New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-04
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA IN LONDON.
SULLIVAN AND GRUNDY'S OPERbirA - Lof'i
TENNYSoN'S NEW PLAY" PARSlFAL
IN VIENNA


TENNYSoN's NEW PLAY" PARSlFAL
IN VIENNA.
London. Sept. "a meeting of the shareholders OF
Oh. ca,etv Theatre was held on Thursday at which
Tho renor Of the chairman showed the profits OF the
rear to be s6O47. Last year there was aeholl VI
eo714 and the directors felt Justified IN oecrns ON!
Al per cent dividend Manager Edwaroes saiu NC nau
suggested the conversion Of the Gaety Into variety
theatre, but the landlord had reluseu peiii'' "
the change 10 be made.
Sullivan and Grundy's comic opera IL At present.
billed for production at the Savoy Theatre on sep'e
her II and this viii. possible be adhered TO- 30
that Sir Arthur may have sufficient interval 10 AT
bond the rehearsals OF the Leeds musical fesu'".
ne scene OF the opera is laid at Haddon Han. ana
,he nlot hinges on the romantic love and dopemeh'
~ Dorothy Vernon with Philip Manners. son OF the
Earl of Rutland. For dramatic purposes the uihe Vi
the incident has been changed TO the Gays OF the
Cavaliers and Roundheads. Miss Lucille iii mas
been engaged it said at the instance OF sir arthur
sullivan to play the part OF the Puritan heroine ~he
Courtice Pounds will appear in the character OF her
lover W. A. Denny and Rutland harrington Do'h
have comic parasitic latter that OF perpeHeo fuii
tan. r...o
In Vienna ON Thursday. 1t evoked Immense ehhu-
.iasm "Ta-ra-ra. Boomde-ay" was sung ana recei'eu
three encores. 49,, . a.,
aAmong the Anthropophagl' is the title OF the
newest dramatic novelty Its production Is eApec'eu
TO be the feature OF the forthcoming season ~ 'en
The play will be a singular treatment OF l. Airc""e
sensational and absolutely up To date otaniey a."
be one Of the heroes Of the play, ana the iis' WI" ''
include De Brazza. - -. .,.
ON Wednesday a house-warmng was given at the
now Trafalgar Theatre. A. W. Pnero, the orahauc
author led the dancing on the stage o'o" "
ELECTRICAL celebrities was present. including Grace
Hawthorne Geraldine Jlmar and Fanny brousn
Lord Tennyson has nearly completed new play
tbst will be published before Christmas IL mas ho'
vet been settled whether not 1t Will be aceo Dei
it Is published .oo,s,,, On
Miss Genevieve Ward has been so successin III
South Africa that her season-orginally booked lot
CIV ,veeksbad 10 be extended to nineteen Miss Wafd
has paid three visits TO johannesburg anu h'
berley ~ q.
"Iirarettes the new comic opera by Warham o.
Ieger and Haydn Parry. has proved 50 successi" NJ
Cardiff that IL will be taken 10 London
Adrian Ross has written n new burlesque cahcu
sThe Captain for Arthur Roberts, VINO VIII appe"i
IN ct for "a brief at the Avenue
The musical season In London does not begin unui
next month. Senor sarasato will be first In the
field october s. At his last series OF concerns ne
devoted himself chiefly TO modern worksof the fiehch
and German school, ignoring the generally accepted
works VIOLIN such the concertos by Beethoven
and Mendelssohn. This innovation did not prove to
be to taste of his London patrons and TINS unie
his programme will be OF a classical character.
Mr. Henschers coming season will be largely de-
voted TO the works OF wagner.
Mr.. Reno. representing the Damroseh Orchestra
has been i'm London for the last week engaging singers
10 90 TO the United States lie has Just gone 10 Scot
land where he will be the guest Of Andrew Carnegie
Tho Queen has again taken the Royal box at the
Olympic for signor Lagos opera season. sgnor Lago
hos secured the services OF Nine Albani and two so
pranos who are famous In Italy and Sweden lie has
made n change In his plans they were announced
In the preceding cable letter OF this series Instead
., ,,-oancinp Tschaikowsky's "Mazeppa." he has de-
49, 20 nresent the same authors Eugene Onegn.
CO., Arr,stus Harris now talks of opening the
covent Garden Theatre for Italian opera al the same
lime s,unor Iago opens the Olympic
According to tie "Secolo," a Roman paper, Mas
.ac,, ,,,ends TO finish two more short operas within
The y..r These works will be called "Nestina ana
.zanetten He will theft start on grand nVe-act
vor, the subject OF which will be Nero
The Austrian law grants copyright ior zen years
sfter the death OF an author Consequently the copy
right OF wagners Prsifa" will expire In feoruary'
when that work will be included In the reperory Vi Tue
Vienna Opera, and will be presented Win hert 'on'er
conducting the orchestra This will break the BAY
reuth monopoly and, 1t is said BY some Mi u.ee
the existence OF the Bayreuth fesuVal Inc ~. tba
Of me COPYRIGHT OF carmen Is "o"
In honor Of the iftieth anniversary OF the hrst pro
cucton OF Wagner's RienZi' al Dresaen, us Pr ~ he
performance be secured OF ulat VOTE - l" NC
hven october 90 at the Dresden opera HOUSE can,
At the Royal Opera House. Berlin, Sir hrthur SUN
vans "lvanhoe" Is in rehearsal. and TINS estphnu
uent IL IcIcited &C. lave secured for It's approicns
Germany verdIs FaiS,atf.s
enterprise in London. Sir Augustus Harris Is said to
be satisfied with his Last venture, however ana, AZ
the matter stands, neither he. Freeman 1homes
nor 0wynym Grove. the three leading pf0menAas