The evening world. Newspaper, January 3, 1914, Page 5

CHASE OVER ROOFS Montemézzi’s New Ttalian Opera __A Brilliant Metropolitan Success ENDS IN ARREST OF SLEEPER IN HALL * Policeman Insists That Drunk- emness Is Assumed and Makes Burglary Charge. Reshients in tenements in the neigh- Dewhood of Ninth avenue and Fifty- @eoond street werd entertained at 4 dock this morning by the spectacle of @ man chase along the roofs, punc- tumted now and again with the report of @ covoiver. ‘The disturbance centred at inst in the hallway of No. 4% Weat Fifty-second street, where Policeman Frost was found rogely awakening a man very sleepy ehé apparently very drunk, The police- ‘man insisted that the drunkenness was counterfeit and took the man to the ‘West Forty-seventh street station, where he booked him as Thomas Mur- ray, twenty-one, a laborer, No, 4% West #itty-second street. Frost said he had been called to the scene from his fixed post on thg a’ nue by the cries of Samuel Schweitzer, & watchman, and, seeing @ figure dis- appearing in the hallway of No, 438, followed him to tie roof, firing as he wran. At No. 486 the fugitive lifted aouttle and ran down the stairs, Frost imeisted that Murray was the men he, aa chased to the roof. The prisoner will be arraigned in the West Side Court on a charge of burglary. pleat FB CHARGE BURGLARY- TO BOY. ‘Oottese Student Miesea to Have Stolen Ring From Neighbor, Richard Wagner, sixteen years old, a tall, slender youth, who is a student at the City College, fownd himself in the Harlem Pollco Court to-day before Magistrate Bariow, charged with bur- @ary. Wagner's accuser, although she a4 net appear in court, was a Milas Who lives on the same floor of dhe apartment house at No, S115 Broad- ‘ way as young Wagner and his parents. ‘Two daya ago Daniel Berger, who also fees an apartment on that floor, reported to the police of the West One Hundred end Twentyfifth street mation that his apartment had been entered and a ruby vaiued at %0 wae taken. Detective fi he had seen Wagner in apartment. She asked him, why he was there, and he told geen a burglar on the fire- thought the man entered epartment. Wagner's mother @ tearful plea for him, but the Bedd Bim im $1,000 dail till FACE COVERED WITH PIMPLES— RESINOL CURED “When I received the samples of Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment oe fase was cov. with pimples whic! defied other creams, soaps and cos- metics. They were a source of conniant humiliation to me, Cae in contact with many strangers as I do, as a yeu My friends were and rey ome ane oekad me what B hed done. hen I told them, I think they hardly believed it, for the transformation was simply wonderful. “Since then I have been using Resi: and shall never be without it for I have learned the delights ‘@ clear, soft, beantiful complexion that, may ‘be attained b use.” “Glened) Miss E. Bouth Pryor 8t., Atlante, %, 1915. Per eset ot Sat Resinol }» stop it pede and eaely heal eczema at other skin humors, dandruff, pad burns and piles. Sold by ev: gist. A¥o pubstitutes” for one offered by a few es ort pales dealers. For free trial, write to Dept. 36-R, Resinol, Baltimore, Md. questioned Mise Clapp, who eal ‘hennia Dek Dei Tre Re” Discloses Musical Meré its of a Very High Order Admirably Applied to the Tragic Poem Which! 9 Inspired It. Young Composer Shows Acquaintance With the Works of the Masters, but Nevertheless Im- parts to His Score the Stamp of Originality. By Sylvester Rawling. TALO MONTEMEZZI was a name that meant nothing to most of us yesterday. To-day it will be on the lips of every music lover, for his opera, “L'Amore Del Tre Re,” which Mr. GattiCasazza presented for the first time in America at the Metropoll- tan Opera House last night, is a work of genius. It made a profound im- pression upon a crowded and fashion- able audience and it was acclaimed with rare abandon and spontaneity. Mr. Montomezsi is @ young Itallan— under thirty, it fe said. Before the pro- duction of this work, which was made first at La Scala, Milan, last winter, he was little known even among his coun- trymen; but ita succesn there was #0 unequivocal that this year in ni houses in Italy and in Spain. Of course Mr. Montemezal was inspired by the fi poetic tragedy of Sem Benelli, guished modern Italian dfam