The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-30
'Das RheingOLd'
In Rh'gCycle
Makes/ Record
By Sviv .cr Ra,Ciins.

By Svip/ or Ra,ciins.
THErE WI an auspicious begin
ming q the matinee cycle Of
"The Nibelungen Ring at the
Metropolitan Opera House yesterday
when "Das Rhsinsoid" was presented
before soid-out house. IN unprecs-
dsntsd record In New York for per-
formanos Of the prologue 70 the
Trilogy. For two hours end twenty
minutes this vast audience eat and
stood In ssmi- darkness end oomplsts
silence while the ons-ast muslc.
drama Wa unfoldsd bsfoss them.
When al was over it gave vent b
it, psnt-up emotions In applause and
curtain calls that lasted several min
utss for the PRINCIPAL singsrs and for
Mr.. Hsrts, who had conducted val
iantly.
While the psrformanos Wa not the
best We have hoard u was The best
We have sseo. The new dressing
was nearly always becoming and
sometimes was most elective. The
sosns at the bottom Of The Rhine was
. nne bit Of illusion. With IL swiftly
lowing current-too swiftly In fact
IL waving. fantastic undsrgrowths
and the easy. rapid movements Of the
three Rhinemaidsns, darling 70 and
fro and up and down. seemingly with
absolute freedom. The only mishap
was that one Of Albsrich's explosive
shouts was taken for . Que to put out
the light Of the gold too soon: but II
was flashed on again immediately
The subtsrransAn oaverns Of the
Niebelhsim were . nne picture, and
there was atmosphere In the scene OF
the open space on the heights above
the Rhine. With . background across
the river Of the towering walhalls
that the Giants had built for Wotan
One palpable weakness II had: The
rainbow bridge that Troh built VA
too slender. bent and nimsy . struc.
ture to have sustained the weight Of
the more or lsss substantial gods and
goddessss seeking . way TO their new
home.
Some Of the singers were In rather
poor voice, but they co.operated C
act the drama we'll. Hermann Weil's
Wotah compelled respect: Carl Braun
was . hne Fafner: Basil Ruysdae
gave force to Lenner: .Herbert
Witherspoon. % Fasolt, seemed e
have . bit Of . colo: Lambert Muir.
phys Froh would have been better
for more voice. while 0orits's Al.
| a.
tinctivs e ever. Of the women DIV,
Fremstad. whose Frisha 10 vel
known, started With . suggestion o.
. cold. but quickly overoams II
Harsafsts Obsr made Erda impres
sjve and was one OF . nno trio 81
Rhinsmaidsns. OF whom Lenori
Sparkss and Bella Alien were tn,
other two. Vera Curtis was Frsia-
A separate psrasraoA y reserved
for Karl Jorn's Logs beeauss Il 4
coeosivsd % 49, = WSseh ~ ~
not accustomed ~. 800 faela
makeup and hie action suggested tn
wiz, rather than tie sly. tricksome
faithless ochemsr upon whose brazil
and cunning WotAn depended to 20
him out Of his d1f1oulty. This view
was sustained ~ NM Jorn's lynn
down and going % sleep while tn
preparations for the departure Il
Walhaila were making. and By mos
Of hi0 singing
Julia Culp. In hns vosoe. vas tn
soloist at the Philharmonic Society
concert In Carnegie Hall last night
Accompanied ~ the ORCHESTRA. sh
sang Schubsrt's "Dc Dist die Rub.
arranged By 6chosnbsrs. and Wag
| nd oRrnnn n rNeAA r
the plano By Coenraad v. Res,
. group Of songs BY Wolf Mr.. 6tfan
sky lod the orchestra throug
Tschaikowskys weird. romantic sym
phony after Byron's Manfred" Wit
splendid effect. It's defeat II II
length-it took sixty-nvs minutes I
play. A hne exposition was mad
too, Of strauss's death and Trans
figuration." ana Of Lasts Hun
sarian rhapsody No. L
Michael Won zadoru, who 10 at II
head Of tho piano taaching at tn
Institute Of Musical Art, recovere
from his sprained wrist. gave HI
postponed piano recital 1t Asolia
Hall last night before . largo AUDI
epco. He showed not only . brilliar
technioue, but breadth q under
standinG and rich gifts Of interpreta
ton. HIS playing Of the Beethove
sonata, op. III. Was especially nm
, His programme held also comp'
= sitions by Bach. List ana Chopin.
nj "Borts 0odunoff," Moussorgsky
IL opera. drew another large audiens
III TO the Metropolitan Opera House Ia!
4 nirht that was deeply stirred by II
III beauty Of the music. the hne stAa
II pictures, and Didur's impressive I'm
II personation OF Boris. Except thu
ii Sophie Braslau was Theodore. tt
II cast was the same a. at the last pei
II formance. Mr.. Toscanini conductc