The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-22
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llo lilgl ton hicl
showed for grand opera on e the sece
}occusonn &c the Visit y Ss
company led that ntloinan and MOI. ~.
Euger REX, or the deny Of Music, ttu5 70 "a
believe that lie music overs
8monel would appre per for nee so
Spursfal. That this va cor rect stt- Ss
mate Is ab,lndantly tcst filed BY the Efa aoe
tlatthere we're three Il for
seat In the Academy for the OF n W f
sbc given on Tuesday next
$ This great o pera, the an as terrible oe 81
Wagner, So called, Ind the piece " ~ hio
was perhaps dearest to- his lie art, bs sa5s
give, liere with sll tho Iiornp and cir-
2cumstance that tho capact the
eny Of Music will and lltsS
tile even t
Richmond lias oYa kro yyii. .5s "A
Richard him $all iilss
all. the mos terest Is po ser
tho nineteenth cent
22, thes son PAW
Carl gner, u pol lce% of sflleti Ss
Iii 1s4s Several OF IVY agrler's els ht brotl t1-I
fers and sisters enlbra ccd the thea trlca13
earec Arter5 the death tho eld ag- a
Sners hemo therS Of r ichnrd
ricd Lndw Gay nla ~
and trait pail tor.
ana her r&chlldren to- Iei her 1tl
eli ganlent@ cal led hi con
deep ffections or tho r iehard H H$S
loved him like Il father. and wi shed sStoSa
make Of him q pain ter. M Bu the
/ showed il little apt tltmdo ra dI Sss
manifested # Il lna Fixed ncl tiollS
music. Els Ste her yleld ded ssalid lle
was Civ en- esiues. ton
an ear lse an
AbutShls4 first fort tsS S
|bY+the public. I1e I'm bltit dSsS SSsS
wrote y ar S overture forsE u sp
Wbicilho nl;lnag ed to gl1ltYe port t9,
himself 81 udnilts that IN
nilnatlng point OF his absurd lee.
public laughed at*llis conipos tlorl4a,la Y hsfS
comp oser va 81 great m led.
AS a II litician. sS#8
Man readers Syyl III tloub LESS YboS
TO learn TINT Sin# 1890 gner turned his
attention fro III music to 3reyol Pow rs
tics. 1916, he took such m act part
III politics that he was ban ished sand ssre-3fs
mained in Eicxilo for several N ars Iln sss# s
suffered many raverses Of fort tune, XII g nd g$S;
it5was not Until S1S4a that he was fave
{by:{the fckle god desa. VI. that year Ills
opera, Rienzi, 4, was essfu lya produ duced d 5
iii Dresden. and nlado o great llit but but
Tannllauser was IN OF So II favora q y
5caycd III ii 1896 he X married Ss Frau lein sf
$$Planer, from whom he was final ly5 5sepa-sI
Erat ted and after her donth hn R nlarrted - ss38
Coslnla, the daughter Q 81 Iiszt and the 35a
divorced NJ lfo 4of3 lIa Won toY: l55
His Ambition Realized
1t was then " agncr's great nbi ton 8s
to have a special i heltre for hes renlt-ys3B
Stion OF. Ills operas and Isl ng Louis agreed @si
to assist HIM. The plans were Drawn by
lsempcr, tho tfchltect, but tho pro posed 9s ss3
cost was so great that the King was $
afraid to back he Ell terprise!. 1ioWeye
Wagner did not abandon Ills SC len1c, q nd
lin 1871 he made up his mind to add ress 8 8
himself to the entire German ma ton lay Ssf
playing upon Its artistic pride Hes Sc 81;
ilectea tho town Of 3ayrenth h for he site 85
and Il financial scheme was devised III ltss$s
was estimated that tho cost would Il lie 5s55
i, ,125 600 francs, and - & was proposed 3to az
raise this by popular snbscrlp ION lop c; 8
before tile money was en- tircly aised q lla ~
corner-stonn Of he I'estiva ! rheat re S%'ln 81
laid with great cere ~ ony. his took. plac,
diately begun B gner trayele ed thronsl u
Germany giving concerts hi 81 ha N IL rst S5s
cities and III 1876 fa wrote a I'es tiyn
March for tho opening Of tho Cen ntnnnal lSS
Exposition In Philadelphia, for which lie ,9S
received ., 900 francs, But all the money M Ms8
that he raised would have been insuf.8 8s
flclpnt had it not been tina ouis q I.scalrIo
to tho rescue and made up the de ticleney.
sa In 1S7GSthe dream OF his life was real
lied by the festival performance III thlh s
theatre of tho Nlebelungen Til logy, !. nj
Ederthe direction of Hans richter IT was III
ono Of the greatest events in the history
or music. No expense 5was spared to SEE A
cure tho most ceebrater artlsts, and the i8
orchestra itself was composed ofB Bdi IN 3Ss