DRESDEN.
BARON MILTIZ’s opera seria, Saul, the admirable text of which was furnished by his Royal Highness Prince John, displays in its full force the talent of the composer in the serious department of the operatic drama; the overture and the choruses are excellent. Wächter performed the part of Saul, Mad. Schröder Devrient Michal, and Babnigg David. The opera was represented thrice in one week with the greatest applause.
Madlle. Maschinka Schneider, daughter of the Prussian Capellmeister Schneider, is engaged at our opera, and sang, for the first time, in April, at a concert in the palace, and appeared afterwards in the Barber of Seville. The nuptials of the Prince co-Regent with the Princess Maria of Bavaria were celebrated by a drama written for the occasion, by Theodor Hell, and composed by the Capellmeister Reissiger; the title is, Der Erde reinstes Glück (Earth’s Purest Happiness), and the plot, which is founded on a contest between Titania and Oberon, as to the purest happiness to be enjoyed by mortals, skilfully connects some of the most brilliant events of former ages with remarkable occurrences of the present times. There is an attractive troubadour-like sweetness in the music, which was deservedly applauded, especially the sprightly and cheerful choruses.