New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
Timely Musical Comment.
S;enorin Popular TumphRevval of Don Oo
v.n,;- Under Direction of Mailer

ConcerniaE the popular triumph in this city last
week OF signorins Tetrazzini in La Travlala
there can be no doubt The circumstance tha' the
newspaper critics were unanimous and IN
discriminate in their judgments will prooapIy cause
teartburnings in quarters for no ha''et
how the professional critic is desplsed II Is an
old observation that the lay hearer always feeis
better satisfied with himself the next morning II
y e,ds that the voice of his newspaper is also
his own Apropos Of a related art Ruskn once
read significant little homiiy on that SUBJECT
In Sesame and Lilies" he wrote:
,bst sery sfFats hat exactly What / think: But the
right feeling is How strange that IS, s neNor r
rg' ny do rot now j hope j shall some day" But
ghsfhes nus m as fbe athSr 10 GET at his meaning
not to find yours: Judge it afteTward. # you ~
think yourself qualified TO do So but ascertain "
first.
Vow. though there was loud truinpetinS OF 'ne
sensational incidents which accompanied IefaZ-
zini's few appearances in opera and concert III
London an the criticisms of the newspaper writers
we're spread broadcast here. Some of them con-
tained analyses in which there were both praise
and dispraise. This led woTshlpper 10 "Ii'e
an essay in one of the weekly journals. in the
course of which he said that specialist in sing
ing would not hear all that her audiences near
He would dispose OF her by saying that she aao d
beautiful soprano leggiero voice NOM tfa' - 'io'
what a specialist in singing would say unless ne
,,ro-,rtlv ouali6ed the utterance But suppose
he should: the inference is that persons ut-
trained appreciate art better than those WIZ
have a o.
its media Of expression. This is a faToflte device
<f artists in the face criticism. Even so wen
poised and self-suficient a man as Wagner co"lI
resort to il when he engaged in a OIL OF
special pleading. though at other times ne coSiid
say that an artist who went TO destruction because
he was criticised deserved destruction
The simple fact III the case Is thar IN 'he long
run the public neither bad judges nor sooo
critics That maxim is as old as Cicero ano gum
tilian A popular judgment is in the nature o.
things i'll considered and feeting- II is the proa-
uct Of a momentary qualification OF oisapPoi"1
raent a much greater degree Nlah d 'u"s
,o.nt hs sad on principle precedent such as d
critic. ought to be generally Is IL is a 1uue-
rnent swayed by that variable thing called fashoh'
DUAL plum al vento-
AT THE MANHATTAN.
TIL. .wo women singers with whom Mr. Ham
,.rste,n has now succeeded in establishing some
thing like an equilibrium between the TWO ui'iS
- ,;x forces are TO dominate this week at
the Manhattan Opera House Lucia oil haiiIiiei
yaoor'' with Nine. Tetrazzini as the III s,aii
90 nerbsps too well starred) heroine. VIII Oe
,d on Monday and Friday evenings;
~ o,,isa, and sThais'' with Miss Garden IN 'he
tituiar roles on "Wednesday evening ana 9alu,-ao ,
tt.rnoon The cast of Lucia VIII lnciuae
-re-razziri as Lucia, Seyerini as Ahsa' Hehate
ar Fdsardo, SammaTco as Ashton AIihioii GO
r,.;,,ondo snd Venturini Arturo
The complete Manhattan list for the coming coming
u.et is as follows: Monday. Lucia oil I1aiillet
noo-.-, "Wednesday. Louise Friday, LUCIA III
I.nmermoor;~ Saturday afternoon. Thans' Sat
--dav evening at popular prices. Alos-
Here is the programme for to-nisn' 'o"'ei'
Overture William Tell
Massenet
Aria NsFfheT Nine de Cisneroe r.,.,x
AHA La 5uiVe --'''N NJ .rirnond
Aria r-orzaore a. & so:;i5.i
All. oouica, La Cene5sntois
Waltz song. ''Ronneo e. JulsLe g,,;i
,-s F5erodiaie''.
n Bsssi and NaestTo a..es1r. Ia"panini, Wagner
i52itaiiun to Wstz. "eheF-'>
Nj Chia1nano Mimi La Boheme Uo'-'
Duet lie Mies M zsppiili and ,,,o,,,
L1oesn e s'ee n Thomas
fomanoe' Nine de cisneros
se'eh'ds' Don ''iea,lbi NJ Maurice Rensud, ,-,,,...
sa's '0ns Nile Ger1ile-Reachs, ,r.r-.-
Overture fhe'1i Maestro CaraF,anini,
At THE METROPOLITAh.
The revival Of Don Giovanni under the direc-
N tion of Mr. Gustav Maher and the first perform
ance this OF '-Manon Lescaut' VIII De the
special features OF tho tenth week OF opera at
the Metropolitan Opera House Nozarts opera
r,5u be Euns on Thursday evening with q remark
able cast and despite the expense involved in CIV
ing this performance Mr. Conried has decided not
TO increase the price OF the tickets Inc distFl"u-
tion Of roles will be follows:
1.rIirs ............. Seunbrich
Don fsS5ti B9nti
Rss :ss.s:la NJ ofsb,sRins puseEsRs
IL COM Conductor Mr Gustav MahIer.
.Manon I.escaut' will have its first perform
anc. this season a the Saturday matinee anu
Puccini's opera will be cast as follows:
In Musico NINE Sa-r.o
.c,st Dss n y, Scott, scotn
C5eronfe ------'----- NJ Lucas
Fdrnon6o NJ Reis
Consndante -----'---''' -
Maestro Of Ssvnrtni
Tn Conductor Mr. Rodolto Ferrari
..Jrs-, win be given Monday evening" VIZ"
,,-as Emma Farnes and Fornia and NM Naiu'0'
scot.i Journet and Tecchi IN the cast M
r.5 WIN conduct 'Madama ButterhE VIII o7 :,
,eo+e6 on "Wednesday evening. ano 'he cae' w
,,carde Mines Farrar and Jacooy ana NM
s-rsccsari and Reiss, and the conductor VIII Oe nal
Ferrarf. - ride,
.-rr,stsn und Isolde will be the opera on frloaS
,.,. and the leading roles will be intrusteo 10
Mines Frernstad and Homer and MN hnote' van
to,v Blass Muhlman and Reiss MI mAnier WI"
.,nsu-@ Faust will be sung al the SaluFuas
evening performance at popular prices MITE nay
,,d iii he heard The first time as aargueri'e'
.,s Mr. I,ucas will sing the titular role Inc rest
=, e.. rest VIII include Nine Jacoby and MN
f-,s,.ansne stracciari and Begue. MI boVy VIII
.srr4 The soloists the popular concert To-
night viii be Mines. Cavalier and JacooF eho MN
ss,4tn Journet and Stracciarf MI. bovy Will CON-