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...sing. Though she indulged in no pyrotechnics, she was quietly effective as she raised the cup, offered the love potion to Tristan. Again at the end she reached rare heights when, with her voice still fresh and sure, she kneeled beside Tristan's body and sang the demanding Liebestod...
Prelude and Liebestod form Tristan and Isoide--Wagner...
Eventually the lovers are foiled. They are surprised in a compromising situation in Mark's garden (after a lengthy love-duet). Tristan, badly wounded, dies in the last act. And Isolde expires on his body, chanting the famous Liebestod. Hardened operagoers are in the habit of arriving in time for Wagner's soul-stirring prelude, and then marching out. They reappear for the great love-duet, and go out again. Finally they slink into their seats-just in time for the Liebestod. But let it here be said that this last performance, featuring Herr Curt Taucher as Tristan...
...purely orchestral portion of the program traversed Tschaikowsky's Pathetique Symphony and the Prelude and Liebestod from "Tristan and Isolde"; the assisting artists were Mme. Antoinette Szumowska, who played the Second Chopin Concerto, and Mr. Joseph Schwarz who sang arias from Haendel's "Israel in Egypt" and Verdi's "Ballo in Masshera" and "Wotan's Abschied" from "Die Walkuere...
...follows: Second Wagner Night. 1. March, "Hoch und Deutschmeister,"Ertel 2. Intermezzo, Act III., the Madonna," "The Jewels of Wolf-Ferrari 3. Faun Dance from the Pantomime, "Pan and the Star," E. B. Hill 4. Selection, "La Boheme," Puccini 5. Prelude to "Lohengrin," Wagner 6. Isolde's Liebestod, Wagner 7. Selection from "Die Meistersinger," Wagner 8. Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner 9. Overture, "Sea-calm and Prosperous Voyage," Mendelssohn 10. Meditation, Bach-Gounod Violin, Mr. Hoffmann; Harp, Mr. Holy; Organ, Mr. Marshall. 11. Waltz, "Artist's Life," Strauss 12. March, "Fairest of the Fair," Sousa