Show BRINGS OPERA KAISER WANTED NEW YORK Dec 29 Another Another of the worlds world's great operatic composers this composers this time a German Professor Engelbert the westward trail of the Italian composer Glacomo Giacomo Puccini has come with his latest creation crea crea- tion in operatic art rt Koenigs Kinder or The Children of Kings seeking American approval three act story taken from a German folk folIc tale was given its premier performance at the the Metropolitan Opera house and a large audience ap applauded ap composer and artists who were often called before the curtain I Emperor William wanted Koenigs Kinder for tor Berlin but New York had spoken first and as s re remarked remarked re- re marked You were the first to ask for forthe forthe the Children of Kings and that is all there is to It t The tender story of the Koenigs Kinder Kinder Kin Kin- der with its shades of happiness and pathos found a strong response In hi the musi musical al creativeness of who who throughout the opera has laid a a. strong groundwork of convincing harmonies harmonies har har- monies that follow tollow in their pulsations every sentiment of the story Critics wondered that the potent music had not been applied to some love drama The American singers Miss Geraldine Farrar soprano and Mme Louise Homer contralto shared the honors with Herman Herman Her Her- man the Russian tenor and Otto Goritz ban baritone tone in the four leading lead lead- ing roles of the opera which was conducted conducted con con- ducted by Alfred Hertz |