New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-03
THE GERMAN OPERA.

one Of the things which Mr.. stanton mas learned
rom study of the books of the bOX-ohice al ''c
Metropolitan Opera House is TO put forward Tic Ho'
ambitious works OF his repertoTy for Monday eNclins
performances. Monday IS bad day for theatres ana
II entertainments. and unless a certain attraction Is
nnounced the Metropolitan audiences are hReH 10 DC
mall knowledge Of this fact had led Mr.. stanton
o choose his Monday operas Of late from inc N"e
lerian list, and each audience has&ttested the wisdom
4 his conduct Last night Siegfried' had its third
representation and enjoyed by splendid auuch'e
n point Of numbers and appearance. In the box
,rlce during the performance the treasurer was
mgaged in opening orders for the first performance
II Die Wakuere" and for the serial performances Of
III the dramas in "Thc Niblung'S RING WIN WHO"
he season will conclude Meanwhile 1t was reported
hat all the promised novelties not yet given VIII DC
bandoned in favor of the Wagnerian list. TINS i
Director Stanon's to the contention that the
,rblic's WEAKNESS Of Wagner's dramas is the mme
late cause of the determination Of the directors TO put
sldc one Of the finest operate establishments In the
gorld in favor Of a speculative season OF Italian opera
Last nights representation thoroughly admirable
md aroused great enthusiasm, and the usual dcmosUa
ION in favor of Mr.. Sedl his forces and the idea repre-
,ented bv German opera The entirely correct notion
5 rapidly gaining grOuDd that Herr Gudchus L. al
blngs considered the most satisfactory representative
# the Youthful siegred that has yet appeared In New
York Less picturesque and graceful than Mr. Alvary
,e has truer and deeper conception OF the character
Ind sings it much better in respect to botf
As musical and its dramatic contents
The subject is become somewhat trlte, but the
,ncular intellectual strabismus which Gems to ahect
tow newspaper writer's when they come TO talk about
.he operatc revolution is interesting phenomenon
hat IL continually invites to fresh word OF com
nent Hero comes the venerable "IrGlscrpt' Oh
Boston, and spite Of the fact that the true STATE u
Affairs has several times been clearly set foIth py e
correspondent who is on the ground. persists Ia aS
hacn ~
,spresented the taste Of the Ncw-fork public Inc
rrbune,s statement that seven-eghths of the PAYNE
,atrons Of the OPERA outside Of the stockhoaer' a!o
PEOPLE of German birth or descent, for winch MI
ranton is responsible is TO the Boston writer no'e
Use than proof that the public OF New-iorh has ''
,een reached by the German opera notwi'hsa
he fact which might also have been le"r'eu "O''
The Tribune that II is the same puDio ''a' s'Pl
II the musical institutions of the city, ana on "l'os
- ,ho epccess or failure of Mr.. Abbey $
eoson will depend So too, the stockholders aFe ~"
,eld M for the twentieth time, or tleieaoo"S' q"
-re supporters OF the opera and as contributor "a
,uarter OF a million dollars yearly WITHOUT ioV"" -,
he possession Of box and six admissions u al" '-'
rase,tations were not a consideration worth tahihs
nto account and also if the cost OF mhh'an"t ,''
,reat building and tho luxury OF magih'eh' p'"D,
,eht for twelve months in the year were iaif chEe
,gainst the opera season OF four months nc s'tic
Srlter accepts Mr. Abbey'o Italian heG t nv ewes To-
he fsct that all the ofniehts lat year behehlIu D
he snh.cripon based on the supposedly idrNcii ~
nrmances If Madame Patti TIL, subscrpu3n !. ~, wa :
hal broueht the notorious failure o. - Ky ',nL 49,,
ur (hLey saws wa, the sum taken H. lh't'a" 81 i'
rycning Posts $50. The latter hSITe, ~ ne ic
80 toSen from an entirely trustworthy DOCK, l,,'
9cyjew Of tle Ncw-York Musical season. DuI wa
,orrectlv quoted by The Evening POSI- ne ~ ~
,rreSentei moi tho entire receipts. but IN. sac az
,Hw Office When The 1rbune's music reVlc"c az
js TACT out 10 Mr.. Abbey few day ago the Iht'
H I correction 10 ofcr II one wishes then, 10 nave
standard for measuring the abstract ,populattS 90,
italian opera in New York IN comparison WIN ~
TNNd In ne difference between $50 ana S3V1o, W. W.
atter being the sum which had been snbsCrDcd Tor ui
SRIcolettos performances before IL Was h'o"" via"
rould be sung or WHO would sing