The evening world. Newspaper, March 6, 1912, Page 9

Wolf-Ferrari’s Latest! Opera Presented by William Dippel’s Com- pahy at the Metropoli- tan Before Crowded House — Musib, Unlike Anything Else of His, Fits the Story. BY SYLVESTER RAWLING RMANNO WOLF'- FERRARI'S new Italian opera, “The Jewels of the Madonna,” much her- alded frem Chicago and Philadelphia, was presented for the first time in New York at the Metropolitan Opera House last night by Mr. Dippel's PeadelphiaChicago Opera Company before a crowded house. It was heard with the closest attention and was Greeted with generous applause; but, for a first night, the enthusiasm was Rot remarkable. The principal sing- ere and Cleofonte Campanini, the conductor, were recalled many times after each act; but the stealing of the fewels from the image of the Ma- donna and the wearing of them by. the abandoned woman for whom the theft was made, which !s the crux of the stery, seemed to be something of &@ shock to most of the audience. Witheut the incident, however, there would have been no opera. ‘Whale the cast is as large as that re- quired for Charpentier’s ‘“Loulse," the Durtien of the opera is carried by three Drotagonists. The wtory deals with the devoted love of an honest, clean living, religieus blacksmith f walt adopted vy hts mother when an Infant. She, on the other hand, is ensnared by @ Don Juan leader of the Cammoristes, who promises to steal even the jowels of Vie WANNA for her if she will have him. Tats she repeats to the infatuated blacksmith, as she spurns him, and he, “Jewels of Madonna” At Last Heard Here 2rcer ei un ea cre | Madonna was impasmoned |ing, and the stabbing of hinself before the portralt of her wae a bit of actin in @ frenzy, robs the Image and presents the jewels to her. In an obsession of thought for the Cammorist she gives herself to the blacksmith. Repenting within twenty-four hours, she flees to the Cammorist with the jewels. He in- sults an@ spurns her for unfaithfulness and js terrer-stricken, as 1s his criminal band, at the sacrilege that has been com- mitted. She runs off in despair to cast herself into the sea. Meanwhile the blacksmith, in frensied pursuit of the runaway, {s captured by the gang who would kill him, but for thelr leader's assurance that they would be accursed if they touched him, The theft is known, and as the alarm {s sounded they all creep away leaving the blacksmith 19 stab himself before a picture of the Madonna. WOLF-FERRARI MUSIC FOREIGN TO ALL PREVIOUS EFFORTS. Mr, Wolf-Ferrari, in writing the music te depict this gruesome, sordid and brutal tale, has had to cut adrift from all by which he has endeared himself to us heretofore. Of the lofty spirituality of “The New Life,” of the sparkling and refreshing Mozartian quality of “The Secret of Susanne’ and “The Curtous Women,” there is scarcely a trace. He has placed himself squarely o@ & plane with the better known mod- ern Italian veriti 4, it would seem, with something of a ‘prentice hand. While he was here recently he declared that he was a devotee of no school or style, but felt competent to write the appropriate music for any story. With the quatifications just made, his assump- tlon Would seem to be true, for most of the score te virile and graphically de- scriptive of the action. Music reviewers have no easy task at © Gret performance of an opera, In a censcientious desire to gras the work im Getatl ¢or the benefit of their readers there ts danger of underestimating the significance of broader effects, It le not hard to find reminiscences of things familiar, but it is less easy to seize upon the satient things that are now. No music lover cowld fail to note Mr. Wolt- Ferrari's knowledge of Bizet's “Car- men,” of of the earlier works of Verdi, oF of the fater compositions of Mascasn! and Leoncavatio. In fact, the variations of eutette inspiration are complex and a D&M confusing, No one can doubt, how- pitch. Her Aight with Rafacie, her final seemed lusclous quallt ever, the charm of the two Intermezzi, played recently by Walter Damroech and the Symphony Orchestra, each of ‘which had to be repeated dast night, or the effectiveness of the