The morning call., 1894-12-27

Mestersnger'' or aleistri Cantanti'') was pro-
duced for the first time In Italian. Nouvelli
did not enchant the critical Scala audience. and
when in the last act Waller is applauded by
the mastersingers for the prize song, the COM
mendations on the stage were drowned by
! Kisses In the audience. The BARITONE, on the
contrary, who. as every one familiar with the
opera will remember. Is condemned on The
stage for his rendering of The prize song. was
applauded 10 the echo by the audience.
| "Cease your gibes at Madame Patti. o profane
paragrapher." says an Eastern weekly. "Chaff
| her no more about oft-repeated farewells. She
| has just sung in Albert Hall. London, before
an audience says the cable. which could not
have Numbered much less than 10000 The
| diva was In superb voice, and although only
down for three pieces. sang seven. Her good
humor was due partly to the remarkable enih'l-
slasm Of the audience. partly to the favorable
reception given TO her protege, John Williams,
formerly tinplate worker 10 Wales, whom she
discovered at a village musical competition.
Let us not be wanting in the veneratlon que a
creature who at the diva's age can Still COM
manu audiences Of 10000, sing In supero
| voice. and discover artistic genius In neIsh
worker in tinplate. There may be some doubt
as 10 PATHS age but it Is certain she does hol
look It, nor act it, nor sing IT,"
Mira Heller Is young singer from Whoii
| much was expected at the Metropolitan opera
House, New York, this season. She Is native
of Cracow, and was last season member OF
the opera company at Warsaw. She made her
debut four years ago at Lembarg as Carmen.
and for the three years preceding That event
had studied with Pauline Lucca. She made
her debut the other day before New York
audience as Mignon, and had little more than
success OF esteem. Reginald de koveD, writ
n
somewhat of The mllei's son, Jack-'a very
nice lad. who was not very good, nor yet very
bad"
The Theater DIES Arts, at R0uen, has just
produced a new opera. Hermann and Doro-
thea,' the lbretto of which is by julien Goujon,
the Deputy for Seine Inferieure. A large num-
Der of Partisan celebrities were present on the
occasion, among them being many members of
the Chamber OF Deputies, who were anxious 10
applaud the work OF their colleague. The
politicians ibretto, which was founded on
Goethe's play, seems TO have proved monoton-
Gus. The music was by Frederic LIE Rey, one
of the best pupils of the late Leo Delbes. and 1t
was warmly applauded on account of its pleas
ing and melodiOus character.
Professor Herbert Herkomer is painter who
Is not content with achieving reputation with
The products OF his palette and etching DO int
He is about to blossom out as composer for
the piano and violin, and set OF six pieces for
these instruments will be published shortly.
Each will be accompanied by a full page illus
tration from original drawings OH stone by the
artist musician. The subjects OF the pieces
are: "Fruhlngs Lled,' "Klagelied," "Liebes-
lied" "Hirleslied," "Wanderlied" and "Abend-
lied"
Nordica's representation of Elsa 10 "Lohen.
Of n nav irph Ma nrlr
as 1t did Bayreulh De Koven. however, has
observed patronizingly that cit gains apprecla-
bly, on second hearing" Is ii possible that
the audiences at the Metropolitan are without
appreciation? or was Frau Cosima Wagner
right when she told Nordica that she could give
her many pointers upon how to sing Elsa &C.
cording to the composers intentions?
By curious and sad coincidence the news
of he death of the Russian Emperor arrived at
Moscow during the performance of Rubinstein's
overture to his opera, Nero" In the Imperial
Theater. The regisseur at once communicated
the in diligence to the audience, who quietly
dispersed. A few days later the great virtuoso
and composer himself paid the debt Of nature.
Burnand and Suliivan's opera, the Contra
bandista." has just been produced at the Savoy
Theater, London, under the title of "The
Cheftain." The rewriting has much Improved
the piece, which will undoubtedly be success
full. The libretto is generally excellent, al
though occasionally weighted down with puns
similar to those in Punch
The young Belgian 'cellist. Jean Gerardy,
has just made his American debut in New
York and won an overwhelming success. He
is scarcely IA years of age, but is already said
to play with authority and largeness of style,
perfect technique and mature intelligence. In
other words he is nrDnOunced N he
Private letters from Paris state that Calve
has become a perfect hypochondrac. To all
appearances she is perfectly well, but those
privileged TO know her personally have to listen
TO long accounts OF her ailments and to her
constant reiteration of the remark that she is a
very sick woman.
The San Carlo Theater, in Naples, the largest
opera-house In the world, Is to be under the
management OF woman this season. II is
claimed that this is the first time woman has
filled such position.
at the last Lamoureux concert In Paris en-
thusiastic ovationS were lavished on the VIOLIN
ist, Hugo Hermann, for his execution of a con-
certo by Brahms, and of piece by j. Hubay
A well.known Partisan critic observes that.
from imported beer TO imported music Ger
many is imperceptibly conquerng France,
both commercially and intellectually.
A cabegram just received from London
states that G. D. OSulivan. a local vocalist,
has made his debut there with overwhelming
success.
The imperial theaters Ia Russia, which were
closed in consequence of the national mourn
ing. Will open again before the new year.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Among recent cabled statements regarding
the Gar is one that he has an income OF