Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-18

parted with his ConIluCtOr's stick nervous energy tO m orchestra such as no other musical leader excepting Wagner has ever CommuniCatyNl.
 Mascagni's appearance in the United States iS sun tu Is' unr of the interesting events of the winter, since his works arc popular cvcrywhrp. and his personality and runaTtic history have hcn the sub icct Of Er.It deal Of lively comment
 But n gHsltvr than MasCaEni is coming The managers have prevailed upon Mas sCnct, the FrnCh Cnmp,s>Cr, to Cpr,s the seas and to conduct his own oIsCras In America next winter. M.SSrnCt iS a great fayOritc in France and is rcgaHIiCd thcrc us the grcatCst of the living French opera composers He Is n man nlsO of nervous temperament and yet of most gentle md kindly disposition He is fond of asCrih- ing his greatest success to tho inter prctation of the leading part which was given by Miss SybH Sandcrsun. n Cali fornia girl, who has won the highest sue cesses upon the opCratic stage of Europe. Miss Sandcrson has voice of peculiar quality and extraordinary compass, just such a voice as MaSScn.s was searching for when his opera, l. 'CS Clarmond," was to Dc produced. It is said that Inc was al- most in despair until he found that this young American woman could sing the 
 been written for her. Miss Sandcrson has never sung in opera in tho United States, but shc will bc hero in the winter and will sing in three of Massenct's operas. and he will appear Tt the conductors desk to direct tho performances upon those oc- casions- It Is n matter for some national pride that three of tho leading singers in this opera company nrc American girls, two of them standing in tho first rank of hot Gsr4l --S1.a nz only failing that high post by mason of a lack of power.
 Miss Eanics who Is New England woman. Is rCssarlrd the bCst living rep rcscntativc of the part of Marguerite in Faust" Sic rCCcivcS $l.n0O for every performance. Miss Sandcrsun, who is paid equally high. is tlr hest rcpnssenta- tive of the soprano parts in Masscnei 2 and some of the other French operas Miss de Lussan. who Is New York girl. is q perfect artist in some of the lighter oPeras and is said to sing the part of Carncn al- most as well as CalVc- She will rcocive SjOO for each performance Mmc- Nordi- a, who Is n Maine girl and this summer won the hiSECst triumphs Ut BaiCUth, may not siEg in the CnitCd States next winter.
 If negotiations now pending arc finish ed, we shall have none other than the great Rubinstcin himself next winter to con duct his own colossal opera, 'NerO-" If Rubinstcin wcrO willing tO go on cOncert tour, it is probable that he could earn as much money as Paderewski can do. bus the great Russian musician has decided never to play the piano In public again Paderewski, 1t Is believed, will earn as much as ta50, GOO upon his coming con cert tour, and has. in fact, been guaran- teed SO much as that But he has prC- ferred to be his own manager and gain an the profits. It has been estimated by shrcwd managers thns Podercwski will earn, if he continues to play for two years, in the sggregate as much as Sl, OOO. OO0, including his great earnings in the past three years E. J. EDwAEDs-