New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-02
"LOBENGRIN" IN GERMAN.

>o,h;,v seemed 50 venturesome in Mr.. Dam
roscb,s announcement of his German opera season
es the promise u produce 'Lohehgrlh 10 CIV
Wasners most popular opera after the adhrapie
concentrations of the Abbey-tiran company seerheu
,srv much like tempting fate. especially after the
Nasco made by Herr Rothmuhl at the popular con-
cart in Carnegie Hall last Sunday evening. or
course there are a great many people In New-io
who know that all of "Lohengrin is not oouhu up
in the solo tenor's part, but the disposl'oh' '"-
couraged by the system. 10 ma the coihpie'e
cum ~ a performances virtue in the singing of a
single person or persons has so long oeeh pieNa
lent that Il did not seem possible that Lohengrin
might he made to retain its charm after the de-
nartire OF such ideal knight OF the Hrdh as VI.
de Reszke II is the duty OF the chrohicie' vi
operatfc affairs, after last night. 70 note per
forn,ance OF the opera that had many points OF
excellence as to challenge not only respect but even
admiration II one were judge by the attitude
Of the audience alone "a proceeding when many
persons are fond Of urging as the duty OF puDhc
revlewer) an explanation covering nuch OF the case
might easily be found in the circumstance tha' per
hans nne-tenths Of the audience. remarkably fine
one by-the-way, that heard the opera UNDERSTOOD
the language in which II sung. The value OF
this circumstance may be admitted In the present
instance but IL does not go far toward SOWING 'ne
interesting problem which the juxtaposlton OF the
recent and present seasons precipitates Inc sig
nifcance of that problem is not a matter Of just
now All real lovers OF the lyric drama hope that
the result OF the experiments now making VIII be
OF lasting effect in the operate activities OF the
city, and il so, though we may urge, as we nave
often done that the opera proper TO the American
people can sooner be attained by way OF the Ger
man form Of the art than by way OF the ltahan'
Il does not follow that must do homage to the
German tongue possessing any special virtue IN
itself. The keen interest manifested by the auoi-
ence in last nights performance. however. SHOWS
the value Of inteigibility in operas that are lyric
dramas and not mere concerts in costume
The details OF the representation need not detain
us long. OF the newcomers in the cast frauleih
Gadsk the Elsa Of the occasion, made an ex-
tremely pleisurable impression by reason OF Ihe
freshness OF her voice and the sincerity - "T tp
the second act She competed sympathy ,ppy InSs
righteousness and earnestness of all she ola and
the effective manner in which she embodied well
defined and poetical conception stronger mus.
caily and dramatically, indeed admirable that
no comparison IS TO De toSnH ,pr @ Braodt was
Miss Brema Otrud. Though Obliged to contend
the and S ed Se second % c
with warm blood and held the interest OF the
public throughout the long scene which because aus
by those who have not yet arrived at full appre-
citation OF the opera. OF Herr Rothmuhrs Lohen-
grin It is easier TO speak in praise; since the i'm
cert last Sunday made. His vocal style is not one
that could be compared probably to him with that hat
acting ever depart from convent0nanty 9ut ne gave
TO the audience and won frequent ontenrsta Of
not sesm TO comprehend that the dramatic per
sonage whom he represented is only the embod-
ran,ed mart In the dramatic action. No wants
signs Of emotion in town crier. Mr. Behrens
was a tuneful but not partcuariy Impressive