strength of which might ma inferior musical setting seem worthy. But Mr. Montemezzi penetrates to the very heart of the story. His music seems part of it, helps it to reach epic heights, exalts the love motives and intensifies the t y. It is muste that grips and holds. It is modern, eclectic, rick” in orchestral effects, Sometimes it is forgetful of voice ‘imitations, but not for tong. In t in ft sustains the singers, carryl on an une dulating sea of metod: is free from honies and diswor sand, essen- is original, for, Mr, Monte- his intimate knowl nd Verdi and Masse- ard Strauss and Debussy inol | this, # confirmed in hi more gratifying because it had little, or no, heralding. The respectful attention which Americans give to any new work was al that it received for some time after the curtain rose. This attitude | ¢, changed gradually into alert observa tion, thence into breathless absorption, and, finally, into strain almost too trying Defore the tremendous climax of the wecond act. A WOMAN'S FAITHLESSNESS AND A FATHER’S VENGEANCE. The story, set m the Middle Ages, is eanily told in ite essentials, Some two acore years before the action begins there has been a Barbarian invasion of Altura, a remote highland principality of Italy, and the invaders have re- mained. Archibaido, the leader, mean- while, has become blind. He has forced | ®& marriage between his son Manfredo | and Fiora, a young Princess of the conquered people, aManced in childhood to Avito, an Alturiam Prince, Man- frelo, passionately in love with his wife, has to do lots of fighting to keep the Alturians down. In his absence Avito, whom Fiora dearly loves, !s wel- comed and housed by her in secret. Archibaldo, the blind man, suspects wpicions, and, made desperate by Fiora’s falthlessness and Manfredo's trust in hy @ chokes her to death, Then, to discover the jover, whose name the dying Fiora re- fused to divulge, he pute poison gn the dead woman's lip, Avito, of course, visits the crypt In which Fiora'’s body lies, kisses her 1d dies: it not before Manfredo catches him, h the truth of Fiora's great love and himself kisses the polsoned lips, and also dies as his father Archibaldo seizes him for the supposed lover and learns the dreadful truth, ‘The introduction by the orchestr: short but atimuls ‘The curtain ri | guards, Just before dawn in Archibaldo's The red jantern signal still burn diind man, restless ters, led by Flami He sings o aria, Ted away, Fiora emerge, indulge in tender la of farewell, and, Avito Archibaldo Very soon M Says she has been watching for him. Archibaldo confirms her He. fredo carries her off, Archibaldo exc! » let me be blind, THE CHOKING OF FIORA THE SUPREME MOMENT. Up to this time the tragedy han been dimly forcasted only. ‘The orfhestra has asserted iteeif a bit noisily, The singers have been restrained. But with the departure of Manfredo in the sec- ond act, exhorting from Fiora @ prom- Ise to wave a wh f to him while he goes down alley, and the ap- arance of unexpected by jora, the tension increas There is most impassioned lov them, externally sus; und Isolde," » in a flue Avito stan it internally conveying & new musical expression of the old ry and acy of love. At the Archibaldo surprises them. Avito apes, but Fiora TW choked to death by the infuriated old blind aman. This e olimax of the opera in action. The sce far surpasses the smothering of Desdemona by Othello. It ts grim, terrible, overpowering. The return of -| pants of the Manfredo, who has miseed the waving forces the disclosure from of what has happened Archibaldo refuses to let Manfredo see the body, wh he lifts and carries off as the curtain | Srgall wonder that when the audience . [emerged from the speil that {t had been .