New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-27

that the Metropolitan Opera House !, more tGs than 2
anEase adopted hT but i / not a ; t, h tGgTs
to restore the star system Whc Mss, NJ an zand
and the rest we tlmbs 70 the opera level Of London
owu which place has for years been Offering fervent
PRAYERS that it might be raised 20 the artistic height
OF New-iork In matters operate.
AZ last Fridays public rehearsal of the Boston
Orchestra, 1t wa, the privilege Of the commentator
To- make the acguantance OF new note the return
for brief to the American concert platform
throughout the length and breadth Of the land when
Size returned 10 Europe after concert tour mere
fix years ago The new cop2S ,nrcs Ss' d Rmtnia
lovely piece Of music refined in thought ana in OF
M"ndolssohnan finish in orchestan9n ana chnsen
Mr. FO0tc j. not "A strong dramatNt ana mas cnV,cn
gentle mood Of melancholy for delineatloi rath'r
than the deeper tragic feelings suggested Dy ms III
Dante developed in his episode.
- there +, no greater GRIEF
Than to recall the happy past
In times Of woe -, .u.,..
his effort be set down as eXtremey renclt E
IL, prologue i, honor TO our rising young >choo
Of cdmpo,cr,. Mr. Nlldsch Is giving the wlSest OF
hcs t, Mr. Tscnson, efforts TO develop the mnccS
talent of or country by giving such works hedlt
What power he would be in the management oil
our opera House.
Madame Hopcr back to Us TpGnGS ape
beautiful concerto in b Hat in strong bright rIa
manner that made il peculiarly eloquent ara won ior
her enthusiastic paudlts. she has dcvei2psl u''uo
The Instruction which she has enjoyed In Vienna ho
only a. a vrtnoso but what is much more 'isnihcant
ard grafyngl rs musician. Her sense OF rlytllI
/, admirable and music lovers and musicians need
not be told how this sense adds to the pleasure 10
be derived from perfom9nce VIII orcmer rnti and
has grown IN sympathetic admiration for all tc eood
thing, in her art which sh" disclosed on her n'S'
The yGr i noton Go9t19cd q9ot tiTo fc %tiGs
patriotic music lovers can now Indulge touching the
American composer. on Friday evening At a concert
% chamber music Mr. Henry Holden ITuss Of TIT,
1rllfu n.
ard Mr. IIcfkirg. Most admirable help it Wa. which
gave refugcncr to the work which could onLY ne
IMAGINED when Mr.. IIusS brought ii forward AZ ms
concert in Stonwav Hall here come years ago n Is
strong work and added greatly to the admlrit9.
and critics Of Boston.
~ the Lcnox Lyccum on sunday Mr. Thomas
thirteenth popular concert was Ii,tcned to bv IN
numerous as the room would hold The strongest
Mind ~ evidence has been brought forward at these
public for reputable sunday evening entertainments.
II they can BE- kept a unobjcctionabe In social tone
there is no likelihood that New York will long be
without them even after Mr.. Thomas'S departure
Aristically there viii be no difficulty in maintaining
the standard which has been set and materially
improving upon It. Though Iir BcndiX nlayed 2
violin solo sunday night circumstances rhcn1want Of
discrimination I'm the audience made Miss Way How"
been written OF thi, young woman that
# Is but an act OF justice toward
the Of singing and all rs honest votarics 10 say
that she ha~ boon wonderfully ovcrra'cd vocalist
Four wear, ago her voice flexible rs II j. now
apd had wide range. II was vain listening to
discover what she had gained mclnwhIlc lheIr
possibilities - certain kind I'm the voice. but
Intelligence. taste ana artistic feeling were required
to devoop thcm. Last night she sang as amat'uriS!V
end mechanically q, she did four years ago. Eyi-
IDENTITY -ho ha, reached the limitation Of her powers
Peg nature ~ warmth. sp0ntnneitv. individlall'y
and feolius thcr" not trace IN her singing. and
technically ,ho T. far from perfect. She sang in me
Ciorll concert ~ nosOn last Thursd2v evening. ard
outraged the Utilities ~ the musical portion II the
aul.uc, hy such porver>on ~ schubert, Simpl" ara
unaffected " IGaldcroo,l"in7 - perhaps was never
hoard before: but she pp"d some high notes
mechanically and cauto1slv. and thc public ap
uirrdnl Iarrinr IN" natural beauty ~ boz volcc her
d. Carouomc" sunday nght might rs wei have been
p'lycd ON The pcc0lo. II would have been quite as
emotional. Yci the audience demanded more