Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-08
A Coming Notable Musical Event.

The announcement that Mir. SeidI and his superb body of players will give, as it were, continuation of the noble program performed in this city last December, is very gratifying to our musical and cultured circles, not only in this, but neighboring places. It will interest the thousands who attended before to know that not one num- Der in the entire second program is a repe- tition, and that ths superb Meistersinger Quintette is one of the features of the present affair. This number is given by most admirable quintette of singers headed by Emma Juch. Moreover, it requires tweny-four soloists to properly render the selection in this second program, while only two were required in the first It re- quires seven male voices to interpret the grand septette in the first act of Tam hauser. This necessitates seven male cert. Again, the wonderful Flower Girl scene from Psrsifal is sung by sixteen female voices, which is about double the number required in the Walkure which Is also in the present performance.
 VI lhO PCCkACb5 bOpIduO, mlSS Emma Juch, it is highly gratifying to know that she will be heard in the Meistersinger quin- tette, and in addition the noble aria "Oh, Hall of Song," act II, Tannhauser. The dramatic power and breadth of phrasinp displayed by Miss Juoh in the singing of this famous aria stamps her as one of the greatest young dramatic singers. Signor Glassi renders the Wolfram in the Tam hsuser sextette, the "Song of the Evening Star," and in the second part of the pro- gram sings Wotan's Farewell" from the Walkure. Miss Fabris will be heard in the Lohengrin duet selection, which opens the concert, and also as the first of the flower maidens in the Flower Girl scene from Parsifal, and also as Ortlinde in Die Walk ure Miss Stein will be heard in the To- hengrin duet with Rabis, and in the Meister- singer quintette and the Flower Girl scene, The other twenty sopranos, contraltos. tenors, baritones and bassos perform a formidable share of the remarkable pro gram. The sixteen young ladies whom Mr. Seidl has 50 carefully selected from New York church choirs, and whom he has 80 perfectly drilled, rendered the famous Valkyrie scene from the third act of the Walkure and also the fascinating Flower Girl scene from Parsifal This latter scene has never been sung outside of New York, Boston and Philadelphia, and is probably the most striking novelty that MT. Seidl has yet presented in his series of Wagner concerts, which are by no means lacking in novelties. MT. Seidl has pre- pared the present program as continua- tion and supplement to the first, given some weeks ago. The immense intellectual enjoyment and unusual educa- tional interest derived from MT. Ssidrs masterly work, are generally conceded. He possesses in a high degree rare dra- matio instinct. Again, MT. Seidl oonceives noble scheme for his patrons, and stops at no expense in carrying it out. He does not confne himself to one violin or piano player, as the soloist, or one soprano or baritone, but employs whatever is required as in the present case, where no less than twenty four singers are utilized. AL together very rare treat is indicated.