The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-20

cIa,.inan" .ne afternoons of all holidays
e o,,s dramas Of Shakespeare. Goethe
anu schiller are given there--thc price of
auunsslon being very small so thar ali mo
RTrhJ}p'e NAV enjoy. and benefit nv them.
inis summer. beginning August o. cycles
Of all the Wagner operas NOT givey e' ~
the Bnyrenth festival viii be presented
M sfrs e 'hS prince regents thsater in
intanda,t ~ the courtesy Of the herr
in,eluant OF opera. Ernst Won Possart I
nave been provided with tickets to the,s
P|itu nin so, II II can be managed.
,Snhll certainly come back
When first thought of coming IN ,b,s
CITY me two great names that came oulrk'
est TO mind In connection with Munich
were were ernst Won Possart and Richard
GREAT ACTOR
since was girl In my early teens
nave had the habit OF reading tho Cor.
man magazine, Uber Land und Nicer.
ana many years ago when that periodical
was still published In Its big lenf form
read with eager interest an article in
1t concerning the career up to that time
of the eminent Bavarian actor. Ernst Won
Possart In Illustration Of the text was
full, big page covered with pictures Of
Possart's face, showing his expressions of
many and widely varied characters
Vivid memory of the plastic power of that
through al these years; so went to see
him on the very day Of my arrival In
Munich. He must he go years old at
least but he does not look to be more
than 40 When In repose his face has that
peculiar gentleness OF expression, which
mark alike the very young child, the sage
and the fool. His title, lntendant, shows
that In him Is vested the highest authority
IN al matters pertaining to the stage here
In Munich--and for his services TO the
nd IN t-ri nd d,-np L. h.,
richly deserves his honors. Last winter
Possart gave series of readings of the
text Of Wagner's Nibelung poems without
musical accompaniment-his object being
to show thar the Wagner dramas have
a high literary interest quite apart from
the music They say his success was won
derfui
At the Hoftheater Sunday night during
the performance of Mozart's Magic Flute"
! had the good fortune TO be seated within
touching distance Of the herr intendant as
stage ] found II intensely interesting 10
watch the watcher, By the way. before |
saw and heard the Zauberfote at the Hof.
fhes eosf Wss told that the scenery for
ment ] took more than one grain Of salt.
But since seeing 1t | can readily believe
that th me cost was even greater. The herr
intendant certainly goes on the wagnerian
principle that all the arts, each in its
highest development. must be combined
to ppp produce ,,t the Perfect, lyric drama.
at the Hoftheater The Barber OF Seville
OF the Barber" the mvuatlng the voices
6awless-hut imagine the barhnrism Of RIOS.
SIM done into German German Tiraro
Is Uncomfortable. The sluggish consonapts
and lingering sibilants Of the German lan-
guage are hound TO clog and retard the NOR
ry food Of Rossinis music | could have
wept. while my German neighbor assured
me with much pride, oh, yes, we always
have r.So everything beautifully translated
tier, is quite new In it is set forth power r
fully the Irresistible fascination Of the
gay life Of Paris That It is a composition
OF unusual excellence goes without saying,
since the Hoftheater under Its present able
management has set its seal Of acceptance
,on 1t.
II is sad to know that under present con.
ditions In America music as high arr must
continue to suffer under the pernicious star
system. Such perfect and complete artis.
tic wholes as the presentations Of opera
here are possible only because all the fine
arts are fostered and sustained by the
state. .....'.--'.
am distressed to find that / have left
so little space In which TO write Of Richard
Strauss, the chief exponent today Of the
ultrarHdical tendencies I'm creative music
This Strauss Is a native OF Munich and Is
prophet not without honor in his own
country. He is without question. tho com.
poser receiving Just now the most attention
est opera "Feuersnoth. long article ap.
peared in the musical department Of Tic
Post last winter when the opera had It's
premiere at Dresden. And that lovely
serenade sung by Nine, Nordica at the
Quartotte society's concert at the Audto-
rlum last season was the composition of
this same Richard Strauss.
e, tomorrow to salzhurg, the birthplace
Of Mozart then on TO Ischl and afterwards
10 vienna. Auf wiedersehan:
Willie Hutcheson.