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Tristan und Isolde
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, March 20, 1891
Tristan und Isolde (19)
Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner
- Tristan
- Heinrich Gudehus [Last performance]
- Isolde
- Antonia Mielke [Last performance]
- Kurwenal
- Juan Luria
- Brang?ne
- Marie Ritter-G?tze [Last performance]
- King Marke
- Emil Fischer
- Melot
- Adolph Von H?bbenet
- Sailor's Voice
- Andreas Dippel
- Shepherd
- Edmund M?ller
- Steersman
- Wilhelm Schuster
- Conductor
- Anton Seidl
Review 1:
Review of W. J. Henderson in The New York Times
The last night of the opera was one of the most brilliant ever seen at the Metropolitan Opera House. There was not a seat to be had in the great auditorium. Those who did not secure them well in advance paid just $15 each for orchestra chairs, and there were hundreds who could not get seats at any price. The slightest murmur of conversation in the boxes was frowned down instantly. At the ends of the acts the enthusiasm was boundless. There were half a dozen recalls after each, and Mr. Seidl got two at the end of the second. At the conclusion of the performance the audience did not want to go away and called out Mr. Stanton. Handsome wreaths were given to Frau Mielke, Frau Ritter-G?tze, and Mr. Seidl. When the conductor appeared at his desk to begin the third act, the orchestra gave him a "tusch" in other words a fanfare-which made the audience burst into applause and cheers. A "tusch" is the highest honor the band can pay its leader.
The performance was so admirable in spirit and genuine in execution that criticism, in view of the end of the season, would be impertinent. There may have been persons in the auditorium who did not like the performance, but they are of the number who do not like the orchestra to have anything to say, regarding it as an accompaniment.
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