasing on improving *~^ 4 f -4 - ^^ * 4 A »^^« , although **»• w «* ^^ ««« h * 4 she v ^ 4 fcA ^^ A has 4 WV «^ AJb more *^« ^ Mt Wl adulation — ^^^ ^* * ^ M ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ to **^^ contend V ^** VVAA % * against * i ^ lr % ^ «*«^&^^^ **

      few than summers usually falls have to passed the lot . of a young lady over whose head so of Si ore summers Mariobut have he , indeed bears , his passed over bravel the handsome andfrom head his p still ersonal lingers gnor beauty in a , , voice the grace , once of peerless his acting years , it must , and be the y , conceded charm , which that , in many desp of ite his the impersonations attractions of , he the is Rosina as yet without and the a Almaviva rival . we Garden don ' t until mean things to go are and very hear different the Barbiere from , what again they at were Covent on , Monday last .

      Soiled Doves.

      SOILED DOVES .

      Has General At Met Last With Shirley Gen...

      has General At met last with Shirley General his , who reward Shirley mi . g , ht — For yes have what , we died are some nearl sad when y le a hero mi we write at call Kars it , — , commission eccentricities . on It seem the Turf s that , he as has long been as called he peop confined on to g his resign amuse his - worth ments y to the the name simple of seduction an officer of and governesses a gentleman he was but considered when the Doves he soiled were on the Turfother interests , were at stake and the time was come to take some , notice . ,

      Enigma.

      ENIGMA .

      A Sometimes Little Word As If , ' And Tw...

      A Sometimes little word as if , ' and twere yet life it ' seems Epitome to me j , I hear so much of it where e ' er I go , * Great Oracularl men utter ( at least itand the world esteems them so ) , That " Bow speak down y the and words worshi , of p cry , Wisdom wretched , ' s eloquence fools , ' tis , I " And yet ' tis very hard to find the sense

      Poets Lawyers and and novelists senators and , and lovers preachers true too ; , , ; And Sweet dirty gentle pot girls -house , beneath orators the , half moon -tight ' soft light , This Patriots is the invei bu ghing rden still ' gainst of all their their country ' s . wrongssongs

      B But earthl oh ! could chains I , on and wings trammel of fire s unrestrained , sustained Pierce y through y the blue Empyrean vault afar , \ And Pluck In resonant ' mid pale the -faced whispers rolling glory sp , to from here strike s the , from the blushing star light to guitar moon star , , , ) > With And shake azure with gauntlets lightning Yes -blast , you the ' cool right Si , moon my dear , The Enigma ' s solved . I ' ve written the answer here .

      Answer to last Charade . —( Nothing . ) mouth Declined Crito with thanks M . D . Chas ;—J . . D R . ., Stonewall Lincoln ; L Jackson ., M . P ., G Ports . H . - Canterb ; ury , , J . , ., Camden , Town , j C . L ., Hig , hgate , McGuelph Answers , m Kensington ay be sent . to No . 9 Burleigh street .

      Tends Don To 'T Move He Wish For A He Re...

      tends Don to ' t move he wish for a he return may of get all the it ? married —Mr . Bernal men who Osborne voted in for - curtain or against lectures Mr . Mill delivered ' s " perso by n their s" franchise wives on , and the preceding copies of and the subsequent nights . i _^ . . ___

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 1, 1867, page 47, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_01061867/page/9/