The evening world. Newspaper, November 19, 1915, Page 13

‘ ene a THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, New German Conductor Wins At Metropolitan By Sylvester Rawling. 664 O ETT FE RDAEMMERUNG,” the last of the great music dramas that Wagner created in his disclosure of the tale of “The Nibelungen Ring,” was the bill at the Metropolitan Opera House last night. It aerved to introduce to us a new German conductor, Artur Bodansky, One swallow does not make a sum- “mér, and with a long season scarcely begun ono well might steer clear of Praphecy; but if by the beginning of the New Year Mr, Bodanzky has not come high into favor I shall be sur- prised. There may have been better Presentations of “The Twilight of the Gods” than that of last night. If #0 » it bas hot been my privilege to enjoy one, While there have been memo- rable performances of this great work upon the Metropolitan Opera House stage, in which individual impersona- tions have shone more brightly than those of last night, the first two acts held something in the nature of a revelation, and for this the credit must go to Mr. Bodanzky, From the centre of the house, where only his back and an occasional halt profile was to be seen, Mr, Bodansky _ suggested the late, lamented Gustav Manier, Watched from the side alsies next to the proscenium arch, he was disclosed as a dynamo of energy, with long, supple arms, hands that se to talk, and @ comprehensive soarcely less significant than Mr. Tos- canini’s, The orchestra, apparently, had taken to him unreservedly. To- wether they brought out new beau- cs in the lyric passages, observed the daintiest of nuances, and thun- dered in the crescendps, Mr, Bodan- aky’s clearing out ef the cobweb) the score was supplemented b; provements everywhere. Who can re- call such Life as was imparted to the frat scene in the Hall of Gibichungs, ‘or im the action of the chorus on the return of Siegfried, and Gunther and Brunnhilds, followed by the denunci- ation! At times Mr. Bodanzky’s tem- 0 Was rematkably slow, generally, jowever, improving the effect. His) outs were circumspect. He omitted the Oberioh scene aitogéther. He be- gan at 7.46 o'clock and finished at 11.38. ’ Melanie Kurt, as Brunnhilde, on the dramatic side was commanding. At the beginning she sang well, too, but the @xhausting demands of the seo- ond act told beavily upon her and there was little of beauty left in her voice for the immolation scene. Yet he has done nothing better since she came to us. Julia Heinrich made a successful debut as Gutrune. It is an ungrateful part at best, but she made the mos: of It in looks, voice and action. Margarete Matzenauer | as Waltfaute made us forget her De- Mlab of the opening night. Her voloe had regained much of its former| charm and her jmpersonation held intelligence, poetic feoling and dra- matic significance. The three Rhine maidens, Lenora Sparkes, Rita Fornia | ani Lila Robeson, were lovely to the eye as well as to tho ear. Jacques Urlus, in good voice, some- | thing upon which he is not able to depend, gave un a Siegfried that com- manded respect vocally as well as Distrionically. Carl Braun, always an overpowering Hagen, was at his| best. What a pity his splendid decla~ mation cannot be heard in English! Hermann Weill gave added strength to his familiar Gunther. The chorus was a delight. The curtain calls were numerous, and Mr. Bodanzky could have shared in all of them save for his modesty. He got his full share of recognition, however, on his entrance to the orchestra pit before the second and third acts, “How soon we are for- gotten!” exclaimed an intense lover of German opera, himself a German, to me between the acts, And he aighed in memory of the conductors! that had gone before. Emmy Destinn, much sitmmer to the eys,-modishly gowned In black, and wearing her famous necklace of | * pearis worth $40,000, was the soloist | at the Philharmonte Soclety's concert in Carnegie Hall last night. She was in good voice and she sang the aria “Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix," from Baint-Saens's “Samson et Daltla,” splendidly, Besides that she exploited , some songs by Liszt and she was re- | ’ called many times. Mr. Stransky's principal offering for the orchestra | was Arnold Schoenberg's symphonic | poem “Pelleas and Melisande,” which, like Debu: opera, is founded upon) - Maeterlinck’s drama. Mr. Schoen. berg, when he composed this work some dozen years ago, had not, reached the stage of musical anar- | ebism or cubistiam, of which be is now accused, The construction, al- though modern, unconventional and/ ally rich in orchestration, ts! full of melodious, old-fashioned ex- pression. me of his lukewarm friends hope that he will return to| « bis former manner, with added mat- | * ter. The orchestra exploited the com- position with all the skill it has de- veloped under Mr, Stransky's direo- tion, Mary Jordan, assisted by Kurt! Schindler at the plano, gave a song! recital at Aeolian Hal! last night. She | ‘was in fine voice, was a lovely picture to gaze upon, was heard by a large and enthusiastic audience, and was made the recipient of a conservatory of flowers. 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