New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-03

An incident OF the performance. which il would
be ungracious TO mention. 4 II did not furnish &C.
casion for needed comment upon the conventional
treatment which all operas undergo under me 81
present regime must be mentioned. In Act ", the
discerning portion OF the audience saw momeniary
breakdown In the performance owing to SIP OF
memory on the part OF Nine Melba. II was wholly
inconsequentia and occurred In 4 scene generahy
omitted, and which has purpose unless Il be 10
furnish dramatic justification for making he
cathedral scene to precede that OF the killing OF
Valentine Such a refnemen; OF intention Is scarce
~ to be thought OF in connection with me'o
dramatic representation like that current mere ana
with such a fearful and wonderful setting OF mo
scene as prevails at the Metropolitan; so there !"
mains only the explanation that ITS purpose Is "
enable Siebel to sing the romanza composed for the
London representations OF the opera-the rorianza
beginning in Italian with the words "Iutto :, y
create" II was while singing the unnecessai!
recitative which was 10 serve as an INTRODUCTION ~
this romanza that Meoa forgot ner INES anu su.
fered a momentary embarrassment The incident
does not signify. but 1t serves to call attention 70
the fact that in the conventional Representatives,
the order of the cathedral and murder scenes ~
changed from that OF the original score Orgina ny
which, by the way, the use OF prize deu by Mar.
guerite in the body OF the church Is an aosura
anomaly as the progress OF Goethes argument
requires. The change was made to gain NOR
sensational finale. Gounod himself sanctioned y
on this ground. saying on one occasion TO FRENCH
theatrical director Il have no choice In the mat
ter-both readings possible and good As :
hG to pTecede the church scene
you will be more in harmony with Goethe. tnoose.
Bs MAS s ss NOT ansr gwen as orsna Intended
and scenes not as separate acts II ora as
In Goethe's Gretchen's agonizing cry: Nacnoal'n;:
euer FlAschen"' and her swoon AMID the pohip ~
the holy office to which she had turned FOR Som
fort than I'm the vulgar killing OF brutal soider'
hut the composers embarrassment grew. prooaoy.
out OF the fact that the librettsts had already
l., oil ffs
by exchanging the Bose Geist." In which the poet
personified the tormentlng conscience OF Gretchen.
scarlet, like a bugaboo to brighten the poor child
into a After such travesty OF me . STU;
was Indifferent as where II occurred In the repre-
sentation OF his opera. And since both scenes 10y
provide act tnales why not go back to the or'sA''
arrangement?
heard before the performances last FRIDAY ait ~
noon and Saturday evening by the Oratorio o.
York before then, after that OF the same society
In its infancy seventeen years ago. Mi. hn Al
music and popular taste have undergone :
mighty change. and there must have been ni"t 3
I'm Carnegie Hall on the occasions mentioned
whom Haydn's music sounded singularly archssi
Particularly amusing because OF their nai.S HALVES
the roar OF the lion the heavy footsteps OF me
big beasts, the soaring OF the eagle. and espec Ia
naturedy exaggerated until the yeriest novice novice
perforce compelled TO. observe the COMPOSE "a
hear the old work again. with its sweetness rns
light Its enforced and sef-suficient beauty t
choir sang obedenty to the sympathetic ditecuv ~
OF Mr.. Damrosch. who stroye IN ms read, nonot.
the longer choruses TO avoid threatened mon tn
ony by changes In tempo and expression. ,arss
solo singers were Miss Lillian Blauvelt Sna srst
H. Clarke and Mr. Fischer. or these tns s,ns.
was far and away the most ssien sa' as hns
performance as she has yet put to ,her.a It OF
Mr.. Clarke has scarcely sufficient brsad h s,des
under the mistaken notion that sforzato r 20
proper expression for every other note W .' hut
tive Mr.. Fischer was not In perfect soi' 81 he
he sang artistically while making havoc Oh Wv
English text
NJ Ysaye's performance OF Memberships v vn,rs
under the direction OF Mr. Sedl, OF Wotan .~ The
well from the finale OF die Walkure, were s
cmacteric features Of the popular concert nnush ali
the numbers OF the Interesting programme, sSv.
that of Sgnorna Drog. who sang wretenew~sss:
were thoroughly enjoyable hne s hs sapplause,
like that of mercy was not strained o"'
equally upon the just and the unjust
Paolo Calico, panoforte Jan Koert vlohn,n hem am
H. Kronold. violonceo. have ASSOCIATED orscsrts
selves together for the purpose OF giving New.
OF chamber music under the title OF inc sr,ven
York Trio Club. Their FIRST concert VIII NC The
next Friday evening In the MUSHROOM ,sS n East
Fifty-eighth-st The club will play Barg'Tp1 banner:
In r, op. g. Mr.. Kronod. two solos py Krentsef
Messrs. Calico and Koert. beethoven s,na three
Sonata and Mr.. Albert @. Thies VIII sihs 49,
songs by Schumann. rs
The second concert for this season OF me po, viii
symphony Orchestra. Emil Panr cohd House next
Thursday evening. NJ. Cesar Thomson A., ~ he made
solo performer and the programme VIII oe Saeo
up OF Beethoven's Seventh symphony eor yiou9
a.. De- int