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Identifier: richardwagnerhis02jull (find matches)
Title: Richard Wagner : his life and works
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Jullien, Adolphe, 1845-1932 Hall, Florence Percival, tr
Subjects: Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
Publisher: Boston : J.B. Millet
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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sed, June 26,1870, and they were not obliged to send away the enthusi-asts, who had come from every corner of Europe ; too muchhad been lost in seeing them depart before The Rheingold.Thus the result was infinitely better. It must be added thatthe work was conceived more in the customary vein; thatthe Walkilre presented a struggle of the human passionsmore natural and interesting than the solemn evolutions ofThe Rheingold, and that Wagner the poet, had wonderfullyserved Wagner the musician, in offering him true dramatic situations to set to music. The musician, in his turn,had admirably seconded the poet, in that passionate episodeof the recognition of Sieglinda and Siegmund in the firstact; in the scenes of Brunhilda in the second, particularlythat with Siegmund ; in the ride of the Walkures, Wotansfarewell to Brunhilda, and that last audacious embrace,which was condemned at the rehearsals for all sorts of good 1 Richard Wagner, by M. Catulle Mend£s (i vol. i8mo, Charpentier, 1886).
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MME. MATERNA, AS BRUNHILDA.(Not in French edition.) 246 RICHARD WAGNER reasons, and which finally gained its cause, without appeal,before the public. It was a success, then, in spite of unpleasant predictions ;a grand success, to which some timid ventures at hissingduring the long scenes of the second act, added a sort ofzest. The execution was perfect in every particular, Frl.Stehle (Brunhilda), the Vogls (Siegmund and Sieglinda),Kindermann (Wotan), Bausewein (Hunding), and Frl.Kaufmann (Fricka), had all shown a rare dramatic intelli-gence, and had rendered in a remarkable manner the char-acter of their personages; the eight Walkiires, sisters ofBrunhilda, were represented by Frau Possard, Frls. Leonoff,Mliller, Hornauer, Eichheim, Ritter, E. Seehofer, and Tyroler.The orchestra also, directed by Franz Wiillner, showed itselfin perfect training, and played with much spirit. It was in-creased to one hundred and twenty performers at least, andwas placed out of sight of the spectators, a

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