An Art-Student in Munich (Paperback)

Questo libro di storia potrebbe contenere numerosi refusi e parti di testo mancanti. Solitamente gli acquirenti hanno la possibilita di scaricare gratuitamente una copia scansionata del libro originale (senza refusi) direttamente dall'editore. Il libro e Non illustrato. 1880 edition. Estratto: ...some clever sketches made by an artist upon an Italian tour; but nothing especially worth chronicling. December 18th.---We were present the other evening at the second performance of "Antigone," which has been revived here to do honour to the King's Name-day. We were lucky in obtaining excellent seats just close to one of the Royal boxes, where Isabel, who has not yet become as much accustomed to the sight of royalty as I have, had the pleasure of watching King Ludwig elbow just beside us as he propped his head upon his hand and leant forward. King Max and his Queen, and Prince Adalbert, occupied a box in the centre of the theatre, commanding a full view of the stage. In fact, so many princes and princesses, and grand people, were present, that it might have been the gala night itself. These old Greek plays are much the fashion in Germany since the King of Prussia revived them at Berlin. The stage was arranged as much as possible after the antique model. There was a lower stage upon which the Chorus appeared and disappeared, and grouped themselves round an altar which rose in the centre, and was hung with wreaths and votive chaplets, and an upper stage, approached by a flight of steps, where the play itself was performed. A screen rose between the two stages, and, THE ANTIGONE. 127 when we entered the theatre, hid the higher and farther stage from sight. When the screen sank, we saw the front of a Theban palace, which remained throughout the tragedy; for there was no changing of scenery, and only one single pause in the performance, when for a few moments this screen again rose. Until the orchestra breathed forth Mendelssohn's foreboding strains, and whilst the...