Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16

7 last we are to have tomorrow
n night the acme of stage realism,
scenic effects, wondrous music
Heinrich Conried, the Metropolitan
opera house and Richard Wagner
famous. Never before in the history
of music or the drama in Los An
geles has such an opera company Wis
tied Los Angeles While Boston and
Chicago have been fighting for the dis.
tinction of being recognized as being
the one music center of this country,
Los Angeles has quietly been proving
it's artistic appreciation by rallying 10
the support of Mr.. Heinrich Conrieds
grand opera enterprises.
'Parsifal' is only one of the many
attractions promised this community
during this season. During this en-
gagement Caruso will press Wagner
hard for first honors. BY all accounts
he is one of those great singers who
appear at most twice or thrice in a
half century. Miss Olive Fremstad.
who will sing Kundry, is also said to
be one of the sensations of the season.
The list of season tickets is long and
that of the holders of single seats is
past counting, but for all that, there
are still good seats to be had. The
commodious pavilion means comfort for
all.
Temple auditorium is being rapidly
transformed into an entirely different
building, the great scenic effects are
being stored and the stage has been re-
modelled and prepared to admit the
sumptuous settings brought by the
Conried company. An army of decor
ators and artisans are reftting the in
terror and everything is being done for
the comfort and safety of the patrons
Not vestige of the belongings of
Temple auditorium are to be used;
everything is carried by Heinrich Con-
ried, conceded to be one of the master
stage managers Of the present age. We
are to see grand opera as it is produced
in the metropolitan home IN New York
Heinrich Conried doeG nothing by
halves. He started IN to make a gi-
gantic success Of grand opera in this
country and he has done more in two
years than his predecessors did in a
life time. His production of "Parsifal"
is undoubtedly the greatest dramatic
and musical undertaking yet brough.
to fulhllment in this land of great pro.
ductions.
On Monday afternoon when the cur
tain raises at > o'clock on the most re-
markable of all operate compositions,
the audience viii be Fascinated by the
wonderful intensity of this production.
the gorgeous display and the gigantic
proportions Of the undertaking.
"Parsfal" is the reflex of the subsid-
ing moods of one of the most finely i'm
aginative musical talents in purely dra-
matte channels with which mankind
has yet made acquaintance 1t is the
closing and croWning work in the tenn
pestuous career OF Wagner who all his
life had been misunderstood, depre-
ciated, maligned and cordially hated by
bigoted deractors. The impressions
of a "Parsifa" performance are unde-
niable. They hold the public as if in
spell, first through the dramas finely
wrought music, then through its swift
ly shifting scenes. it's striking contrasts
and its awe inspiring representations
of incidents in the Temple of the Grail.
Lucia" is not far behind this Won
derful production Of "Parsifap. It
stands today the greatest of all Doni-
zettis compositions. containing some Of
the greatest arias ever written for
tenor voices and in its comminglng Of
love and sorrow gives rise to many tre-
mendous climaxes and striking con-
trasts. Wordfamed numbers are the
sextette with its unrivaled wealth Of
beauty, power, richness of melody and
dramatic expression; the mad scene"
in the closing act, and the affecting
"Tomb scene" Nine. Sembrlch con-
siders 'Lucia" her most famous role.
With two such operas, the greatest
of soloists, a magnificent chorus and
united symphony orchestra under COM
petent leaders. why should not the Con.