The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-25

| KING The prince has cot .er,. hut
th"y have put him to work a i. swinshsrd
'niy the child ~ the brooin maker has
recognized him a. u kings son Az IN.
appointed time the city gates open and
III walks III" goose girl. who rrlsh.s into
III" arms NJ tho prince
Hut the people jeCr az them and are
wr"th tNst the witch should have PLAYED
'A"ih such Joke They drive the two
royal children out Of their city
me third act informs ~ that tho city
nt h"il"hrnn has been set by the ears
However. the fiddler and some children
among Them tire daughter ~ the broom
i'G'Rt: search IN the forest for the nv. sing
IHr "" prince. starving hut carrying
-" princess goos" girl In ms p-r,,~ stag
E".s - ~" hut wr"-a /" iirs, mot lrr
. Nor" symbolism u ~, ~ u;iful spr,ug
''in" then hut nor; ~ Us buried IN the
SHOWS The wood cutie. is there ..d
III" prince gives him hi- royal crow n fnr
loTf Of breed This l. "A poisoned loaf
left ~ the witch When IT.. fiddler
arrives h" finds IT," two kings children
wrapped IN On" anothers arms and
silent Ia "A last embrace
Then h" -Ing- mis- last song the sorg of
~" on" who knew their tn" quality and
who - filled with paSsIonat. sorrow for
'h"ir fate. When In" play wis first given
m fermany II was Violently assaulted hv
critics. Some declared thar tn" drama
was Indecent Thu. information H. rs-tt-I
n"nt and timely and nj course app.tIrIrC
and ~ accordingly hHre repeated Other~
did not liz" ~" rn.lodramatic music
-ti"g"n daH N"'odrar." WAS the war c-y
Of on" party. rh"-' w"r" n 90 defenders
Whom III" drama WAS produced IN thus
town thor" Was lag" and enjoyable.
absence "f all porh"r over Il
Howev"-. Mr. Humpardin,.k FAR from
being discouraged 10y the wrath vt sonor
GUS ti.-mR" critics. dweIt with fCrr,u,.--
on tha ideas which h" had cunca,y"d A.
musical iliust -atlon- o' IN. drama and AZ
length CI.N" To- h"lev" that they ought =,
he extended into an orn-l ~" wrote
Inuch i';o-" music. b'nlt up and t"y-,ored
IN" d"~c"iptIv" parts. wrpI-' ne vocal
parts and expanded IN" orr g,ntl germs
into what H. practically a new work III"
original play has of course been recon
str1Ictcd in t"Nt somewhat This was
made n"CaS-J.-y hy ~" GEO. '-lcu'. Of
lyric drInIL l. will h" $50. D.. ono" that
IN" subject - NJ a typ" 'u;. % -iiT,r"-t,
from that 20 - hIch m" sch ~ Il -N'-lri~t-"
,as ih''y ar" allied, ain"-,.. II. cu,r.
po-erS III cont".IroraU"ous IiA!y apT-a~
~ believe that IN" best lyrIc material j.
that which IL found IN h" realistic dran1 /
Mr.. Hum-"rdinrk on the other hand
,hoHs growing prediction for m.
ld"I,i-t.C
Tn" 6.T"-uo- Of ~" oro-atIC public in !
the p-c7"n - ~ y work ~ this tvr" will he .
interesting TN" ol'lX"u- vt HaiLthrr.n
we're People - m" breed 'hs' at m tho
expensive s"at- AZ oI'ra performance.
y"op," without deals and withu..- as
p.ratIons NC"pt ~,.Cl a., can b" q':Ctrd AT
III a-k": y Ices Tho could t,ot ,or1r-c-
bend IN" royA'tF " poison. vino It'd not
w-Ir Crowns Tn" question now l.
wh"th"r tn" op"'n public vii also faIi To
comprehend ~.
Rut the tunes arr very pretty and the
scenery l. v!cture-, ;tIe az cuur-. there
are more peasants. and ihes. 10 "" know
are highly oi iRCtionah" bur let us
wait and sec l. there any reason why
peasants should be any r'ora Oh 'ac-
tionah'n than miners
~ Very distinguished wsr'ayr-hrrg.
part" few lEht- ago Water Da'ur,-rn .
cuudrIC'l r of tn" syrnI h.uy n,,f.-,ra
arose and sad Il tx" IT my ha' to
Director Nl1thrup Anne. for tn. incred-
II,c zeal gen'lsne--. Intelligence hrrn-
ne-- and courtesy with which r.. has
accomplished 20 much The theatre hn.
at lat come. into H. own Tho ouera has .
been g, pal'"t IN" echo. that ry-t"-
-,nriS bug ear Of tn" architect. ma .
! cen f. ilowad to - lair and nrrfr.ilv /
-trenglad Tn" acoustics now ar" rr- 2
ceilent. and II i po--inI. To- hear tho h.
man voice clearly and distin .tv IN anv
part OF the hoG~.
Every on" must have been gIat thai
Mr. Damrusch took - hi Rat heclus"
no ha- an Imposing dom" e thong IN
.>hIch ~ utterly lot ~ the prr-ai' .
shadows 81 "A top hat. II Wa on" = tho .
finest Of al fO--Inle demonstrations ct /
II" smooth operation ~ m" machinery .
within the dome that sir parrrrsC n .
praised the acoustics and 'otcd that tn. .
human voice was az lat audiHls
How -I,Ilfulv h" .vndct r"f.ra to |
hi- own or he-:ra. who's concerts are
hopeless y ,.m"th.r"d III the dead and
,irearv raC.---.-s Of the -epuIchral audi !
torium IN Central PARK W"-t
How does The public find ont that
which has not vet taken .
place - going To Ice Of an inferior ORDER
Somehow ~ -e"inr tn do 80 AT times
When TIT >r~'I chrOnicler % rnusi~rl .
doing$ werh.d h,- way toward h" Net
ropolitan Opera House On Thursday .
night and wa- he~Ieg"i ~ spectators /
Offering five dollar seats for two h" knew !
lh1t the performance was not going 10 10" .
one Of high distinction. for in some way .
the public had found II out and REFUSED .
To be present
That was the night when -Lohengrin" !
was substituted for Tristan und Isolde"
The early work Of Wagner had been given .
already and was supposedly in state |
Of preparation. A. matter Of fact it
was rot The comments, made ON the
morning after the representation were not |
intended TO do more than record the
facts Of the change and Of the first APP
pearance this season Of Carl Jorn.
IL may. however. not be- arniss 10 add |
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