The sun., 1889-12-08
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

The week OF tho Of German opera the
Metropolitan passed OF quito brilliantly tho nrst
and the performances Of THE Queen of sheba" Don
Giovanni" and Tho Tr6vatore" all drew overnowing
audiencea Tho success of tho experiment of sinking
the quarters assigned the band 10 still the Of
much animated. not to say acrimonious discussion,
aud. the change appears likely TO be helpful to the
Wagner repertoire and detrimental to the impressive
Of lightly scored muHic IL safe to presume
that effort will be made to restore tho old order Of
things when audible work tho part OF the
chestra may bo required It will cost good deal Of
money to mako such alteration OF high band and low
band to put It. possible but 10 not likely that the
present state OF Affairs will endure tho Italian roper
toire is to be drawn upon to any great extent Tho
musicians naturally much dissatisfied with their
now abode; II they were the only persons that wore
dsplensed h"- ser is not probable that there would
bo any return to the old. time system.
Wagner, Verdi, RossinL and Goldmark will be repre-
rented In this weeks performances tho Metropolitan
Opera House. Tomorrow Der Fnegende Hollands" I"
will have its' third hearing In public this season.
Wednesday, I'm Ballo In Maschcra" will be beheid for
the nrst time in German Rarb; Friday. William Tell"
will have It's initial performance: and At the Saturday
matinee the pomp and circumstance surrounding Tho
Queen Of Sheba" will be revealed anew. Some OF the
features Of those representations should be very I'm
prssSivo Herr Porotts Ricardo in TN Bale" ought
be very effective portrayal and his Arnold in will
liam Tell" q parsonage through whose measures the
highest of tenor notes aown with WAKnerian dis
regard for tho limitations Of the voice. s likely to be
little less striking In "WilliAm Toll" Herr Reich.
mann too should be at his best As for the in
which the remaining roles will bo handled the notable
efficiency OF Mr.. stantonS company this year onsrs
every desirable guarantee The casts of the two
are as follows: "BAllo In IGScherA "-RtcdTdo Herr
Perotti; ReHndto Herr RechmAnn; Amelia, Frau Leh-
mann. .KAlisch; oScdr. Fraulen Frank; Uhicd, Frau
sonntAz Uhl. william Tell "-TelL Herr ReichmAnn
arnold Herr Perott WaIte, Herr Fihcher Gessle Herr
Beck; PIherman Herr KRliSch; kGtds Fraulein Frank
Jenny. FrAulein KoschboskA
A concert will be given this evening week At
steinwAy Hall In aid Of the fund to be ex.
pended In restoring the house In which Bsetho-
ven born at Bonn. to It's original condition
Parts of tho dwelling are said 70 bo unchanged and
among these tho in which tho greatest tone-
poet that lived hrst the light After the work
of restoration complete the society that the
ter hand ana whose headquarters are n Bonn,
poses turning Il . house into Beethoven Museum
where autographs original scores picurcR and 80 on
may be inspected by tourists and IStudentA Sundays
concert At SteinwAy Hall will enlist the exertons of
Prau Lilli Lehman. .Kalisch, Herr Paul KAisch and
Mr. Victor Herbert; there will also be singing by tho
male chorus of the LederkrAnL Society," and orchestral
music by band under Mr.. Theodore ThomAs's conduc
torship All these performers have volunteered their
services and hence the full recepB OF the affair will 40
crue TO the fund The complete programme 10 AS fol-
lows: l-overture to "ERmOnt" 2-ChOruseA, a, Die
Himmsl rahmoni b, Vssper. 3-song, Adelaide" -
Violon collo solo Adaglo from "Prometheus" 0scOno
and air C'AOseheueher "Fideo. e-"PrisonSrI'
Chorus" Fidelio." 7-symphony in minor. No, 81
Thedatos chosen for the Boston Sym phony orcheSraS
conc erts steiAway Hall follows: Dec. II, Jan
IA Feb II, March 10. These performances are, thus
far the only orchestral announced this
except tho regular subscription anSrs OF the symphony
and Philharmonic Societies.
concert takes place at stenwAy Hall this evening
for tho bensat OF widow OF Carl AnSchbtL old
time conductor OF great merit whose name is now but
a fading memory to few middsAEed and ancient
music lovers
Tho Juch Opera Company 10 this week in Boston. The
Boston Ideals after brilliant fortnight divided up be-
tween ST. Paul and Minneapolis. have been heard in
Duluth La Crosse and other Northwestern art c01reL
There arc more American girls than now study
ing the bet odnO Paris and Nine Marie sASE who has
become formidable rival OF Nine MAEcheSi has SoV.
oral pupils for whom Partisan critics predict prosper
Gus future Nine. Sass will be remembered the orig
nal Sekd In "JAfrIcAine" and ~ singer gifted with
superb voice, handsome presence. and great emo
tlonAl power
CoSima wagner has authorised N. Grayero, manager
of the Grand Theatre Of Bordeaux to bring forth "Lo
hsnErn" The opera has never yet been heard in the
French provinces