The evening world., 1914-02-27

rar and Of Caruso. especially that OF
Miss Farrar. Before that, between
the acts, people had nocked into the
lcbbies In unprecedented numbers to
discuss the bewilderment that the
work had created In their minds. A
nrst night Of opera rarely has brought
forth such . variety Of opinions ~
to the or-composer's meaning
and intent, or a. to the musical value
Of bis effort. Audiences that are to
come, a. the opera 10 presented
throughout the subscription. will
surely be as much puzzled. Discus
sion will DO general, and to that ex-
tent, at least. Mr.. Gatti-Casazza Ii
Justified Of the production.
In remote degree only Is Julien"
q sequel to Louise" Tho prologue.
which ands Julien and Louise living
together In Rome, would Indicate that
when Louise was turned out OF home
In Paris by her father she went to
julien and made both him and herself
happy. lie 10 writing . book on
Beauty and Love and Lfe that II to
mako him immortal. His spirits are
high; his thoughts are noble. lie
falls asleep. and all the rest OF the
opera u phantasmagoria that he
dreams. Tho allegory u tho acme OF
pessimism, tho doctrine OF despair.
II breaches tho absurdity OF lofty
thoughts. the futaiity Of working for
the common good. "The oonsecrated
child that iAys his heart upon the
shrine Of Beauty and Of Love" In tho
implacable that rends his heart IN
the second; that declares ''vainly
man suffers and dies. the heavenly
light u . iurei Be thou accursedI"
IN the third, sinks 70 tho depths at
the end with a cry of. "Beaste. wen
live like beastsi without . gospel
and without remorse." and dies In
drunken stupor at the feet OF bag
gard, tpothless woman Of the street.
The music keeps pace with the
dream story. While Il holts many
beautiful and tender passages there IL
always behind Thorn q lurking sncer.
II echoes Louise" In the cries OF
Paris: In tho browning Of tho Muse
on Nontmartre. In the ecstacy Of
Louise's realization of love. and In
Julien = clean 'ip,ieht In life AMI love
OF Paris. but In distorted rhythms and
In discordnnt Keys. II leaves especial
Iy a feeling Of disappointment In the
conservation scene In the Temple OF
Beauty, where, II would seem, MIR
loftier plane and mado a really pro-
found Impression. Those Of US who
dream and have studied the psychol.
ogy OF dreams know that, no matter
how distorted. they rarely rise above
tho level Of conscious thought or OF
remembrance: but this vision OF the
Temple Of Beauty was . rarO In
spiration. Clever, too, as 10 tho or.
chestration, Il loans more to tho side
OF the wailing OF the hapless poets
than to tho joyousness OF the Dream
Maidens: to banalitles Of the actors OF
tho Theatre OF tho IDEAL than to the
seriousness OF tho celebrants In the
Temple. which the shownen cartca.
turs.
Enthusiasm" Is the authors defni.
which begins with his and Louise,
ascent to tho Temple OF Beauty
cheered by the Dream Maidens ant
halted only temporarily by the plainti
OF the Hapless Poets who have Taller
by tho Wayside. In tho Temple o
Beauty Julien. in ccstacy. Is conPe
Grated to what tho High Priest say
10 his Calvary. Louise 10 taken ava!
by the Flower Mntdens. In a storm
and amid incantations Beauty ap
pears and warns Julien; Beware o
Pridei Love always!"
Doubt" 10 tho designation OF tn
second act. julien 10 disclosed In
beautiful countrywide, with peasant,
He has been driven from the cite
by tho people he strove to help, an
cries Of Go preach elsewhere you
hopes Of Paradise" ITS hvsts woul
have him stay; the daughter woul
love. him: but the voices Of the nigh
call him to: "Success-or death to a
my hopes." The third act 10 chris
tened impotence" julien In visitin
his grandmother on the seacoast Q
Brittany. She recalls him to the an
Client faith. The Hapless Poets pas
by cursing God and he echoes ther
with: "The heavenly light 10 . lure
Be thou accursedi" a. bis grand
mother falls dead.
'Intoxication" II the babel Of tn
last act. Julien Is become old. un
tidy. hopeless. He IL back at tho foe
of Montmarte. He Is accosted by
woman. old and depraved. who say
she 10 Beauty. There follows q vii
scene OF revelry. q Partisan Conc
Island Nardi-Gras. with a showma
announcing travesty OF the Dancer
Of the Temple. "Come "a to Beauty!
he clamors. Julien apologies to tn
crowd. There IL no Good. nor Evi
And Man 10 dead! Long live tn
Baasti" no cries. Left alone Wit
the woman. he sees a vision OF III
Temple Of Dreams and hears II
Voices Of Other Days. and falls des
at the feet Of the woman who Il C
Intoxicated to realize II.
Caruso. a. Julien. sang with sul
tanned beauty OF tone. great cont
II nence and marked sincerity through
out q long and trying part. Som,
body remarked that his French d.
II ton was faulty. but a. probably n
five per cent. Of tho audience undo