The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-23


that 7 could not spend a groschen on #
because have not one, reioined Reth,
Manu. Then I will resign to Won If
you procure the necessary costumes and
euu elgnt men to the orchestra, the pro-
ceeds of the first performance y ssFHt 7
near that the members will not sing q c
wei you know, Herr Wagner" "Irn-
fortunately, because for months. DESPITE
al al me poor peoples plague and pains,
you nave punctually remained in their
oent, SO that they have suffered distress
WIllle you have lived we'll and wasted
your money playing cards with friends
SIC sinaNe me TO persuade my colleagues to
eItl5 ~ me opera; J. confidentally hope
tney VIII not leave me in the lurch. after
10y 10y sy;ahdlng by them in the time of dis
It was only Wagner,s nonnlarit,, ,,,;4,,
me troupe which made it possible r. ptya
l9as Liebesverbot" When thev Terc
gong to begin the rehearsal. ScRaeffer
III Cppylst. refused to give up the copies
Will ne had made of the last act be-
tduSe Bethmann had not paid him foy,
t tllg hFst Two acts. and Wagner was To-
e e@ils destitute Nina Planer as a pledge
gave him silver bracelet and &c th9t
was insufficient also handsome sba[,I
, whlch she had received from Wagner on
I,,oc ~ tIlosiE; While the rehearsal was
sts"e n a,ls bethmann appeared on the
stage ana requested Fraulein P1ane. 10
oIeak 70 Wagner the news that the town
dutnorIues, who We're then the theafer
c ce &c had forbidden the performance
Ihat was no light task as U7ao,,e
e Mtts very excited already as the or
cheStra did not keep together at ali Rut
~ t4 ne pause after the first act she d;d
t III n!I1- wagner rushed off to the an
IuolIues, followed by Nina and The bass
MUG, because they knew his excited con-
c ciaI.s They al stood there in the Off
ga I1al , ounce. she close to Wagner's side
bahind him. anu hfug
~, ne a. three renre sented to the official
as me me Prohlbltion would greatly embar-
l3SS the director. and at last consent was
obtained. on condition that the tit1e .D as
r '-leo,s,SsVeCbot (''Tke Phohibition of
exciting, should be altered
Flnally. on April 30 1925 the cnara
Under the title of die Novice Won Pal,
nero CTbe Novice of PalmerO''1 was
me- Tor Washers benefit But how!
20 the horror of Wagner. who was at
me conductors desk Isabella. who in
the opera comes ont of the convent as a
noEiee IN order 10 pray for her brothers
ogty@suDernnInerarY Some actor had al
loWed himself the joke of dressing IN +he
nlahllke scarecrew and painting his face
70 resemble a baboon's so that fbe aI11i
enee continually laughed. The deen1ty Dc
iecteo isabella during a pause Whispered
70 chorlSter For Gods sake what
man IS that beside me! Get him away:
ne is constantly making grimaces' Wag-
ner observed Isabella's distress. and ar
me ne, same time the grinning. and SOFTLY
caHeQ TO the leader of the chorus: ''Thr0w
nm out; he disturbs.' AT that moment
isabella turned to the footlishfs and he
gan TO sing fiery passage The man
with the baboon's face thought he. too.
must come forward. and placed himse +
ciose TO Isabella, and. to the amusement
OF the audience. smiled at her. Isabella
turned around frighted While Wagner.
sun conducting, cried to the man: 'sTf
you do not go further back I'll throw nv
baton al your head"
Then came soft passage for the or
chestra alone. The disturber, utilizing.
the quiet; called out to Wagner. quite
loudly: mo, My good Herr Wagner.
that l must not The stage manager
told me to stop till Herr FreynuIler en-
I 1e See, there comes Herr Freymuel-
Ier, and am GOING Having spoken. he
ieIt with long strides. accompanied by
the laughter of the audience
Inc flrst tenor, Herr Freymueller who
4 4d. the part of the young nobleman
l4uclo, had been drinking with some
lIlehaS before the performance. and was
the worse for 1T. He had chosen fo mn
on nat With an enormous waving n11irne
or feathers. As often as he moved the
noddlng OF the feathers resembIed tbe
sans OF a windmill. which ALWAYS excitaI
IIlerfIfnent among the audience. Then he
heeW neither the words Tor the nusic
OF his part When he began to siGo he
memory left him in the lurch. From tb f,o
oo41uuct4r desk Wagner prompted him:
OIL