New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR-wAGNER s
RING OF THE NIBELUNG" AT THE
NEWS NOTES. ANNOUNCE
MENTs, PROGRAMMES AND

room In Carnegie Hail. seCuoH Htcthb va
the New-York state Music Teachers Assoc s,.
alton: Waldorf-Astoria. 1l;3o a. m, recital oy
Paul Wiallard
German opera. Tristan und Isolde No; ,u L.
Schenck Of "Parsfai'; St. Barthoomew's Hall.
lecture by h Msc rSo SkTsre OF
Verds Requiem
Thursday-Carnegie Hall afternoon, second plano
forte recital by Emil sarer; CarnegIe Fslews
Waldorf Astoria. p. m, piano recital by An
drew Irsay de lrma.
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sa,urday-Metropohan Opera House u" p m''
German opera Die Walknre :, son %, nj Of
the Philharmonic Society; No. IA Madison-aye,.
res wes { sixS St lecture Hannah
smith on Schubert: chapel OF the Old First
rSsi yMendessdhm Hall nt go O'clock piano re-
cital by Fannie Bloomfield Zeisier
Comparing the serial representations Of the
dramas composing Wagner's Ring of the Nibe-
lung" with those Of other years. il is not posslhie
TO chronicle significant advance in any particular
There were many excellent features In the per-
forInauces but also many defects. and the defects
were OF kind to rebuke the assertions on the part
OF the management that Bayreuth principles prece-
dents and methods would be followed. To main
tain a dramatic illusion throughout the series was
impossible Changes Of persons were probably I'M
avoidable although IT would be difficult to make
the public understand why Brunnhlde should be put
TO sleep in the person of Marie Brema and awake
as I.i Lehman But even under these eXTaor-
binary circumstances. consistency might have been
preserved in external trapping and stage fur-
nture Only one difficulty Of stage management
seems TO have been solved and that only in part
of he Rhein- daughters in the nrSt
scene OF 'Das Rheingod" more graceful with
the new swimming appliances than they were with
the old carriages but the new device Is not ma
npulated to produce the effects prescribed by
Wagner in his stage directions and illustrated III
his music Neither has there been shown the
slightest regard for Wagner's wishes in the final
scene of Die G0tterdammerung." This was al
ways poorly done, but never so absurdly as last
Tuesday when the hall of the Gbichungs col
1apsed in a moment, before the fire seemed TO nave
touched IT, and became burnt ruin without ROOF
while the chorus stood In the midst OF the wreck
unmoved and unframed and watched Edouard de
Reszke in the guse OF Hagen, escort two mixes
through the waist-deep water In the background.
Mr. Schalk has abored zealously with the band
but 1t remains ncorrigibe. Such untuneful piass
ought to be a disgrace in Bowery theatre, ana is
objectionable whether the results are due to over
work or TO incapacity. Consideration for the sing
ers has never been shown in the instrumental parts
and the fault does not lie with Mr.. Schak' whose
efforts to obtain effects Of refined and gentle ex-
press,on in solo passages have generally met witt
wofu responses But II the achievements OF u
decade ago have not been surpassed, delightful
memories Of them have been awakened, and has
been demonstrated that the love for Wagner IN
the community Is both more intensive and extern
sive now than 1t ever was before.
In the week which is TO intervene before the
resumption Of the serial performances. this time
ayr n
resentations-" Tristan und Isolde" on Wednesday
Die G0tterdammerung" presumably with some
abbrevatons) Friday, and Die Wakure' on
Saturday afternoon. on Friday the company will
be divided and al Trovatore" will be given In
Brooklyn. The casts for the work are as follows
MONDAY, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR."
Lucia Observation-Disclosures Nine. sembricl
Alice Mile Bsuermeiste
Tnrico Ashton ....................s gnor CamPanaT
Rsmosdo LemprtTe PTng
conductor. signor Bevirnani.
WEDNESDAY. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE"
Tristan. M Jean de Re,zk
kurwenal AnluI an
Melot .l~"irere , ,i
Elm steuermsnn -; NJ MeI'
Brangaene. Miss Marie IRENE
Conductor Herr schaik.
FRIDAY. DIE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
sierfrled lean lea. M e. Reszk
Guniher ..................... herr Muh p,
Srannhde s Mms mn, 1onIg nj
Woei,SSe - FTauien Olga Peyn,
wellgunde Nine Molka ,keioe'
Flosshde Frau Messnge
Die NOrnen
Mines. Peyny. Mefslnser and sehumann- HeinI
Gutrune SaVill
Conductor, Herr schalk
sATIrRDAy AFTERNOON ode WAIKIrERF
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Siegmund Al Van Dye
llundng DAVID Hsphan
Noian Herr Anton Van Roo
siesnde NM Emma Fam s