The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31
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The GRAMS Tor open air dramatic per-
formanccs in Europe has besn greater
than ever this year. and willis the
psa~antsAt OberammsrgAn are acting the
Passion Play p-rformanceso Of dramas have
h~sn given In natural theatres 20 Pyrmont,
Hertsnstein. Lucerns and Copenhagvn.
az oourss op-n air performances Of
opera were to be eKpected. A..i the dis
tinction % beng tho pioneer In this
artistic sn,srpr-s Eoes to Zoppot. . sea-
shore resort in western Prussia.
There -TannhAussr' NAs sung export
mentally with such Success that newt
year there are to lie more performance.
and the foremost singers Of Germany
are TO Ia engaged. The stage vas on
a platform hidden by rocks IL was low
enough not tn interfere with the natural
growth and there was even q cave OF
real rocks from which Ysaus could issue
with her nymphs.
The second act was omitted in part.
hut the third act. with the chorus OF pil-
grims. more than two hundred in num-
b-r. made a profound impression. There
was an orchestra OF seventy and the prin-
cipals came from such important opera
houses A. Chemnitz. Dantzig. Munich
and Berne
Although the second act in its entirety
could not be given, there wert scenes
from IL sung with draperies to Indicate
the hall at Wartburg. 30 the dramatic
progress OF the opera was not inter-
rIpted The effect OF the melodies sung
10y the chorus and the fanfare~ OF the
a..
effective in the forest AZ night
The last act Of -Tannhauser' was the
most BEAUTIFUL from q spectacular point
Of view. The pilgrims passed through
a real grove OF hndens and ElisdoetA
climbed down q real hill to 80 II HoRTIeA
Tdnnkda'sr was among those present
on the return Of the party from Rome.
Emile Herzog. who has for twenty one
years heen the first colorAture soprano
Of the Royal Opera HOUSE in Berlin. has
resigned from the institution and said
farewell to the operAtio stage. Shs u a
SwiSs and in addition TO her Appearances
in Rayreuth. where she frequentiy sang
the first flower maiden in 'Parrifal.'
she was noted a. a concert singer Her
Mozart roles were Astrofid Em1Rfs. Cheru-
bino and Constance, and abe sang. OF course.
the usual fiorid repertoire.
She elected to say good-by TO the stage
aAs the forest bird In -Sissfried.' so at h.,r
last appearance. II II u permissible 10
speak IN such contradictory terms. abe
vas heard but not seen She n the wife
Of physician and will live in Switzerland
Puc,-ni's Madame Butterfly u en-
joyins great popularity in Germany and
was sung fourteen times last season a;
the Royal Opera House in Berlin. IL was
sung sixteen times during the same period
at the ImperiAl Opera House In Vienna
the same composers la Boheme' was
the second opera IN popularity. having
had fourteen representations In vienna
Vernon Stiles was always the PiSkSrfon.
~ they call hum N the German translation.
the LIHkcrtOn Of the opera.
IL - only m Italy that the public re-
mains indifferent 20 this opera Pietro
MAsca gni 10 still preferred To Puccini in
thsir native land
-Elektra- was sung lAst year In Berlin
only eight times. although in the pre-
csding year IL was heard twenty times.
Greater still was the decline in the popu-
lA.ity of -Salome.- which was sung one
SEASON twenty-five times. Last year
elght performances satisfied the public
demand
during the forty eight weeks Of tho
season twenty nine Operas wers sung. Of
which thirteen were German. eight
French. SiK ItAhan, one Amencan-this
was the unfortunate -PoiR- OF Nevin-And
uue bohemian. LohsnGrin- beaded the
" aEnerian lIst with seventeen representa-.
tlon, while -TannhAuser' Tristan und
IsoIie' and -Siekfrled' each had eleven.
William Miller. the American tenor who
~ to sing IN Vienna IN place Of vernon
Suie=. recently dlspleased Berlin by APP
psarlng as IdHnhdussT wearing q dark
Wig The newspapers united In express
ing the opinion that any hut . blond
TGHnhdUser was inconceivable. What
~as even q great departure from German
traditions Was MS SLIM figure. and this
Knight for once did not look like . figure
81 Garnbrinus AZ a mask ball. Probably
this daring Innovation was a. objection
able a. the dArk hair. Mr.. Miller 10 tbs
most successful Of tho American tenors
In Germany. The second performance
Of Slegfrisd Wasners Dor kobold.'
which was Also given nj the Oura Theatre
IN Berlin drew only tl2S
Although north Germany remained
indifferent 20 the work Of the second
Wagner. Munich has taken great interest
in the revival Of Richard Strauss's youth
fIl opera The Fairies. which was heard
ia the Bavarian capital recently for the
first time IN years Felix Motifs con-
Quoting Of the work and Maude fay's
ingIng 81 the leading role are said 10
have had much 20 do with the success
of the opera Munich has the exclusive
right 20 perform the opera.
No successor "a Felik Weingartner has
yet been named for the post OF director
at the Imperial Opera House. Karl Muck
has declined II on the ground that he ex-
pects u he IN Boston for q part OF every
year and Felix Mottl has his duties at
Munich Richard Strauss has declared
that the responsibilities Of the post are
too eXacting for him To- accept II. The
term Of Felix Weingartner does not expire
until next spring.
Since the revival OF the interest IN the
Vienness operetta the composers of this
school make their annual announcements
with all the seriousness Of the composers
Of opera Al the Theater an der Wien
the opening work Of the next season will
be by Gustav Kerker. who has returned
u his native land. while Robert Winter
berg has composed for the same theatre
The Beautiful Swede.'
Leo Fall has written The Doll Girl
for the Carl Theater while the RAimund