The sun., 1890-01-19
a.Unto AND nUs1CEzsa

Herr vod who has been nj since his arrival II sisviI
recovering hs strength and II y hoped and believed
| that he will Be IN Rood form en- Wednesday evening
vhsn tristan ana Isolde" viii have lie nrst perform,
Anos at the Metropolitan this season Ttfan brs
earded IN Germany Herr voEls greatest impsrsona
ton He the chief representative Of the character
In BAyreuth In iesa and now that Hsrr Nsmann ha'
retired, he IL absolutely unrivasd in this partiouaI
Foa Frau Lehman Kalipoh Will Of course Be Isolds
tristan and Isolde" IL 70 be repeated the Saturday
matints and the anpounesmsns for the remainder Of
the week promise "Ths Barber Of BARdad" and Die
fuppsnfse" F" for Monday, and aida" for Friday.
The programme for Mr.. Thomass third Sunday con.
cart which may be attended st the Lsnox Lyoeum this
evening includes three orchestral numbers from Wag
nerI Flying Dutohman," the aleETotto from Bee
thovsAr Eighth aymphony BAohb familiar airfrom the
suite IN D. Rubinssins "BAl oostumt" series IL: the
overture 10 "ssmiraulids" the scene and "LkEends'
from "Lakmk" Saint sasnsG "1ntroducton and Rondo
Caproooso" for violin and orchestra the schorzo from
Mendslssohn's Midsummer Nights Dream" the
"shadOW Song from DinoFAh." and strsuss's Pub.
iicistsn wAltS. Nile. osmsntina de were and Rehor
De ssisSar are 70 BE- the SoloistS
Dr. T. L. Ritter Of vassar College will deliver the rs
OF series OF four illustrated lectures on music At
ChickerinG Hall on Thursday afternoon next at 9i6
O'Clock His nrst subject Ia "Musio in its Relation 70
intellectual Life" He will aftsTwArd hold forth on
Tho Romantic School OF Piano Playing" The orEnn
it, History and Music" and The Hymn Tune ana its
8. B. MiilL Prank Taft W. O. Maofarans, and II. r
Humphrisa and that of q chorus of forty voieeS.
"Dis MestsrsinGer" has had its hrst perform
ancs In Italy at La Scala, in Milan The TyopdtoTs
Newspaper records It's impression a. follows; "The over
ture applauded and its repetition was demanded.
but consented The nrst act was received In ST.
lenoa and when the curtain fell thoro was come ap-
plauso but q few 'hushea' and an occasional hisa
The nrst part Of act IL left the public cold. From
Beetmssscrs ssrenade onward the SPECTATOR grew
warmer and the marvellous nnao called forth storm
OF pauds and an encore that was acosdod to- inact
Ill the sopranos aria was applaudsd ana the magnih.
cent quintet paradsiacsi meodio music had 70 bo
repeated There applause for the second part
Of the act but It NJ and the style Of the
music and aoton-a rarity Tor an Italian audience
rendered the ustsners somewhat cool" the Tovdtors
proclaims the representation. ~ whole. asuccssG
Prom sixty seventy theatres In Italy giving
opera during the carnival Eight works
announced for performance seven Of the composers
bearing the names Of Benvanut oataiant Cappelini,
Clement, Della oiacomA De Lorsnxt FabriA aud VgonL
Swiss Newspaper revss In q long ssriea Of nRures in
connection with last summers WaEnsriAn perform
ances at Bayreuth. II says that about eI4oooo was
taken in Of which CosimA wagner received eia6o0.
the porformors costumeTR and SeSoOo IL calcu-
lates that surplus OF about $4,000 10 hand which
bo applied 10 the production Of TannhAuSer In
1891. The aatstioiAn has figured out that since
the theatre Bayreuth opened public in 1915
enough money been paid into ~ treasury give
each OF the inhAbtants-22o 900 In number-Sso each.
Moreover. the Bayreuthers have earned handsome
by caring for the strangers within their yates
during the progress of the Wagner performance They
have already rechriSened several OF their streets In
memory Of their musical benefGctor perhaps long
they may decide to change the of the town itself