The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20
FIVE OPERAS IN ONE Day
THREE ar THE .MlNHSTTlN,
TWO ar THE METROPOLITAN.


Two operas 81 full grown stature KEEP,
the Metropulitan's people busy yesterday
and each drew a fne audience Tam
hauser.' at the matinee and la Oio-
conda- in the evening had each the bene-
NJ 81 first rate cast ~ singing actors.
The Wagner drama % love and desire
and sacrifice has not often been more
eloouently ct forth in recent years.
Leo Slekak's personaiion 81 the minstrel
knight Oppressed by the bonds Of earthly
passion and fighting TO cast them on
- portrayal admirabl alike in is con
caption and execution. His histrionic
Interpretation - the character has a
noble seriousness united with . sweeping
power. while his singing NJ TaRRAdHseT's
music Is consistently beauIif,Il and az
pFeasiVs
There was q new W,JfTdB' yesterday
in the person q Carl Sooner and his
singing and acting combiped to give
validity 90 the unselfish friend % the
eTTing Heiny'eA In every other respect
the cast was familiar. including the
luscious IeRHa of Nine Fremstad and
the earnest Elizabeth nf Mine Gadski
Mr. Hertz conducted and the playing ~
the orchestra was excellent
The -GiocOnda- cast included Miss
Destinn. Nine Homer Nine M-itsch 4.
Ca r'lso DE Seg,Irola and AmAio These
singers had all been seen = nd he's ID before
IN their respective role- and except f"1
AmatO they were In their CUSTOMARY
vocal condition lssi evening The GNry
tone was suffering from = cold and Zoology
waS made for him in a printed alp IN
M" house b,ll BdrRnbd n A ~ n not too
easily filled. and under the circumsts noes
NJ AmAi0 was prevailed upon 70 appear
The singing ~ Mr. CAr'ISo Miss Desttnn
and MINI Homer gave especial pleasure
while tho orchestra under the suthori-
tstiv- h-ton ~ Arturo rOscanini ola wed
with We rietN and even With hrlhRncy
Yesterday ~ the Manhattan Opera
House brought forth The Tales OF nOf-
mann" IN the afternoon aud double hIll
~ night comprising La Nava rrsise- and
-P'VliaCt1 Roth perfOTrns nce- proved
TS'IulaT with ksT~ for oneratiC entertain
mont with humor asa conspicuous note Of
The tns mo" and tragic horror domino NJ m
'h- evening Iho Ofenhsch ard leon
"sNail" 0prris have done valiant service
lhis season tor Mr. Hsmmerstsin and h.
H. T'UproCate ted by seeing ~ IL that
zach hf- b.-en IN she main yell presented
esI+'1Ally The Ta'ss ~ Hutimann
Conditions at the Manhattan, snDne
them the example e the indefai gable
manager himself have caused several
singers thIs season 20 act IN the aSsump-
ton that they are made ~ cast iron or
India rubber Nine Mazarin'- vGlun-
taTy heroIsm ~ singing two important
roles on the same dAv has stirred M
rivalry IN the company and yesterday
there we're two eRt ranrE m a similar test
- endurance lIttIs Miss Trenthi an
J-'srad Ia Tales II Hoffman, FIRST a.
the deh ehtful mechanical doll with tho
forid vO"al accomplishment and new
a. Inform, tho yong singer IN a do.
cline Ia tho evening 81" made her an
trance iH the donkey carr - v. idu ana
was lightly swung go the ground ny
young OTvills Harold a. tGsIo
David D~vrl~s was Tho HOFFMAN, Of
the mat inso and IN the evening he sang
for che first time the role - rIqUH IN
la NAvaTrais~ Like everything thts
Interesting vOInE tenor has done here
this new pers6nAtion disclosed lntelli-
gcnce and sarn~stness h't his picture
II the passionate and strick"- spanish
soldier was NOT impressive nor vas his
singing m any way remarkable
The casts 81 all three operas wNre other.
wise familiar Mas Cavalisri Reuaud
and CilibeTt filed nut the roster ~ Hon
mann while Mime C,-r~IllN- RAAche vas
he heroine pi la NavaTrHlse emerge, r.
IN hor acting. but often forced a. - her
vocal utt~ranc@s D,ifranne and Huber
dean hrlpei - give weight - 'hs Mas
-Nn~' opera while Sammarcp sang ~
ccllcntiy Zorro music IN Pagliac,