The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04

uDon him by the tyranL The son STANDS
before a gnarled and stunted mountain
tree. There is a soldier minion OF the ty-
rant TO one side the line along which the
arrow must wing its flight. Gessler him
self stands by IT. darkly viIlainesQue pose,
and N aged peasant awaits the test In
awe.
"LoHENGRN."
"LohenErin' is the subject treated in the
fourth float. and Of what does any one
think most inevitably OF the mention Of
that name. Behold Lohengrin In his shell
boat. clad in silvern armor, the white
cleaning metal lain upon white. His he'll
met is ~suunounted by his sign. the swan,
and q great, graceful white swan glides
forward. drawing the knight along the
lazy Scheidt, in Response to the summon
blown from long brazen trumpets by the
two heralds.
Elsa has been distraught over the charge
that she has murdered Gottfried. and she
sits on the foot Of the throne in the fore
part OF the loaf. There is a Frightening
in her face. though the dark and doughty
Telramund stands before her. armed cap
apple, ready for the ordeal OF battle. to
prove the truth Of his accusation against
her. She has only seen the knight. she
chooses to meet her enemy in a dream.
and he comes to her call m~iraculously.
Next comes The Barber of saville." the
fifth float. conceived in the very spirit OF
Rossini's happy, playful muse. on the vine
clambered balcony Of the quaint Spanish
dwelling appears Rosina in typical Span
ish feminine costume. listening to the sere-
made Of her lover. Count Almaviva,
jaunty and debonnair. In the gallant raj
ment OF the Spanish gentleman devoted
as much TO fighting as TO ~lOve-making.
Reninfs masterpiece. Norma" is the
sixth in the picture procession. The mo-
ment chosen for presentation is that in
which the heroine Norma ascends the fu-
neral pyre to die in fame with her Ro-
man Proconsui husband, Pollione.
Rossini is to the fore again in the sew
enh spectacle, 'semiramide." Here we
bark back 20 mighty Babylon, where
Semiramide was Queen and murdered her
King. Minus. for love Of Assur. The beau
tiful but bad Queen has turned. or par
TALLY turned. from her lover. having been
harmed by 4 supposed Scythian warrior.
Arsaces. who Is in reality her own son,
but Arsaces loves Arena, q Princess. The
Queen has proclaimed herself. They meet,
all three characters, In a temple OF that
stupendously solid, overdecorated style of
architecture which hourished where Ba-
bel rose and the hang gardens grew.
tier upon titanic tier.
FLOTow's OPERA.
"Strsdellar Is the subject Of the eighth
float, and the incident portrayed is that
OF the scene in F1otow's work Wher Stra-
della, the hero. sings his hymn before the
shrine Of the Virgin with such effect that
the braves employed by Bassi, the guard
ian Of Leonora, to murder the lover rush
from their place Of concealment in the
house and. coBfessing their crime, i'm
plore their intended victims forgiveness.
Mighty "Tannhauser' now moves into
place in the glIttering procession. the ninth
story scene in the attempt to present the
essence OF musical narrative to the eve.
'Tannhauser'' Is Wagner al his most in
telligfble phase. Its story Is. perhaps the
greatest moral symbolism attempted By
the Bayreuth master. The scene Is identi-
fed with ths most generally remembered
musical number Of the work. Perched up
on a height in the distance IS the castle
OF Wartberg. overlooking the Thuringian
village. We see Tannhauser in the cave
underneath the Venusberg. a thraI Of the
goddess OF the pagan cult Of beauty. other
wise sin.
Mozart wrote The Magic Flute" much
as Shakespeare wrote 'The Tempest" a
sort OF last sheer reyel OF genius in de-
hghtful abandonment. and It Is this opera
that ollo in the pageant. tenth in line.
We are In Egypt now. the land whose
people builded for eternity. but we are also
In the no-man's land OF lRery. The beA
olent magician, S~arasatro. high priest OF
Isis. has induced Pamini TO leave her
mother Astrahamenti. the Queen OF Night.
or spirit OF evil. TO come to his temple.
there to be trained in the ways Of wis
dom and virtue. The Queen Of Night
fumes In her anger and then appears Ia
mino. ar Egyptian Prince. who has lost
his way and is attacked by a huge serpent
The attendants Of the Queen rescue him
from the serpent Il Is this moment Of
rescue that the tableau presents. =
The eleventh float Is representative OF
The Ballet" 1t Is the typical ballet
scene. and might have been cut out OF a
great Kralfy show Of the long ago and
dressed up with electric trimmings.
Mozart Is In evidence again in float No.
Il. representing Dor Giovanni and a
most striking picture It makes. Spain is
the scene OF this story. The episode IL
Illustrated IS that startling one wherein
Don Giovanni, the nbertine. at a rem
devious near the equestrian statue Of Don
Pedro. with his servant Leporello. Is
frozen with temporary terror by the voice
from the statue telling Don Giovanni that
/ he will die before the morrow