The sun., 1889-11-30
IMU6E1rENTS.
The Performance OF " The Queen ofSheba,''
nt tho MetropoIItAn OPerA Monse.

The Performances OF " The Queen OF Sheba,''
at tho Metropolitan Opera House.
The revival OF The Queen Of Sheba" was
effected at the Metropolitan Opera House last
evening with all the pomp and circumstance
required by Mosenthal's hbretto and Gold
marks score. Although the opera bears but
slight kinship to tho WaRnerian music-drams.
1t reveals Q close relationship to the works OF
the German reformer In at least one respect. In
the demands 1t makes, not only upon the per-
formers but upon the scenic artist, the stage
carpenter. and the machinist. Between the
splendor Of tho legendary material chosen by
the paywrite. and the brillisncy OF the episodes
woven into the story. the eye finds in The
Queen Of Sheba," as brought forth at the
Metropolitan. quite as much entertainment %
the ear.
The opera was placed upon the stage last
night with the same liberslity and good taste
that stamped its first presentation to the pub
lie In the same house ana under the Same
management and leadership. It produced
quite as vivid an impression. and its repetition
ts likely to be almost as frequent and as profit
able. as during the season in which the public
first became acquainted with it. Tho Queen
Of sheba." nevertheless is not Of the sstuf stufl that
bright. and stirring. and the instru-
.tlShhotioh AAoh ehu
parts. its sweetness is SO long drawn out; there
OF the com posor's spontaneo GUS ereativeness and
Goldmark's parttality TO SLOW time is so eontin-
nous that familiarity with the achlevement
escape these charges. The exquisitely written
romance In act IL. the duet in the same diyi-
sion sion OF the opera, era ne professional and ballet
rises to dramatic climax Of great gre paihos sand and
power. are admirable exceptions to the grand
s1d Of the picture BHt the
and an effort of this sort is not destined in the
general order OF things. to enjoy protracted
All that can be done toward making Gold
marx marks happiest performance not only tempo
aceompished ii the MotropoIiian ntH opera HOUSE
last th even evening The re!EesentMHtlon At was not only
has had IN the United ses but one snS Of
ma nv Vas
sSnaGe son Ge,,. with The dignity and breadth
saS artist hs tt ' to her her w ss' snas na
fierce energy. The charm Of the programme
a. and A charm never until now bestowed upon it
% e nn' Wesncr ss FSe roR %esaSr
in guRW
thetie IS well as brilliant lent the part
Herr Perotti Ass%S ''T was SeofS %n Sa@atsd
pietaresqge portrayal, somewhat less imagi-
sivS than Herr Alvary's creation Of that
rather simple minded individual but far
ahead of it. in striking vocal delivery and in
volume and quality OF voice Herr Beck was
an efficient Solomon, and Herr Rehrens an i'm
posing and sonorous HiHh Priest. delivered
with special eloGuence his measures In the
temple scene. Fraulein Hulm was the Asta-
roth, and was fairly successful with the not
particularly allurinG rocalizzi In Act II.
Of the scenic attire Of" The Queen Of Sheba,"
1t Ia only needful to repeat what has been said
above in respect Of the representation as
WHOLE; " EothInG h behsld on the operate stage
tahe ne 10uetn'sS 0orS tE entry into the palace in
ments of the remsinder Of The iibretta
were quite us as ieIictiously fulfilled In
ebye by P0lRt %aR was uhS 6slot IN Act Ill which
trodueed that rarest OF rare birds-a really
FrauIein Urbanska. There was o very large
and tSH fashionable audience in attendance, and
the curtain at the end Of each act