New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
MUSIC.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"

M, ahbreviation Inc "ie' Pi'o" w
VII. exactly eleven years ago 10 Gay a"o
Place ~. climax Of q season whlch witnessed
formed ''' s,o,r,ent Of appreciation for Wag-
vonoeii a,o-ks II also disclosed Mr. seidi' 10
nTs % .,o honor OF introducing II TO America
whom 'eI' Ter ~ a follower of heroic methods
10 Ue .ome 10 the making OF eNClsions' wv
when i Is we're Topped of root and oranch.
en''e -. ~ one Of these was gwen al d con0e'.
inc symphony Society under the one00"
OIL 80" Dsmrosch on January a. 1871 ~ VIC 80
Wsl's' waltraute and Brunnhilde which was
between -. night by tie singing OF Nine Schu-
go'l"-, The other scene forms the pioIosue
mann - and ie known as the scene Va ''1e
70 90 o- Nornir. sticklers for cor'eU' %
No'nN N. That has never gotten even lh1o ou
rapNy ~oons though IL is q scene OF great 10.
CON- -.,sical beauty and one "Mch uhue, "'' s~u
circumstances is so a"A"N' 1--WE
Of bes,rA that It's permanent Trans
,o the platform might DE -
fer, ERE .-.nouuity even by ardent deVo'ee' %
WIZ - 6rarA The difficulty with II last night
NSeD s,Acul-v that has embarrassed every per
vas ... from the beginning Of the history OF 'iie
OF There is nothing in the entire great poeAi
TIE ,.sutful or suggestive than thls oi"0u'A-
nor o.. ~ ne Fates OF Teutonic mytnoosy, ou'
.,uresoueness is OF the kind thai appeA1' -
~ ,,ss,nation rather than 10 the eyes ioi INC
lie ,ba, it, material is epical. not dramatic II
~" -. Fates spinning the thread OF human
iS"o' ~ N see three women struggling Win
o' -, and refractory rope into which wagner
,e,e-ialized the beautiful old concert p"' ~
-" 80. occurrence may he had when time ana oppo'
-. ,4-rn,t study OF the significance ana 'aiuo
-. ,as,ors lions which compelled a marNei'oN'"
wy. audience 10 sit FIVE hours In the opera
-. after having been hurried away from olhne,
Nv .o,,neled 10 make journey through oisria
70 -ec,-al ~ the evenings incidents ana
'-aA -..-ospect Of the dramas vcissituoes III
,-...vo-k IN the course OF the eleven years "h'eH
80. nassed since II first brought fo"a'u he'e
-,A first ocal representation OF the orAlns ''oh
-,.cs m January % lSSs. when Albert Nleiia"
,..,sd 1as the French say the character OF oiss
..s.a ruu Lehman that OF Brunnhilde Emu
r,.cber that Of Hagen. Frau Seidl-krauss that Oh
nr,-uns and Adolf Robinson that OF GuhOloi'
go. ron, Nj seidrs ardent wish 10 oring lol
- al ne parts OF the tragedy with "hicn
:. vss 81 intimately identified while memoer
:, VaVners household the most potent illHueliOo
q, Ringing about the production was Albert Me
-. rohi-ion 20 essay the part OF the mature
sAefried for which ne had WondeF'uI loNe "hu
which ne had studied at Bayreuth IN DO hls ue-
,,-. ~ enact IL at the first Nibeluns festival was
shattered against Nagners determlhauo" ~ P,
.e-v. ne dramatic illusion as far as possible oy
=. oho,s,rs IN the progress Of series his rep
,.s4niatives Of the characters that appeared J."
