New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
WAGNER AND VERDI
OPERATE Contrasts at the Met
r0pO!itan.

! scented br the Metropolitan Opera COM
pany could scarcely have been shown in
a more striking light than IT was yes
/ tcrday. Ii was . day Of contrasts con
7 trasts OF languages. contrasts Of sub
/ icc;s. contrasts Of STYLES. contrasts also OF
. audiences.
+ IL thu afternoon 'Das Ghcineold" re-
. cei,ed that one and only performance
which is necessary to justify the man
Algeria. pietencc Of an annual presentation
y Of Waen,r's Nibeluns tctralogy IL e. cI-
- cal form. \ week viii elaPse between the
prologu, and the beginning OF the trae"-
Gy. which. under som, circumstances.
might be disturbing. but under existing
conditions ia so OILY 10 That fraction ~
. tho public "a yer? small fra tom when
attends the subscription performances as
well as these special affairs Arranged FOR
q the benefit OF the lovers Of Nacner's art
q EO arc more numerous outside the list
u subscribers than IN. These Wagnerites
! are again 4 host. az they we're twenty
/ five years ago They fllcd tho house ycs-
I
/ interest such as can only he seen
AZ The holiday "Parsi'al functions.
4 And at the end OF Two and Il
4 haI' hours of uninterrupted attention
. they stopped 10 cal tho performers
I brfor. tn. curtain again aup again |;
was grateful audicpce. ana one which
on The day after is no; likely "a have
rlurh sympathy with critical vikings at
. features 90 = pcrfcrTan," which gave
| them 50 much pleasure. Md yet il Ought
to be said IN their own interest. and for
/ tie SAKE - the work itself. that II would
no well II all the Wagnerian dramas were
Subje lei 10 rigid revision ana new
study from the bottom up before they
arc given again That shabby rainbow IS
3 calculated 20 get on 10 the nerves OF even
( those VINO do not profess To he peTret
, v'aguerites. and with such fine stage fnr-
nituro for the opening scene II is really
, a 3itv that tn" purely decorative music Is
not permitted 10 illustrate some OF the
: features of tho changing picture. y clearer
purpose ought 10 be given 10 the move
m.rts Of the mikes nov that the jnechaul'
cal devices for regulating thos" move
mems ar =" p''Ae''' '"'''e''''
scene there ought I" De sHh',' o''S'" w
tween WORD ana muse ana "o"'"' ~ W
h"d IL IN the 'o"s ago ""en w. -,
some apparatus ue' 'sn ~ -,
''"'' 'e'"' 81 -,
I'm vain 20 plead for return 10 the poet
composers original purpose OF suggesting
Wotar's creative thought concerning 2
race OF d.migcds and their equipment with
-, t,.....d -, d,
NOS -, -, III;
/ i''i'S" w H"''" W -.
/ YIN" "rIsih' '"I OF '''"' p'''''
has spoken r"d u - '"S''' l" '''''N ".''
OBEY than 70 ." "'se ana r'Eh'' o"' '''
mixes might oc H"pi out "i S'sh' ""''
they ar" called by IA" music WHICH - w
uolizes them. fof thus are Wagner afllS'
tic purposes and methods mad" plain.
And why should Froh-the gentle Froh.
tine god OF summertime. ~" representa-
ti.e Of pca,e In the old Tcutouic th"og-
,nv-uardsr about with 4 spear az II he
,,.ro sbou, IN ioin I.audcrave Herman
t,.,,. b,,,, y.,ob did navc , sword IN one
a. .,d .,,,hic.l ,,lc. IN, II Was 4
~, "a ,to.,ct Il ,,,..as;cd ,nfracu,.,us
T,u..rs 10 cared ~ little FOR 4 that lie
ra,a ~ "a Skru'r hen Dr." sent MN
a-ycoirs ., cord wherefore ne fell an
,,.,. No, 20 Sr,r,ur In the great battle
r. p.y,.,oL WIN no; be- h.edfuI q!
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10. III. . .,,5, ~ tho
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y. o., mr.. D,u.btars Ms.
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an, t,o sa,isf,,tnrv work Of the or
3 .,.,,,-. under NJ, IJcrty
In tho .voninc tbe "Wednesday sub
sc,,b,rs alIcd th. chairs vacated hv the
Nacuorit.s ana were entertained with g