[Met Performance] CID:9820



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

Brangäne
Marie Ritter-Götze [Last performance]

King Marke
Emil Fischer

Melot
Adolph Von Hübbenet

Sailor's Voice
Andreas Dippel

Shepherd
Edmund Müller

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-Götze, 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.



Search by season: 1890-91

Search by title: Tristan und Isolde,



Met careers