Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-20
ADJUSTMENTS,

| GRAND OPERATING opening of the
grand opera season at the National Theater
last night was not suspicious in point of
numbers as the performance merited but
| the company fully justified all the good
| things that had been said of it during it's
New York season. What the enthusiasm
would have been under normal conditions Is
| a matter of difficult calculation. Seldom has
an organization of established claims to ar
tstic recognition been more indifferently
welcomed. Never has an audience sought
more earnestly to make an amende honor
able on behalf of the music lovers of the
community, when the magnitude and excel
lence of the offering were realized. The au-
dience, so far from rejecting Washingtons
claims to consideration as city of musical
appreciation, would have represented only
an average attendance at a production of
ordinary Importance. The amount of scenic
and musical vigor which Aida is capable
of rejecting Is enormous, and the manner
In which the resources of the magnificent
music-drama We're utilized last night left
nothing to be desired. The cast in spite of
the unfortunate Illness of Susan Strong. was
brilliantly capable, the chorus precise and
powerful and the orchestra above reproach.
1t was one of those ironieS of fate, an occa-
sion when all conditions combine to secure
perfection of detail and brhancy of en-
semble, for which the public seemed unpre-
pared Any performance of Aida" is a
stupendous undertaking; so great indeed
that few ORGANIZATIONS have The co,,ras1e 70
undertake It, Mild approbation last nfpbt
soon warmed into hearty approyal and II
was for Campanari in n comma stiye1,-
small part to unseal the fountains Of e,en
unine enthusiasm which throughout the lat
ter portion of the production Numbered out
in torrents of applause. There were no
flaws in stage management tn rnar The
stately pageantrv: no deficinroias e., o ,,dI
INTERPRETATION TO lessen tho ernotiano1 80
peal The old old story of tba ,,a,oa,, -
loves where love is most To he faornd T. 80
With the simplicity Of trua IIterarIc 90 80
and embellished with aII Tho t,Tor;a ~.
song can lend To those who heard and
saw tie production It was an occasion to he
remembered with enduring satisfoctinn. e..
the music lovers who were ahSir,t =. iot
be set down as a lost onnortunitv If ~
succeeding performances can he baI5 -, ~
the standard established b, 49, ~
present season of grand onera n,,Ist ra, 'n ne
one of the most splendid tbat W:asii 10 o
has ever known.
Aida marks the transition of Italian
opera to the more modern roisin dr .a.i'i
so called 1t is the fret go "latia'
he gives his orchastra hroo ~. a III winch
simply as an Observation-Disclosures Sup .I tll'i
ers Written for ~ EL,: ~ tiie sing,
he has hrnupbt IN 60, H I've Vi Esyp''
particularIv in the H. ss pthh theines'
but the opera is fuII Of ronIodi pl.es.s,
from Rbsdames' "caIas,o ieiouic phrases
dnat in tba .en,b TtAlu a 10 the hnal
the nrincina1s lice ne "oih requires Tor
noy,ir a nd o,,I.i,,a.; VI hloie thah unusual
and these rsn,,iran,a. as Meil as endurance,
Mr. Cra1,s ortiat In. we're July met by
- . al ISIS ss last night There was
fond that iI when 1t was
~ ~ u tiet Clelhehtlne DeN ere was to sing