| Show Ii I Classic l Rich Richard rd W sier s Greatest Music Musi Drama p Tho Tio most In till HIP tl hl IM of or operatic drama In America IK III Ii tho illation of ot Ritha r pin lay nt nL thu Opera Oper House Nt w York ark ork in n arranging for tor tho he th production In lu tta of ot the t million has hn thrown tovu the to tn nd hUll him I a 1 treat which formerly ly I u fl trl tI to 10 HI where W h re Mm 1 rn Wagner now V A hurt limn Unit of ot Mr lr Ir tI would been beell by the to the Introduction of the thc rM Ir ti f tj Qu 10 Slat BIRtH lili hili iI reward Is tt WAn of or public and l Hint proclaims tho the rendition of 11 f a t I stupendous ti 0 BY CHARLES HENRY MELTZER IK myth tt which W s TW nci fl wove woo the tho story unfolded In hi IH wore known t at al least lell t eight 1 oulu rles ago ngo In vat Ions omi they were current C Ii not 1101 only oni y In III I it 1 iI Spain I t ii i Germany but hut ulvo uIo III In Parch sulI or who Is III un under t der another inline played 1 II t tp p ous part pat L In lit the Arthurian i legum IC Chretien do tic Troy l lm t suits titi of 01 him oven even before Wolfram von In 1 from 1 hOM Wagner I ed ell eu much of ot the he t fur for Pr hili I hi s link According to tradition lc L I PiU of cr I pi i iwas was t nM the MM uti of 01 n t king kill called J i lid the of the 10 o 4 appears n vs In III I ho music drama d iun of tf ilia tit L name Ihl fIu Argument Act I 1111 Ill tho the lil lilt t reene we Ie C i 11 v rn r II I Ithe I the borders of ot 1 t 1 wlm I i ii i glon which the composer of or I ir tr irmay j i may lila y have hae til us to 10 I I i om In Iti i 11 4 i it though t Me tie was vii H iii to HIlI it 1 ft k f i i f hig 1111 by b L saying o Ih In III t the tho heart h lIrt of n tt demo detie most t I the vulgar ul I In e In Is I the tho i 1 1 by liy h the plot 1101 of ot In Ir If Hi It Holy mill Orull the wondrous cup eliI of lr Ilk Jf nn In 1 ii The Iho Idylls of c IC me iH King thu Iho from which n to t 0 the vIn Provencal 1 roe I in Ith I Ithe tho the Saviour drank at III the tho list t SUj iiii per Ier With a u of oC true knight mar marvelously free tree from rout sin vho 1111 him l tin ns os their kinK kIng liaR has guarded tho Grail until growing old ohl he hI linn hUll lui In trusted It to the tiit charge of If liln IiI ton Oll At t period irInI b foie COIC the of or tho th Ih piny or nr music Amt has hn ha been lured lurel tutu Into tho on en enChanted chanted gardens of ot his liI fee ell tt s lr r t Yielding to tho tim of or the hall boun bountiful 1111 Ie I maidens who Iio tIll lie of the tho of if the unit dull have hlo front graif and j become sIave of ot lIIn or I aimed with the ell Per which was US ns once t Into IntI Christs body bOll bo na III ho ItO hung from 1011 tho flu cross crOS tins has to Iho of or K I tin dry it 1 half f witch i I cli hull half f I tOil t who ho her shape at iU will 1 lug liiK In almost horrible at lit other luncH Into Inlo a H being IO of voluptuous ii iIii oti In i nf f t yielded to hl ius hUll his poser porter und been I wounded by with tho the Messed ed II JIU r which hUll has Into the tho jion of oC his hIM terrible Since HincH then the wound h haH lii n open anI U It cannot nod and It shall not 1101 I close till a n savor saver or t and with the be point of ot the camo lance lanco I that Hint caused It makes It IL well again At u t the of ot ho piny pIn we 0 zee l e eline J line yno of ot the thc of the Grall n two of ot the thu Orall I or ni c who V Ito tho t Ii o Api t li OH ell to 10 the temple Is II i o on oil his way vay to III lie tho I dally III I I hath Iii t Ii In III which Ichi Ichiho ho vainly for III 01 t from the tho UK aig oil my NI by II l his hili It I wound it tl 1 1 dud chili In I ii lk ak I III t 18 N like It ho a It r Ic gal ug UI HII til h the be th uli ti i i she brings for tOl tutor A taH for tor III In hot hOl 11 or 10 I she lic uCla ns os a it servant 1 of tIt tin Am ni itt thought though he lie lieV