Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-10-07

Robert Apple the well-known mining
superintendent 10 travelling In Europe for
his health. He writes 70 Sam Owens. act
ing Superintendent Of the New York mine.
the following letter. which We arc kindly
permitted 10 publish:
wrLpBAp, wurtemburg,
September O.. 1915.
Sam Owens. Esq-My Dear Friend: I
have attended all four operas Of ths great
Wagner Festival at Bsyrsuth-sRhins-
gold" "walkurs." "sisgfrisd" and
"0otterdammerung." The music consists
Of $50 performers, the best In Europe.
The orchestra 10 situated beneath the door.
In front OF the stage, and you can only
hear that there Ia grand music somewhere.
There Is no light In the theater except on
the stage. and tho scenery u grand and
beautiful beyond all description. Tho
music commences playing ten minutes
before the curtain rises. All the doors
are closed. and no one 10 allowed 70
come In or 20 out while the opera lasts,
which 10 two hours and . half. In the
trst opera.
R~HISnooLp.
The morning sun rises bright and clear.
and when just fairly up. . heavy cloud
comes and covers II. With this cloud
comes three beautiful girls. known % the
Rhine Sisters. flying around = man repre-.
senting 0ottsr. This 10 kept up for two
hours and q half, with beautiful lights,
scenery. and full music. aud no intermis-
sion till the curtain falls. The ether two
operas. walkure and Sigfried. are N
what similar aud very delightful.
'oorrRKpAMMERrSo,
The last Of the series, Is . concentration
Of all three. with additional BEAUTIES and
new and choice features Of interest, the
three Rhine Sisters appearing to greater
advantage than ever. No better singing
and acting can DO heard or seen than In
this opera. Tho close 10 a. follows A
full sunshine bursting through the clouds ;
clusters Of stars, nebulp. brightness, ire
and water. Hagen kills Siegfried and
0unther (; Siegfried's funeral takes place,
and they bury him on . wood.plls
which was built and decorated by the
three Rhine Sisters. Al this moment
comes Bruennhilde. singing. aud says
there shall be nothing left; that ire and
water shall consume all. HE takes =
flaming torch and sets tho
woopPILr ON FIRE.
At tho same time two young men come
rushing forward. bringing In. . horse,
Bruennhilds springs upon his back and
and rides al full speed through tho fre.
which il now very large. Here comes
Hagen. the slayer of siegfrisd. PUSHES
through the fire and plunges headlong
into the rvier Rhine. At this moment
the lire assume huge proportions and sv-
erything Is In one grand blaze. but the
river Rhine suddenly rises. and swells 90
fast that II gets the best Of the fire. And
now ON the top Of this high flood como
swimming those three Rhine Sisters.
They asize Hagen and drag him down 10
the depths Of tho Rhine. The river rc-
cedes. and again everything 10 In . grand
furious blaze. The stage In full OF flame,
clouds, clusters Of stars. fire and water /;
the orchestra pours forth . grand crash OF
rich music. the entire scenery blaxss and
falls In burning masses, and the whole
forms the grandest and most
EXCITING SPECTACLE
Ever witnessed by the present generation.
Now the curtain falls amid . glorious
three times three hurrahi from the entire
audience. and the immortal Wagner comes
before tho curtain 10 receive the snthus-
iastic expressions Of applause and esteem
from the great assemblags.
NY health 10 excellent and my weight
i5I pounds. Remember ME 10 my friends
In dold Hill and elsewhere In the land Of
sagebrush. RopxRr APPLE.