The evening world., 1912-09-23
MUNICH MUSIC
FESTIVAL AIDED
BY YANKEE COIN
Financial as Well as Artistic
Success This Year the
Reports Show.
HEARD BY AMERICANS.
Efforts Compared With Pro-
auctions at the Metropol-
itan Opera.
HEARD BY AMERICANS.
Bv SglUesfer Ralciing.

~ oHsVC0eCS At0~ssssHs
MpsdG Ccrspondsnce Of The Evening worii)
MUNICH. Sept. 6.-visitors from all
ever Europe and America and from
more remote parts OF the earth have
made this years music festival q finan-
aai - well a. an srtisiic ruccess. the
local authorities report. II began on
Aus. . At the Royal Residence Theatre
With 'FfEaro's Wedding" the frst OF .
series OF Mozart plays presented there
that included ''cosi fan Tuttr' and Don
Giovanni" seven performances in all.
= ana ended on Aug. TO- The Wagner
operas. at tho Prince Regent Theatre.
began on Aug. II and will end week
. nom sunday (Sept. ib) with "Meister-
singer" Of which four performances
then viii have been given. Besides '"Thc
Ring Of the Nibelungs" will have had
three cycles spd Tristan and Isolde"
three performances. When 1t is pointed
out that the Royal Residence Theatre
seats only 500 and the Prince Regent
Theatre only I,2oo persons 1t Is not re-
marksble that there have been no va
= cant places at any performance. but even
At e5.B Q seat. which Ia the exact cost.
including programme ani cloak check.
u 10 not easy to Imagine a profit.
II has been my privilege TO be present
at only three Of the Wagner plays
Tristan and Isolde" on Monday.
"Asistsrsinger'' on Wednesday. and
'ssheingoid" to-day. The last word 10
written advisedly. for the frst two per-
focmances were advertised to begin ut 4
o'clock and "Rheingold' was announced
for 8 o'clock In the afternoon. Women
snd men in muffled evening clothes.
afoot. In the street cars. IN texis and In
private carriages on the way to the
theatre before 3 o'clock In what would
have been brilliant sunshine but for the
ever falling rain, and half an hour later
promsnadipg the foyer In all the efful-
gsnes Of evening gowns. jewels and
starchsd shirt fronts. made a curious
spectacle for Western eyes. Most for
signsrs submitted TO the fashion. and tho
unregsnerats were conspicuous MI
nsrity.
The Prince Regent Theatre Is an I'M
pes.ng building. with a fine auditorium
that has only one moor. From behind
the orchestra pit, which Is covered from
the spectators. the rows o, seats rise In
curved tiers that are reached from the
foyer through broad and lofty en-
frances. the ticket OF each subscriber
telling him which Of these to use. and.
By the color Of Il. showing on which
ads. He 10 also directed TO the section
Of the cloak room set apart for him
aeoorAing to the number of the seat
ticket that he hoida In consequences.
ne house 10 smptied quickly. without
eonfusion. and with only n moderate
amount OF rushing and crushing. Too
bad that the natural depravity OF man.
and more especially OF woman. prevents
him or her from showing In public the
courtesy that Is common In private.
One admirable thing IL accompanies
at the Prince Regent Theatre: Aftel
/. proper warning a fanfare being sounded
, IN the foyer three times At intervals
, Of q minute or two before the perform
sncs begins. the doors are closed. mo-
70 be opened again until the act Il
= ended. The lights are turned down ant
silence 10 maintained from the hrst not
OF the orchestra until the fall OF tn,
curtain. II In sad TO relate that SOM
Americans, At the change OF scene u
the orchestra stili plays on. fell to chat
ta1pg, and brought forth vigorous hiss
ins from the Germans sitting near them
oomsthiug OF the sort. but not .
narSsA, happsnsd In "Rhsingold." bu
throughout Tristan" the noise of acoi
Aonsal lropplngs Of opera glsssss som
~ q dozen timAs alone axTestsd q
teaooa fssm ne staSA
WWeNg WAGNER 10 oUPPooBs
TO % WELL PREoENrgo.
Nunish pr4Ass itself o. he sxosusnc
Of lie epsra eomoAay. Il believes tn
WaSnsr's wsrks 81 no moro fatthn
ana nsas-pssfect presentations An,
where. With all respect. the writer
surs that OF the three performance D
saw, only one. '7isistsrsingsr." ms
be compared favorabiy with those
which We are accustoms1 at the Ne
ropoiitan Opera House. both 'Trtsts
and Isoade' and '.RheinGoid' were Il
ferior. tho former markedly 90. an
with one exception. Of which msntie
shsn be msds later, the cast OF tn
tan and Isolde was announced Z
composed exclusively OF Munich artist
II ever an opera may be called . "
part one Il 10 Tristan and Isolde
Brsngasns, Kurwsnal ana King Mari
are intsrss bng. perhaps nsosssAry.
the development OF the story; but thu
are only sdjunots. Upon the bsars
Of the title characters rests the burd
OF the iovs-trassdy and. Judged
New York standards. they we're n
equal 70 IT,
Herr Won Bary. tho Tristan. 10 u
nich's pride a. = Wagner tenor. FIR,
Aottl-Foasbsndsr the Isolde. ranks
its besl exponent of his tragic her
ines. Both are OF imposing stage prs
snos, he. big and manly, She tall q
handsome. Bosh. probably. have 20
natural voioss. but they pinohsd o
CONSTRUCTED than 10 the marrins
beauty. And they both deciainsd VIII
they shcuid have sung. Was II possib
the writer thought ~ he listened
them IN that great ssooad act. that tn
had net lsarusA tat Wagner 10 10
suns. - Mozart y 10 be sunss u v
barking back . quarter Of q csntu
70 the aAyS whsa the acponsats
wASnss lsasssd tAst his music on
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