heI V I hopes hopp nt t ii hi ig till t II I the Ito I longed 1011 I 1 for ad nd advent Wilt vent veil t pf pr the fool otI who by hy pity flit It I y II lI I IU ht cited I t v liv II hI H Hor 01 or UI 0 sion lon I I I I him It I iii I to his hIM hi hll hns AIM III torta fortas hlll han been a by J a muhl iou Iii of ot fearful beauty bellut then by h lie He ulso how III In III gon by I thu 1111 and the had ha come ColOf tutu lulu I tho the keeping of lit father flit lieI Tint hut huttel 1111 i irel IId tel rel it Jt Is at lit this Juncture preceded by b u a 1 swan which he lie i hiis hlll shot eho while v hue ii h hunting iii 1 g ul Is III I un an untutored youth hut mother having lost her lorI lord l rI King Kins III mom rot ret In iii battle brought the boy htoy up lip of oC his himi high till birth anti and sent bent him to wander jua Ih t J for or time the harm lel lI bird hut he lie answers I knew kne not It W wits II H Time The of elf the unconscious OSA of ot evil ll hili 1118 evident I in t i fl K nit d ry watch wit cli III I the thc I Ii e Lii tells tel I s him hi in that t t his hili Ii I ii mother c r rt t lend clead In Iii a II I frenzy of or pain he lie clutch CH ell till Ito witch hy by the tho lie faint him tutu and to be thanked crawls 1111 W ton toward aril arila a II thicket for or rest relit and lIce A 4 the he of ur Our liw that may ilia be he time the foul fool awaited by lj b Jle invites the hue youth out h to accompany him I to the temple of o tho Iho where here tho the knights knight me Rio shortly to refresh them nt at alone one of ot their lIuM mystic lovo love Ilir l bitt The scent hans change il and anil Ills his guide item to walk through the wIM woodland 1111 ii lid tuCk till I lii after a II door In n ut lull hili they r the Into Inte Interior I nor of ot a euit temple As 8 they draw near n ar their oal they the tho Mill Imar the lolling lemming of ot bu II s bit 01 I mm i thu Ihl I It u ho Then Jhen I Ii 1 ii 1 enter In III procession ur llIn take their thelm at lit two on which HIPS ai III l cd From 1 r inn a u I lofty lotty dome 1090 boy bo choristers are heard sine clog lug liiK the time Ivale of time thu Oral Orull Menu Mean Meanwhile while IB 18 It borne In on a 11 litter preceded by b lilu liko retainers by b youths carrying a u veiled shrine The Che of ot the lie now llo Is heard hanl to order tho the un tin of the Holy loly 1101 I which fIns spiritual to thus thos who arc are d to In o look on It Il de tie decline cline clincH ci ine fee e I Ii In og iii t unworthy y Hut the time voices remind him of ot time the promised By fly n pity pit limo Tho fool Walt Sait for Cor or him himM My M chosen tool too And imd obeys Time The holy cup Clip cupIs III Is and amid tho the light fades As s the vast temple becomes become dim IL R i shaft hutt hutto nf of o light pierces the mist and causes the cup Clip to glow AH iu 11 day duy i turns the hc I strange glow clow fades away awny Time The knights who have II knelt during this thIn episode take theIr wats at nt the time table and drink from their goblets which hac fillet filled with wine wIlle They rhe ol o partake of o the tho bread ulu en hands halldA for them bout t lilli MI n however does not lint Join In Iii the love loe feast j nor liar dues dots lie be Ie la Is Invited to the board bO Throughout nil all that l he motionless unco u co o only lor I i I a n moment t lle lot eMIng his hish hAlt h ihl to lila it mum 1111 A gEons In lit agony The fI Grail Is reverently borne out and the Ihl lest of or tho time Orall Ira I I co III withdraw vit lid rt v nod and Gurne remains remnal mm s alone ic w I I it ii I In asks Pu ms I Why h Blandest thou 1st thou what 7 nut But ut does doell not miot I I u lwe Thou rhou art a ri then lien I nothing not hi mm g but bitt n II tool fool fays cas angered at it his hili ap tui prent stupidity anti thrusts him out outbidding bidding him him leave our swims for or tho the future alone alono and au seek gan gao gander gander