[Met Performance] CID:7140



Tannhäuser
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, February 2, 1889 Matinee





Tannhäuser (39)
Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
Paul Kalisch

Elisabeth
Katherine Senger-Bettaque

Wolfram
Adolf Robinson

Venus
Lilli Lehmann

Hermann
Emil Fischer

Walther
Albert Mittelhauser

Heinrich
Martin Paché

Biterolf
Karl Mühe

Reinmar
Jean Doré

Shepherd
Félicie Kaschowska


Conductor
Anton Seidl







Review 1:

Review in The New York Times

METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.

The third performance of "Tannhäuser" at the Metropolitan Opera House last evening was attended by a large and warmly-appreciative audience. Herr Alvary made his first appearance in this city in the title rôle. His voice showed some signs of his recent illness and occasionally he seemed to sing with effort. Nevertheless his work was creditable. He sang the music generally with accuracy and with judgment; but it was in his acting that he did not quite meet the demands of the part.

He did not display any of that intensity of feeling which is inseparable from a forcible interpretation of this splendid character. We have become so accustomed, however, to seeing Herr Alvary build up a part at each successive performance that it is only fair to him to defer more extended comment until he shall have elaborated his Tannhäuser. The remainder of the cast was the same as at the Saturday matinée. Tomorrow evening those who love the old-fashioned Italian opera will have a chance to listen to the familiar strains of Verdi's "Il Trovatore."



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