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Updated: May 3, 2025
During the betrothal feast the gipsy queen attempts Arline's life, but the shot, in a manner which even Bunn himself might have found difficult to explain, recoils and strikes her who aimed it. Balfe had to the full his share of that vein of maudlin sentiment which is typical of one side of the Irish character.
'Lurline, an opera constructed upon the Rhenish legend of the Loreley, has perhaps more musical merit than 'Maritana, but the libretto is more than usually indefinite. Wallace rivalled Balfe in the facility and shallowness of his melody.
He got no quarter, even from Mary but then Mary was one of those inconvenient people to whom it mattered not a jot what a fool you made of yourself, as long as you did what was asked of you. The most obstinate chatterers, whom neither sham battles nor Balfe and Blockley had silenced, held their tongues; and Mrs. Devine openly wiped her eyes.
London heard it first from Chelard's German company at the King's Theatre on May 18, 1832. It was first given in English at Covent Garden on June 12, 1835, with Malibran as Leonore, and in Italian at Her Majesty's on May 20, 1851, when the dialogue was sung in recitative written by Balfe.
Over on Slow Down Ranch there lived a curious old lady who wore a bonnet of Sweet Sixteen of the time of the Crimea, and with a sense of colour which would wreck the reputation of a kaleidoscope. She it was who had taught her son Orlando the tunefulness of Meyerbeer and Balfe and Offenbach, and the operatic jingles of that type of composer.
"I am Sheila Llyn," was the astonished reply. "It's the same thing," came the response. "You are the daughter of Erris Boyne." Sheila turned pale. Who was this woman that knew her and her history? "What is your name?" she asked "your real name what is it?" "My name is Noreen Balfe; it was Noreen Boyne." For a moment Sheila could not get her bearings.
The drama is one which is well adapted to bright, cheerful, melodious music, and the opportunity has been well improved, for "Maritana" is one of the sprightliest and brightest of all the English operas, and contains several ballads which for beauty and expressiveness may well challenge any that Balfe has written. The last act falls off in musical interest, though it is very strong dramatically.
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