New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-11
Observation-Disclosures. "

The story OF Faust has been before the public 50
long In form or another. that entirely new YER
sons Of It have become !nfrcqucnt There was ore
set forth last night. however. at the Olympia
Music Hall Il was invented. written. compo''n'
designed and managed by oscar iIammerst'in. lie
had given previous notice that the work was fra'l
opera and that he had treated the story wi'h an
the refinement which the dignity and religious
spirit of the subject commanded. This was the
way he d.d II:
BY way OF complete originality Marguerite was
married Faust before the play began. and Martina
her mother lived with them. Faust was young
artist. with ambition 10 paint picture IN the
lire OF the nude which should make him famous.
TIP to the opening Of the play he had been forced 20
regard his efforts unsuccessful and MS ne as VI
failure. When the audience saw his pictures Il
agreed with him in this and wondered why he hai
ever taken TO painting 1T I'll. instead Of to street
cleaning The examples scattered about his s'ut'
shown in the first sccne-dd. indeed look hopeless
for one whose ambitions as an exhibitor r'ach'd NC
yond the tea store Faust appropriately played ny
Mr. Greene sang "A song in which he said that MS
existence was curse and again the audience look
ing at his pictures agreed with him.
Then entered Mcphis.o appropriately played by
Mr. Dahm-re;ersem and proved his title ms the
Father o. Lies by telling Faust hat il was ali me
fault OF his modcls- Hc promised 20 provide better
ones In exchange FIR Faus:'s soul. having an I'M
accountable belief that h could find Some use for
Il In his ambition for tho nude. Faust was ih'l"'
70 make the bargain. bu; Marguerite AMI Marina
opoosoI H. their artistic taste being rather IN the
direction ~ landscape architecture nnI SUI II'.
Nophisto had STAFF. and the property ot u
was that in his or Fausts hands I; would prodnc"
models without limit while n the pure han-' OBJ.
Marguerite Il would conjurc ~ equally anGHd'"'
subjects ~ lardscapn. architecture ana "i" DIT.
To show TO power Ncpnis,o rent one u fans' H
pictures and disclosed The models from whom ID
ought 10 have been painted IN further i"monF'rh
ton he transported the whole party 3D. IN" ram. '
~ Flowers. AMI there deyo,ei tho properly % "is
magic s,ar 10 the multiplication II ballet dancers
The resultant hallct was varied ana nri-iHNI u
took a long time. and some plriA =" ). w. 49,.
c-l,ent. The propose. mod FOR fAuN.
appeared in many guls's am ch"iH'9' L.. hos,
tom In witch the dancers repre-. rli'l .lfN"s .'
was pretty though not r,aliEf.r THAI ~ "l'" pr
represcniei artistic posters WIS iI~tV ar t'h'i,,
nut an artist In search 81 the nude 'lE"t ~ ~'l
have gone to a church soc.ao.r .tt
The ballet peassi the audience. hn, u % 70, p.h
him. lie objected ID everything. II NJ ii"nn'i
stein Rad ..rca public prose. ii't ~ com I'd" 81.
lo"E a. "a. IN, ;,s t. Whcn Nsph-,o was ah.r' 81
NJ Ike ono las. enOri g. pleas" in' ar'' ana
his soul. Marquette snatcn'i .""} ~, 'n., . r,r
with one wave Of e. NfoaSf' INTO F'" ="
OF a cathedral Hor ara''s.n ~ WINS hoy y, go
az a cathedral as MoyI'stH'e tf been ~ u'i !, J..
h., go In An. zee IN changing tuc cIirf" ~ f.r-i
llfc AMI In determining L.n - D-r .nr - ''r a
painter could not BE- mleiak ~ N,p"''yy W
Tor Gfeen minutes non. % sh1% wnnt = ~ :. -. l.
real good there was IN thcm ana now mH'h '"'S
epprcv-i me- triumph - vr'H" -, -.
The reader OF tns description can sc'fc"N i"i4 20
ro.~ thr dignity of the wOrE ana IT, i"'p Tcl ,'s
.iarlncanc.. l. Mari1we, Goeih.. '"i"'i. ~
Holto ami ncr'oz y ihey faea's "sYf necn'c
- ,hal- ioalousy AMI not because OF anything IN
Mir Haminerste.n's opera.