NOVA than one OF the dramas Nemann haVihs
heen selected as the ideal Siegmund mao 10 re-
main sieemund and his activities were 'no'e.'-'
confined 10 Die Wslkure" Though brought loi-
ward in the second half Of the season. ne Oo''
t.-dsrnn1e-ung" achieved great popularity. II was
given seven times In the season Onree tunes III o'
week. heard by twenty thousand persons @iu -
r.snsc, NJ receipts headed the lst Of WORKS give"
u tho season ~ 1850 the season when saw
+,4 N,hefunr tetralogy completed FOR NeW-Nork oy
IN. n-oduction % "Das Rhengold." the Drama leu
the list again with four performances a. VIM"
The average receipts with prices consloerd"S ~"
g. -han they are now were 81 $50 Frnulein Len
mann uas again the heroine. Max Alvary the oles-
fried Joseph Beck the Gunther and Emil Flsche'
who indeed never yielded UP the part IN ms
country until last night the Hagen. In mis- Sea-
son occurred The FIRST representations OF the entire
cvcle OF Nihelung dramas The season OF 1sSs- 70
sav, an inexpNcahle falling of IN popular interest
In the drama. II had FIVE performances pu'
dropped down 10 tenth place in the Ns' ana was
the lowest Wagner opera the list. except Die
Walki-e Herr vogl was siegtried Herr Beck.
Gunther: Liz Lehman Brtnnhilde. and Ida Klein.
Gur-1lne The fourth season 81 the drama was the
last Of the German opera at the Metropolitan
AGAIN & was given four times. and marked
growth IN popular favor being third in the list in
point OF earning capacity Nine. Lehman New
York's only Brunnhde till then, did not return for
the season % 1890 81 and the principal peo-
pc IN the cast were Nine Mielke. Herr
Gudehus Herr Juan Luria Gunther) and
the everfaithful Fischer For three years New-York
saw nothing % the drama then. IN March. 1885,.
Walter Damr0sch gathered together a number or
German singers who were giving concerts in the
United States and gave two stunted and unhappy
representations q the drama for charity. schott
Being segf-ied Nine Materna Brunnhilde. Selma
Koert Gutrune and Fischer Hagen IN the fall OF
issi NJ Danrosch entered upon his daring under
taking Of German company devoted chiefly 10
Wagner. an undertaking which did as much as
anything 20 convince the MANAGEMENT Of the Met
ropolitan Opers House that prosperity was ar idle
dream z tie German list was neglected Under Mr..
Dsmrosch the work was given each season. though
never oftener than twice and never with worthy
stage furniture The principal singers who appeared
IN these performances were Mines Sucher. Klatsky.
Lehman and Nordics (the last OF whom continued
the admirable record last night. and Messrs Al
vary Ka,sch and Krsuss
How did last nights representation compare with
It's predecessors Only the most striking points
o. difference can be pointed out First In re-
spect % importance stands the restoration OF the
two scenes already mentioned. There were other
rs,orations which represented less radicalism.
and need no, NJ mentioned There several
new stage sets that % he nall Of the Giochungs
especially being beautiful and effective so mat on
ne whole T. may be said that the scenic outfit
vas more attractive than ever before The illu-
sor IN the scene with the Rhine daughters was
also helped ov using the swimming apparatus
which had proved so effective In "Das Rhein-
gold" While We had Brtnnhyde who was alive
n memory from last Years representations we
hao a new representative OF the hero in Vi. Jean
oe ReszAe, new Hagen In ". Edouard de Reszke
new Gunther r. Herr Muhlmann, Waltraute OF
lo'ey Worth r Nine SchumannH eink. and a
Surune o. worth whatever in Nine. Saville.
me new sieg;ried was superby heroic in bearing.
Ou' aoi III The death scene did he dominate the
stage as some Of rs predecessors have dominated
II throughout the drama TIL this climax was
.sache1 ne husoanded MS voice with care so OBJ
,'O1s as % stand IN me way o. perfect enjoyment
=" ms ne differed from Nine Nordca. whose whole
80 was in her Work from the beginning 10 the
again she presented character which wae
- engaging IN it wonanly elements, but fell
- - 7" me drematist's demands IN the scenes
w a..'n conflicting emotions become tempestuous