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EVENED fcUBEIO EEDGER-PBtlEABEEPteA4, FEIDAY, frEOEiAIBER 17, 1920
,J?FAUST" GIVEN AT
kr THE METROPOLITAN
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Kehl
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Dominates In the
Mephliteprietes
Rele of
!fK C The Philadelphia Grand Opera Ce.
.raave Its first performance of. "Faust"
'"" ryp "1e Metropolitan Opera Heuse last
y '3 Jrrenlnr, and the old farerlte attracted
,n audience or larger nropertions tnnn
Jiny picvleus opera et the scries. It
jwns rathef unfortunate that the per.
(formulae ns a whole was net up te the
standard commensurate with such a
liberal patrenaKC. The cant tas an
Uneven one. and the fine work of several
of the artist was greatly marred by the
mediocre work of Domenlcae l'aencssa
.in the rele of Fauit, and 1)V n
Marglicritn, presented by (iene
Karela, with a sweet and melodious
telce, hut which lacked In tonal
tttrcuRth te the extent of net helne
heard In the ensemble number, wild
which the opera abounds, and which
are, when well done, n charming
feature.
ltale l'icchl Was the Meplilsto Meplilste
Jiheles, and he dominated in ctery part
'of the performance. He is thp pos.
Bwwer of a telcc of very fine, luscious
quality, and has mastered the role te
the extent of bringing te it all the ru
quired artistic finish. He seemed the
only member of the cast who was
thoroughly familiar with his part, and
presented it In such a way that would
JinYC been a credit te any performance
of the opera ever given in this cit) It
tns this absolute command that dwarfed
the efforts of the ether members of the
rast, making the contrast w striking
as te spoil the fairly effeetit moments
of the ether members.
Ivnxela's Margherita was pleisi'ij
te leek upeu, and her "Jewel Seng"
was well delivered. I'aenessa's
Faust was generally e.T ktt, utid
several times he came in considerably
ahead of the orchestra, but Conductor
Darducci was able te bring him into
time and tone without greatly marring
the general effect. I.ulgt Dalle Mellc
sang the role of Valentine in a
fairly satisfactory way, while Anita
Kllneva wag a dainty and pleasing
Hlebcl. The "Kcrincsse Scene" tun
considerably cut. evidently through In
sufficient time te properly prepare the
chorus, whose work was anything but
creditable, except the soldier cherun In
the third act, which was fairly well
sung. The production was well staged,
but lacked n number of the accessories
which go far toward the picturesque
ncss et the Gounod opera.
KREISLER SCORES TRIUMPH
Great Violinist the Here of Concert
of New Yerk Symphony Orchestra
tee rnoertAM
r.Abnud
Meirt
Cuell
Ttchalkewiky
Pmphen In K miner
Serenade (string urchntra)
Bulte Vnttn Convent"...
Cutii-rte (or Melin nl
orcheHr . ...
l'riti KreUler
Fritz Krcisler easily carried awn)
the honors of the concert of the New
Yerk Sjmphenv Orchestra at the Acad
emy of Music Inst evening in a miperb
performance of the Tschnlkewaky Con
certo. The soloist's number closed the
program, and at the last chord the au
dience all but broke Inte cheers, recall
ing the great violinist time after time,
the members of the orchestra rising in
acknowledgment of the soloist ih he
came out for the fifth or sixth time.
The plitmc of the conierte was a
tvplcnl Kreisler performance exquisite
in tone iualitj. masterlj in interpreta
tion and full of that restrained emo
tion of which he Is the acknowledged
and prett nearly the sole master He
entered into the varied moods of the
I different niexeincnts and no concerto
expresufd ve mant of these nor in se
dhcrgent -tvlc.i. ranging from the pathos
of the slew movement te the almost
barbaric music of the finale. The tech
nical difficulties melted away In his
l.-nds, and the hearers were scarcely
conscious that they were listening te
one of the most difficult of all violin
compositions. The performance was ft
masterpiece both of violin playing and
of Interpretation, especially the latter.
The orchestral numbers of the pro( pre(
gram were chosen with Mr. Damrosch a
usual skill. He began with the K miner
symphony of Ilabaud, which was skill
fully plajed and Interpreted with the
grace and delicacy which are the chief
characteristics of the work, notably In
the schene. The symphony Is written
mere closely te classic lines than French
composers usually cheese and Is a ce'n,
pact, well-written composition, which
is nlwaya heard with pleasure.
The second number was the "Sere
rnde" for strings alone, by Mozart, nn
nuA. mrtnfiii 1nMt- rnmnnaitlrtn.
I which sounded almost ns modem as Mr.
Ilabaud r work. The string section 01
the orchestra showed an excellent tone
quality and much precision in playing.
The neteltv of the program was an
orchestral suite by Cflsella. entitled
"The Venetian Content." Cnsella Is a
rabid modernist in such music of his ns
we hnte heard lu Philadelphia hereto
fore although he does net go the lengths
of Mallplere or some of his ether Ital
ian compatriot. Dut In this work he
has forsworn his radical harmonic ten
dencies te a great degree and the two
dances with which the suite opens show
few signs of his prevailing tendenc e.
such ns were shown in the Italia
rhapsedv which Mr. Stokewski gave
earlier this season There is mine hint
of the later Casella In the nocturne and
In the finale of the acute dissonances in
which the modern Italian Instrumental
composers revel, but they are net car
ri..,i tn extremes. The composition ns
, a whole Is naive and melodious and
formed n geed foil te the compositions
i which preceded it en the program.
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THE'SAMAROFF RECITAL
Planlat In Fourth Concert en 150th
Annlveraary of Beethoven's Birth
The fourth of Mine. Otga Samareff's
Uectheien recitals was given last ce
nlng In the bnllroem of the Hellevue Hellevue
Stratferd before another "capacity" au
dience, the occasion being, incidentally,
the 150th annhcrenry of the blrtli of
the great composer. Mr. Stokewkl
again made his customary Informnterj
and Interesting rcmarkx before each of
the four sonatas performed.
Ker this occasion Mme. Snmnreff se
lected two of the grcntect of the earlier
Minailns, a feature of which is the
famous funeral march, tlm one in A lint
opus LVi and the en0 In 1) opus 'J1', the
one usiinllj Known ns the "1'nsternl '
Hesldes these she chose two of the opus
.tl. Ne. 1 in (i nnd Ne. .' In I lint.
All the works were benutlful1v
plnyed, nnd it is difficult te pick out i
nn movements which were imVrprctcd I
abeve the crj high average maintained
In all. However, the funeral march of
the emis 'M was an especially line piece
et work, ns were the noble theme inrl
variations with which the grent .enatn
opens Mine. SnmnrefT aNe brought out
the placid !enut of the first metement ,
of ilic "Pasteral," n name given inci-
dentally by the publisher, and net bv i
Heetheen himself, but which is far
mere sultnble te the character of thei
composition than such titles general! '
are.
The two smaller works arc fine tpecl
mens of Iteethecn writing in stricter
sennCh form than the ethers. mt were
none the lc.s heautifut, cspecinlh the
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