New-York tribune., 1885-01-19
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
GERMAN OPERA.
be directors of the


i" -. Company recognize the sig
aS,.a ot the success OF German oper"
.n,s season Is evidenced Dy the i"0' '
=, a, ,ow settled beyond conjecture that Df' D"io'0
In be tho director again next year Only the cohnr"a
49,. ~ the action of the Amusement Committee Is
~soa 10 complete the contract between the company
ana Dr. Damrosch. and this will probably ic~" ." ,n
,,Dg of the directorate on next Thursday. bos'uo'
M Damrosch IL is said Charles Mapieson anu nl
Neuendorf offered to assume the management ', a.
uoxt season. Had Mr.. MaplesOn s"o' s"o. .,
secnrinc the contract, contingency that was -,
all imminent he woald in all prooso" o,ocr.
rnresen.ed his father; Mr. Neuendorf has hau ~
~ @ !, o.r as manager of ,ierman operate ana ui""
a.. ses IN this CITY, and to his energy our PF
-. t,oi, first taste Of wagners " Lohens'i" 49,,
,nvv no Ia irving TO ejeot The iifortnho Nhi0 ,,',
,.t.rt and unweicome tenant Oh Mr' M0ho -
sr,,,rd Avenue Theatre The wisdom Oh u'c . e.,
III no the directors will scarcely be questioned 'oi
suen - ,raordinary experiences Of the last TWO
- Az every representation the audience-rOoh mas
crov,ed and enthusiastic plaudits and calls peloio
the curtain have rewarded the principal a."s"'
director and the stage manager iol 'n' s,nct
measure Of delight afforded by1 them' huo ''a
- this success ia unauestonably duo 10 inc war, w
.taaav supnort which the Germans, promp'co y! ~, "
-, oo,mendable spirit Of devotion to the ar,s''o
.do m,lanted in them their native land nave so
=. ~, n,mroseh's undertaking; but the influence oi
ooa ensemble and great historical operas mas o'0
ouite as potently outside Of their ranks o,. .,,o
CHANGING back at the representations OF last wees '
s, siniacant features TO have been the Pro""'
49,. ~ {" I a Juiye and Nine. Materna's second appear"
orce IN "Tannhauser." Haleyy's opera maue ,nV
,,ronoupee ed mpression upon the audience ~ M" WV
,nerit of comparative novelty, which ihsufeu o "
tentien and the good points OF the opera were 'no
No, lost AS a dramatic work OF the type whi'h
eliminated in Meyerbeer, oven N'o ~
,,.,oto devotee of the modern German tendehe! can
not cenv ts great merit book is put together WIN
ski that provides full measure OF the snip & f oi
and conflicting emotions %9vn ny are of the late
tragedies and in the music as wen as liz .o y, indi i'd
nna as ,hic fascnate even IL they do not charm in
ali deparmens of the work there Is stIaSo S In
ling ofamibIe and repulsye qualities; ana Ih9 na S %
t,me1 the sam OF the emotions experienced during ,De
progress of the representation one ot to
The spirit of the period in which the action Is thc
take place rather than OF any OF the y, 70 the
play The Cardinal who condemns me t the opera
death which gives so horrible on bI nj n
enneas 80 powerfully to our syinpathes Dy MS
as father yvidy brought before nd@e % be seems only
the inca arnatiOn Of that spirit OF peisecuon a a.
the middle ages which 4s Was ,aI So too with the
Lavish goldsmith, whose hatred oil tne Chrstao 10 -
% oS nnsweryipg obedience to lights and
his great passion exats MS wee, % iV ma nitceut
type of such womanhoOd as we can conceive grows p vi
amid the surroundings which tne ura & alone is
contemplate ia the version when the ua uera IT, the
give u.s. az ~ tbe dnet in which hc offers renouuce his
bonnrs and prove the sincerity OF MS oVe eA neei5
with thc maiden whom he has wr0nged FOR tIe s"ns SON
OF the ethics OF the play regret TINS exciSon Nv & Tu
repret is modified greatly by the want ol ingrit III &
ecbneler's impersonaton Such IA Le0potd as ne pre- pre-
sents certainly not worthy oi SO noris Mn ,na bni
as Fran schroler- Hani sangls III Tue ,,pt.rces
lovely character OF Eadorn Under the circumstances %
our sympathiss went out her Instead OF 10 MN aio
were not altogether free from regret mat tne sgef
had pleaded so well had sung the last time lVr US
season Many of readers VIII be siad e ie1rh . %
she will in ali probability. return to us next year, ne
oper. gives freest scope TO the nagnlncent apIs %
Fran Materna as and the dramatic
ie Inv the closing because OF her skill ana me oIe
sunnert OF Herr Udvard deep "a lat Ieit py MIR
Scbntt in Tannhauser albeit the sentiments were oi
lower order. -, N.,,,,- .oLright
The operas for this week are "LoAengrn to-hiSn,; J
.I a Iye ON Wednesi ay and Saturday afternoons anu
"In Prophetic" on Friday Don Juan was announces ei
for IN nipht but Nine. Maternas sprained ankle VIII
n.avsni I~ her from appearing and "Lohengrin, with
Herr Schot Frau Kraus and Fraulen Brandt mas peeh
substituted.