New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03
lUSIC.
Yesterday at the Opera.
Boston, Decem Der o. i'O

'. +sa-e Is any grain Of superstition in Mr. Con-
LIS nature that inClines him to look cordially
-, the sentiment that as Eoss the beginning SO
eoes the year, then the present director Of The
1retronoltan's destn!cs ought 10 feel hopeful for
-e'. +7rnvt,g close upon the nernories-almost
-SO1 ,,as-or Ney- Years nights deliShtful per-
inc 80 % Rossini's Barrier" there came ,es
- afternoon a spirited and satisfying repeti-
-. ~ .Cayalleria Rusticaha and "Pagliacc!."
lite the moro than discouraS1ng condition Of
- r,aather and the natural umidity that might
,-1' ,1ec,ad TO follow the terrible Chicsgo disas-
- On audience was present that i1lled the vast
'0', ,. - N overlooking. It was an audience
-oas nredo-nlnetoly OF women. and one that
,ss+I,, felt itself well repaid for venturing
=, tba storua-as 1t surely was. In "Caval-
-" Nine Gacsld, M Dlppel and Signor
l-,ncanari were present 10 WIN new laures
g,- themselves by their Col sclenuous and
-. work in the parts with which they have
al .tsd several times already this season. SO
Oe- - Miss Barerme!ster and Nine Homer
H-b ,be latter has sometimes been heard when
=, he.,ar voice The chorus sang wei and tune
- THE performance Of 'Pagiaccl' save Nine.
eavgard her first opportunity TO appear before
80 vi, audience as Nedda-an opportunity
,t.+ she employed successfully. especially in the
. 7. u,as nerhaps unfortunate. however that
-, .ror+s we're overshadowed by the work of
sgror Garuso in the last scene OF the first act He
bore hrs the stsge himself. and sang and acted
-i,b such dramatic power ana vocal finish that he
,'..ar,a the hero of the moment The audience
uorId not be stilled until the scene had been re-
neat.d so little potent are conception Of dramatic
r,e+v when brought into conflict with sensuous
- in singing. signor Scott repeated his familiar
- odr,Irs ble personation Of Tonic. The others in
,bo cast were AIessrs Reiss and GuaTdabassi. both
NJ whom acquitted themselves well Slgnor Nlgna
,co,5ncted both operas with spirit and sympathy.
~ che evening the opera was Tannhauser"
IN q presented
a., ,ha ssason Nine Kronod essayed the part OF
1li,obetb and Mr.. Goritz the part OF Wolfram Won
Iscbsnhacb The frightful state Of the weather
might well have suggested the adVisabiiiV OF
closing the house, since there was no attractive
mower in the name Of the principal lady singer
Put "TannhAuser'' under most olscouraginE con-
6it,ons Droved greater loadstone than ''Tosca"
\ week before with everything in its favor. The
house was respectfully filed and the representation
mt or respectably. though there were occa-
sionaI drops from q metropolitan 10 a provincial
STANDARD OF performance. Nine. kronold has a
fairly long and also fairly meriorious record in the
oneratic annals OF the city. She has sung In Eng
l;sh companies as well German, and when not
oyerwsghted by her surroundings, as she plainly
was last night, she has challenged honest regard
for her abilities as under all circumstances she
viii for her honest zeal. But hers is the German
rroytncial. not the New York measure. Mr. GoritZ.
who has sung with such efficient e-oosiveness in
'Parsifal" disclosed last night that he was also
n finished Wrist tasteful in style. excellent IN
manner. tuneful satisfying in quality and worthy
OF conpanionship in the metropolitan community.
The other singers were Mime. Olive -emstad
Cyepus). Miss Delsarta Gin HirD Mr.. Kraus
Cranphauser). Mr. Plancon Qandgraf Hermann.
Mr.. Reiss Walther). Mr.. Bayer Nenrich der
soSreIber) Mr. MuhInann (BiterolO. and Mr. Du-
friche Relnmar). Mr.. Motif conducted. and made
liberal excisions in the score.