New-York tribune., 1896-11-21
MUSIC.
IN FRENCH.

o-a suggestions Of the inscrutab.e in the
rsnresen,atlon at the Metropolitan opera house
I" ,gb. "Tannhauser was gwen anu given IN
.c,-,hat is, for the greater part All oiscuS Sums
r,.,ch performances must De "'ue's'oou Al
o. ri r,.,.,, sense Those OF the artists 10 whom
Y0"" 1. native or who have learned the !onguage'
freheh = ,bA others sing Italian. The meropols-
a's .r,,s canuo; sing anything else than iaian'
ian ,,,, acclaimed the Lardgrave or Thuriheia
anu ,,aI,duous bastard Latin. ana ne sp'he
~ ,a.e IN reply In French: but an '"e o'"7''
nN nNs,, ,he announcement Of the programme roi"e'
s-,ancss under the present regime "eie !"
pe'ao i.b a, infusion Of French; las, hish'
iie,,ation was in French. with an intusloh Oh
rP .r,o aiNersnce Is not great enough 10 war
l'ah'" ACQUISITION on the influence of language on
Ir,s Ia'' works although the SUBJECT j. n''''"s
w. owe point Of view. when wagner "''"se'i
',s have appreciated. The poi!Siot sys'e" ~"
,er Al the Metropolitan opera HOUSE. Ho"
f Nigh, serve 10 call up diVer'ihs 'c"e0''o' ."
s''' ,a ~ students OF operate history 'ouchihs
me mt. mt, s.ahili,v Of the foolish Clements IN
'ne concentrations. In way opera III New
op," ov enioving the condition o. affairs which
~, ~ g., Hamburg two centuries ago ana IN Lon
80, few decades later. In Hamburg me opera was
- Italian and German. In LONDON l. was 'h'Aeu
~, ard English, 10 the infinite amusement OF
-, Addison as the readers o: Ine opec'a'o' WI"
' u, rscau our state is trifie more anomalous
eds"' ~, o,era-goers of Hamburg and London
~. nriveged at leas, understand half the opera
,,e yernacular is iabu here
o., spch reflections threaten to lead 10 greater
ousness than the present occasion Jus,'Hes' II
80, 80 ho more TO the purpose to- discourse on the
49,, which the Italian spirit had upon last hieh'
t,a,ce Wagner conceived his Tannhauser TO
~ compete German. "a German from head 10
w.. w - no said and there are many admirers OF
ioo' ho rrefsr "Tannhauser" TO "Lohengrin
ms ~" =, i,s superior Tcutonism. which means lis
oe. ,rubfulness and ruder forccfulness or THIS
sS,,nssr, there was trace last night Ihe pas
49,. snaeches of Venus came from the mouth OF
. r,c,a as II they the gentle murmurs OF
@ . sh.de in Guck's Elysian fields. With marvel
,ans core sgnor Mancine kept the musical waters
a.,nc nacidly and gently between fiowery Dahks
H. thsv should have dashed tumuuously through
w.. gorsss 4 more feess performance OF
~ s.s. scene was never heard; ii was inconceiva-
~. % ia. naw tenor NJ Cogni. proved himself later 10
ve s,noer artis; of serious aims ana real artisuc
pe s."o Interest awakened Tor moment
Temp nnnasrance on the scene of Messrs flancon
ssaie but IT died again wnen II snouIa nav
ana 80 aame with the advent OF the sepieO, ana
purs. ny .n the three men and Nine Eames proNded
m % ne Measure that was TO be round tia9 ny si.S
az ahls m save the performance tney Wouiu nav
- co hu II would have required the co-opsiu
zone 80 s,nor and stage manager familiar with the
o. la.,;c a essence OF Wagner's TRAGEDY Nine taines
pnasu,ifuly siatuesque in ner poses, anu nei
"ds .aas in fine condition Her singing Wanteu
soSr s,,,r h,, was sensuousy CHARMING, ner acting
ermfh and abandon: but Elizabeth VIII ne s,i
a., her when Sne reaches t.i' a. '.''N
.a,s for which a generous Providence deS'i"eu "e''