Title
Scene from the opera of "The Enchantress", at Drury Lane Theatre, 1845. Creator: Smyth.
Caption
Scene from the opera of "The Enchantress", at Drury Lane Theatre, 1845. London stage production of an opera by Michael William Balfe. 'Although the "Enchantress " has been deprived of its prologue - without a doubt, the most dramatic situation of the libretto, and certainly containing the best of Balfe's music - it still lasts nearly three hours and a quarter - a terrible infliction, considering that half the time is taken up with stage explanations of a very uninteresting nature. Balfe has been less happy in the inspirations of the "Enchantress " than is his usual good fortune. Written in great haste, nothing can be stronger than the reminiscences which are provoked throughout the work'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.
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HRM21A07_149
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