"MA MIE ROSETTE."

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10239, 22 December 1894, Page 6

"MA MIE ROSETTE."

STOttY OF THE OPERA. ', The sceue of the new opera to be produced by ' the Williamson and Mus^rove Comic Opera Company on Wednesday night (Boxing Night) at the T"

Princess Thentre, is laid in a picturesque part of France, and the period is about the sixteenth century. The music of Paul Lacome haß been , revised and added to by Mr Ivan Caryll, the i English libretto being by Mr George Dance. The f story of the plot may be told thus : Rosette, who j is the daughter of a retired gardener, formerly employed at the Royal Chateau of Neiwc, isabeu't to ba married to Vincent, a young jrarrlener. On the day previous to that fixtd for "the marriage, the King, accompanied by a hunting party, makes his appearance. He receives hospitality at f Rosette's hands in the shave of a cup of miik. ! lie recognises in her an old playmate and his 1 child lover. Neediest; to say, lie st ooce takes } a more than friendly interest iv her, and eeaks j to persuade her that she should marry somebody j irho could clothe her in silks and satins rather than an ordinary pardoner. He invites her to come and see him at his ca.rtle the same evening. The Kins has not Ion? dopmed when young Vincent makes his appoarancs, and soon disj covers that the head of his fiancee- haa been ; turned. Vinceat suggests tliatth.! weddingbepostj poned, and that h« will go to the Spanish wars, i where he may be billed or return crowned with | fame, and loaded with such booty as will enablo ; him toprovidehis bridewith satinandjewels. Soon , after, the King offers Vincant a post in the army, ) and even hands him his own sword, urging him to ; ilneds of glory. After Vincent's departure Rosette ! carries a jug of milk to the castle. One night, ; whilst waiting for a person to tike her jug, j the King appears, accompanied by Oorisande, i one of his favourites. lie introduces ! .Rosette to Corisande, who speaks slightingly jof the former's station. The King at j once creates Uosette a marchioness, and gives I a grand ball in her honour. A rincent turns j up unexpectedly before that event, but the Kin-; ! sends him away with despatches. The jealous I Corisande, however, sends a message after Vincent informing him of all that is going on in his nbsence. Vincent returns, and, finding the i Kins engaged in loving converse with Rosette, : challenges the monarch to an instant duel. : A rincent is at once arrested, and his execution ordered for the next morning. The scene is changed, and it is then revealed that nearly all that hits telten place has been but a dream of Rosette's when she had fallen asleep in the old

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farmyard. Needless to relate that all ends happily. There is a by-plot, in which Martha, who has already buried three husbands, succeeds in hooking a fourth, in the shape of Bouillon, a valet in the King's service. Th"« part of Koaette will be sustained hv Miss Nellie Stewart, that of the SLiiiff by Mr Wall»c« Brownlow, and that of Vincent by Mr Joseph Tapley, the two lastnamed gentlemen making their firnt appearance in Dunedin. Miss Marietta Nash will make her first appearance haro in the part of Martha, and Miss Flo Young will take the part of Ooris»nd« ; while Mr George Lsuri will extract fun from the part of Bouillon, the valet. Miuor characters aud auxiliaries abound in this opera.