The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17

works. shows the hand Of a past master
IN orcheaeral effects he has m individual
manner OF instrumentation that pFoRss
the practised hand. and though there be
i.ttis oI no originality ia the score 10 bearn
INC hallmark OF his popularity, a pleAsin 9
lnelodiousness that foF tho NOT all too
tasttdious n distinctly Convincing. Tho
customary supply % enlivening marches,
graceful walt tunes aud u pretty senti-
mental snatches has hslped -has Fnrstsn-
KIM IN Vienna 60 a career already %
nearly two hundred nights and h =
:: .utIIc.ent guarantees that y Oth~r cities
IL viii find rrAdy eara "a well a. here.
The second Of lshAE's opsrettaa. which
n bctng given az tho Carl Theatre and
which y entitled" ziGeunerl!ebs- i-0ypsy
Love ,. v also compromise between
serioua and cognic opera. with a whole
sale adnixturs OS characteristic national
Strntnn But this time instead OF an in
curston into the musical domain Of Greece
or the RalkRn States. he has chosen Hun
Gary ~ hta scene OF action. aud for this
purpose his librettista have furnished him
with book deaigned 70 exhaust all the
msaodic possibilities 81 the PtiaGtl. II IN
a path trodden with memorable succesa
by Johann Strauss in his Gypsy Baron.-
and 10 NAV mt once ile said that Iehar
N not destiued In this latest venture To
snpTlant the earlier and greater Niennese
uagt@r.
-Zigeunerliel,e. has recourse 20 the old
time and ever eficisNt device 81 n dream
act. The heroine. y dramatically inclined
young lady. who is about TO make q so
called suitable match with a none tao in
iercstinR Hungarian ma gnate. encounters
the night Of her wedding gypsy musician
who. with his good losSks and captivntin 9
turns. makes a deep IMPRESSION on her all
too susceptible heart. A dram. which
fills the whole of the second art. shows her
by way ~ timely warning what her fate
would bs IL linked tn the VaRabond artist
and with this ealutary object lesson vel
impressed on her sleeping consciousness
abe wakes to proceed with tho wedding
cerem0ny that had hitherto appeared %
her a. all too prosaic.
The idea. though Ivy no meane new " not
80 had. and would SUFFICE for the needs and
neocseities NJ comic opera nowadaya n
onlv the authors had had sufficient ability
TO develop 10 IN proper way. Rut.beyond a
few wholly Irrelevant dance numbers and
a plentiful Use of musical lOoal color the ~
h the same deplOrablr lack 81 good oppor-
tunitiss a. In the -FOrStenkind.'
Judged by lie capacity for entertaining.
the third II the I,ehar works u Distinctly
superior; the Count u LuxenbIrg' o6erN
an abundance Of life and merriment and "A
fairly well developed plot. The titular
figure was suggested by the hero Of that
unfortunate count who In n ainglp night
squanderpd ell his fortune in dissipation
and gambling. 4 dea~endsnt Of his presents
himself In the studio ~ a Paris artist on
Marii GraA in the midst Of carnival iOllifi-
cations and IN y spirit Of daredevil hln he
Russian prince In give his name 20 q mya-
teFioua lady for a large sum of money.
while agreeing Co exercise no marital
rights the ceremony once performed.
In fact. 20 little N he To know his wife
that no has To agree to be married with
. snreen between them. They exchange
rings. after the fashion ~ PyTamus and
Thisoe. through q chink In the wall and
Go their SEPARATE ways ~ soon as the
Government official who has wed them
situation Of The Marriage OF Kitty"
and - many other plays. hut il utilized
in the present instance cleverly enough
to M out pleasantly q first and also q
second act. In which the couple meet and
fall In love without of course knowing
how closely they are already related 20
each other. In the end the old primes.
ia q course the loser and all ends as hap
pily as the proverbial wedding bell.
While genuine originality - an little
the distinguishing characteristic of Count
Of lAiAenburE an Of FurStenkind-
Or -Zigeunsriisbs IL ~ aboV- all less
ambitious than either u these and moves
along grooves ia which I,ehAr feel. him
self entirely at home. His talent Is above
all what II recogniS ed here a. an anna BILE
ter able Ia prove his claim 20 in Count
Of IAlxentaTrR- than in any wOrk sinoe
The Merry Widow
Whether IL will lBs accepted outside Of
Vienna - a legitimate succeasor 20 that
universal favorife remains Go ~. -s-.,l,
II in the earliest % the musical tripi yrh
To he heard outside oI Aust ria and Ger
many W Edward~p lar wing u billed for
speedy production IN London. For N.s.r ma
IL would seem TO he 4 more assured sue
cess than the two other contemporary otis
works. for though criticAEopinion ~ some
| NhAt divided Is tai the respective inertia
Of -F0rstenkind- and -Zigeunerliebe'
every one 10 agreed that Count q Luxsn-
burg II - pretty an Op~retta as has
been herd in q long time.
Voices have not bsen lacking that were
rRisei IN Wgrning against A.ellAr's all too
productive Pctivity End he has been ed
vised To write Ie~s end more carefully
These age cOuns~lH seem to have had
more @6ert then wisdom. however kindly
the many new works ElTeady promised
for u~xt season nothing figures having
the signature of FRI M I-slsr
Oscnr Strauss hos zone over 20 more
ambitious work. end IL the good opinion Of
our operate management counts for ausht
not fruitlsasly. for I'm opera of his has
be~n excepted for tire imperial stage aud
will he hes rd in the rgtumP.
II thu. haDpsHs thru Leo Fall the COM
poser Of The Dollfr Princess, ~ tire
only one Of the successful triumvirats
who will contend for thet inferno ional
triumph that NOWADAYS enters into the
caIcnlationa Of every Vie0ness writer Of
comic opsra. ". voN Sachs.