The Sunday Oregonian., July 25, 1915, SECTION FOUR, Page 3, Image 45

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"FAIRYLAND'S" SUCCESS
OPENS OPERA PROBLEM
What to Do With Work That Involved $50,000 in Production Is Question.
Alfred Hertz Has Won Extraordinary Place in Hearts of Californians.
BY EMIL.IE FRANCES BAUER.
4Ci AIKYLAND" has come and gone
a
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and now comes tbe momentous
question of what to do with a
work, that involved almost $50,000 In
its production. When one realizes that
Horatio Parker and Brian Hooker have
tested the willingness of this country
to do something; for the benefit of
American opera to the extent of more
than $30,000, it is to gasp particularly
when nothing permanent has as yet
come out of it- It will be recalled
that these men from Yale took the
$10,000 prize offered three years ago
by the Metropolitan Opera Company
lor the best work submitted and also
that offered by the Federation of Mu
sical Clubs some two years ago. the
latter of which had its production last
week in Los Angeles.
No more lavish was the production
of "Mona" at the Metropolitan than
was that of "Fairyland" at Los Ange
les, each production costing at least
S30.000 beyond the prize. Los Ange
les certainly set itself proudly upon
the musical map by the fact that it
"was able and willing to meet this great
expense and there was nothing with
held that could in tbe slightest degree
build for success.
Not the least significant move that
was made was the engagement of Al
fred Hertz, the great Wagnerian con
ductor of the Metropolitan, to whom
was entrusted the responsibility of a
production which would give the best
possible chance to the work and it is
needless to say that he fulfilled his
duty to the utmost and to him. in
cluding his wisdom in the selection of
the cast, was due what success came
to the p-ork.
To say that Mr. Hertz chose the cast
well is. putting it mildly, because even
lie must have been astonished by the
powers revealed by Marcella Craft, who
proved to be an artist of the rarest
eubtlety. of the most superb dramatic
abili'ry and a singer such as is seldom
heard in these days. Long before. Miss
Craft's return from Germany stories
filtered out concerning the brilliant
Amer'can opera singer who had be
coma the Idol of Munich, but none of
them were exaggerated was the ver
dict following her performance of the
Tole of Kosamund.
The rest of the cast included Kath
leen Howard, as MyrieL the abbess:
Ralph Krrolle. as Auburn, the King, af
terward Frince of Fairyland; William
Wade Hiushaw, Corvain, brother to
Auburn: Robin, surnamed Goodfellow.
Albert Iteiss. of the Metropolitan, and
the dance was led by Albertina Rasch.
wno also trained the entire ballet.
Florence French, of the Musical
Leader, whe was present, wrote of the
worit as fallows: "The salient outstand
ing points of the work are the prelude
to the first act; a song for the tenor; a
song for tbe soprano, which was given
to perfection by Miss Craft; the pre
luda to the third act and a few meas
ures for the contralto. The orches
tration is of remarkable strength and
richness, the scoring being done mag
nificently. There is great thematic
development, but the themes them
selves do not grip, they leave no im
pression of anything save a straining
for effect. A succession of crashings
and thunderous noises are not synony
mous with beauty. Some charming
ballet music was introduced effectively
and danced to perfection by Albertina
Rasch,; who also trained the fairies.
The ballet was all too short and Miss
Rasch might have been given-greater
opportunities lightness, grace and
beauty characterized her performance,
which was the light spot of "Fairy
land.' "The finale of the first act is of tre
mendous effect, written with the big
ness, breadth and strength of the man
who understands choral and orchestral
scoring. Strong moments are to be
found in the choruses, which were
given with a balance of tone and ex
actness that did credit to the chorus
master. To be successful a work must
nave spontaneity and charm. there
must be a union, of Irbretto and music
and a buoyancy and -uplift to the lis
tener. To the writer the book is stu
pid, the plot symbolical or otherwise
neither fairy story or morality play. It
has been likened.'to Browning.
"Alack for poor Robert! Fasten It
on--;anyon else, but not on the creator
of Pippa Passes.' The music has been
charged with a likeness to Wagner,
T5ebussy and Puccini, but Horatio Par
ker's "Hora Novissima' is not In spots
unlike 'Fairyland' and it is not pla
giarism for a man -to imitate himself.
To Alfred Hertz is due the success of
the entire performance, for he domi
nated on stage as with his orchestra,
which played magnificently."
