The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
some OPERAS NEW TO EUROPE
OF OI tDIS' ONE OF THE GREAT
SUCCESSES ABROAD.
q us herkrr's ''snsss ,irep'' Net Popular
FeitN Doermnnn's Immortal
scamp Hest Of inr Lighter work.
Leo Fan T. " ortIps on q New One.

ltNNA, NNN. 'llth an uAbHdd
success ~ that achieved by Monsieur
Jean NouEues's Quo Eadls- when il
WIS first produced at Nice. and lat"r
when It was transferred to PARIS. could
not but attract tho attention 81 man
ayers in all parts of the world quite IRE
sp"ctive os what might h" adduccd for
or against H." intrinsic merits Of III" work
Op-ratio novelties that survive their
initial rcpreSs ntatIons ar" not "a rl"nti-
full in thes, days. wtlr thr So that can call
in the testimony of box Office receipts tn
corrobornt" the appeal they nav" made
To public favor ar" 80 exceptional that
they run no risk of being overlooked.
And so in the natural course Of events
tn. operatic form into which Slenki"wicz' 5
MOST famous story had been put was
bound Ia frd its way over the French
boundary. last spring Jaw IN" first
performance ri QUO Nads- in Prague
hy the Czech National Opera. and now
Vienna il IT." next city TO follow this
fortunate bad. for the same good luck
that attended III" original presentation
at tn" work WIS "Ntord'd to the Bohe milan
translation and now again 20 the Ger
man here The Imperial Opera House
AT no time too "nt"rprisng. let the oppor-
tunitv OF securing the rights to Nougues's
sCor" 20 by. and Herr Rainier Simons
the energetic founder and manager
OF Tn" Nolksope- was glad 10 avail him
self 81 - tempting n chance. OF cours"
the mounting cvvn reduced to the modest
requirements of th"ntr" wh'r" the best
raruu"t seats are TO h. had for a dollar
and loss demands specially generous
expenditure Quo Nadis- without the
obligatory -sumptuouls setting would
b" almost - impossible" as Hamlet
without IN" tai" part for even though ono
might not be- disposed. like some crariCs,
- ascribo TIA" sensation this opera has
mad solely and entirely to tn" magniti-
cent opportunities It offers for theatrical
display. no on" can deny that II has quite
AN amount to- dn wIrn l.. Ot course the
story Itsn!! must also ln taken into
account. APP ealing ~ IL has dor" 50 for
Cibly to countless rradars Wilde a certain
amount Of attraction, though perhaps
in a mor.. modest way. must lie asCribed
To ~" music itself. VI. H.nri Cain has
managed To put tn" more striking epi-
-od"s Of the book into n S"-ies Of six
SCOPES that make fairly Effective ,ibr"tto.
which while il docs not begin 20 cShnus:
IN. possibilities of the story itself holds
together we'll az on" is inclined 10 "x-
p.ct from the trNi o: an opera fashioned
according TO III" laws that prevailed
befor. the day Of music drama"
80 much has been written. by way Of
correspondence. about Nougles's Quo
Nadis- and so many have already had an
opportunity during the last year OF per-
-onally judg Of itS qualities thar it
seems super srogntorv at IN" present
momen' 70 enter into any discussion 81
IT. qualities ard it, defects II may not
h" unInter"stins "a chronicle mn emphatic
triumph for the work IN IT, first foreign
stations n Pr1gu" II has been given
already NOR" than ffTy times. and here.
AZ often a. IL mas figured on tn. pro-
g-arrne. ~. larg" hou-" has been
completely hu"d Professional critical
opinion a. to the qualities OF the music
has on ths whole been more favorable
than was 20 have been anticipated from
the fierce onslaught that had originally
been mad. on NOuguas's .cleciiCi-m
There are nearly dozen parts in the
oD.ru that offer excellent vocal and his
tricniC opportunities. and though none Of
the artists associated With the Vienna
p.rfo FINANCES ~ aboy. IN" average. their
combined efforts made mp an ensemble
that must he cr",'ifr,! with no little share
in a success which iust now j. ~" talk Of
N" Austrian capital.
Asimilar fate. II had bts.n hoped. vas in
store for VI hcrk-r's new comic opera
-Snuw,I-np. which mas Just been produced
At IA" Tn 'a:." au dor Wien. the home Of
-Thn M.--y Widow Tn" Dollar Prin-
c,'s. ard 80 many other works Of a similar
character thar o-lEInally stared out from
L. =
~" world Judging hy kis Belle nf New
Yora." that was given her. some ten
year ago and Wa adJudged greatly
To- the Vl"un"-- taste, :ntTs~was expected
Of K"rScr. who had wriRsn sl- newest
score during soJourn in Europe 20 n
text that hid been furnished by the
prrvryurs of men like I..har and Fall
But IN spite II their aptitude on former
occasions these gentlemen found ltrle
To- inspire. "y-n had II been the most in
y"ntlv" ~ COMPOSERS A. long a. the II
br.trp follow- from afar on the Original
on which II - founded. Alexandra Du-
mass -Dernoi-ell.s de ~ Cyr.- i: fairly
holds tn" attention but when Il wani.rs
ways Of it, own. attempting 10 steer clear
Of In-Ip;tIiy uT the all TOO hlCkncy.d.
II d.gcu"rat"- INTO unqualified -iiliness
w-ari-prn" and di-h.srt"ning KIND
"Supw drop i ria" nam" b.-stOwed
on an ari-'u"rs'Ic vpuug ladies' SEMINARY
in Petersburg under rh. protection 81 th.
RrIs-iIu Empress. and vho-o.v-r ~ its
inmates - found iudulR even in th.
fnildest form Il fllrt alton with the ot her
Eek has 10 paw b" penalty II being mar =
ried - III" "fT"nd-r AZ a moment ! MOTTO"
T., Fg-p In q o. Ia.
guards find Themselves saddled with
Wives ere they realize the Imprudence
- counting couple ~ pretty school
girls and promptly for~ak" them N
search Of adventures at the court Of King
Jerome. though they ultimately find
hrapr To the ladies' ~ their enforced
choIc. Tn. Russian and Hessian mlieux
that hav" been chosen a. a background
add lItil. or nothing to the fneaRre posi-
b,itI.-- Il th" story. while th. characters
LIZ. tE.. .tfs4aFtaua huva ALI b,..-r as.s.,,