New-York tribune., 1902-12-14
MUSIC.
CONCERT AND OPERA FOR ONE DAY

SoNSERI AND OPERA FOR ONE DAY
The musical record of yesterday so far as - oo-
cerneo the public familiar with the doings az o,,r
! opera house and principal concert rooms wa
summed up in perforn1sn snces o- ..Tan,bsrsar,, -
La 1raViata at the Metropolitan Opera House in
the afternoon and evening, respectively and a con-
| cert OF the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carne-
ele Han IN the afternoon. There were but two new
oner,ngs In the days doings they were divided
between the operate representations In the after
noon Herr Anthes gave his irhpersonation of the
nero OF "agners opera, and in the evening Signor
lam sang the music which Verdi put into the
mouth OF the lover of the operate lady of the
cameilias The other people in the operas who call
Tor mention Were old acquaintances in their various
saros' on busy Saturday night they might even
be called old friends-to save time There were
MIS- Homer, who without announcement replaced
MISS A&ryin as Venus in the afternoon representa-
ton, and whose voice and honest manner made
identification through the house bin unnecessary;
Mr. Bispham, who sentimentalized to the evening
star for Herr Rooy, who sang at the concert
Of the visitors from Boston; Signor Campanari who
suffered for his wayward sons departure from the
morals Of the provinces in the evening: finally the
two prima donnas Of the day, Nine. Gadsh and
Nine. Senbrich
Herr Antilles not only marked an Improvement
over Herr Gerhauser's Tannfauser, but also over
his own Lohengrin. His voice sounded more volu-
lnnous, richer and more impressive than his first
appearance though his delivery of the text was
disconnected and choppy ever. He strove, too,
character OF Tannhauser admits Of more pugnactty
(Which temperamental quality to lie near to
Herr Anthes's disposition) than is native to the
Knight of the Grail. his hstrionic strivings also
gave greater measure of satisfaction than before
His Italian colleague in the evening confirmed the
best impressions of his 'Rgoletto" performance.
A very large element of an operate public has
been weaned away love of the pallid Italian
voice. but the tune. funess and sincerity OF Sgnor
Danis singing deserve comnendation amidst SO
much bad fntenation prevails at the Metropol-
tan. Nine. Sernbrich was in superb voice and sang
and acted only she can sing and act the role of
Violette.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra played an inter
estng programme in the afternoon The Schu-
mann C major symphony headed the list, and the
exquisite manner in which 1t was played taxed
ones fund Of superlatiVes. Such refined artcula-
ton is possible only with virtuoso orchestra like
that Of Boston Every detail is cared for and yet
there is hint of disjointed effects so liable
TO occur when many fine players are assembled IN
orchestra At each succeeding concert the
hearer is persuaded that he never has heard this
orchestra play quite so perfectly. Particularly was
this applicable the Schumann symphony as a
whole, and. finally. TO the scherzo
The fine play of the orchestra also came into no.
tice in the Dvorak symphonic variations. op. 7S.
when solo parts all prominently beautiful.
That number probably was chosen for just this
reason; whole it does not hang together, and
the term symphonic" is misleading.
Van Rooy was the solo singer, and he was heard
first in Beethoven's seldom sung song, AN die
Hoffnung''; later in 'Wotan's Farewell from
die walkiire-' The barytone really makes great
and dramatic effects in the Beethoven number. a
composition directly simple but powerful The
Wagner excerpt has been done here by this singer
freQuently-the last time but few weeks ago,
the Philharmonic Socety's recent concert. The
orchestra played the Fire Music with great
show OF color the fckering chromatics were tonal
ly realistic. Mr. Gericke conducted sympathetcally
and with loving There a large audience |
IN attendance despite the inclement weather.