der n II goose Tho cut tain falls allot II The rho fl r Second Id 1 Act II the temple Richard Wagner us its at lit the time opening of the time net act to time the keep keel of castle 1 who Is III a it mal magi clan knowlI that Is h u mu menace to hit his power lower loro war tied of the ap approach of o the limo fool Cool he lie awakes from the time sleep Into which site she was wius plunged and summons 1111 1110 II S Sher her flom the depths to do his hiot bidding As 11 though to the fact that we are to see mice In not merely n a woman but hul u a i symbol of if eternal womanly Wagner wines to evoke her In this way 11 Ante Draw near to me mt Timo Master Calls thee n a Itt or of wert werl thou thuu And III else ciao there lure liri A then Unto thy tim th hr appear Half Hult obedient half halt to the cull call rises as os though In pain lalli alu at the Ihl remorse which her hem and commands her herto herto herto to put lint foith oil all her seductions to ruin time the youth who ho could set her I I Exterior of Magic Cattle Catle The Pathway to the tho Temple Templo of the time Holy Grail Grilli 1 1 L 7 1 Y 4 j C I t Jih hf io C 4 1 o 0 7 t 1 j Y b bIc t p Ic t it 0 T TI ff I W i ii i i il r Ji p tt 1 Z w i ti tic J 0 c 4 I S t tt t AI AILY LY m WI ta U ION 1 i AG I o 3 i na the ho With the tho ho H Holy Ihly Spear In Act III lii Ruins of ol Garden MM n t troy After Resisting the time F Ier Malden I free Clec as ut she elm hail had lour long since shire ruined Ho lIo the of ot the lie fool who l Is o d scattering the defenders of tho time castle with his hili IH sword st om ti the tho sword of ot Innocence Kun dry Into tub space The Tho scene darkens flue Tho tower sinks Into tho the depths timid In Its IlIa co wo we 0 Hc fiCO eo an nn cn en I m ted garden gim i tilled ill toil with vI tim Ith ii and it timed In I ii by b a mu wall wull I I The Tb sirens who beguiled the weak vanquished by II mu I rush rum oth III In They f hey the of tot their lovers lovere Hut Butt when scales the time wall II lid faces theta them their inlet gives way say wa first to amazement and a mid then heim t to 10 amorous a In Ill Interest I mm erect terest Arraying themselves In Iii tile the lieI likeness I I ken esa of oC roses l i ole lilies I Ii lea und mm 01 Ills I ii S es lII they t woo him It I tim with tv I I Ii u ii mug smiles total los auth Invite him to play with them lie He resists their advances Hut But n a more inure potent temptation In tho time form of 01 Kim lun dry Iry III now mind lint transfigured conies comen 1 enlightens fal ns os anto to 10 Ills hIs forgotten history tells him of ot lug his hll father luther nUll amid hone icicle his mother In itt the time name of that who whit loved she site appeals i and ItIl presses her worm warm Ups Itts to hi hIs hb Then nt itt last known passion It H runs through hit his veins like u mi home flame nod at It atthe atthe ItI I the same sammie time line us as by J n miracle of ot path rathy ho he fouls teul knows Imos what Am Ama has Tho Iho ho dreadful I wound of that miserable knight seems 10 to o Ime opened In his imis own breast Yet Vet he hJ does not yield lie He flings him himself himself him himself self on his hits knees amid prays to lo God hod Vainly allily lundry renews her temptation lIe He Is proof lie He adjures her to repent and lend lead him back to whom he ho now no longs bugs to heal As Ac n a Int hope cull calls to 10 who appears brandishing time tile blessed spear which he tie hurls hunt nt nf Another miracle The Tue spear halts In Time The fool grasps It ammo with the thu weapon makes muRkes tho the sign of ot tho the cross cru s Instantly sor Is III Annihilated The Fhe castle Into dust dusl The Che lowers flowers wither am 1 falls senseless Thou where here only anI we shall shull meet again I ex cx an aim o l he lie leaves heaves her amid for Cor the second Into the curtain falls fulls of ur Act III Tho third and ammo last hut nit of tim the drama deals largely Jy with lIh