serenade by the Cammorist, or the grip of the many solos, duets and choruses throughout. SOMETHING ABOUT THE OPERA IN DETAIL. Tho opera, which is in three acts, ef- fectively staged, begins with a con- fused chorus before the curtain rises. When it goes up there is disclosed in @n open square on the Bay of Naples a mob of merrymakers,- venders and rogues awaiting the festival procession In ‘honor of the Madonna, Kt is re- mindful of scenes in “Louise,” but Wolt- Ferrarl makes the individual cries less erticulate than does Charpentier, Gen- aro, the blacksmith, makes trophe to the Madonna. Mall! @ Spanis) habduere and sing zonne di Cannetella.” Toere thetic duct tetween Genaro mother, Carmella, Rafacie appears, makes love to Maliela and is etabbed by her with a pin ehe carriers in her hair. Tho procession of the Madonna passes, and Rafaele succeeds finally in making Mallela take his rose. ‘The second act, in Carmelia's garden, shows Maliela'a effort to escape to Rafaele. Genaro prevents her, hears of his rival's ‘boast to steal the jewels, and starts to do it himself. While she is locked in, Rafaele serenades her and through the open joints of a barred wate they embrace, ‘The curtain falls upon the girl in ecstacy arraying her- self in the stolen jewels and giving herself to Genaro, In the third act, in the den of the Cammorists, there {s dancing that ox- perts said was known to New York ‘Turkey Trot” and the “Grizzly and here the tragedy ends as indicated at the beginning of this ar- ticle, |PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS WELL SUNG AND ACTED. Carolina White gave @ Calve-iike Im |perzonation of Mallela, Spanish one ‘would say, in the Carmen fashion, on!y that declare ¥ -_ — BH 6, 19 Ghe was assisted by ', ‘cellist. Charles There was ao larke the singer end her assocta: aN THREE STABBED IN FIGHT. A fleree rough and tutnble feht in the to pfloor hallwmy of the tenement at No, 611 Bast One Hundred ‘Thiety~ fifth street, accompanied the alferts of Jaood Reirstonean artist, ¢o move out to-day. Johan Stang, one of the dwell- ers on that floor, «tabbed over the teft eyo With @ penknife; Mre, Rem Spring- er, a lodger, was cut on the head @nd cheek, _) PHB BVENING WORLD, VEDNESDAY, MAR Marta Wittkowska, in the den of thy|dral, who proved worthy astociates of Cammoriste, must not be forgotten; hor ‘Damrosch’s highly trained an must Venturin!, Edmond Warnery and . Grieg’s “Ave Maria Nicolo Foseetta, All the rest of the exquisitely mung, bad to be re- oaat fitted into their parts admirably, and and Palestrina’s “Tu Pe- the chorus ond orchestra were effect- have been. Among the na Galil, the dan: won her rks were presented usual success. Othegraven, Coombe, also a tenant, was etabbed in the hand and arm. Mann was taken to lancom Hospital. The prknife had broken off tn the wound end yom said it was likely bis ekoll waa fr ‘armen 18 At any rate, she was effective, a & pity that sometimes she sang aif Learn to Males Your Own Froc We Teach Practical to him and her denouncement of jone, Basel was Gen- ahcooraine to thowe who were in the, tre stabbing was done by R and he was taken to the Alex. police atation ant after arraigne! t Morrisanta Police Court, chatged with fetonions asmauit. Retnatone, tt wan sald, was not pap- ular in the tenement house, and when, with fis mother, ho starte td move out » the young women Who were af- terward In the fight made commorte about him and his ‘k, which roused his resentmynt. 1 eald the women being before he and convine- —_—- MUSICAL ART SOCIETY GIVES ITS LAST CONCERT. * The accond and concert for the season by the Art Society, Dr. Frank Damrosch director, was given at Carnegie Mall last evening before the itt usual large and appreciative audience, of its old The progra an with Orlando al by comparl- passos's “3 excellently. — yuueical Art Carmela, filled her ptably, and Dafdi, as chelsan was at the plano ond Freak L. Henley war at the organ a nite learn ig ; our inspection invited or Mra. Anson Dudley Bramhall's fourth musicale of the searon at the Plaga Hotel yesterday afternoon attracted @ large audience. 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