The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

- moro NJ u musician tuun tiu, Is
L and tosSiri declared tn
webers music gave him pain
II his stomach. ill"dcl's operas have
been permanently retired from all tho
stages of the world. I,ossiurs are no,
all dead. and I'll Darbi'rc iii SiNlgla
seems likely ,o bold the stage for many
wears to come. l'ut his opiui n OF
Weber was no, shared 10y som" ON
siderable musicians. Beethoven hailed
rho composer Of "Euryuu.n"' as 20 ucv )
ct d fellow" and l'"..uas work pt ur-
chcstr,iiul CON aims many u-tyt.
taken e. IN Weller. .,ur,~ HHi UJuN
examinations or whit poet" tu T.
thsrmurc Il was Bc.io1 who wrotr ne
reci,atvcs and made the other nece~-
-sry preparations fnr the production II
Der FrcischOtz' al the Grand Opera
n lsii
How FAR the enthusiasm of these mas
iers viii influence ~ IN these raritcd
days 81 harmonic scales and Franco
Russian expl rations ~ melodic deserts
can hardly be estimated. ~ any rnte
when Mr.. Gattl-ta,a2.a r,viNcs Wehcr's
Eurysnthc" fug MS ON saturday We
shall have the peculiar cNp,rcr' ~ OF
nearing an up'rt which vt~ produced
n vienna in 1923 and Whirv j. .ou.
no loss d novel y 70. mos, %, Id' pres
mt generation uf "p"ld-lcr~.
II has always '"u - matter Tor som.
der that Weber. who bad >'ror- dr,-
matte lnstinctS should have been carried
away by tho singular lhrcrt1 of 'hts
opera No uns has eNpia ned how th"
writer Helm.nu Won 'hezy cb,1.ncl
her ho.d on tho composer. She was a.
rather alarming parsonage who had
married twice and made a tJiiur" of IL
each time. tAur,cy wrote. she hi-
hscu described 2" me as .Na' most un.c-
full % al ',~:HEs. an uNtdy uuharpv
unsuc"es .fui woman " letters slaJ.
,ernly Sapphu. from whom. a.. men
,hrank eager. warm h,lrtcd ana e.. /
mistake mott fat.
The story which tins kdt.sld e., let
jcrs produced was based on an OIL ro-
nance which signifies nothing jus r"w
The sene - aid n france and there
are ave important characters. Thes,
are idOldr. a young knight; h~ be-
lrothed. EuryduthC. LHSidf'. enemy 81
ldOidr. "A villain and Therefore a hl-su:
Byzantine. who loves tdoldr and rlu-
.cqucntiy hates EufV1utbc. and hence
= Cont.,t.jo. az. harmless. l.., s.s.y
King Ia preside over all. In th. ricIua'
story Lgsidft declared ;ntt he could
cad EHUdHthc 10 betrdy her love. lvd
Ne proved Il by telling Of a violet mark
IN her body wh.ch was known only To
her husband. The truth. however. was
that EcIdntiHc knew It il and tub
IVsidrt.
This incident seemed 'r.fc to-
strong for the ancient blu" stocking who
wrote the lihrctto. 60 she invented %
complicated tale nj ss'cr az ldpiIr.
Emma by name. wNp. having ben
guilty Of tho crime If suicide av h'
$50 II - poisoned ring. wa- condemned
30 he wanltrr= spirit. .tdolqr IN ,i,"s
i'prpnnth. take tremendous u7tu
not TO betray this secret. hut @h. tolls
IL - the crafty E0laHtinc.
This active woman promptly CON-
municates IL t. LySidrf. who appears ~
fete given ny the Ring and exhibits
he ring a. proof that he has gained
the favor of EUrpdH'lr. idolnr. being
an opera person. swallow tl.s story
whole and procaims his nctrut1ed AZ
traitreSs
He conducts her 20 zone s. N 'II'l.0
gorge and j. about 90 Slay her Nac0
great serpent evidently cs"auod t~um
Mozart's Mag Flute app'ar.. iVr.-
oihc cUdciNurS - save l"r ,uv"r f-H-n
this creature and N. e sUil ic'.t y
moved to abandon tho lea Of killing
her himself. hut leaves her t0 perisl.
The King and MS huNtsmcu arrive N
lime 80 save the innocent maiden. ~"
. taken back To- tho court. where eN-
plantations are made. The lovers A."
reunited and LySidr -tahs Epldutin",
which Is a suror rc,vinu'iun 'haN fc-
male villains usually meo'.
This book. stupid and unreal - is.
affordS opportunities for hrillidr, stag,
pictures. and tAcsc opportunities vii.
certainly not no lost by the present.
direction # the Metropolitan Opera
House. As for the music, that will
speak for itself Il is interesting, how
ever 10 note what Henry Chorley. the
English critic, said when he heard tho
opera IN Dresden in 1889;
We're called upon 20 name the
modern German opera which has must
cal'y the most excited me should cite
Furvanthe' at Dresden. So strong in
deed was the eXctemcnt in tho theatre
IS 10 render me unconscious Of the
many crudities contained in the score
I felt carried away not So nucl hy a
fervor as by fever Of music.
One knows the composition 20 he
n many places strained. in many
NOR patchy: the airs are constructed
On unusual and arbitrary forms of
rhythm; there * no prophesying