[Met Performance] CID:9770



Siegfried
Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, March 11, 1891




Siegfried (31)
Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner
Siegfried
Heinrich Gudehus

Brünnhilde
Antonia Mielke

Wanderer
Theodore Reichmann

Erda
Marie Ritter-Götze

Mime
Otto Kemlitz

Alberich
Juan Luria

Fafner
Conrad Behrens

Forest Bird
Jennie Broch


Conductor
Anton Seidl







Review 1:

Review in The New York Times

METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.

The second evening in the Wagner cycle at the Metropolitan Opera House last night was devoted to the second drama [sic] of the Nibelung series, "Siegfried." The audience was one of the largest of the season, and the enthusiasm was quite as irrepressible as if there had been a high C in the opera. The lovely Springtime scherzo of the trilogy was enjoyed from beginning to end. There were no less than six recalls after the first act, and the proceedings after the second and third acts were of a similar nature. There are some dull moments in "Siegfried," dull even to a true lover of Wagner, but they are very few, and are soon forgotten in the grand flow of the music of the climaxes.

Of last night's performance there is little to say that is new. There was an abundance of earnestness in it and a good deal of merit. Gudehus's Siegfried is a very fine piece of work, though it is certainly somewhat deficient in youthfulness of look and action. Vocally it is far better than anything we have had here before. Kemlitz's Mime seemed to be better dramatically than at any previous performance. His singing, however, was not good. Reichmann's Wotan was a truly sad god. He sang as if he were really weary of the struggle against fate, but he had no intention of resigning the empire of the world, for he accepted no less than five recalls that were not intended for him.

Frau Mielke repeated her commendable impersonation of Brünnhlide, Fran Ritter-Götze was the Erda, Fräulein Broch, the forest bird, and Luria the Alberich. The orchestra was not in its best form last night. There were technical slips, in which the first horn, the English horn, and the first strings were prominent. Mr. Seidl conducted with his customary skill. Tomorrow evening "Die Götterdämmerung," will be given.



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