New-York tribune., 1885-01-31
MUSIC-'rHE DRAMA.
"DIE WALKURE.s

AS was to have been expected from the earn.
estnes thoroughness and intelligence exhibited IN ~
preparation and the character of the people
IN tne representation. the production Of "DIs va,
kure" at tho Metropolitan Opera House. Ia
nsn' was the browning achievements Of D,
Damroscn ana his artists So far a n
was possible to make 1t the representation folov
those at Bayreuth which mnst Of course be Regarded
tne mode for all time since they projected and oar
ried out under the eye of tho poet composer The
ana costumes were faithfully copied except that for th
sake OF increased picturesqueness draperes tos ~
place OF modern door In Hundings hut inthe first act
eApanse OF the moonlit background was opened 10
he view In the Transporting love scene which follovs
ne socaled entrance Of spring. and In the third act
tine costumes Of the Vaks were more varied I'm color
Among the stage people there were also reminders Of
the first series of festival playa
Inc central character Of the drama, BsrnnAilds
was hpersonated by Frau Materna whose nams ia fne
radically associated with It Herr K0ge the Bundinc
e OCCASION was also concerned In tho festival per-
ormances tnough In minor capacity. and Frau Kraus
'heh 100 young to take leading part was we believe
among the women who ereeted with , rut.
sorrow the dead body of the hero Siecfrfsd
In tne last drama OF the tetralogy Fraulein Brandt
sersacrihcing and earnest usual was the Ficka OF
tne second act and in the third act did effective service
In throwing adea energetic life into the opening scene
as one OF the Wishmadena Her connection with thu
D"'io"tn performances DID not begin until three
years ago, when she alternated with Frau Matcrns
In the impersonation Of Kdry in "ParsifsL" Never.
tnees she too stands among the owledgeily fore
most representatives Of wagneran characters as does
Herr schott on other stages than that of Bayreuth
bearing these things in mind therefore, and remember.
ins' besides, that the stage was in tho
hands OF Herr Hook, as experienced and
emcient stage-manager a. Germany can boast
ana that the whole representation was directed by =
jealous deyotee OF Wagnerian 1t will be evident that
the admirers OF Die Wakire" had good cause for the
enthusiasm which they exhibited last night
Ia amuch truer sense than on the occasion
or the first representation of LOhengrfn earlier In the
season. was really the first performance that the opera
has Dad In America. In respect the parallel fals
one could think with pleasure of
lions OF ohengrin after seeing that OF DR.
artists put no one could be found last night
willing to think Of the farccal performances
OF i" DIE Walkiire which were given at the Academy
OF Music In 1877 Nothing could be devised more dis
couraging to modern German dramatic music than the
Of that so-caled festival which followed
on .ne neeis OF the first Bayreuth affair Last nights
repre- represehtaton, on tho contrary, in
creative artist and all the interpreters from
Or Damrosch down. We cannot partcuarize for that
there lack OF time. We only the
the drama was admirably given that singers,
musicians, and stage-hands worked with a sim
gle eye to the Interpretation Of the drama
as wagner conceived It, that all heard and
profound interest and that the musical clmaxes called
out great enthusiasm.
The characters OF the play represented as fol-