The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-17


sSSYd ,t fs e tho;s who mos.
Therefore, the reward q merit would seem 81
may may be inferior to the Rose OF Pontevedra
In the honors Of the occasion may. according
70 the reports OF those best inform ell, I've main
dnH at al times, an opponent. 81 Wagner
ana his art theories. was unwilling TO see
not out regdru as an ill-dirsctsl work.
IN order to lead attractyenrss to the official
performance q these two prize operas II had
table models OF style. that Tor years have dis.
opera houses, the "Nedea' OF Cherubini and
tLe Petit Chaperon Rouge RED Riding
saeGrs and h' wSs1eSel
a ment NAV have been caused By the prize
Spe ,bs themseves was more than atSned ior
evenings OF the Gotha festival
H. Medea Is work OF the utmost nobility.
It offers difficulties that to the average modern
operate ensemble seem well nigh nsurmount-
az 1t does to but small number OF cultivated
musicians no director OF he present day has
more reesag 10 9 Ter to his PatI9n All inc
recent Hotha performances. composed as 1t
to ee SnsTsy 81 p Fn a aa,, % Bay
reuth and Carlsruhe fame. for the superb man
ner IN which he performed the conductors
the artists that had been chosen for. the
Interpretation OF the work proved from
Theodor Reichmann. who is familiar to New
iorkers. distinguishing himself indeed To such
OF decoration from the DukeNnone the less.
tne honors Of the occasion belonged in fullest
measure to the artists on the audiences side
Not quite so one-sided were the laurels that
h n to be distributed after the second even
Kapellmeisser Levi Of Munich once. more un.
greatest and most intelligent Of I'm modern con,
RRnrtors. , the personal success Of Fraulein
,has IN the Sb role SO
cepted as the diva OF the festival. Her as:
tsTum n Of the part will. in the nature of
casion, and her many admirers in the Austrian
capita! WI probably have OCCASION to become
opera repertory that. without her talent. had
been lost TO the German stage.
=, these later days. whe', no name save that
OF wagner has seemed potent enough to con-
lure with for the somewhat unusual purposes
Of operate festivals. 1t seems an encou raging
have passed OF With so many S outward Visible
signs of complete success. II the original in.
oe feeG .! quite ute ned IS no r nas
son why i should not on some future
to the mnnitcence sV Of one resninr duke. a or
Of merely pie beian publisher. shall soon be
forthcoming Is the wish OF all who have the
hest interests OF German musical productivity
at heart. Rome was not built in one day."
and all the Sonzogno competitions it must also
be remem bered have not brought forth Cav
allerfa kusticanas." Those best able to give
an opinion deprecate for the purposes OF Ger
man composers the choice Of the exact opera
form. maintaining that II Is opposed to all that
is most characteristic Of German thought and
inspiration.
The terms of the next contest would there-
fore, It would seem. have to be revised and
medified; but that the mpetus Of a prize com
petition is in the main, salutary seems to be
generally accepted without dispute.
1t may not. in conclusion. be uninterestiug
to append list made up on the present re-
vision. that tells its own story. OF the 124
competitors forty eight were from Prussia,
twelve from SaNony ten from ThurinEia. five
from Bavaria four from Baden. thirty.three
Whrttemberg. one from Mecklenburg. one
from Hessen: one from Hanover. one was
q German m Holland. one in England and one
,0no.us., OF these. moreover. two we're priests
one a doctor. one still at school. two in the
army. four schoolmasters. two music teachers.
one an opera singer. three orchestra mem bers
twelve musical directors. and eighty-ssven
true artists " and composers ,AssuredIy
goodly and motley array! ". Won SACHS.