New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-07

Ias' nights see1Gd Performance q Tristan unI
! Isolde" a. the Metropolitan r3e,a House MARIE
| decided adNa0 ON mat = ih" OF mig n'fni ~
NJ DAmrosrhs season IN. drama &as listened
| % b. an audience IN 8 loss in3r'ss 1nah" mo1l
th,n TIE nr.t srI perhaps for tha' reason VAS bet
tee able - Appreciate tho features which placed g.
| up1u a worthy and dlguinSi pane When q NrD-
merriam representation reaches such pen" - IN
neaa.e.y opens Up fields In plenty fof dls-cssion
w'-hou' once sggo Ing the narrow lir.' On which
operate criticism moves ~ : rr'e THIS Res IN"
case ,ast ni.ht wncr there vas an embodiment ~
so much ~ the spirit of The work thai an invitation
went out TO apply the standard % IDEAL correct
uass 90 a number 81 features the representation
Again Il became p'e1surab!c dU'y - MAKE record
Il tho admiration commando 10y Frau suchers
Isolde beautiful Ns'l-roInfei in.personation. as
piegnsn. q loe;ica, suggestion az II i' vivid ana
convincing In Us ouzNlnRs. What delight II - %
taose VINO expect something more than mere ea--cF-
ing from the opera watch her gestures ana poses
each change - which publishes the constantly
cn1.eire thoughts ara feT"Nss 20 wAica Tho poet
c5mIosr hae given expression In the book mn score
+ :his aryaous.y eloquent ye-sion Of IN" anc'en'
canc'e II love In this expression ~ IN hushs'ir
appreciation y il proper also TO Include MISS brema
ani Herr Fischer for their respective performances
o. the roles Of Branr3c" end KONG MARIE lha'
Herr Avary mus he excepted even while recoS
milton e made ~ the earnestness OF he cnori ava
TIE intelligent devotion to nigh ideal which In
ep'rts much of his work + due certain snort
c,minge which canno, be- blnkNd. II ~. ~ coir'',
70 faui Of his ,hst he fails short ~ the physi
cal requirements ~ the heroic character OF sir
1r.s'rem he exists rot ony N Wagners drama.
but IN all tie versions ~ the o.d legend French.
German ana Eng.ish. To understand the pot Of
this story which tac - long held captive the aHe'-
donate FAM 90 Inc word. one mus; he npl" To
picture the hero Of e'ich proportions enabled him
30 bui.d NJ he kingdom Of mis- uncle in spite 81 IN"
ira Gus opposion o. whJ.o band % the typical
I.tHt .,I
becane nece~sary 10. the protection % his o~n ne
and M presumed horror 81 his love oortumei-
oue'. 10 apply his sword no'ngs to The back o.
Klny Mark himself It Is moro serious fault TINT
Mr. Alvary does l.t;le 70 atone FOR hls phys.ca.
clmnUt!v'ncss that he = 70 unable 10 assume IN"
virtue i ne have 4 not and not make largeness OF
intoi.ec ual ana emotional plan compel forgetful-
mesa Of sma;ncss OF body. He might achieve
something % this were he to do justice
the purely scnsuous beauty OF the music. in the
second act more especially: but this he cannot do
with his vicious manner OF singing. His last
scene. to which 1t Is obvious At glance be has
given nire-tenths Of the STUDY that he has be-
slowed upon the dram ma is wonderfully thrilling but
hagran;ly IN violation Of every Intention Of the
poet-comroscr. Think o. a man within a lew
minutes of dissolution. who has just recovered con
sclousness for the first time since he fell nnTcr the
couch AS Alvsry does. Then think of tho tragic IN
tensity Of Nicmann's acting in the same scene the
wonderful, manner in which he chained attention
and worked II NJ into painful anxiety by mere dint
o, voice. defamation and facial expression. Here
Wagner In favor OF theatrical effect. crcum
stance thar Is further emphasized by his false read
inc OF the line "Il1T ich das I.icht? which Illus
rates the confusion which approaching death has
worked in She Knights senses. Aivary reads i in
rT"f tu p, Is this-do HEAR he light in
stead Of 90" when Wagner. as the musical cal
stress to fan upon the word light. Trstans dis
ordered mind having transformed Isolde's voice
into the torch whose exnguishfnent was the signal
,ha; called him to her arms