[Met Performance] CID:5560



Die K?nigin von Saba
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, December 25, 1886 Matinee





Die K?nigin von Saba (29)
Karl Goldmark | Hermann Salomon Mosenthal
Queen of Sheba
Therese Herbert-F?rster

Assad
Max Alvary

Sulamith
Leonore Better

King Solomon
Adolf Robinson

Astaroth
Sylvia Franconi

High Priest
Emil Fischer

Baal-Hanan
Max Heinrich


Conductor
Anton Seidl







Review 1:

Review in The New York Times:

METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE

The substitution of Fr?uIein Leonora Better for Fr?ulein Lehmann in yesterday's performance of "The Queen of Sheba," at the Metropolitan Opera House, did not detract from the general interest and brilliancy of the performance. In a more exacting and conspicuous r?le than that of Sulamith Fr?ulein Lehmann could not easily be replaced; as Assad's affianced she was scarcely missed, although it may be surmised that as a songstress and actress the newcomer is in no respect Fr?ulein Lehmann's equal. Fr?ulein Better has an excellent and powerful voice, and she uses it with skill and good taste, if not with the refinement and finish of style for which Fr?ulein Lehmann's singing claims, as a rule, unqualified commendation. Her acting was scarcely as indicative of experience as her song; the personage, however, is not one that makes great demands upon the feeling, the imagination, or the powers of expression of the artist undertaking its portrayal, and there was no appreciable loss of effect in the love passages with Assad. That character's music was sung, as heretofore, by Herr Alvary, who was in excellent form. Herr Robinson was King, Solomon, Herr Fischer the High Priest, Fr?ulein Franconi Astaroth, and Frau Herbert-F?rster the Queen of Sheba. The splendid scenic attire of the opera was shown once more in all completeness, and the divertissement with which the third act opens called forth loud applause.



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