New-York tribune., 1885-01-17
MUSIC AND The DRAMA.
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.

T., tbe crescendo of tragic closes when the
German opera has provided for our deectaooh .i''
seassn the climax was reached last night, when 0~
dnals daughter brought up In the jewish isi'h' was
hurled into cauldron Of billing water iair degree
of intensity seemed secured time ago, wnen fe"e
beaelons into suppOsititiOus abyss filed with
thu lava that poured the crater OF Vesuvs whc
in turn had been advance on tho sardahaPs"ah ON"
of John OF Leyden who went into eterity III
moro spectacular fashion that Don J"d"' whom
Dr. Damrosch kindly permits TO die "''nou'
obboato red devils We cannot hope for anything moro
oh,dv atrooious than the finale Of Juive" during
tbs remainder of the and must take 1t Tor granted
that the p,pnacle OF spectacular horrors has peeh
reached In this last achievement. We arc re.
aligned to tho dispensation. We nave hAu
our fill of horrors and ready to greet with sign o
relief and emotions Of real pleasure the incomparapy
more poetical and vividy dramatic finale OF DIV
wakurs which is the next novelty projected for US
the energetic manager of the Metropolitan Opera House
Halyey's masterpiece was given with much e1celohce
I'm nearly all departments OF the representation .o
usual order at German houses being maintained "noh
calls for highest praise for the collective performance
the broad effects resulting from excellent ana ihteSoh'
cooperation between orchestra, chorus the rep
raaentatiyes of the chief personages OF the
drama and the stage and secondary praise TOT
the individuals. The opera, aside from cernh chai
which comes largely from the forcefuihess OF s poN
the beauty Of of its numbers, especially IN tne
second act, ana tne reduy aumi@pi0 'n''i -
the thinning OF the characters concerned In IT, was
interestng because was practically TO the large
majority OF the people who heard It. 1t has seldom oecn
heard here since Max Maretzek introduced IL IN Aerlca
i'm Aprl 1860. The German companies whlch nave
sprupg UP at intervals and brought rum upon tnem
selves by the ambitions character OF their repertores
have given IT, and have some French companies me
last time at Academy Of Music In the season woh
came incontinently 20 u close with the night OF NINE
Ambre the prma DONNA and the bankruptcy Oh me inc
manager In completeness and excellence OF ensemble
we do not recall the equal of last nights representation
1t scarcely be said that the dramatic character & oI
Rachel (or as the Germans have 1t, Reohd Is IN goou
hands when cared for by Frau Materna although the
music is not of the kind In when she
has won the most enduring portion OF
her celebrity. But of this more at more conyenient
time Frau Schr0der Hanfstangl said her farewel III
sanity in the music assigned TO Eudora and Herr Udyar
d found Eleasar which seemed better adapt
ed TO an effective display OF his powers than any he mas
essayed heretofore The other paris were filed as fol
lows: Cardinal Brogni. Herr koegel Lfooa & ai.T aierr
schueller; Radiger Herr Miller; Albert, Herr kemiiM
The house was again crowded in every portion All the
seats for the matinee to-day, at which " "Iannha1ser
will be repeated sold i'm five hours an unparaeeu
the recent history OF opera In NewlofK