New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-22


en,s.on,s Mates and has rarely looked prower' IA
~ anal scenes she fulfilled in good iaith ene
,osce which she practically gave to the sr@'e anu
,ssv superior Court in the recent proceednssi "nen
w. nua applied for an injunction. she 'nen ue
sred that she had entirely abjured the use VI ss'
,s this became momontous judicial Issue, " nas
- as well to say 10 the interest OF the tr'n VI ms
80 that Miss Russell substituted for the ooiectionaoe
sn.,e, a pair of prodgious boots In elmer one OF
h,cb petite woman might have been ehuren ooi'
...,sd and it must be admitted that these towering
.,,sess Of vanished leather were extremely unoc-
coming =. sar,or.+r.,,x,a
.s casino audiences usually are. There werc weak
hits in the cast. John T. Beard oid not please as
v.soezv. and Miss Fanny Rice as Nadiy made every
"a sigh for the return of the nimable Marie Jansen
hut be music was lively aHo escslenf and the
eostsmes the dalntlest possible. Frederick solomon
Vas in good form and made much fn %hi9 Powers
mistake to bury the stage in flowers at the close Of
the second act. The display was SO much oseruone
IS to be positively unpleasant
THE RETURN OF MADAME LEHMAN.
The resppearance Of Madame Lehman on tho stage
Of the Metropolitan Opera House was made season
Of genuine rejoicing last night Tho opera was
Hsievy's sJewess,a which last season given in
order that Herr Niemann might show how really
dramatic opera, even when written in style that
now sounds somewhat archaic. could be dgnihed and
yltalIzed by beng "put through the Wagner Sieve"
as Herr Niemann expressed it Last night the treat
mont of the opera was not that which might have
been expected under the circumstances the EleaEsr
OF the occasion being of the italian type, and the
dramatic second act, which is supposed to play IN
the dead of night with storm obbligao, taking place
N tho midst OF peculiarly brilliant Illumination Of
the house This latter feature of the entertainment
might have been looked upon accidental over
sight on the part Of the stage management had not
the same thing occurred last Saturday afternoon and
turned the second act of Die Meistersinger" into
absurdity To the rise the deserted street
in mediaeval Nuremberg with the old watchman
prowlng about with his halberd and lantern In light
that rivals MONDAY, is spectacle that has been re
served for the patrons Of the Metropolitan Opera House.
In New-York, in the year of grace $780,
Under the circumstances Of the case the responsibility
for such fagrant violations Of dramatic proprety and
theatrical custom, violations that would excite
prise even in the smallest variety theatre in the
Bowcry not be placed upon the stage management
Where 1t belongs It would be exceedingly interesting
discover; but the subject is unpleasant one and
can profably be left for the future, at least until
the agreeable one of welcoming Madame Lehman back
to the ambitious Institution has been disposed of.
Madame Lehmann's representation of the Jewess
IN Haevys opera is, like all that she does thoroughly
imbued with earnestness, devotion and splendid
sense of dramatic fitness and truth. In her singing,
as she demonstrated with particular power In the
eliminating OF the second last night she is
exemplar of the best vocal schoolthe school that
far from dispising yocalization las understood by
musicians and public the world over utilities the
adornments which composers used to delight IN to
intensity dramatic expression. Ii is this quality in
Madame Lehman which makes her an extremely
valuable factor in the operate problem with which
our public is just now engaged, and In view of the
turn which discussion of the future of opera here is
taking her return must be hailed with gladness The
appreciation which she enjoys received eloquent
preston her entrance last night and repeated
several times in the Of last evenings repre-
sentston When she showed herself for the first time
she rapturously applauded, and after the first
fall OF the curtain she enthusiastically recalled
four five times. Her companions in the nterpreta-
ton Of the opera Fraeulcn Fohstroem (Eudora).
Herr Fischer Cardinal BrognD, Herr Alvary lwho
sumed the role Of Leopold after the house bills
printed, in order to strengthen the cast-an act OF
self abnegation not often witnessed the operate
stagel, Herr MoedlInger CRuggeiro), Jean Dore AL
bertol, and Herr Perotti Eleazar Herr Pcrott does
not enact the strongly dramatic part Of the vndictiye
Jew With the shakespearean intensity Of which Ii Is
capable, but several times In his singing be infused
the music with commendable degree of passion and
and hs plainly sroSo n hs conventional way
eral hearty outbutsts of applause. splendidly mu-
steal was Herr Fischers singing though the music OF
the Cardinal is rifle too low to employ his gifts at
their best Herr Avary's Leopold is known from last
seasons performances Of the opera Yocally, II is
not ffee from defects but he infuses good deal Of
warm dramatic blood into the unhappy part. Fraeu-
lein Fohstroem's Eudora was dramatically diminuve
but parts OF her singing enjoyable In the ballet
Of the third act DelIbsss Pizzlcatos was introduced
The operas Of the Week will be Die Meisterslnges
on wednesday la Juives ON Friday and seigfrieds
on Saturday afternoon.
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