The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-19
MN AMERICAN OPERA
90. IrT OF DESERE" HETI
RTCEUED

Na'r0p"h'an opera Houae
, INs pips ~ nesire- one
: ~ az An"'t~an composer VAS
20 30 u t~rni"d the first part ~ a
-.u ~ wh,~h -Paghace,- was
.y. par' THIS new work has been
g.. 'st"u where ~ Was kindly re-
20 ta-rr" The tat that the proci,Ir-
30. ... ,ia0ua's The hook u nv
100 . E+'srd BARTON and the music by
E-s---,-s converse. Who ~ already
.-.r .n I-~,l must" lovers through HE
.v., Trnwpst.r- and other orchas-
80 -opo-rrons
.'1-g 4 The Pipe Of Dasir~- IL
w.. .,'.r" and symbohcaL IoLan. a
r..a-. rss been working 10 acquire
-~-a, ,. ,Iv 4 home for Nosa. whom he
- v.7 .0 the morrow. He goes through
-. forest -inEing and the elves. who
e.. .r0rvuc under the trees. determine
,. o. ~ themselves to him. The Old One.
A -r-- ~ linn patriarch. warns them that
r-.s .s '1rr,iden and that evil will come
~ They disregard his warning and
.g--.- 'n i1ia". who quite properly in
,.'-- Haru 90 tho wedding.
7 rr. old On- carries a pipe. and when he
...- N.N "'hhA'AH boNeT AutuN w.
..sra- ma q - of no vallbe xcept TO ma k~
-. .'.., lance Tho Old One plays and
D.. rrNts, danc- This gives Oppor-
'.rItv for much brilliant pictorial dis
rl. v'h flashing robes and changing
srr, n ramInis one for the moment 81
M -arrhsuale IN "Tannhauser-
Inr. ar- ms strength against the in
r.noa 1t 'ha pipa. The Old One plays
.Ssrr ,ni iolnH - forced ts, dance. In
mgr b. snstch@- the pip. After one or
Two 'rr-l> h" succeeds IN playing il. Then
DO 500 = VISION of his future home and
r-i- " calls upon her to come TO him
-. : wing m and in deIirium. hut she
comes and after duet sinks down and
de- Naturally IoIaR dies soon afterward
.r1 't'' rta opera has to end
~ 0uur-" he symbolism 10 easy enough
T. .osH Rut A. a stage subject the story
= r-' 90 IN potent The hook certainly
"lrr.ne. opportunity for picturesque
G-r.rnR- Il nymphs and Rnomes. FOR
beautiful eject, Of hgh; and shadow. for
~ rvou,.'ta woodland scene. admirably
p-u'rdsd 80 the Metropolitan. and for
r,oofs NOT un-'Iited to the language "!
ul-
BIT theT' : nothing IN the employment
.. !etu.- 20 cl1mor for musical utter
.-.e o. fs"t the text - seldom poetic
-. ..,'',.'l,
.-', ~
IF English. For example when I,iHn
rr- ..ls.r r-,rt vrtHir p-l youi
20. .'.. ''.o' NJ b~'ofr me rsnE
.,.,,.-.', u 1870. ,
,-- ~. ,.,~.t,,, 90, H. r.,,--
.s-. .1. u,ss 10. , Won %. ms -,
80 '''."
'osrry -u~h - thu r- not rasy 10 -~t -
r.H-ic \nt % - nui"n natt-r than other
. .-ssgC~ trI' 'HiElr have hasn quoted
40 trn',r-. 80 mott rr--,r.f rv o.. ~ n
at ''. % 1ruf u..tA"htw ov.ra'r..
K rnusr ,' r -."d Hfrh suggests no..
..-rs-r 81 '. .r"f"- r"r" of the orator."
-ucert 10 .t"N- throughout 'r" d'-""i-
r.-- ~ rrst'rr~al r'I"rsug" TN" 90 iHrna
IN ~ %" rer'tailv"~ - angular and h
n 81 -poutausi'v. IN" arto-o ps--a &C.
hbored ann th"rr attempts ~ OK
.'..--'0n ar" hui moderately successful
'echnical word NAV b" permitted.
manife@'ed IN this s~"r" that fear
.. go 8 a'"r'' ma lor s"sl" and n tho fin-
~s-'sr'-' .4dan~ss ~ hsrn"nv 'hsr -
.. .r7 r -" much ~ the m'isi" NJ American
7-'sr. Thew INVENTIONS when huii' ~
..r-' no.nenisl- turn on not 30 be
vow -~. - an hu' veal echoes. and dis
-r- .r- 'h@n'r~lv"- ih"v -ndeavor
"-rars 'slllng INTO urer" conventional
g1ne -l@lod''. -Nnu~nce- unsN-
's7 'nrrs and nv rn'rodu"inS hsrmoni"
80 ''r'ns 'hloh Destroy N" -yrn-
-.''. p. ~'"gr's- ~ 'h"'r chord succ"s
'T's77 'hIs might ~ more PLAINLY pat
- --''nc that fbev hsv" no now tunes
~ '7'v f'sEu'-@ this Tact wv writing
-s.~-''s = Ni"h are d'sioiu'~d AND angular
% nnrs that they may ~ least SIMULATE
s'"'' ~ N" MODERN Germans Hnt
20" .s"L 'h- German grip ~ IN" togo