Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-10-26

In the little watch making town VI
selzach. Switzerland. this summer
there win be presented new version
az the Passion Play. With rare encep-
tons. the production nowadays OF
p,ay OF this kind. dealing as IL does
with a living and breathing represen-
tation OF Christ upon the stage, pro
yokes little opposition In many OF the
European countries.
This country has not yet outgrown
It's PuritaaSeai sbhorrenee OF the Pas
sion Play, bat in certain sections OF
Europe the desire ON the part OF the
public for productions OF this kihd -
growing. Violent opposition NJ times
greeted the firsr performance OF the
play AZ Oberammergan some years
ago, but all this ~ changed some OF
the foreign writer's and thinkers re-
gard this change not In . Eenslons
light at all They sssert thdt
merely one OF the revolutions In TASTE
OF the stage-loying public and point
10 the fact that in ths realm OF snea-
trle art a change In rapidly working
In the direction or the popular pitss
or mysteries OF the Middle Ages. Eh@
public, they ekilni. want plays OF THIS
kind, and la meeting the demand tns
theatrical folks have gone inheh Ihr~
Their back, la fact. To Biblieai times
With the Forthcoming Passion ray
al Selznch and sacred opera called
'.Christus" by the lnte Anton kubin-
stein now being produced ~ the ire
men Opera house, the Europeans
should have surgeiI OF stass produc'
tlons OF this kind.
Rublusteln's opera, after u has run
the gauntlet OF the European capitals.
win probably be- brought 10 THIS e'hitr
try. but IL Is a question whether w
production will be permitted. " Win
h. 4 question ~ l0EnI option with the
elites, aud even. II IL Is eventually
Staged here II VIII only liz after most
! bitter Nights with the opponents Of
| plays OF this Kind II viii also IT,
/ largely modified. as in it, present
I shape n presents all OF the leuding
| events IT Chrlsts life upon earth. with
| the exception Ut the crneihxi1u.
I The play 10 be produced al sslzach
[ goes more into details than Rubin
stems opera Two years ago the Pas
/ sion Play was given az Srizach The
success achieved was very marked.
/ as the hest critics Of Europe agreed
/ that II TAR rxreilsd the Dhcrammsr
! Knu production The wealthy pgopi-
. OF seixaeh. after the successes 81 1886.
nj once began the creation ~ fund
/ for ,he erection ~ Passion Play
thenter. The construction of the build
Ing II quite different from the ordin.
AIRY play house. being designed TO meet
/ the peculiar demands ~ the plays 70
4 be- produced
The stage ~ In the open air. where all
THE spectacular effects ran BE- fully Fe-
alfred. The auditorium. however d
covered anil faShiGnd mitch after tbs
plan ~ the ordinary thrIt~v " wi
seat f.2nO people. The parts detg ed
Tor the OrchestFi and chorusra are htils
after thu plan Of tbs Wagner theltrr
Of Blyrtuth They arr beneath the
stage surface. AMI entirciy nut ~ sight
Of the spectators. This arrungrmr nj
Intrnsitias the Spectacular rata
the production. the music seeming ~
come up out og the ground
II will take sir hours to produce this
plny allowing Tor half hodF's lnfrg
M -zlun for huns hcon This ncccsSitats
tha beginning ~ the Performance at II
n. IN. au,i concluding NJ > q. IN. Se1i
Sunday tlle ilrzt presentation vii b.
matlc. and the play viii hc enacted 90
every succeeding Sunday until Srpsrm
hEv Tho only week day On which II
will b. givsn Is THURSDAY Aug II. tn,
Festival ~ Tire Assumption.
Two hundred muslrilns. singers ans
actors take part in the performance
The Music IL by the German composer
( ~. = Mueller and the play l. divides
into Two plrts. ore o. Cupying the morn
INK session. and tIc second taking %,
The afternoon session.
The scenes Of the morning sssSios
are largely taken from the Old Tesla
mcnt. the first picturing the life o
Adam and Eve in the Garden Of Eden
Their flight from tbs garden Ia shown
The murder OF Cain. Iac1ba dream
Joseph Ia Egypt the finding ~ Nose
as n babe aud the giving ~ the law. o
Moses on Mount Sinai are III present
oil with truthful allegiance to the 18Th
lical descriptions.
The birth II Christ Ia beautifully pr,
duced. When the Three Wise Men on
ter the hut dnzzl ng radiance ~ Iigl,
shows The infant Christ, with Mar
seated ~ the foot Of tho crib. Stand
Ing by Is Joseph with folded hand
and with soft m,isic rising from tn
sunken orchestra and singers. Tn