This interesting writer, quoting the
attitude of one of the men most inter
ested in the production, said: "When
we first received the piano score and
had it tried over, we decided that it
was a lemon, all right, and the largest
and juiciest that had ever been Sianded
us. However, after a few rehearsals,
Hertz began to shape the orchestral
setting bo that a glimmer of hope
dawned, until -now as you witness it
the finished product is quite stunning."
The writer continues by indicating
the shortcomings as follows:
"The word 'stunning' is eminently ap
propriate, for there are tremendous
climaxes and c'rashings, more to be ex
pected in hades than in 'Fairyland.' and
it may be remarked that never ap
peared .name more unappropriated.
Fairyland,' the land of flowers and fai
ries, the fairyland of our childhood,
with it3 elusive fancies and mystic
beauties, the pixies and the gnomes,
the fairyland of-our dreams and fond
est imagination was there ever a
ruder awakening? "Fairyland," into
which we tiptoed, fearful of disturb
ing the eerie sprites that had enchant
ed us. But our fairyland is old-fashioned
it belongs to the things that
were. Ethereal grace and delicate
- witcheries give place to heavy, ponder
ous sounds, and we wonder if, after all,
we are not too materialistic to appre
ciate the real fairyland."
"The first act took SiC minutes and
there was little left for the two acts
which followed and nothing which
seemed to sustain enthusiasm to the
end. At the first performance there
were speeches and presentations, in
cluding the check for $10,000 handed
to Mr. Parker by Mrs. Kinney, retiring
president of the Federated Musical
Clubs,, and two loving cups presented
by Mr Parker to Messrs. Behymer and
Klanchard upon whom fell most of
the responsibility in financing the pro
duction." The hope had existed that if the
work was sufficiently successful it
would be taken to San Francisco and
perhaps farther.
Alfred Hertz has made an extraord
inary place for himself in the hearts of
the Californians who are planning and
devising all sorts of things which
might keep the great conductor in this
part of the country. There are rumors
in Los Angeles of getting an orchestra
for him and it is quite an open fact
that a large number of those inter
ested, in the San Francisco Symphony
Orchestra are eager to have him as
conductor cf that organization In point
of the fact that he is not returning to
the Metropolitan next season.
There Is a certain degree of chaos in
the San Francisco organization with
which Henry Hadley closed his en
gagement at the end of last season.
For a time it was definite that he was
not to return, but it begins to look
more as though he were to succeed
himself at least for this year, but
there 13 strong talk of having Alfred
Hertz or Max Fiedler, formerly of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra for the
period beginning 1916.
The present conditions are not con
ducive to tbe engagement of many of
the first-class conductors, several of
whom will be without posts on account
of the war and everything that came
in its wake. In point of the presence
in this country of some of the world's
greatest and most capable men, it
would seem silly to "import" Fiedler
or any one else from the other side.
The most stupendous "importation"
from abroad was Saint Saens, who has
finished his concerts in San Francisco
and is now returning to France.
The next great offering at the Expo
sition will be thoroughly in line with
the Boston Symphony concerts and the
Saint Saens engagement. . It will be
the Beethoven festival to be held Au
gust 6, 7 and 8, when Alfred Hertz will
conduct the ninth symphony, otherwise
known as the Beethoven Choral Sym
phony. The soloists will be Madame
Schumann-Helnk. Marcella Craft, Jo
hannes Sembach and Otto Goritz, both
of the Metropolitan Opera Company. "A
bust of Beethoven will be unveiled In
Golden Gate Park by the donors, the
Beethoven Maennerchor, who will par
ticipate in the chorus, which will in
clude the professional singers of the
Pacific Coast. There will be one hun
dred members in the orchestra which is
now in training under direction of
Richard Hageman.
Comes the news from Basel Naeh
richen that the Czar has lifted the ban
from the Wagner music in Russia, and
"Parsifal" is to be the first of the
operas restored to the repertory. They
will also resume the production of the
Viennese operettas. From Newport
comes the news that many patrons of
the Metropolitan have canvassed the
situation and will request the man
agement that Wagner be dropped from
the repertory this season. It is more
likely, however, that the cause of this
lies in the fact that Wagner opera
without Alfred Hertz is unthinkable at
the Metropolitan and it is rather re
sentment that he will not be there than
war feeling which Is the incentive! if
indeed, this be more than a newspaper
spurt. s '
,
In other countries special phases
have been noted with interest. Ger
many, for instance, wlIL-h"ear no Rus
sian music, Puccini,- Rossini and Verdi
have been treated as composers of
pleasing works- and not as- Italians,
and no French music Jias" been barred
except that of SaUrt""Saens, who has
lost no chance to express his hatred
for everything German. England, too,
notwithstanding its early intentions
agajnst" carrying the war feeling Into
art; has debarred everything German
from its amusements.
