The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-29

rcuth Not only IL the city more accessible
but Il offers so much that IL delightful
for the art loving With It's theatres. lie parks.
palac-. museums and art galleries l~-
spite it, tradition, despite the holy shadows
that stalk about the d~raughtv corridors
and stury Interior Of Bayr-uth. its DAYS
ar. numbered 4 first season in q new
theatre IL always trying Every move
m.nt made every tone uttered II largely
er,erimental Atmosphere IL still lacking
in the Prinzregenten Theatre, yet " prom
lse- 10 rival Bayrruth In several SEASONS
After the feeling 81 nswne-s has been
forgotten and the Earring hints q the fires
coed iron roof no longer resarded-Mun'
has never Quite escaped the influence Of the
dreary angulsritias ~ the ks,i!bach and
Cornelius fr-~so~s one And. the psrform-
anccs e much interest aud mert. For one
thing. the rehearsals have heen too few
and the gucstinc- artists. too many Tor com
plere and favorable cooperation nv al
odds. the Mr,s'sr-inger performances are
the best 81 the season. though Lillian Nor
d.ca threw tho parts Of isoLfc and Elsa into
HIGH rehef Sept Z and . last A. Die
Mei-'erSingrr" l. the mosr rhaTarteri.tio oi
German Operas ~ II IL eminently adapted
Tor Representation bv German singers and
actor Tie stag. settings, painted bN
N.ttenleiter ~ Munich. hruckn-r III Cohurs
and Frahm ~ INC Hu'theatre. are beautiful
Hdns Sdchs's ~orkshop VA Act Three, Nv
Prof p~rucknr. - especially picturesque "
might, have been a Defresgrr with its rich
cplu1ng and simple artistic MANIPULATION OF
familiar ms,rrial The s---- scene IL good,
though not remarkable while the quarrel IL
very well handls-t II .. all but impossible
mu-icallv Stage Manager Anton Fuchs
manage, ,o keep order amid all the poly
phonic disorder. his has. choir furnishing
a firm foundation FOR the roui and confusion
% IN. fight this scene looks well on paper
its c~,ecutiun - always frsught WITH peril
Ari the lat scene. despite its hnllisncy.
its stimulation Of the hustlc and gestures
ot life. it, brave paseantry and tts
W.Ll-ordcred mob. suffers for lack 81
suH'Cl-n, space Evervthins l. too cruwd,>i
There IL M perspective. and one longcd
fut the vast stage ~ the Metropolitan Opera
HOUSE The ensemble work OF the singer.
j. evcellen' Herr knote's beautiful tenor
voice. a true lyric tenor. and his pleasing
personality. are well cast in Ndhh'r ron
~S'oiyirg Klup'er - a strong P0onr. AMI
the Era. Frau F1,q-chcI Edel ~ Hamburg.
does not derango the picture A. IN" work
l. given without Cu's tho nobility 90 Nag-
nar~ design II not blurred And what y
noble composition. a true con"dy IL his
healthy. vital composition. smelling ~ the
earth. free from all morlidity. a healthy
picture n a healthy period IN German life
and art
With all Us cus'lv aud complicated ma
chinery The stag" Of his opera hou-s L.
still crud. in itS lighting ch-c-s The
Rrandt system for managing the scenery
D. emplnv"d aud the top u ueg"d up with
electric plant. though not ~ us~ the
h~,ng accomplished by hand
ono wonders WHY the hvdrsuic sv-t~m
used a. the BudaIs~ opera hou- With
such capital suCCS-= was not SECURED. for
elect rcitV - ever uncertain lAuten-
.,hlager uS~ he lights here In The -snl.
odd fashipnei NV The~r J-~ople =-m
rn.iSved ~ the Ravr-uth tradition A
~ -Soplcnns a~ employed In ~"
frs' aci % Tristan and Isoldr' for cloud
The rr-ult- are ra'chv and futile
And no moon a. The c'o- 80 A. II In
-pfe N-ist-r~usrr- c,,urs ~ sl'h tho
opuvul-iv- sAr l. IL n~'th.r
h-atncAl nor as'ruu"m'cal TN ga IA
10 a. 49, o. Tristan j. successfully
tuu'a'-d tl- vA,~~ i-rlNrs ghttcnus
.ns much aui IN 'up marrow q channel for
iavhgnf o. a moan -s-Ap the illusion
hav- l-ru vel nigh ~I-rf.~t Eui
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and . thrr- BE- moanibr ~ 49, -cfd,
a. al no s~s htrus-oi fra 80. 49,
,1us fHvr STAG - n"~r in A.
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