, 1877-03-25

LohenGrin Raising Dust, Tam
hauser Beating Time.
And tie Prima Donna 1}'ho Has FT0n a
Meritcd Success.
4 Humori:t On Book-Making-Amateur
Actors in q Telegraph Office.
Children aud Charity at The ltadem}.~Pritts Of
Erit-a.Erae at 4uetioa Stores.

Children and Charity at The Atadsm}-~-Pritts o
Erit-a.Erae at AUCTION Stores.
From Our 0rn Correspondent.
NEW York, March oo22.-1t has been the fate o.
the tcnors engaged by A1r. Fryer for his Wagner
iest to send light ripples OF irrepressblc laugh
ter through the audiences at the Academy OF
at least two occasions. There was nothing dis
respectful about the amusement It was spon
tancous and natural, caused in once case bY tht
neglect Of the "duster," In the other by thu
nervousness OF the artist himself. 3fr. Wcrrcn
rath, the painstaking tenor Of Plymouth choir
had been struggling with Lohengrii, q burle1
too heavy for his vocal and dramatic power alike.
He did crcditab1y, however. for an amateur in
SO trying place, and the listeners were dis
posed to be sympathetic rather than harsh
II critical+ They would never have been SO
discourteous as to laugh at his singing; they
couldn't help laughing at his unexpected dust
raising It came IN the tragic scene OF the last
act, where Elsa sees the murderous Frederick
coming upon her wcaponlcss lord, rushes to the
sofa for bis sword, and presents it exactly in
season for Lohengri. to thrust it under the left
arm OF his assailant- This Was effected, Fred
e7iek died, and Elsa lay in swoon at her hus-
bands feet He, unhappy man, instead Of drop
ping his reeking sword, SO to speak, on the floor.
gave It a scornfnl toss on the sofa. The cloud
Of dust that resulted completely hid The parties
for moment, and--cvcrybody smiled aloud.
Nor could a second round be avoided
when the white-robcd ESQ was deposited On
the same sofa It is to be hoped that the sofa,
together with some responsible party, received
athorough brushing up next day. What could
be moro shocking than TO haye farce thus break
in upon tragedy, especially when grand orchcs-
ira continues playing music not q single bar OF
which you are contented to lose
TAESHAusER KEEPING TINE.
The second instance was furnished, am sorry
to say, by Mr.. Blschot1, who has neither lost a
particle Of his nervousness nor improved in his
stage appearance since his participation In Masa-
ricl1o at McVicker's. To sing Tan,ltauser was
3 large thing to undertake, and Mr..
Bischoff was aware Of it. Had he been less 50
be might hare improved upon himself, though
it was not In him to act the tender lover or the
impassioncd ntinncstnger, be he nervous or COL
lccted. He Was in excellent voice, and got along
fairly till the beautiful double quartets, where
the minnesDgers purpose to kill their degraded
companion, while E7;za5dh acts as Pocahontas
aud Eins over her father, the Laudgr2vc, to
rcccc. The flow and wlirl OF the passionate
music carried the poor tenor away. and as he
sang his scorc Of repentance he kept time both
r:ith hands and body to the music. The passage
w:s one Of the finest and most impressive
IN the opera, but there vas no help for it the
audience had to smile. So1oists andchorns were
all b:sy, the orchestra WAS working up ire
'nrndous climax, and there the hero who had
c,':ae from It7,us' court was bobbine away like
ju:nping-jac& worked by machinery. No after
restraint tT,uId remove tho righteousness Of this
scene, and it is feared Nr. Bischoff has effcctu-
ally disposed Of himself as an operate artist.
REDETN1SG ORCHESTRA
Tannhanscr was not SO we'll rcndeced, on the
whole, as its predecessors in tue series. The
chorus was unusually bad, mud Te.us arraycd
herself 60 absurdfy that she vas cx-
c::scd from appearing in the last
act. to tho general relief Yet there were some
markedly excellent features, as Nine. Pappen-
heim's Elizabeth and Mr.. Prcusser's La,.dgr1,s.
while the orchestra would have redeemed any,
thing. The overture alone was worth the egcu-
inE, and Mr.. Neuendorff fairly outlid himself. |
He c1pcnds more energy in one performance
than a~v dir" tor hare seen not excepting the
excitabI = hnast StrausG. It really becomes a
wonder to you that the violent little man does |
not dislocate his neck aud paralyzc his arms.
But he briugs the music out Of his Or
chestra with an accuracy which Thomas |
could not afford to sneer Ut and |
with 4 feeling which Thomas might we'll |
cultivate. As thorough lover of the Wagner |
music said last night, in regard to Mr. Ncucn-
dorh's leadership, be is Thomas, with q soul |
added. &c works under two advantages, which
arc not inconsidcrable-tbc one Of having had /
part In the BaYreuth Festival, the other of hay
inc under his control some sixty Of tho very
best musicians in this country. Many of them
arc from Mr.. Thomas Wagncrian teaching
school, and all arc from societies which have
long stood beside that leader i'll devotion to the
German composer. Yet another point In his
fo7oE. Mr.. Ncucndorf received copies OF the |
store for "Dic Walklrc,' together with special
instructions as to its reproduction in Amcrica,
from Wagner himself
DESERVED COOP FORTUNE.
The highest fortune Of this opera season.
however, tails to Madame Pappenhci1n, who has
pleased equally well and done equally we'll
whether as Stntd, as Elsa, or as Elisabeth This
result is not less deserved than gratifying to
those who know the cloud the really great
rrima donna has been under, through no fault
of her own. during most OF her residence in
this city. She Won success In the Italian opera
last season, 1t is true, but not till now have
musical people known her power and resources.
l was amused recently at the enthusiasm OF a
~el;~known connosscur, who has kept
close trace Of the opera hcrc and in
Boston for the past fifteen years, and
not missed season or new artist
This gentleman, whose profession OF business
las led him to a constant study of tone and
funn said 1,e had attended every performance