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THE BRITISH MINSTREL; AND
The airs are usually those of the favourite operas ;
and the performers with their own national readi-
ness, have leamedtheiuin the theatres, or by listening
at the windows of houses in which concerts are given.
Italian music, then, is the fruit of artiiicial culti-
vation, and its office is to minister to the amuse-
ment of the aristocracy. The ojjcra, or musical
drama, is its great held; and in all the capitals
except Rome, the government in dilferent ways
contributes to the support of the chief operatic com-
pany. This indeed is distinctively the drama of
Italy; it is even considered as exclusively the
poetical drama, foJ in ordinary talk, and in the
playbills, a play without music is described as yrosa.
The immense theatres of the Scala at Milan, and
the San Carlo at Naples, which are the largest and
finest houses, are also the most celebrated for their
exhibitions. The performers may be said to sing
for the pit; since the fashionable audience in the
boxes resort to the place as a lounge and place of
rendezvous, and the conversation of such parties
produces a hum which makes it difficult to hear tho
music, and is interrupted only by the commence-
ment of a favourite air or of the ballet. The pre-
parations for the stage are suited to this careless
reception ; for not unfrequently two or three operas
make up the whole variety during a season. —
Spalding's Italy and the Italian Islands.
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