New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

OF the Black Forest. Yet Der Freischjitz failed
on this IFS revival-faiIed so dizmay that DR.
Damrosch did not venture upon single rePe''loh
The lesson which it taught had already been sus-
gested by 'Fidelio.'' but now 1t was mace Plaih
and Dr. Damrosch paid heed to it at once The
dimensions of the Metropolitan Opera House lol-
bade the intimacy which operas founded on the
German Sngspiel demand for appreciation, ana
spoken dialogue. especially in a foreign tongue
painfully destructive of artistic Illusion Inc
operas which followed were more to the PURPOSE
.viuiero Tell" on November 2S with Robinson as
.ba bero Schroeder -Hanfstangl Mathilde, Slach
.s Gemmv StaudigI Ciesser, koegel as W al'el'
J-dvardi as Arnold and Brandt eXempliFlI's d 'e"
sn,rit in opera by her assumption OF lhe uiili'i
rortant part of Tells WIFE l1ohehsfih oil 0
can,ber 3 with Krauss. Brandt Schott ana Stau-
digl IN the principal parts; Don GIOVANNI Oh DC
obo- 10 with Schroeder -Hanfstangl as Donna
Anna Hermine Belly Zerlina, Brandt as fNIi d.
pohinson as the Don. Koegel as the Collhidhuei
o.,d T-dvardi as Ottavio; lie Prophete' oI D9
obcr = with Brandt Fides lone oil hef
"V. o,ee, Schroeder -Hanfstangl as Berta
5 coto+t as John of Leydcn; La Muetle ue
I,.,ci, otherwise "Masanielo') on DECEMBER -
with Schott as the hero and TORN lsolih" ''
- r,,,era was an interruption or TINS spee'dSu'
u+ ~, January , 1885. when "Figoetto was given
-. ora,if- the ambition of Herr Robinson 10 oe
- nd hoard as the Jester, ana OF NINE
-Harfstang to sing the music OF "iIuA.
II .,,;s opera Frjiulein Brandt pi1Eeo 'ie pan -
,.d7elepa and ;nterpolated a Spanish Sons suns
~, (-,,o, Then on January :. came Nine Mater
ra' first operauc ai'P''i any "
ti,ion of ..TannhaUser.
t,oeora continuing the record fe" notes Oh Soie
of these operas and their performance may "o' ~ n
or,,ies There was little that was Noteworthy ANU
+bn -epresentation of Don Giovanni except u
r,o,,,osah.s effort to do justice TO the FAMOUS
| -, ~. f,,Ii effectiveness of which failed never
+,,.,ese because of the arrangement OF the stage
which was that of the preceding season.
tJur,,enots" was a distinct DISAPPOINTMENT "a
Arrette de Portci." which was as good as ne" u
| 49,, .ioritv Of the audience, acquired historical
,,areet from close association with william Tell
/ II was something of an anomaly that' r,lousH
Rossini's opera had made its appearance -uu'1i'e
the many wears of Italian domination whenever d
tenor came who could be counted on 10 liaAe "
e,so,ior with his high notes in the familiar TRIO
of rnen Auber's opera, its inspiration rs CPe,
had had so few representations that hau idsSen
ont of memory except for Its overture bu' .ii7
history Of La Muette Is full OF aIoiiai'
storv &c Eeapolitan and there is Neapolitan color
:, tte music: but 1t is nothing if not French- 1t
insnired Rossini write William Tell ana meyer
| heer to write Les Huguenots Tor the fieii' =
stage and is the masterpiece or It's auiioi' "ul
| Amber is the only Frenchman among the great
| oo,nsers for the Academic in the first half OF
tho nineteenth century Wagner defended II
against the taste of the Parisians. WAo prefer eu
Roesini and Donizetti, and was snupDed 10 ms
Mains bv the editor of the Gazette Musicale VINO
was officer or the f'eIic-l eo'Oi''
Weber condemned as coarse the Instrumentation
which Wagner praised for its fire and truthtulheSs
It's heroine is dumb: yet 10 her Is assigned the
loveliest music in the score
"Iohengrin' better than "Taunhauser gave the
nublic an opportunity to study the change IN mat
Tor and sirti which had been introduced into local
opera by the coming of German opera to the Net
ropotau Here l can DC better than to repro
duce my own impressions recorded in The IT'D
une in an article entitled German Artists IN
| Ilohengrin' which appeared on December .. 1901
A clever English writer on music, or Tather oI q,
| the lyric drama, summed up his impressions o4
| Wagrcrs .'Lohengrin'' as given at the Roya
! italian Opera few years ago by enumeratlhg ~
! spectacular contents. A king, two knights iohe
/ good the other bad) virtuous princess, wichec
| enchantress, a swan and dove are the aStlVt
| personaEes in this drama, which introduces three
| States OF ecstasy Qncludns two vslons). severa
miracles Qncludng one miraculous transformation