Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26


MR.. sA1NT-SAENs has just returned to
Paris, bringing with him a somewhat elab-
crate piece for piano and orchestra entitled
Africa"
CLEMENTINE DE WERE has produced very
| fine impression in London and has been
| offered operate position in the Italian
| company, which she declined
THE popularity of the Handel festival ut
the London Crystal Palace is shown from the
| attendance, stated as follows: Rehearsal,
l6, 507 Monday, 0,5S7 Wednesday, q, ,4S3; Fri
| day, q, ,2l9; total, sO,793.
THE good people of Milan, despairing of
| ever witnessing Mr.. Boito's long g-promised
Nero" are. to be consoled by another
opera of the same name by Mr.. Ricardo
RaSori, which is announced for production
next autumn.
THE complete and reliable reviews OF the
Bayreuth performances that have been
cabled to THE DISPATCH show that the open
ing week of the great festival has fully real
lied the predictions of unprecedented sue
cess both artistic and pecuniary. The mod
ern leaven is working in the world.
MRS. LILLIAN NoRDIoA's American tour for
next season is now being planned by Mana
ger c. A. Ellis, he of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. Mrs. Nordica has not been heard
in her own land for a number of years, hav-
ing been in constant demand abroad es-
pecially in London, where she has long been
a prime favorite.
W. 81. GLADSTONE (son Of the Grand Old
MANI, who died the other day, was highly
cultivated musician, and, If he had cared,
might have achieved some distinction as q
COMPOSER he devoted. much attention to
sacred music, and composed number Of
hymn tunes Every week hymns are sung
by numberless congregations to tunes COM
posed by the son of the Liberal leader
A GOOD story of Sig. Arditi, the tireless
conductor of italian opera, has got into
print. He is said to have been visiting Nine.
Valeria, who took the genial director to
many points of historical interest. When
they arrived at Stafford-on-Avon the COM
poser of "u Bacio" was very tired. He, in
fact entirely failed to display the necessary
enthusiasm in regard to the Shakespeare
speare!' he murmured, wearily; and one of
the party volunteered the hint You recol-
lect Maestro, .Amletto,' Romeo Giuli-
eta" The popular conductor then began
quite understand, Ze librettistr'
LYRIC opera troupe, exclusively COM
posed of negroes, is expected at Hamburg,
from where it will proceed to Berlin. One
of the singers, Maria Selika, has been called
"the black Patti" The company consists of
90 artists. German paper writes: "It will.
be interesting to learn the repertoire, if
only to know how the operas can be per-
formed. 1t is impossible for the p7-ind donna
Maria Selika, who might well take the role
of Selihd in the 'Africaine,' to take that of
Mglon: i am as fair as Iitarlid.' And how
with Mdrs uerite in Faust with Vioiene in
Traviata,' and with Boieldieu's Dame
blanche?'7
THE Gas You Like 1t" performance, in
spite of the misunderstanding between sing
ers and orchestra that spoilt the musical
feature (what could have induced the exiled
Duke to take to the woods with an orchestra,
anyhow?), demonstrated the. unexpectedly
good acoustic qualities of the forest OF Ken
marden. This being the case it is now in
order for Manager jerks to get our new sum-
mer opera troupe for his next al fresco per-
fornance; they might appropriately give
"Robin Hood" Betteryet give US produc-
ton of "Midsummer Nights Dream" with
Mendelssohn's exquisite music; that wonld
offer opportunities for outdoor effectiveness,
especially at night, which could scarcely be
surpassed.
OPERA would seem to be carried on under
considerable difficulty in Constantinople, if
we may judge from the account of the do
ings of the Turkish censor. The slightest
illusions to conspiracy, revolution, disre-
spect to royalty, or religious topics, ancient
and modern, are forbidden. If this official
deems any portion of the work derogatory
to constituted authority, or savortng of dis
loyalty, the whole scene has to be cut out.
The word "King" is never allowed to be
used, but ''my Divine Lord has to be sub
stituted for it. Impressda los always have
Ol1uculG ullue VI III, DuC 10 pIOuuCo opeIdS
that will at once pass the Turkish censor
ship, and satisfy the patrons of those musi-
cal plays in the dominions ruled by the Sui
tan, would appea to be a task well nigh i'm
possible. 1t may be mentioned that ora
torios are not allowed to be given under any
circumstances. So music, like freedom, is
considerably restricted in Turkey.-LondOa
Musical NetDs.
AN international exhibition OF music and
the theater, we are informed by the "Musi-
kalische Rundschau," of Vienna, is to take
place in that city in 1892, in conjunction with
an industrial exhibit. That paper states
that committees have already been organ
ized, one in England, with the Duke of Edin-
burgh as Chairman; one in Bavaria, with |
Prince Ludwig as Chairman; and the most
astonishing OF all information is that James |
Gordon Bennett is to be the Chairman OF the |
American committee. Georges Berger, who !
was the chief of the Paris exhibition of 1889, |
is the chief of the French department. A !
large building is to be erected wherein !
nightly performances of drama and music |
are to be given. The foundations have al |
ready been laid of this building. We would |
like to learn further particulars of this en- |
terprise, especially as the name of James |
Gordon Bennett is coupled with it.-MnSicdI |
Courier.
IRON CITY BREWING CoMPANY'S "pils- |