time the heal healing ing hI or 01 redemption of by lIy It Is III divided Into two scenes I In the time we wo again 11 11 In find ourselves on aim the llico borders of lit of Years are supposed to have elapsed since the time de do destruction doci ci of ot I DIMI breaks on un a n sprint spring 11 It Is Good Friday d II The rho rind and me time nt nl thou their very et loveliest Our Gur now nol aged nied Issues from n IL u hut hul ami cUd In time the garb lull which slut lh vore In the time net lying In itt Inn itta n a thicket and seemingly lifeless Ii circe On being at mixed ell ulio sho murmurs only the time voids wort s Service service for tor through brought tho time downfall of ot and amid the example of till shi sh been brett touched with grace or stricken with remorse timid while she walls waits for lor her tier release from rota sin simm and tutu pain she has hall re IC consecrated herself to tho limo service of ot the tho Grail Orall knights I Ihl The rime It y of ot ha I day ilay has lute Impressed I mit ll itself It I t sl elf C upon mm the earth and amid It Is IH with amazement that beholds a II In back Jacl minor wending his tile way ny toward his hut hul hutIn hulIn In his hili hand tho tue stranger carries a 1 long bug spear Ho lie makes no answer to 10 the greetings s of ot who ho ns mi In the first net s him Then Jhen futi thrusting his bis spear Into the time ground kneels kne ls In iii prayer and amid amidI I U Eri z knows him ii I again a ga I ii as a s time the fool 1001 whom he Ito had hut ejected from the tho temple With Si ti awe ae tout joy Jo lit lie also recognises lie tho blessed spent spear Our hun ito ilium mm 11 S him ii I mit as a s the t he toes mes messenger u who i ho imo Is III to 10 heal and re restore store slant to tIme the knights the tIme mys mysterious blessings of ot the Holy nou nu long denied to them and amid for Cot tho time lack or of which lies has just l per perished Ishell Iru I himself for forthe forthe the tIme blindness which bit uric has ol cIa his Ii Is coming Ci tutu falls fal is fainting fat mm t I ii g Then Kun lun Kunth dry th with deep humility helps Gurne mams to relieve him of oC bin armor and amid allt brings sater wherewith mike sho laves haves 8 his feet and his head Turning I n g to ci the thc t h e penitent 1011 flout woman ii I Iiii fal iii al baptizes her Imer exhorting her imer to 10 trust trustIn In im the till ti Mill Temple A Ft rOIl the lie I d 1st utica Is III now no I heard lieu id tho time I IiO of oC 0 f bellfi lid in as us calling cal I I tig tho time trite HOI of it time the Orill Orall to time the mysterious temple With Wit Ii h assistance arrays army In III I mm till the t ii e mall I I and a mantle to of or tie the Grail Grall I knights tot timid invites I mm vi I en him Ii I mu to follow tollo tol iov him lii to Tho Timo ceno changes for Cor or tIme the lust Ilist time hue and again we mire transported to tho the Interior of or the hue temple of tie the t Holy I IntuIt Grail This lImin time hue no iii III tables have bell been spread Tito bells hel lot toll loll oh out mOll Immure loudly by and mm iud the t Ito knights 11 mm H enter g mourning i imig gaib go tb I The Tha hotly body of old Is carried In placed reverently In itt the center o ci 01 the vast building ai cornea preceded by b time the veiled shrine while time the knight solemnly int song Bong In honor homier of ot the sacred cup and ant In remembrance of ot Raising liaising him himself self Bel on hit hIs litter bewails th the which has imus forced him hIm to deny den hit his sire the tho blessings of the tho lie He to bo he released The knights themselves menaced with time the fate ate of ot cry to to per form torm onto the time appointed for their ruler by ordering the tha Grail Grall to be revealed to them Hut In an agony of pain Am Ama fortas refuses and entreats them to slay duty sla him During the tho progress of ot this episode has 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