Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-09

tations, but Of these nfty-three were Of
Tannhaueer" and "Lohengrin," and, only
twenty-efght Of seven later works. Outside
Of Germany French operas appear to be
rapidly increasing in popularity, while 1tal-
ian ones are not, an exception being Mascag.
mis- "Cavalleria Rusticana," the success OF
which has been unequivical in every direc-
Eon.
AT one Of tho recent church assemblies in
Scotland, DR.. Marshall Lang, of Glasgow, de-
ploring the poor attendance at their
churches, declared that though che had not
much admiration for the Salvation Army or
the introduction of the tamborine and the
banjo into public worship, he asked why
they should not copy the example of Pres
byter1an church in America and have the
praise led by cornet." Evidently the min
lister regarded this as the greatest attrac-
ton that could be offered to an apathetfo
congregation. The abhorred "kist o. whis-
ties" was 1nadmissible in the service OF the
kirk: the banjo and the tamborine were not
worthy of much admiration, but a corneti
that was well worth looking up in order to
lead the praise and draw the people--E1-
change.
G. B. LAMPERr1, the Dresden singing mas
ter, thus explains the causes Of q too COM
mon defect: "What is known as tremoio,
can only occur when one attempts to sing
notes which are either above or below the
range of the voice, or when one does not
understand the equipoise between the
breath and the voice, 1. e., when one at
tempts to bring out greater tone than the
supply OF breath allows, SO that the vocal
chords become strained. The third cause of
tremolo is that the young singer generally
attempts too early in his career to accumu-
late dramatic repertoire. One should,
therefore, wait until several years have
been spent in the theater and abundant rou-
tine has been acquired, and learn to save
strength and voice The vocal chords lose
their stability through being forced, and
tremolo follows very naturally"
THIS is how "Parsifal" at Bayreuth i'm
pressed an operetta manager, Mr.. Rudolph
Aronson: mo wonder Nine. Cosima Wagner
protests against the performances of 'Parsf-
fall other than those given at Bayreuth, for
the reason that they would be almost i'm
possible, owing to the musical and scenic
difficulties, which are overcome by the
superb orchestra ensemble and the enormous
state of the Bayreuth Theater. "Parsifal," to
my mind, is the greatest of all Wagner's
works. / was never in my life more i'm
pressed than with the third act 1t WAS like
a dream. Parsifal's solo, the Good Friday
spell and the flower girls chorus are master
pieces. Such playing as that of the Or
chestra, under the direction of Herr Levy, 1
never heard surpassed; but as Alvary in
formed me before the first performance on
Sunday last six weeks rehearsal may ao-
count for that absolute perfection. The
stage pictures are managed by Herr Fuchs
with indescribable precision. There wasn't
hitch throughout the performance, and
Tor more than four hours the audience Of
nearly 5000 people sat in the darkness with
out q murmur and listened attentively to
the masterwork of this Shakespeare of
composers. There were thousands Of ap-
plicants for seats for the first performance
know of instances where Is forms were
offered for q seat costing 20 marks"