The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-20
nSIEGFRIED" AT THE OPERA,
THIRD NIGHT OF"DER RING
DES NIBELUNGEN.'
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.yegfrcd 1me to IS turn m the heo-
-, r,oco-sion of the Wagner1n
v,relinr dramas at tho Metropolitan opera
Nc Inst night. This having the works
,.ou, once week is great thing Tor
,to lecturers, the themauc guidebook
l.,-s and the soulful little maidens
CHA ike to learn the piano potPourrls
p,, il il n sad thing for those who love the
C,clopaan tetrulogy and would like to study
,io .orrows Of a one-eyed god in close order
toueyer. i'm any way and at any time
..,ssfried' Is welcome thrice welcome
9th its singing birdie. its caracoIing dragon
,,,,h the mogaphonious voice, its omelette
u, coclanut. It's fireworks spear and,
,.,,,red round ALL like the ocean on the
lboIdof Achilles. It's fathomless and saturat-
,,,,oo-pl.rie Of throbblng youth and i'm
mortal beauty
Tbs performance Of last night had some
f,,d,d features and some that we're not.
10, us be sad first and glad afterward.
/, vould be- a happy day for all concerned
=, .,,,a enierprsing burglar would break
i,to Nr Conrieis scene room ana DurBle
,ha scane now used in the second act OF
sS.egfried' II is a hundred per cent
,'sNer than even the suburbs OF Neldhole
need be and u is so badly planned tnat
a,erv tom II the stage business OF pretty
oetive act is cramped and badly displayed
Add 10 thi. that last night the shivering
M, l., the sWaldweben" was humorous
i,nitafion Of a sprancd anetoscope and you
Rave an Noticeable idea of an intoerahle
thing There were some MINOR mishaps
loo such as a birdie that couldn't fly and
vonldn't but let those pass into the vast
limbo Of unhappy stage effects which turks
somewhere in the opera house.
,lr Hertz conducted last nights per-
forfntnce and again permitted his orchest IA
at times to play much TOO loudly ne
Srass oyerblew often, and the oboe had
many troubles in the -Waldweben. But
tber was a great deal OF life and spirit in
lhe work of the orchestra. and the horn call
Of Yaver Reitcr and the violin solos OF MIR
BsndiI dos 'rve especial m ,ntion.
The Stqfried Of the evening was Heinrich
Knote. the Munich tenor. who has won
such A warm place in the affections OF local
music lovers. His Interpretation deserves
more comment than can he given TO 1t
now II was in all respects good, and in
some most admirable. 1t was beautifully
sung. the purely decamatory passages
being given in the true style. oolloquially,
vet unsteady, and the lyric phrases being
sung with fluent and polished cantilena.
lie irst act was magnificent IN lts buoyant
spirit and in tine vigor Of the sword forg-
ing Furthermore, he showed a keen per
ception of the possibilities which the part
offers for development. He indicated the
first stride Of the forest boy toward man
hood clearly and before the end OF the
second act led him well forward toward
the witty Of the spirit required to mate
him with the awakened Valkyr in the third,
That the battle with the dragon was in
elective was not his fault. The stage
setting and mechanism were bad
Nine Songer- Bettaque effected the
blessed end Of her engagement at a mer-
cifully late hour IA BrtnHhiide. Further
comment is unnecessary. She goes back
10 Munich where she commands favor
denied to her here. Yet Munich was the
home Of Orlando I.asso and is the creator
Of much praiseworthy beer.
Mr. Van Rooy as Wo an, Mr. Reiss as
Mime and Mr.. Goritz as Aiberich repeated
performances which have often been
praised but were never better than they
we're last night Miss Lemon was not
happy as the voice of the bird Nine Homer
Was n good ETdd