New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-27
MUSICAL DOINCS.


The illness OF Herr Alvary has thrown affairs .
little out Of gear at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Herr Perotu had TO take his place In "Fausr LAST
night, and he sang his part in Italian In order TO
keep him in countenance and doubtless much 10 hef
own satisfaction, FTaeuleln Fohstroem also sang In
Italian. As foils to the Tuscan lovers there were
German sebel, Valentine Martha, mephistopheles,
chorus and orchestra Perhaps this statement ougns
to be qualified far to say that the Mephistophens
made use Of the German language, for Herr fiscners
mpersonatton had too much OF the bufoon IN It TO
suggest In any the German IDEAL OF inc moss
Intellectual devil ever evolved by the human ninL
There isn't much of this ideal in the opera book IL
true but the French demon IS not altogether hn'or
OILS Individual as Herr Fischer seems TO imagine
There can be no question about the German Or
chestra The musicians at the Metropolitan Opor~
House have got in the habit Of thinking that the IN
strimenta parts Of operas are parts OF consoeraon
independent value and when Herr Perotti and Fraeu-
ein Fohstruem taking the liberties with Gounods
eSt which the use Of the soft italian tongue evidently
prompted, the players who adhered to the printed
page werc sometimes at skies and sevens with them.
As for the use Of Italian by these singers, 1t did no
harm, aside from the slight disturbance
of dramatic propreties Tho German version
of Faust does not consort very well WIN
Gounod's music, and is not unalloyed intellectual
delight Herr Perotti was exceedingly languish-
ing lover unsteady and conventional to degree IN
his acting. Herr Alvary's illness has also caused
the substitution OF "DAfricaine" for Die Meister-
singer" on Friday night
Herr Rosenthars popular concert at the Academy
Of Music yesterday afternoon enjoyed by an audi
ence only moderate in point Of numbers lie had inc
help of Mrs Carl Alves and Master kreiser, Dotn OK
whom contributed much TO the pleasure OF the &c
casiOn Herr ROsenthal played only pieces In WHICH
he had been heard before and added nothing to his
reputation, for his playing was not fully Up 10 tho
standard set by himself at his earlier concerts "
Tho first concert Of ths Choral Club (which Is ms
year co,fers thdes direcCorehtlrsfDf ghnptbs sodD
win take place a. Chickerng Hall on Thursday even
ing Of next week The solo performers Will De MAX
Aiyary and John Cheshire, harpist
Conrad Ansorge will tomorrow play at conoere
in Montreal his programme consisting oil LLszts
twelfth hungarian rhapsody. Rubinsten's ksuss
menoi Ostrow,s No. IL, and staccato study and
Liszt's subscriptions of Chopn's Chant Poonais'
and Paganini Caprices.
MISS MARY ANDERSON IN "THE WINTERS TALE"
Boston, Dec. 20 (SpeciaD.-Miss Mary Anderson ap-
peared tonight at the Hollis Street Theatre In The
Winters Tale,o which given for the hrst uuo
In Boston since 1851. The house was crowded with
a representative audience. The play was Handsomely
mounted and worked smoothly. The audience was
enthusiastic, recalling Miss Anderson several umes'
especially n the dancing scene The play VIII Dc gwen
during tho remainder Of her engagemGnr e1ceR. %
Saturday night of this week, when ING Lazy VI
Lyons" will be put on