New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-22
MUSIC.
rrIr DANROsCH OPERA.


Tn Tho last two performances Of its supscr'P''o"
seasor eiven nv the Damrosch Opera Company y"
Friday evening and yesterday afternoon, IL wa" po'
sible 10 observe the heartest popular
evoked by the enterprise OF the you"s ~,
and mana ger since he came to the me'iop ..,.o
of the audiences which came to hear MS rep
t,ons IN the course of his three weeks seaSo" "eio
numerous but they did not all create the mp
s,on os commences from the box-oHice po' "
view There was no question about the '" wv
GATHERINGS however. and the fact tha' ','' 49,.
Friday night was Der Freischutz Haue -.
stration that invited curiosity. 1t Is long - ~,
opera which once stood more signiiicahu! io Wv
Csrr,ar schoo, than any Of It's fellows, was last
hrd g., Newyork-eleven or twelve years. IL
memory serves US righty-and It's recep'
was not encouraging to the old notion 'i'"' - ..
else failed Der Freischutz could be uepe" -.
f the manag erial exchequer. 1t was ilo'
TO find the reason Of It's failure In the III so
y, ,ho carnor req,me at the Metropolitan opera
House. More than any work IN the ., ,n :
DER Freschiitz" appeals to specifically Eer'ia" -,
stncts and affections, and the Metfopo".a' 49,
ences were not pre-eminently GERMAN a.,
s,ze ~ the theatre and the long stretches Oh una
logue spoken In the stilted style pecua' ~
singing actors of Germany initiated s'e"''
its success. ,.od for
Mr. Damrosch's audiences have been reoi ,,.S
rho Greater mart from the citizens OF German o'
and It was not at all surprising that the n,oh
ment after so long time. or the opoia " .u
so many of the affections of the Fathe'i"''' a,
dren find eloquent expression snouio nav. 49,,
an extraordinary swelling of the heart on Tue LOS
side So the Academy was crowueu, az
listeners were all eager and fuil Oh ,,,,.
btv for the moving revelations OF the oiue '''''.
But alas and aack! the nerves OF inc hs 49,
not thrill as OF yore. Perhaps they Hi's". -
representation been better, but. with HI "''o -,
made the thought would not down tha' ."e -.
genuous age is past when the meioura'i'"''' r.an
which once sent the goosehesh all over the "' mo"
ro,,or coud evoke anything more than gentle ana
almost amused interest 1t was delightful asa''' =.
come In living contact with the music WIN "
echoes Of the Vokslied and Its odor OF inc p'' ~
ests and wildnowers. but though Tischer s"s ~
songs of Casper and sang them wsli' ne eo"' "o
redeem the character from dramatic point Oh view
and the boots of the owls and all Inc s'e"'
sounds Of the VOLTS Glen provoked srins hs'eau y.
qoosenesh From a spectacular point OF we" LII iii
representation laughably inads1uaa,r, 1an was
brought on in the incarnation scene TO MAKE UP ro
tho absence OF tho familiar spooks Oh nra and
made much OF its music sound as II 1t hsd p S,n
'put through the Wagnerian sieve as IT,, ,,or y,
mann once remarked OF German represen.a',v,, s "a
ia JuIye'' at the Metropolitan, but there vs. d
notable lack OF lyrical beauty in the pe'o' Her
Notwithstanding that Fraulein Gadskl ana Iier'
Ciruening the Agathe and Max OF me ,h
Herr Gruening by-the-way, took MS 'eA'e "a Wv
Yesterdays opera was die G3tterdammeruns
which given with many times tne III
fensty and musical effectiveness that marked MT
Damrosch's performances OF the Work as' i yea.'
Two elements contributed largely to that enu NM ad
Klafsky was the Brinnhide. and sac sang hnu
acted with fervor that seemed to be coisu"g MI
mind body and soul. The mpersonaton inI s@h
had much Of that elemental force!ulne-s when
used 10 carry the Metropolitan audiences captive III
the work OF Lehman and Niemann but II was vas, a
little too Incorporate emotionaliv and the marring
effect was disclosed In the inspired woinsns sing
Tho fault Is not usual with Nine. klafsky. ana TOT
that reason all the more noticeable. as also IL
raised into higher light the unusually correct sing
Ing On all things but pronunciation or The teNp OF
Mr. Avary. whose elder S'esfried yesterday seemed
an admirably At companion to his youthful Forest
lad. Mr. Damrosch conducted the performance. ana
frequently infused the orchestra with something
like the passion that surged in the hearts ~ Nine
Kiafsky and her companion. Herr Mcricns dis
closed a fine quality OF voice Gunther. and Herr
Fischer was a familiar figure Hagen.