The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-10
YOUNG "SIEGFRIED"
AT METROPOLITAN
Mu,ic Drama Of the Worlds
Youth Has First Hearing
at Matinee.
PERFORMANCE HAS MERIT

a. Gatt-Casazza. the general director
a, ,so Ne,ronolltan opera House. seems
- .,.,.sh , deeper respect for matinee
audiences than many other amusement
.,.,,so.s and certain chroniclcrs OF dra-
-,,,.. tY,ues entertain. 1t is one OF his
o,.,ous O., bring forward important
,,sras ar Saturday afternoons. nnd some
ines even 20 cire- the frat performances
~ novelties which could not by any
stretch ~ Imagination be thought to in
,.rest the matinee girl
IN pursuance of his custom he gave yes
,,rday the matinee subscribers the first
,srtorwlncc Of "Slegf:i,d' this season.
cur,ous.y enough. as lt may seem to some
casual Observers. "S.cgfr,ed" is a popular
matinee work In the nrst place the
children dearly love 1t. They revel In It's
airy tale Incidents the bear. the dwarf.
ne linguistic bird the staying of the
talking dragon and the waking Of the
seepng beauty And children, who are
,omstiucs wiser than old folk know
enough TO battle their fresh souls In the
outdoor atmosphere OF the music drama
and IN ~ vibrating u'terances OF youth
and ardnr.
As f1r he crownups even the dulest
OF them fNIiVt lull ~ tllINN INC plN tltdt
charms " the action In which a splendid
young manhood goes galloping through
obstacles to the shrine OF Its desire The
more poetic can throb with the rapturous
development OF human emotion which
grows IN flaming crcscendo through the
three acts. and the in'ellectuals can pom
de- the psychologist suhtleties 81 Mime
and me pathetic dragon with his pro-
phot.c vision.
with all its awkward and llmplng
makeshf's "Segfried" remains the great
operatir embodiment OF youth. enthusiasm
and adventure, II is the spring song W
all Wagners lyric creations, and OF the
ponderous 'ctralofy II Is perhaps the most
rerIal member. II keen analysts nre
right In pointing out that the great third
act has not the spon;aneity OF the first
and second its massive eloduence is none
The less Irresistible. Poor Wagner The
dire stress Of life tore him away from
his forest boy at the end OF the second
ac'
81 have taken my young 'siegffied' into
the depths Of lonely forest" ne wrote TO
List There I have left him under a lime
tree and said good-by to him with tears
in my eyes II has torn my heart to bury
MIN alive. ana had a hard and painful
fight with myself before | could do Il
shall ! ever go back to him?
No IL is all finished. Don't lot us speak
OF It again
Ten wonderful years passed-years in
which Tristan came TO life-before he did
get back to H. hut could the sunrise
majesty Of Braennhslde's awakening have
been conceived by the Wagner OF Act Q?
And In what other page Of the tetralogy
did the real divinity. the power and the
glory Of Wotdn disclose itself as In the
first pages Of Act 3?
\ great masterpiece inspired and IN
-
shrinks from comparing the performances
with the work itself, Yet Yesterdays was
on the whole a cohesive and generally ar
tstic one. Mr.. Urlus Is a very sincere
Sicgfricd. though one cannot help discov-
ering ones largest sympathy with him
when he is filing the sword or hammering
II on the anvil. The declamatory phrases
Of the role are congenial TO him and his
impersonation has a general buoyancy and
fervor which give IL interest
Nine Gadskl. the Bruennhilde Of the
afternoon, was awakened at late hour
TO sing with plentiful voice and warmth.
albeit she fell a trifle short OF one or TWO
high tones. Carl Braun was an admirable
WGddcrer; 1t is one OF his best roles and
has the commanding dignity lacking in
his "Walkuere" WotdH Mr.. Reiss has not
lost his cunning as Mime. and his subtly
conceived impersonation is "A prominent
feature OF the local "Siegfried"
Mabel Garrison. a young woman who Is
in much danger of being spoiled by over
booming at the outset of her career,
made an honorable, but not brilliant. ef-
fort at the delivery OF the difficult meas
ufes Of the Forest Bird. Mr.. Hertz con-
Quoted well and the orchestra played ex-
cellently.