New-York tribune., 1886-02-16
sTRAUSsS "GYpsYBARON.n

Little is hazarded IN the statement that
in Strauss Gypsy BarOn given for the first time last
night the management Of the Casino have secured An
operetta which Will brilliant success was
ever I'm this department in New-YOrk The work has
evervhing that the public is inclined look for In
comic operetta to commend ita story in which there Is
romance enough TO suit the sentimentally mnted;
humor or let fun enough to prevent tho
romance from becoming cOylng; great deal OF ex-
ceedngly bright and none that Ia downright bad;
pretty scenery. gay AMI picturesque costumes.
aud enough action to escape the danger
with which strauss operettas are sometimes threat
encd-that OF degenera:ing into waltz and polka con-
certs in BY keeping his eyes diligently OF the
nbretto watching the dram ttc situations one could
easily fancy that the Ger nIn book OF The Gypsy
Baron IA meritoriIu' work but. as has become the
rule at the Casino the translation shows that whoever
responsible for 1t the Indications point strongly TO sgd
ney Rosediel he Is equally ignorant OF the best char
acterstics OF breto and recEess In his use
OF the English language Tax. only single specimen
The hero OF the play united himself with supposed
ly gypsy maiden. Count Carnero charged by the Gov
ernmeut with an ina Iiry morals OF the cOmnu
nj wishes to know who married the pair Then ensues
duet musicauy OF dylc beauty. but textually like
this;
Who made onel
speak love!
The priest OF the dome,
You bulihnch wlse -
The priest of the DOME
lie made them one. la! hal
BdrinkdI
The dome OF yonder bne aboyei
Sd1i Ohe bride).
Behold the superlative splendor Of the scene.
Bdrinkdy
With stars of gold that throw
Their trembling brlllitncy between
And for quantity.
We are not inclined to for great literary merit In
operetta brettos. but the novelist Joka Of whose
stories mas been dramatzed in The Gypsy BAr1n and
the man who made tho German verses say nothing OF
the public. are entitled to restraining order
against literary viliny this ony me Imple
OF many with which the pages OF the English book
peppered.
The music which Strauss has written is not fresh as
his best and dance tunes without exception smack
o strongly earlier efforts that they lack the eff
ness which they could havr counted on
ten years ago; but the refined treatment
Of voices and instruments which have been
toned by Strauss absent The Hungarian story
enables the composer TO supplement characteristic
national with Magyar music aud the opporlun
ty has been spenddy utilized the last scene OF the
first in which the gypsy maiden and afterward tue
gvpsy chorus czirdas, full OF the Wild spirit oi
Magyar music. The effectiveness OF thls piece anu
Others last night largely due To the int-llgtnce OF
Herr NOwak's directing. IL Is pleasant 10 teeoru
that at last Casino conductor has been found Who
knows wherein the essential character or the opeFe9
music OF the Viennese school lies l., ,.,.
The opere,ta has been put on the stage IN sDo
which for attention TO detail surpasses the best eHOr
of The Metropolitan Opera House and ACADEMY oi
formancr was altogether smooth, but the score
acting and TINS not strange 900 NY array vi th
emf has been secured and the lovers OF English opera h
their recollectiOns oftw"ny years ago peaSanuy %
aIad bv the acting and ging OF William Castle, whose
tenor yelled than II was then but Is yet capsoo
OF giving pleasure