, 1865-12-19
GERMAN OPEHA-FaUar-

The German uTeta season opened las, erenine
most auspteously IN point os attendance. Tbs
house Was th1onced from family circle 10 pa1uuttte
with N audience, which, II not Is fashionable a.
those doing the Italian was at least ~ enthu-
atastIc md hpp.ecaatlTe. The toupe u whole ID
not 70 strong rs hst which Ar Grover gave n Int
rtnief, but still it has strong points, snd the
strongest rornt Last evening was Hermauns in hia
unftsa1led and tnaaterly rendering Of NephIsiu.
Ills appearance WIS greeted with perfect ovation
ind his entire rendering Was fccslsed with mpro
ee,o5s We h.se before ::pokcn an,lytleai!J Of hl,
TO add. except renewed prsi:e Of The magnificent
this Satanic character Is stndy, and every de1nea-
Ing OF the conception Of Goethe. Il it, rrp-
retentatioo b. Stands alone; BE il the vef1
incarnation Of ths cold, cruel. mocktuE, ence1tng
eyes, ths limp. the gliding shufIns gait tho WITH
et11g, bl!ehiine nockty Or ererythng lint Ia pure
md good, ase employed by Hermann IN bis nsEe-
90 perfectly IN biz representative Of the Spirit Of
Es1l thai one may veil question 10. the moment
whether be ia not the feud himself and tsncy 4
llar odor in The atmosphere. Ills superhn1naa at-
tributes were strklneE manifested in The a,touIsh
IF c9eet Or towering and apparently vanishing in
Hcay Was similar to that OF last winter Hlssp,en.
did orr an gained lor him two tsteores one Ii The
Gold song and the other in the Serenade, in which
he also introduced an innovation upon bis u.ual
method: By tho Introduction Of very sus,s.ned
'he Effect Of which vas fnicnsely dramatic.
Ing Of which was decidedly different d rom aA nv
other ne hAEe ever secu and docs not strike rs as
flling tie accepted conception Of Gretchen a.
was not until after The Slishtine shadow nd faen
upon her md death approached that she 70 10 10 lie
nautEenents Of The role. The original Innocence,
brought out with that exquisite beauty ana lender
rehs which we hare seen. There was too much
vlvactty and animation and not enoneh OF pensivc.
1ne TOO strong and m.eria NetheT IN i sSs ' m IN
does she al the accepted ideal OF MarHuerite, We
ean never become accustomed to dark ha1red
che clothes the character. Rotter's voice Il
mcxzo soprano Of medium strength, the loW5p
S'nsr hnss ~ s1d III medium and
iaken With effort. Her singing was very good. |
especially The garden mussc, including tho Ballad.
which she rendered Dc Math ID, .sy ae expression.
ance heae although lha higher tones Of her voice
bsgin to show wcar. Her aiebeL. barring its pa.-
ei1ene-e, was very well sung. and ihe Flower song
preston to Eire u finish:
With the exception Of Marguerite and Mcphfsto |
there Is little @! interest clustering around ths car
ncters. The hbrttto tancs Fn1st down ttto 4 /
tool and Tamaro IN bis rendertu. Of \
il does little to ele'ute It, uhe tho anachonsn Of
.39 rsnen It ssn nste osa 70 h
shocking: F&ustt the purely German ideal, entfsp
plug Gretchen i1 Italian, T. too much Of barbl- 1
ris and mass the progress Of the opera. It Is due
to Ta1aso, however, to Hay that yocalJy It il hia
best role and that when he does not rant hs sIucs
Il very creditably.
:, The other parts were indife.ently cask and "a |
hey arc made absolute noneniItes ty tho itbretto
I perhaps nntters tltle how they 1se taken. Tbs
:horus is not sifonR one. The female side IL /
quite effective and vastly superior to the one ia tha
hf1f $hA Afn 81. N.Y.
lase hardly had a fafz opportunity, however, Of
udctug them as Jet. We rejojee 10 say that the |
soldiers Chorus Was not ennoEtd, although at Que
,etcrrtible ehtver on the part Of many. The or
;hestia Is Eet5 crude, and at tnes played shock
ng]y bad. They need to be taken In hand radl-
ally and put through Wholesome musicol regi-
ucn.
Tonight the beautiful opera Of Der Freischutz
sfl te given, which will intIoduee the farortte
enor uabelmanu. WeAl will also play this even.
De.