[Met Performance] CID:3400



Le Prophète
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, January 23, 1885


In German



Le Prophète (10)
Giacomo Meyerbeer | Eugène Scribe
Jean of Leyden
Anton Schott

Berthe
Auguste Seidl-Kraus

Fidès
Marianne Brandt

Zacharie
Joseph Kögel

Jonas
Otto Kemlitz

Mathisen
Joseph Miller

Count Oberthal
Alkuir Blum

Peasant
Emil Totzech

Officer
Ludwig Wolf

Citizen
unknown

Dance
Adèle Zollia

Dance
Lucia Cormani

Dance
Isolina Torri


Conductor
Leopold Damrosch







Review 1:

Review in The Mail and Express

Frau Kraus in The Prophet.

It is a pleasant duty to record the fact that, not withstanding an important change of cast, the performance of "The Prophet" at the Metropolitan Opera House last night was as effective and stirring as the representations of the work earlier in the season. It will probably, therefore, continue one of the most successful operas given at the new house under Dr. Damrosch's direction. Last week it drew what is said to have been the greatest audience ever in the building, and last night the attendance was again very large. The latter fact, considered in connection with the fact that an important part, Bertha, was transferred from Frau Hanstaengl to Frau Kraus, shows how great is the public confidence in the management of the Metropolitan and its ability to provide an admirable ensemble notwithstanding the loss of a valuable artist from its ranks.

Frau Kraus, it is understood, sang the part of Bertha for the first time in her career last night, having studied it to oblige the management. Yet there was nothing tentative in her performance. Her Bertha was in the [first] scenes as graceful as her Marcelline in "Fidelio," and grew with the greater strides placed upon the character to the dramatic breadth of her Elizabeth. She gives the interest and the stimulus of a new personality to the performance, while her interpretation is so excellent in its way that it can from a histrionic point of view be placed beside that of the distinguished artist who preceded her; and vocally, though Frau Hanfstaengl surpasses her in wealth of voice and brilliancy of execution, Frau Kraus is fully able to enhance the truth and sincerity of her work. She is a capital artist, and her Bertha will raise her ever higher in public esteem.

For the balance the cast was the same as on previous occasions, while the stage setting as usual claimed distinction for lavish luxury. Frl. Brandt's Fides remains one of the finest of the season, Herr Schott is stalwart and impressive, and the three Anabaptists are now atoning for their vocal lapses of previous nights.



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