This would' be a time when Ameri
can music might become a factor in
the English curriculum, but It may be
noted that England consents to listen
only to music by French, Russian,
Italian. Norwegian, and above all, Eng
lish composers. Josef Holbrooke, com
poser of "The Enchanting Garden,"
which will be produced by Pavlowa
and her operatic annexation to be
known as '"Choreographic Opera." and
also of "The Children of Don," which
Oscar Hammerstein produced in Lon
don, does not believe that "above all"
English composers will have a chance.
He is more of the opinion that above
all, English composers will never have
a chance. For what he calls "this pit
iable and . shameful" - condition he
blames, and not without reason, the
conductors, the critics, the publishers
and the managers. He might have
gone further and called the one great
cog in the wheel, if the English public
is like the American, which would
rather hear a Bulgarian street song
than- an American tone poem.
Inasmuch as Max Rabinoff has ac
quired the scenery and stage settings
of the Boston Opera Company, h will
make productions which will justify
his new property. Among the list of
operas to be produced on tour will be
L'Amore del tre re." "Carmen."
"Rigoletto," "Pagliacci" and "La
Gloconda." The tour will open with
Auber's "La Muette de Portici," In
which Pavlowa will appear as . the
dumb girl. This will probably be
given at Chicago October 6. The operatic
company includes Rlccardo Martin,
tenor; Marie Nedlizova, of the St.
Petersburg Opera: Maggie Tevte.
George Baklanoff, the Russian ' bari
tone formerly of the Boston Opera
Company; Ippolito Lazzaro, Gandto
Mansueto, and he is adding others
from this country.
News and Gossip of Plays
and Players.
Edited by Leone Can Baer.
ILLINGS, Montana, July 24. Sari
and Mizzl Hajos have come and
srone. Thev ra.ssert -j,...!..
evening In our midst and v-irhrHw
In Billings turned out to see her. One
' me reaiiy unique features attendant
on theatrical pursuits in this city Is
that on Saturday nights the play
doesn't . start until 9 o'clock ah
the stores stay onen until that
and the workers go directly from the
counter to the theater, which explains
to me now whir a 1 . .
creature, with hand-painted eyes and
x uKujieie gown, and a Cleopatrish
band of almost diamonds in her hair,
waited on me in the middle of Satur
day afternoon at the remnant counter.
She was already dressed for the even
ing at the theater. At 9 o'clock the
orchestra starts and a little later up
mo curiam, and naturallv the
actors cut the. show in spots. Mizzi
left out a . lot of her cutest little
tricks. In a play such as Maude Adams
gave two weeks ago. "Quality Street."
the hurry-up is made between acts.
There's a good orchestra here and no
musician troubles. And the theater
is a beauty one of the pink and blue
and gold dainty sort, with boxes set
in u mo siues nice alcove settees, and
SftS KO Pnmfv Vnn ran
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if you don't like the show.
A motion picture house announces
that "The Convict's Ghost" is soon to
be "released."
Guv StanrllTisr a uu-ollvnA T- . , i
actor, and even a star in this country.
is-uuw a lieutenant in tne English ser
vice, aboard the motor yacht Ytene.
And Alan Dale observes that this news
is most interesting because Mr. Stand
ing knows how to wear "full evening
dress" and "look like1 a gentleman."
and American managers are keen on
that. He will now be able to add to
his list cf attractions a "soldierly
bearing." which means much in these
days of actors who love to stand in
abdominal protrusion, with a complete
disregard for the fit of their more or
less perfect clothes.
