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Updated: June 26, 2025
The Queen being at the Opera with the Emperor, the latter did not wish to show himself; but she took him by the hand, and gently drew him to the front of the box. This kind of presentation to the public was most warmly received. The performance was "Iphigenia in Aulis," and for the second time the chorus, "Chantons, celebrons notre Reine!" was called for with universal plaudits.
The people, with one accord, rose from their seats, and now, on every side, even from the stage, were heard the cries of "Long live our queen! Long live the emperor!" Marie Antoinette, leaning on her brother's arm, bent forward again, and, for the third time, the singers, and with them the people sang, "Chantons, eelebrons notre reine!"
"/Chantons/!" cried the Regent, whose eyes, winking and rolling, gave token of his approaching state which equals the beggar to the king; "let us have a song. Noce, lift up thy voice, and let us hear what the Tokay has put into thy head!" Noce obeyed, and sang as men half drunk generally do sing.
The whole theatre resounded with applause, expressed in such a way as to mark that it was to the queen's brother, fully as much as to the emperor, that the homage was paid. The opera was "Iphigénie," the chorus in which, "Chantons, célébrons notre reine," had by this time been almost as fully adopted, as the expression of the national loyalty, as "God save the Queen" is in England.
This time, every occupant of the imperial box rose to return acknowledgments, and the audience began for the fourth time, "Chantons, celebrons notre reine!" The queen was so overcome, that she could no longer restrain her tears. She tried to incline her head, but her emotion overpowered her, and covering her face with her handkerchief, she leaned upon the shoulder of her brother, and wept.
"Chantons, célébrons notre reine, L'hymen, que sous ses lois l'enchaîne, Va nous rendre
"I hold my people by a thread, and make them gesticulate and spring up and down, like the concealed man in a Punch and Judy show." The noise went on; the royalists would not cease their applause and their calls for the chorus, "Chantons, celebrons notre reine!"
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