New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-16

uov-.y.r this is wandering pretty fa' '''
the original purpose u this writing "Hi'h vas
., cav something about a recent manifestation
- th, Wagner cult in New-York This '.'F nay
r.v..r been afflicted with that species ~ an'''''
and historical Magnetism which J'hh '"'
Hobbies condemns in her own count Ni"'"' ~
preci alton ~ Wagner here has been Is
a steady. and perfectly sane grown "'
proper conditions therefore. i might '' So
that the time was bound 90 arrive WIZ" W."
ner's dramas not only might but ousN' " 80
performed I'm the vernacular fet VIZ" ''
Castle SQUARE opera Company ar'iHf''' 49,
English version ~ Die Meistersinger N'h ''''"
berg" last week the attempt was sIee''' "'"
NOR. or loss good natured dspraise from 'Fe''
quarter whence an intelligent expression '''e''
have been expected what conclusion sha"
draw from the premises? Is Wagner H"p'''
in English The case IS not Who4y '''"'' 49,
the Castle Square opera Company "' JUS 10
agement Is perhaps now WILING ID "N''
its ambition was a trihe too loity' anu BIZ ~
vet - be- learned that the people WHO VIZ
bear Die Meistersinger IN Enghsh near" 80
the opera or the language. but there WAS ''
,,.s,, g., tho experiment, which II may 30 iaF
and timely 70 enforce. The general '"iS' ''
moss of John oliver Hohhes's mind was a'ieS'''
! in
t,nction between the TWO things TN her u''''
N .ho. -D,s Neistersinger" is "A master
piece" because It is comedy "h''h 'S % 49,
ton ~ situation. not passion -,
~, course. when John oliver Hobbies saws '"''
nn,. vo,s,ersineer, is a masterpiece. since sne
,s ,al,,rr from the chair. she means "'S'''
! 49,. o,.sryhoav There it ia that she Involves
! horse,f IN the neshes 81 the dilemma "h',"
49,, oc.o,,,.,v cxposed at the American l"'"''
lac, ,ynek The things which deal win ''' ''',
| .a..,..,,, GRO tragic and because they are "aN
! ,h.,. ora universal Neither time nor p"'' a.
s,.,s ,he,, Rut comedy Is truly a matte
| ,,,,o.,,,. B., is hedccd about hy time ana ''
| c.,,.,,. daels with the fo,es and toin'es '' '-'
,,,ir n.o,,. not with the passions OK ''
,e,,,,nal axemolars in intellect. emotions '' ~
ala aud the time and place IN VINO" "
INNS, ha understood il comedy is o. "' 49,,
a,.o1 Won canno, "castigate manners WIZ"
srou., in 81 play unless the manners "''
,b. on,reciatinn Of the spectators "i INV
Wagn.r's "Meistersingrr Is "''''' 49,.
graphic I'm its dclneation of the p"'K -..,,v
guild NE OF the intellectual capitA' ~ -.
IN the sixteenth century. and there = a,t
single point Of contact between '""' .ho
Ours Therefore us comedy II i'' NV an.
sympathize deeply 10y reason "' know
| a,,o y,rh German feeling and ""' -,
something Of the social and ar''s', ",,er
Nuremberg in the sixteenth century .,,s,y
thrr. IL much of the hnmor "' 81" .,,,ls,
locked No IN the verbal PLAYS OF '"' zero.
He NAV suggest the elephant a''"''' nj.
battles az times but at any '"' ,,., are
humor rests In such attempts "" >, ,h,nk
within the grasp ~ "A people a''uS',' ,.hleles
I'm GERMAN but who shall max ,,, a., Eng
J for the diversion ~ a people WIZ Tam
fish. Give us Wagners V"e mar Ring
hauser" Tristan und Isolde ,,,,ors and
des Nibelungen'-in worthy