The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-21
AUDIENCES AT THE OPERA.
morn INHERENT ~ n BOXES THAN
~ THE sINOERS, IT sEEhS'
It's n Consequence of Turning W inc
Liah,-The Artists surprised by tho
CoIdness Of tho Audiences q
Ci.,oue Needed to Furnish Enthusiasmf

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after a longer Intermlsslon Thai usual oha ,n'
American primo donna began mo long w q
borous aria which promised to be 'he mo'' I'M
liant feature Of her performance aur'hs u e'7"
ting The society ma,ron who POSSIBLY moro
than any ons elsc in the long anu s'"ei'"s oi1
shoe is always the observed OF the auu'shcs sa''
a smiling word U the last oi tne men ~ W
the entr acto bad been visiting the poA linen u
turned her eyes casually W 'ho s'ese ~
list was singing glorionsly' putting al nei
perience and yenrs Of LABOR ara all hei "a,uial
gilt into ths performance oil the grea' All "n"l
was 70 decide whether or moi she cou'u ianA wv"
some Of her predecessors In The same ro.e ms
society mdtron eyed her Casually s"ep. uc no"''
with her glance inlmed'a~'s n''e'"a'u -" ~"
turning u the young man oes'a' u '"'
Informed him mat Sh' was ieauS '" ~',o
all events she arose Iu'' Or Wv pi"H" ""~.-n
tered a superb de''ainn'ory pnsSns. :" "n..
able iashioh ihe soo'e'y na"on uu
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wraps i~ '' - VI ..n.
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In society had leiG the eHecS was piaih III 'o
orchestra stalls Subscribers who had learned
Don, Tho r,oyrcmrs the number Of her box and
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had come 10 recognize hr ia'' nho'o" "o'''''''
In their seats. NoJody listened TO the American
rrn. d,,r. exce,r some hearers 40 far up aloft
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that 'he SOCIAL i'n""' was n''''o. "N" -"
ngiunA donna neNpnQ Dt n hand" ~ tnf eADTpS-
sion voos and 10 ali intents and purposes the
H.. uLor ana ~ .,ci.,v,s most
opera came w ei"oo WIEN NV """'' ""''
conspicuous women'turned her back on the prima
do,n, nj IN. climax az her part in the performance
rnu. -, u,s,,..oa . rhoso ., M. ou.,,
ms u'''ueh' n'uSuas q : S
which Is more emphasized this year Than II has been
In MANY seasons. the social side Of the perform
,h., !, mus, ,r,,rsss ;,s.It
hhces Is so Conspicuous ~ |" u impress sei
even on the casual spectator, Chatter has been
us,lad, The occurants of the boxes exhibit
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Tess interest," III uo o'1se ,n. Ia 80
,a,as,ad Some az the artists of the opera have
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recently expressed utoi OPINION hd' a oa'que
u,,ued M 10 show somedn terest in what is going
"'i"'' Wy 60, -. -
on on the stage Several umes during ue season
some tremendous tour de force has aroused an out
h,,oL fem the spac,,,o,a hut these occasions
'i''A y NV a...,.. &c.
HdNe up| u''h H'pueh' eh"ush ''mf'h'o"
the lack of enthusiasm exhibited al other times
,rbon enthusiasm WA. ,he demeapor mostly To
Wv" AZ.
Re expected NINE tdINe sang tdrWe" az inc
Saturday matinee last week to a very large audi
-, t,, ,ho,a .os o,hipn,,rro,aJ f,cm tha Ia
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ginning to the end OF the afternoon she IS very
likely To respond most willingly W any encore,
49,, ~. .,,;a,,o n,zai n, IN, sircors IN IN. s,soa
wv wv
"ltha mhddegfee OF h~fes' anu poeluNeiy reiuscu
IN become demonstrativc. At a performance 81
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opening ara, ana SO far as uhe audieh'ee xhip'eu
any interest AT the conclusion of her performance,
-, 81, u., h.ro ,o.r =, ,ha .,or. A Nuo
N''' ""s"' NV h"'0 80 ~
Calves enhance in Faust on Wednesday night
the ,,ldience spplauded her no more than IL she
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had 'rrH " 'h"tNi'
VI the artists here are astonlshed by the cold
ness Of tho audiences, which they are unable TO
,,lo.,a,a Th,,, ~. touuia, r,,h az, on.-
uh'efstai" ihcS dfc NOV ian''hhi WIN 'e 'us-
toms that formerly prevailed in the auditorium
nj tho Nto,r,nlt., ~ thev un,ld lno,v ,ha raaann
for this new attitude The lights In the Metropoll-
tan Opera House were formerly lowered during
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q person sitting IN an orchestra seat 70 see the
occupants of the boxes during the propr ess Of the
Tb;s ....o, ,bo I,oh,, -, ox..,,t..
'pN." /" o"''" wv '.s"' u ~ 'A'ep"ns
at the Wagner operas, and so far as the ease Of
recognizing persons in the theatre goes, new
.ua. an To- ,ha,,.u,ua. ,,., ...s,oh -.
III" 0"'oS y. uih
the progress ~ the opera as dnring the intermls-
sion ms year the subscription ~ very large
for the second time IL was large last season,
ana the persons who bought tickets for tho entire
wear were thR,a " no had Mspn IN the habit of going