New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-05
Nr'SIC-THE DRAMA.
,,,DANr CALvE IN HAMLET"

.,-o,se Thomas's Hamlet was performed last
-. =, the Metropolitan Opera House. The opera
% ,over won any considerable degree of favor In
,ts 'york though efforts have been made period
~ % rehabitate II since 1t first broushi
ar1 81, the Academy of Music twenty-five years
Madame Gerster tried 1t during one of M
e. s,rakosch's unfortunate at Booths
.rheotre hu; an Opheia. even though sym
,,o,ic and tunefu, Madame Gersters. could not
Irc,ls the taste of NETWORKS opera-goers with
- 4 travesty Shakespeare as this opera.
ssich fully iusthes al. the tales that have ever
- told about the intellectual, attitude OF the
,,,o,ch toward the divine Williams Eleven years
go in the frs, season st the Metropolitan there
as another revival, AT which the Ham.et
- Ksschmann and the Ophelia Madame Sem
- admirable opponents both of what remained
:. .ne Two characters after they had been filtered
90. French libiettisis. Yet the pubic could
an 10 an appreciation OF the work. Then came
~ Iossale and Madame Meba. and san the pubic
- ohlurate Last night Signor kaschmann came
lard AGAIN with his fine exposition Of the in
.o.k VINO looks melancholy and sings good
drinking song. and Madame Calve essayed 20 create
nsth ming out OF the operate Ophe,a. If curiosity
could have filed the opera house u ought 20 have
been crowded for Madame Caive has never failed
% n-3ydc de ishtful shocks Of surprise aud enjoy
n,ent whenever she has appeared whether 1t
was IN d twentieth repetition OF Garner or a
,erth OF "Cavalcria Rustcana" Put not even the
announcement thai Calve would sing in the opera
could break down ;he prejudice against It. and 50
last nights audience was comparatively small. 80
far as the opera would permit Nine Calv1 cAa-
lenged admiration throughout That she could not
.nfuse into the character what neither hhrettlsis
nor composer contemplated cannot. OF course, be
charged aganS; her, yet she did succeed IN invest
Ing the IDLE stage puppet with an inclVlduaHtF
which exerted a potent charm over all who We're
able 10 forget that it was a Shakespeare concel-
Ion which the cOnscienceiess Frencnnan mas trans
formed into silly spectacle with muse. She sang
ali The music exQuisely. lifting its defamation to
the highest plane conceivable unaer lhe CT UNI
sensuous pleasure. Then. when she reached the
its terps chorean background, would ne MOI unwoily
OF its subject, seeing how beautifully me IocuGal
borrowed Swedish fo.k-tune with wnich me com
poser has enriched III, sac Tor the moment com
4, he pour dramatic blood into the composers meas,
ures-so eloquent were all her poses gestures anu
Il Is sale TO say that no Opheiia who has been
Ingflc stage mas EXPRESSED what Nine. Cave eX-
pressed In this scene. Her face was full OF
but its simplicity not that o. happy ana IN
tenigent child; II was that OF vacancy EeI eyes
lions seemed to have guidance. They were sud
den. caprcious and constantly changing yet ALWAYS
aria she sank shapeess heap. and the ushers
thought il ft;ins time 10 throw bouquets al b mel
she lay. bu, she would have none Of them linen
10 pieces and almost buried herself in them Such
an incident with a singer was less an artist
would nave destroyed the effect If she had SUI
ceed,d in making any Nine Calve made II all
part of her scene treated ii consistently in her owi
mood and made II contribute - the purpose OF az.
that she had done hitherto and to the result that
followed. When. stiN with fidelity TO Snakt spear,
she had clambered 10 hang on the pendent DousAss
her coronet weeds. ana the "cnVlous siNer prohe,
and she was drowned. the audience was awakened
10 an enthusiasm Il had not before SHOWN
and ny it's repeated recalls OF the prma donna 70
the stage testified its appreciation OF one OF tAe
finest pieces of art ever seen in the opera house.
a wonderful artist, indeed. is this woman. anu a
wondrous pity IL Is mat the operate list whlch Shs
has made her Is so ciTcunscribed IN adiltloh
10 those Of Nine Cave and SlSnOr kaschiiaHH'
the performance enlisted the services OF Nine Nan
tell Queen. NJ PiancOn king and NM. Maui