Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-05-18

brocade, corsage and train, while the front
was of plain French gray satin and draped
in the most neqii9e manner. She wore a
few large dark red roses in front of the
corsaee which was cut high in the neck.
Materna is very large woman, with SUI
perb shoulders and bust, but, unlike most
German women, her waist is compare.
lively slender, and so elastic in appear
ance I should never judge that she
laced. There is very handsome
lady belonging to the party, that
is about the same figure as Materna, less
stout perhaps, and she has the Austrian
waist also.
The programme for the final concert at
the matinee Saturday was, 1 believe, the
most enjoyable of all, from the. fact that
nearly every number is familiar to classic
concert goers and it is not to be wondered
at, therefore, that the performance was
satisfactory.
The Ehine Maidens" were sung by
Miss Emma Juch, Mrs. Hartdegen, whom
Memphis will remember, and Miss Emily
Winang New York S fayorite contralto.
Nothing could exceed the exquisite
sweetness of these three voices, made all
the more conspicuous by the contrasting,
deep tones of Remmertz as "Alberich.'
This basso won high praise for his beauti-
full rendering OF his ''Song to the Evening
STAR" Tdn'ahGuser, on Wednesday even.
ing, the first concert of the second series.
have never before heard him sing SO we'll
Seigpund's love song and duo in part
second glow with all the passionate len
derness and dreamy sweetness such
an IDEAL and uncanonical love
might suggest. Herr Winkelmann has
eiorifisd the part by the intensity of feel.
ing, the warm, passionate earnestness and
fine phfasing, which won for him ON this
occasion rafting shower of applause that
must have been strong proof, If he needed
any, Of the high place he is making among
the American people.
The CLOSING number was Die Walkure
which vas listened to with rapt attention
"Brunehilde' sSupplications" and " w otan's
Farewell were pieces of patnetic decla
nation this public is not accustomed to
hearing on the lyric stage. As the last
note died away, and with the fall of Mr.
Thomass baton, each bow slowly reached
the faintest whisper of the last diminu
endo; itwas like waking up from long
intoxicating visit to dreamland. The ap
piause was unceasing, ladies waved theil
handkerchiefs, and the artists were brought
back over and over again. Mr.. Thomas
SHE'D of through one OF the wings, and
when Frau Materna, who always invited
everybody. to share her ecldt, looked round
for him and failed to find him, there was
disappointment in every feature of hel
mobile face. She sent Scaria off to bring
him back, and soon they appeared, bow
ing and smiling, while the chorus-singers
gathered round, shaking hands with the
good Materna, the audience still applaud
ing most yociferously.
That the Wagner artists sometimes
sang out OF time is undoubtedly true, bu
there is much to be said in extenuation O.
singers placed at such agreat disadvantage
as they Fere. First of all, everybody
knows what the Metropolitan Operahoust
is in acoustic properties. Then, they haG
been accustomed to the abandon thai
stage pieturesqueness, costumes and &
sub merging OF their own personality
gives. Al at once these dramatic singer!
are transferred into the conventionality O
modern sfyle of evening dress and the
comparatively nnsympathetic atmosphere
OF concert-room.