The evening world., 1911-11-20
by SYLVESTER RAWLING
Mir. Gatti. for a charmin,

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novelty in opera, True. Lud wig
ThuiIle. the composer Of Lobe
tanz," which Won prcsented for thu first
time at the Mctropolitan Opera House
on SATURDAY. a~f,ernoo, has beer aeaa
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m "oVins peporlnanoes Oh
~. sso,ounu 'ove Tragedy OF "asner''
ir's'an und Isolde We ave been priv
legged to see. "Lcbetanz' VIII make
appeaA beyond the Tatinee g1rl. veteran
opera'goers VIII want to hear the work
onos 1t least. and the lounser
VINO cares little for anything else but
musical comedy Is likely to drop u to
see an aggregation Of pretty girls In
beautiful stage pictures and charming
dancer and listen to music that makes
no demand upon anything except his
capacity for enjoyment.
Thuille. despite his French name, was
Cerman md the hook by Julius Bier
baum IN German. The composer has
s,s At thu feet of Warner and his opera
IN full Of motives and themes in the
mater. manner The story has been
told before In tbis column, Of tho wan
dsrins minstre, who restores an ailing
-pfnces. 20 health nv his violin play
ips. n ,ova6 nv her. IL Accused of
vItchorsft 4. condemned "a be hanged.
ana A. respitsd A the foot OF tine gal
Iov. ~shen hs has oncs mora revived
IN. ADM .dr, nv IN. magic of his nd
sr.s %, .,h,,h vi. r.vsrd q. "a have
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heI 10. "ite. ~ - oiviueu mt '"e0
aets' the last IN Two scenes ah-espe-
cially the first and last-exquisite ex-
amples of stage p~ortraiture that won
spontaneous applause from an over
nd hou.s wben thev vera disclosed
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mueh the o1''er ior uno ihus,e 'n.'
II recalls the mower scene from 'farsi-
fa"; that II satrlzes the contest OF
song in "Tannhauser' and the pedantry
of the musicians in Die Meisterslnger";
that ~ takes insniration from Tristan
ma I.o,ds and thu, IN. s,n story IN
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nerian way. There are marches ana
waitses and ensembles That are cAarm-
Ing. In fact, save for Lobetanz Merry
dance). the hero. who IL ever present
and ever singing or playing, nearly
everything OF import In left TO the
cror,,. ana 10 IN. o,ch..,r. 20 disc,ose
u.-m.nn ysa,onS.r y 80
n
a erea. opportunity OF "h'cn ne .ooN
run adVahtase' MS voice. oVeriookins
some faults OF breathing. was a delight
to hear n the charm of his youth and
Of his grace and aprightliness was M-
resistibie. In nothing that he has at
tempted here has he done so we'll.
johanna Gadski was the Princess, a
part so Hight thai It seemed a pity for
Mr.. Gatti to call upon her to take It.
The woman who will be the inspired
and commanding Brunnhilde of "Goet-
terdaemmerung'' on Thursday night was
wasted here. Yet the beauty OF her
voice. fresh. pure, limpid. exquisitely
modulated. perhaps. was worth while.
Such singing as she vouchsafed to us
is rare Indeed. The duet between her
around the Giant tree In The wood. in
y, ~ ,s,. vas a. mUs' aam'fa ore;
Htn.hsv a.. tha KinS and tsarha..
WATERPROOF a. the Judge. we're excel
liant ror. cnarLa. ana A.. g..