The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21

mise on scene than for the musical re-
puirements % the score That wa
, originally the view Of SchikAneder. for
whom Mozart wrote the work. hut IL WA
not the hbretto. strange combination AZ
It N IT fairy tale aud morality play. which
has insured for IL a lasting place in the
e, rtories q! - many opera houses;
u was the musical qualities OF The Ma gic
flute- alone.
No sta 20 dress however novel or re-
splendent will bring its beauties nearer
To Gun understanding. which 10 only n
other way 10 saying the' IL 10 a mistake
tn expand large sums ~ money on the
scenery and costumes " this particular
Mozart work
For the Salzhurg festival I.illi Leh-
mann committed no such error aid
tii"ush the staSs pictures were neither
shabby nor insufficient they did nothing
To distract the attention from what are
the more distinctly valuable features
In the frat place they had that one rare
quality thA' more elAhorF'e mounting
cen So seldom boast. Of Icing light and
simple enough tn I've eSpeditiously handled
aud thus not impeding the uninterrupted
succession 20 the numerous scenes Some
a mt painful tn the eye and With more
huuntenus means and hotter taste could
have leen improved upon But a. thcy
had generously been PLACED a. the dis
p"sal 81 the artists by the Vienna Opera
House and there enjoy q certain reputation.
having been designed 10y the much dis
GUESSED Prof Roller. IL would he unius,
Ia make the management wholly re-
spnnsible therefor
For Don Giovanni the principals he'd
brought their own things. End - New York
has seen nearly all Of them in their re-
sp-ctlNe pats It seems sapererogatnry
~ enter INTO any detailed description
Tn" scenic background was amply ado
auate. while a word 81 praise il due 10 the
sensible a-ran cement 90 the different
entra1c'- and eVi's which went hack to
the tradition ~ the Old Italian p~r!rru-
arcss aud sey discarded the va-ious
innova'ions that modern attempts at So
called improvements have suggested ."
numerous all ton inventive German
version mrkers
The -Di-soluIu punltp' was not
fetched a. the end 10y Pn embassy from
H.. lowcr regions, nor vas the TommSa-
doiorC shown Ia ~ ia apI-rH red immo-
hilitv once more On his crF yevard psoias-
tai. there was No final sextet TO point
tho i'I-rl 81 the story. ro- va. tho rn-
mssSirg ~ Lcpor'Ho 'coniplisi a. N he
rhurchva-d rnv mora than thr' OrdrIo
h-d tn sing has twn s-in. ~ith an attende7t
listener II wrs al dome in the good old
~ shionad ~Py' and NJ one would have
i.it tho ing'e nunle- l~Ca -" In'
lr- "ffcctiN" on 'HP' r~count
The five leading sirgArs contributed
what amounted practically 20 an IDEAL
Interpretation ~ their rdla~. O'nrio.
Iuscno and IN" omm'ndn ore did moth
iuc to mar the on sruihls. ths ChorIs vas
cauahla aud sum rent whil' no finer
Achievements than that of Wiener Phil
harmouiksr- und~r NuCE could either
h, imagined ar desired
That Don Gipvanni- under such CON
dlri,nS mada "A profound and indslibl'
impress IN OH all present goes without
saving NeNer has | iii Lehman shown
h"rsslf more ~ tn" pl'nitud" Of her
;owsr- the -Rri"f- aria and IN" -RRche' b
aiIt With IN" 'lJgusnf reci'atirs tina,
pTaC",..- ut were Liven with facile
mastery thai -cored at such ron-'ders-
tIHu- ~ m" fight ~ vearE The publ"
shouted LII hoar-r Al hen tn" evening
Vas over. calling for lehman though
IT, most fsrNtilv enthusiastic admirers
81 h"r ,"nsunmai. art sore finally To
h.. found among IN" artI-ts who sur
rounded h"T Happy the artist who can
ads such t"-li'nonIals To- all IN. other
prai." that mas t'~en honestly won during
th.. "our.a - a successful career
H. the ritIt 81 her teacher for - such
Geraldira Farrar !, proud To CLAIM I iii
Lehman tho ls;t"r con'rihutsd an IN
carnatinn IT Z'rhnf. which fitted well
into the franz whore hgur Il the greatest .
~ DoHHc inHdS Needless At this lat
dav to advert Ia th" VoCal competency
the histii ono ability and the Intoxicating
personal charm ~ this richly gifted artist
Tradition r,.countS the fast nation 81
: Ignorina Pircolomini. the past genera
q n It'll recalls the Inshable perfection .
~ Adnlina Patti IN this minor r"le.
and yet It seems 10 those 81 the PRESENT
tay that such an Interpretation OF Z'r'nd
NJ Farrars could challenge companion
with the very b~st in the past a. we'll .
~ tn. hItur"
Eirfra belongs IN r,opulsr acceptance
20 the category ~ -thankless- roles, and
hut one artist Christine
y
this appraisal has been During TIE ;
present festival The part afforded Nine
.iad-ki ample opportunity - prove h"r.
-cif tho paInst ing admirable artist
N" c1nscie1tious. .joyable singer who
1as end.ared herself - - many on both
sides uf tn" Atlantic
A. for Scptti. his Don Gio,nHri has -
NAMED what ~ was when he made HE
FIRST bow bsfor" an american public
p"nty years AK" Ne IL still unsurI ASSOC
r this most di~cult ~ all barytDnc roles
- which h. brings distinction. int.lli zenc-
md a nobility ~ vocal source that
ls-arve - he accepted 80 a m del for all
, h, shall cone after him No artist. I'M
49, y be Eaure. has NOR" fully exhausted
he many possibilities pf tiis typical role
LsIoScip to demands a past master
n vocal a. well as histrionr art S-hor
;-gurola met every requirement presented
- him With supreme ability nay more.
li~ c,ncepti ~ had an ORIGINALITY and in
II ,idualism that lifte u into those re- ii ms
4 l.. r. 81. |