|under there was an outburst of ap- plause such ag rarely is to be heard in the Metropolitan Opera House. Occu- foxes and of orchestra stalls vied with those In the gullerles land the standees behind the rail. curtain calls were a dozen or, perhaps, more. ‘There were shouts for Mr. Gatt! and for Mr. Toscanini, but neither | of them. responded. ‘The third act, In the Crypt, beautifully set, which holds #ome lovely music, loses something of effectiveness because |of the reaction after the #hock of the tragedy © the second act. The death ot Avito and then of Manfredo, from the poison, and the grief of Archibaldo, could not eclipse the | amothering of F' tween} BORI CHARMS IN A CAST OF GREAT STRENGTH. The cast was especially strong, hi trionicaly as well as musically, crenia Bor! made a beautiful, pathet singing with cl Metropolitan Opera hurband of Margarete Proving that Truth Is More Remarkable than Fiction Sir A. Conan The Store is opened daily at 9 A. M. B. Altman’ & Co, have prepared for Monday and Tuesday, January 5th and 6th An Interesting Sale of | Women’s, Misses’and Children’s _ Hand-embroidered French Lingerie which will offer very unusual values Doyle’s Greatest Story of Adventure, “The Lost World.’’ First Instalment To-Morrow. Dancing as an Art, Asa Diversion and as A Bad Habit. An Editorial Section Feature. The | emory of that Aisclesed @ robust tetior voice, which, eave for cocasional harsh declamation, held beauty and expressiveness. His acting was convincing. Amato, who was in glorious voce, made @ handsome and gallant Knight cornet in the modern orchestra, wih be lutreduced by soloists, in connection with Mr. Arena’s lecture on these wind Instrumente, Haydn, Dvorak ry Bechudert compe tragic figure. Except for his marvel- done nothing nearly Fiaminio, was affec- » by reason of hi intelligence, What a pity he hasn't « bigger voice! Jeanne Maubourg, Sophie Boasiau and Maria Duchene filled amali parts acceptably. Mr. Toscanini, who conducted, gave of hie best, contribut- ing largely to the success of his young countryman's work. The three acenes, painted by Marto Sala of Milan—the spacious ‘hail in Archibaldo's castle, the terrace on the caatle wall, und the crypt in the castle ehapel—were imposing. The very strik- Ing costumes, after designs by Mancini, were made in the Metropolitan Opera House dtelier under the @irection of Mme. Louise Musaens. of the Educational Apiance to-morrow evening by the Camaveny Quartet. “The Divine Birth,” ““ @ Onristmas cam t y Frank KE. Ward, with the com Poser at the organ, will be eung at Ot Paul'a Chapel next Tuesday at Boon ua- the Friende of Muslo will be given St the Rits-Cariton to<morrow afternesa. ‘The University Quartet, Arthur Whét- ing, plantet, and the Longy Enecmtie will take part. ‘The third public rehearenl by etuéents of the Muste School Settlement, No. 0 Kast Third etreet, will take piace to morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Jt to open to the —_ public. Frito Kreisler'e , rectal at Carnegie Hall this afternoon ts for the benefit of St. Christopher's Home for Destitute Children at Dobbs #'e Perry, N. ¥. ‘Heary Oliver Hire | will give @ free organ recital at the Old Firet Preeby terian one a on Monday evening. PHILHARMONIC OFFERS AN ALL-MODERN PROGRAMME. Jonet Stransky led the Philharmonic Orchestra through @ distinctly modern programine at Carnegie Hall yent It consisted of Gqidmark’ tone nd Charpentier’s The or- chestra pinyed weil and the large audi- ence, although there was no soloist and nO symphony, seemed pleased. SCENT T WORK 0 OF F FIREBUG. and presented a fine characterization of; sitions will make the programme at Manfredo, Didur as Archibaido was goncert In the Straus Avditortum “LOUISE” HOLDS ON NEXT WEEK AT CENTURY. * has proved auch a hit Opera House that Ch: e'nating Opera in to be next week, with th aaah police, suspecting incen- diariam, are investigating @ emall fire which was discovered early this morn- ing in the upholstery shop of Charles Les enue and Keap street. pA the ground floor and basement of a three-story bulld- ing. Two -amilles live on the upper floors. The alarm of fire was sounded ve ete at 2 o'clock by William Goodbody, who singers will appear and amor orchestral numbers will be th nora” overt "|The firemen put out the flames with not more than $100 lows, but they dis- covered in one of the rooma a quantity of excelsior, which they reported smelled atrongly of kerosene, The tenants of the upper floors got to the atreet without injury, Kitty Cheatham's jast holiday recital takes place at the Iaceum Theatre on Monday afternoon, almont entirely a new one, and in exceptions interest, In audition negro sonKS A fwonge of Ho | Gree benic seript Kast River off One Hundred conth street early to-day Fisher, a dock worker, It Harlem morgue. 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