The sun., 1888-11-29
hMUSERTENTS
The First Night or the German Opera.

The most signal event OF a New York
musical season is undoubtedly the commence
ment of German opera Last nights perform
ancs OF Meyerbeers "HuGuenots y at the
Metropolitan opened the fifth consecutive year
OF this great enterprise. There was n crowded
house and a brilliant audience. The general
flutter and pleasant excitement oil hrst
night" was In every box and in every seat
plainly discoverable. Gorgeous toilets. Of
which white was the predominant color. made
the auditorium q dazzling scene. Converse
ton did not flag, and was even carried to such
an extent as to cause indignant Kisses to rise
from the parauet toward the Offenders OF
silence who occupied boxes.
Upon the stage every detail was as carefully
observed as during previous seasons. The
opera was splendidly mounted. not alone
scenically. but In the dressing OF ballet and
chorus. Tho easy action Of the latter portion
Of the opera was particularly commendable.
but not so much praise can be awarded to the
ballet, which was rather commonplace and
conventional, except when 1t initiated the
rhine Daughters" whose approaching charm
It seems q pity to forestall in such manner as
The names OF the artists who took part in the
"HuGuenots" were with the exception Of Emil
Fischer's and Alma Fohstroem's, unknown to a
New York audience. Following is the cast:
MarEusrite de Alma rohsirnem ar
Urban lpaye..' fslicit kSsSnpssn s
Count St Ludwig NSdlnEer
Raoul de Nangia Julius perctti
hsfss' Klssf, ala.hsss.E
Sosss Wilhelm ssd.%syss W,.s
Trsmlsps Mainhmsn pan..us. Ml. Etenne veSss eSss
Nine. Fohstrosm was heard here about three
years ago. during an Italian opera season. Her
voice is q pleasing one, and she EXECUTES i well:
often brilliantly in spite Of certain aSetaons ia ns
assumed defects were discarded. and her own
than ordinary, we're solely relied upon to pro-
e As i
and was ciSitiy applauded. .--,
0f Nine. Olden more llattering things may be
said. for she gave the impression last evening
range, and has the sympathetic and moving
CARDS she recalls our noble singer Of previous
seasons, FrGulein Brandt.
scp4e phs eysn OF bS 5e se
both IN IN hsr voice and in her appearance NIL, =.
written later later as they appear in their various
roles AT the first glance It would now appear pear
as most 1he maze ebap IN IN
top-heayy IN soprano and ,o. contralt,o excellen,
BettaQue, Frauein Alma FphstrGm. Fraulein
Frau Lilli- Lehmann Frau Moran Qlden Frau
lein Hedwig Rei Fraulein Sophie Traubmann.
However, Herr Perotu gave promise last
sSsnf a1f hFh
quite phenomenally strong. clear. and reson-
ant. He is evidently very Young, and: In m many
tion. he is unframed, But his will is good. and
he seems to have real talent.
Time viii chow US, the, merits Of our new
company. Meanwhile Messrs Alvary and
stand forth like giants Of strength among their
they have done as for what they will do.
The, audience was as representative as OF
S b% the R1 hSass
ble absentees were Messrs. Ogden Goelet. g.
ana asGsfs
cent deaths in their families Conspicuoopps
YAM s asesss
bstep Te0s e. Usvo Ased GeSS.
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y. I: Preese. y; H: TilIinghast George Bliss.
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Down stairs the world Of finance contributed
to the. throng the Wormser brothers. the
legal fraternity Oh was emboddIed ami od pa. IN Ed;
Ehret; Gen. siekles was. of course. in
ef o hs
tory to his appearance as Lohen0rin tomorrow
night: and b. beside him was the prettiest prima
BottaaSe Mr.. Arllnston Webb was ubiqu1 uiH
tous as usual. The aspect Of the auditorium
was was crowded rat rather than brilliant and the gal
The spectators remained until the close of the
performance, the final curtain falling ut 11:45.