The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-03
WAGNER'S OPERAS.
Miss Emma Cranch to Make Her Debut In tn,
East,

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| East.
The manager of t.,e forthcoming Wag-
nel's operas in New York mad long
talk with reporter The other day, iu
which he said:
II have long known the popularity of
| Wagner i'll the c0ncert-rvon here amOu:
i New Workers, aud could not help think
ing as l Witnessed the perform Ince "A
BaIreulh last summer that il that we
saw there could be produced
producei, not weakly imitated-here in,
ths city, 1T wOuli be a grand success.
Wagner mas never been really heard
here. Yes, know we hal 'Lohengrin'
with Nilsson, and Miss X llogg has
II Gently given US few extracts
from The 'Dutchman,' but as Wag-
ne's operas must be produced to be
really heard we have not had one
here. Wei, then, YOU known Mr.. N uen-
| dcrf, VINO v as a. Baireuth last summer,
was so fortunate as to secure copies OF
the score of the trilogy, 'The Nibeluu-
gen Ring and il was shortly after my
return and his TO this c1unLry that L3s
| iA.s - si.s u"uuIO"AIng Degah 10 gam
| definite form. l knew L c)utd secure
the services of Mr. Neuendorfr; re-
membered that we mad PAppenheim, the
original 'Senta' when the opera was
given under the direction OF The COM
poser mself; l lelt confident OF being
| able to get together an orchestra capt.,
bic OF rendering the music, and, lastly,
L brought my self to believe that The pub-
lie would give their support.
"And have yeu now perfected all the
arrangements satisfactorily, Mr.Fryer71-
Yes, sir; am happy to say we have,
ana misl open with Inc Flying Dulch-.
l Al
| Il ii OF March, without fail"
In what order will the operas be pro-
duced?'
''W Ell, can not of course state def.
nitely, UuJ in all probability as tollows:'
| o. monday and Wednesday evenings.
| the 12Lh and the 14-h, we will give taa,
| DutcumAA;' on Thursday, the lJ.h, We
| bring out 'Lohengrin' at The Brooklyn
Academy Of Music, wnen the new Ger
man tenor, Mr.. George Werreurath, viii
be heard l0r the first lime in opera, aAd
| upon which occasion Miss Emma Cranch
| VIII make her DEBUT. Friday n, gAt, the
9Th, We give 'Lohengrln' in New YORK;
| 18th Nine. Clara Perl as 'O.trud,' in
place uG Miss Cranch."
tWhy is that cnange made"
"On, Miss Crauch. you know, is the
contralto al Plymouth Church, aph her
debut may very properly b. made in
| Brooklyn. On Saturday, the 1Ith, q
matinee will be given, pat with what
opera L am unable TO say. The next
| week three performances on the regular
| opera nishts-Monday, Wednesday and
! Frioay-And Saturday matinee will be
given in New York, and a per lOrmance
on Thursday night again i'll Brooklyn.
We shall probably put 'Tannhauser' ON
fur The tirsi, or perhaps the first and
1 seDond niguts, SAVING our best trump,
| which you know is very proper, DE
Walkure.' for he last.
| "Are there, Then, 10 be but two weeks
OF opera, Mr. Fryery' ..
"rwu weeks to begin with, for we
open on the :6th at Buston. / think,
no ~ ever, that there is no doubt we will
return 10 New York directly from Boz
i ton; but that o: course, as you know, de-
pends upon our success here"
'"And is the Walkure' the only one OF
trhe Ring ot the NlRelungS series thar
ysQ Intend to bring 0u.% p
SIT is all shall be able to do this sea.
son, though hope to produce the COM
ipleCe work next winter: but you must
understand that 'Die Walkure,' though
only part of whole, 10 literally a
whole in Itself. 1t will be interesting to
see how tue New York public take a
third OF the great work before giving
them it entire. But as l said before,
have great reason TO hope for success.
The abandonment of the repetition Of
the festival at Baireuth this summep,
aud the fact hat this masterpiece oil the
great composer is produce4 here before
il Sas been seen in e,snei Faris o. L III
don, should, think, guarantee the suc-
cess of the undertaking."