"Burnt cork 'moulded Into pleasant
laughter," the "male Topsy" and the
"harlequin in blackface" are a few
sobriquets given Al Jolson. W. Living
ston Lamed, who writes clever quips
for a New Zork theatrical paper, put
in print a keen little supposed-to-be
autobiography-of Al Jolson. and here's
a bit f it: "I, Al Jolson, . , . iive
in a home of beauty, where lips are
red and faces fair and limbs supple
and hearts are, as light as the down
upon a humming bird's breast. Small
wonder Mr. Jeremiah Jones, in town
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for a week, restocking his harness
shop, has a quick pang of conscience
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Al is coming on August 8 to the
Heilig. He brings In his company
Kitty Doner, who made a tremendous
hit in Portland with her dancing and
singing.
Shakespeare, says the London Ob
server, made many mistakes; but it
is a shock to learn from Professor
Hearnshaw that the real Lady Mac
beth "was not only well known
throughout Scotland for her piety and
benevolence, but her fame went as far
as Rome itself."
Eva Tanguay has developed a new
side of her character. In addition to
get'.ng astride of and throttling her
temperament a little achievement
which seems to have obviated the ne
cessity of theatrical managers getting
a bet down with Lloyd's every time
she promises to appear on the
stage she's become modest. Itight-o!
M-O-D-E-S-T. She doesn't want her
privacy invaded. ' Run your pye over
this and maybe you won't blame her:
Nearly seven years ago Eva got a
letter written on the stationery of the
Cameraphone Company, Inc. offering
her $2500 to appear in a combination
moving - picture - graphophone - song-and-dance
act to be known as "Suc
cess." -Since a check for the $2500 was
attached the comedienne wasted no
time signing a contract, stipulating that
the picture was to be exhibited for not
more than a year after tt was finished.
What happened immediately there
after isn't stated In papers filed last
week in New York in the Supreme
Court by Reynolds, Thomas & Fried
man, Miss Tanguay's attornejw, but
before long the Cameraphone Company
went broke and was adjudged bank
rupt. The film disappeared and wasn't
heard of again until a few day ago,
when it suddenly came to life on
Broadway.
As a result of the resurrection. John
W. Heaney and Joseph F. Lee, In the
motion picture business at 1400 Broad
way, have been cited to appear before
Justice Goff and show cause why an
Injunction, restraining them from sell
ing or exhibiting "Success." should not
issue forthwith.
Miss Tanguay says In a deposition:
"The film is not even a motion picture,
as the phrase is understood today. At
the time of its manufacture It was a
failure, and Its resurrection at this late
day would be a serious -blow to me."
Ab-1 Cary Thomas, of the actress'
counsel, says. In an affidavit, that
Heaney and Lee planned to lengthen
th film from the orlsrlnal 500 ft to
about 750 and had obtained lithograph
posters. Miss Tanguay. ho says; cannot
afford to have th old hack -film ex
hibited. In addition to a permanent injunc
tion Miss Tanaruay thinks $5000 would
salve her ruffled feelings. She de
mands that. too.
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Startled Farmer Jump. Then Snaps
Keptlle's Head Off With Whip.
READVILLE. Pa.. July 18. Feeling
his left ear tickled. Simon Romig. a
farmer, who was driving a reaper,
turned his head and looked into the
eyra of a seven-foot black racer which
had coiled about the wheel and was
licklnr M mr with Its forked tongue
Romlg cleared the eight-foot cycle
bar at a sitting broad Jump. Then he
snapped the head from the reptile with
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mon among teamsters and nature-fakers.
WIFE OBEYS CURFEW RULE
Husband Refuses to Allow Her to
I-eave After Park, She Says.
NEW YORK. Jnlv 20. That her hus
band would not allow her to go out
after dark; that he beat her. broke a
mirror over her head, chased her with
a razor, hit her with a fern dish, struck
her with the butt of a revolver and
threatened to kill her If she did not
enter Into a collusion divorce action to
Permit him to wed another woman, ar
aome of tha complaints niad by Mn.
Mary Liheri In her action In the Su
preme Court for a eparat.ou from An
gelo Libert, chief Index clerk la the
register's office of Pronx County.
Accompanying Mr. LibrTs com
plaint was an affldavit n-.ade bv her
sister, Margartt .Mrt. In which she
alleges that ehe saw Libert beat his
wife at leaat times In the pat five
year. Justice .hiUdn ordered Liberl.
who has a salar ' of 12000 year, to
pay $65 a month to his wife pending
the action.
Liberl was married In 1 iOZ. his wife
being then but I( years old. They
have two children. Mrs. Liberl la sec
retary or the Parents' Association of
the Bronx.
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