The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
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.Parsifal' and Others
Savage or Conried?-TWo
Great Casts Real Light
Comedy.


Washington awol1e to ...Parsifal'' long
before its sensational production in New
York. The piano score was, Of. course,
familiar. and. whatever may bezsaid 81
New York, a sufficient number of WASH
ingtonians had gone to Beyreuth To
spread the story of the opera as Il is
produced by Frau. Ccsima.
But the Capital has been at least
stirred up by the American productions.
and now it is genuinely excited The.
sale of seats on Thursday broke every
! record for WashiRgton-a Prof. Cold
marks admirable lecture was attended
by thousan is, and enough people wera
turned away TO fill the National again.
: Thousands of books on s'ParsifaI' have
been sold within the fortnight. And It
; Is anticipated that the newspaper COM
: nent on The opera VIII be the mosS
8 soaght-for news. of the week.
Many of our townsmen went 10 Balti-
more to see the Savage production, and
: few went TO New York to see the Con-
fled production. They are ali enthusiast
tic: But the two camps are violently
fostiie-tfle Savage partisans protesting
2 that no per zs5riflahce Of = Psrsifali could
possibly Guido that given in Bastiracre,
s and the Conried party answering con-
: fernptuousiy that New York has the
cnly real production Of "Parsifal' III
the United States
Extraordinary "Road" Enterprise.
This was. to be expected. But il IS
nUNali that has happeaed. & 'se5Te on
critics. or fhereallouts, hsSe seen tHotf.
productions; and not few OF that
score are calmly and confidently Of the
: opinion that the Savage production is
the better of the two. il may be And
: it may not be-. But even New York adj
nits that the rivalry is keen and that
the Savage production, being road
enterprise, is the greater achievement al
the two And. on the authority of The
Times, the Savage production of Par
sifal'-whatever its relation TO the Con-
RED productions the most complete
and impressive performance OF an opera
ever offered to Washington.
The casts are distributed. as follows
Nine. Kirby-Lunn as Kundry. Monda5
and Thursday evenings and Saturday
matinee.
Mr.. Pennarini as Parsifal, Mr. Egen
ieif as Amfortas, Sir. Griswold as Cur
nenanz Mr. Lind as Klingsor, Monda,
and Thursday evenings, and natinees
wednesday and Saturday.
Nine Hanna Mara as kundry, Mr
MacIennan as Parsifal, Mr.. BischoT a
Amfortas. Mr. Cranston as Gurnenanz
Mr.. Coombs as Klingsor. Tuesday
Wednesday. Friday and Saturday even
ings.
Both casts were received as tru
grand opera casts by the exacting crit
les OF Kew York.
a Touch OF Spice.
Frank Daniels will offer the entree t
spice the ..FarslfaT' engagement. Hi
irnparsonatien OF TIE Office Boy
genuine mirth lifted to the stage. Bot
farce ard the impersonation are f.
1n1Iiar-but this is no GetriInent. It is, o
the contrary. lie strongest recommends
lion.
The Lafayette follows Willard Ho
combs roaring ..knocIabout" with .Ps
ris by Night Chase,s Wi offer a bi
OF anniversary vaudeville The Acac
cry gives a new lease of life to "A De-
perate Chance" and the Lyceum pr
sents 1.-The Blue Ribbon Girls So muc
for next week
Mr. Drew's Duke of iIillicrankie
another Marriage of Kitty" If Il
fheatergoer would know hoE7 thorough
delightful light comedy can be he sfou
see a performance Of either of the.
two works The testimony OF hals II
actors Of history is that light comedy
the most dfffseuIt thing 10 act, and Il
farest thing to find 10 act. If that !
true comedies ike The Duke OF Kill
frankie ought to lest good actor Iii
sohn Drew more than a single sease
George colanss musical comedy W;
well received. Elsewhere the attendan
was extra orsIiil&rst 4YasIln gton has be.
quick to recover from fsss holiday apath
-ParsifaIs need not overshadow Il
whole theatrical season. The apnounc
fnents for succeeding weeks viii ha'
interest of their own.