New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05
MUSICAL MATTERS.
NEXT YEARS OPERATIVE ALBANY FES-
TIVAI.-NEWS NOTES


The official announcement which Messrs Annoy
and Gran have made concerning their operate pans
for ne,t season Will be hailed with glainess ny
many thousands ~ mufic-ioyers IN N"w-iork ana
vicinity. Of course. the pleasure VIII be mN'' WIZ"
"A biz 81 disappointment on IN" part 81 lh"-r VINO
would Ike 60 eat loose finally ana "mphHi'NN VIZ"
IN. conventions 81 the Old fashioned hai br renee
,on V,iu doubtless show the wisdom Of the course
propo.el and n the pi,n he carried out ln'cls"n'p
~ no donb, u VIII. and with respectable ir'''oh
Of the enterprise arr generosity that have character
lznd the administration ~ the Metropolitan 'p''"
House Of late years It viii be found that next H''-
son will mark q gigantic stride In the direction OF
,rovress There IA a guarantee of this not only IN
the puhtc sprl,cIncss Of Mosara. Abbey ana 'rau'
but also In the artistic character Of some oil 'he
forces with which they have surrounded th'm'oV'..
Mr. Sciii's engagement as asgocilt" 'ondn''or wiz
not only insure auth )ri'iiive interpretations {" me
operas and lyric dramas thli arr t. he shs III ger,
man particularly those Of Richard Wagncr-Dut MS
influence will be felt in other things as we'll Yer
man opera stands for an idea In performance hs wen
as a repcrtory. Its spirit has been leavenins the
lump OF our operate activities for years ana every
approach toward a satisfactory embodiment "i II
will hasten the time to which every patriotic art
lover has been looking with hope and longing Tor
wears when sporadic efforts resting on private
speculation will give place TO permanent INSTITUTION
inspired by considerations Of art In helping 10
bring about such consummation the iniiuenc" OF
artists like lean and Edouard de Reszke and Mime.
Nordlca has been and will continue To DE
potent. In which distinguishes th'm even
from tie admirable vocasts with whom theF nave
recently been associated they artists. and IT Is
only a tribute to their intelligence ana honesty OF
purpose that they have been prompter to SOC the
signs Of the times than their fellows who sun clhS
TO old conventions Had the thing been feasible we
should have had performances OF Tristan una
Isolde" in German this with Jean de Reszke as
the hero He tried very hard 10 bring IL about but
more Lab
management was willing to assume. with one OF
the prime dome Of the last season rephc"d by Il
German dramatic singer. say Ternina or kiafsky "A
German harytone and bass a contralto Ike Miss
Brema and the chorus reorganizel ana iurther I'M
proved on tho lines begun last fall the musical forces
will b. quite capable OF attempting sufficient num-
Der Of German ard lyric dramas 10 freshen ana
strengthen the repertory as 10 meet with general
approval There remains the siage-manase' a.
partment whose nadearacy has been 50 apparent
even with the past lists that Us complete reform VIII
have to be undertaken no matter what operas are
performed or who the singers next season mat j.
a self-evdent proposition.
This Is the musical festival period IN the United
States when committees that have been permitted
10 famish for a year are stuffed with music after
noon and evening for week THIS chaf"'''t'"'-
ton however. does not apply % Albany, when ~
IN 10Y It's fourth MAY festival next "Wednesday ana
Thursday Three concerts are 10 be given On W-dnes
dov evening and Thursday afternoon and evening
bv the Albany Musical Association under the direc-
ton Of Mr. Arthur Mccs. The programmes ATE avg
nined and Interesting and excellent forces WIZ h'
employed in their performance. MI M"es VIII nav"
an orchestra 81 nifty musicians from N""-N"rk ana
tho solo singers Will bc Miss Eleanor Meredith. Mrs.
Edith NJ. Youman-. Mrs. carl ANes. william H.
Pieger Zen Davies. Watkn Mills and Ericsson +
bushnell At he FIRST concert Hofaiio W fAth-
er's "IIora Novssima" and selections N"m me
Mei.tersnger" viii BE- performed, AT the second
music to "A Miisummer Nights Dream, me '.M.
thlrd nach's Passion According - - Matihe%
The concerts viii take place IN Hnrmann'S he''N'r
Hall
festival 81 a different character. and one caicu.
lated 10 call attention 20 The eucrgs,c nature 81
choral culture in the communities th"t ar" NM, s
cicty Of Wilkcsbarre Penn Oh The I'm ana lsih 81
next m9 hn1.c of from rs 10 80 voices in class
from u TO lo IN another. NAL. cholrr i,fnnn Mnn.
voices and solo Sopranos conuanos tcnorS paty-
tones. yioniss ana pianist n" rh's -, "r IN ,
trbutcd ainOudt 10 nearly NV" '"' "''' P'N' "'"h
800 In cnsh.
4, a festival service IN the Church 81 the Holy
Communion next ThurSiay evening. MI hnt'"s
81 John" viii bee performed by cholr '"lnI,n.nrl
OF Mrs Gertrude Luther ME-, iner 'r"nvIll M,ss
Emily Winnnt. Mrs. Frederic Dean j. u MCKINNEY
and Frank T. Tunison
cIcmcn,inc dc vcrc-saplo !, IL said has developed
into u dramatic soprano IN" recently appcared N
Icnsnei' and scored oys,ons IN such selections as
"Isodes Love Death" and "Elzabcth's Greeting
Entrance Air." from Tannhhusct.
Mr.. wlrlym c. carl WIN give three afternoons Of
organ mullc In tho First Presbyterian Church ON
MAY TO- II and q
The seventeenth annual concert OF the New-fork
College OF Music Alexander Lambert director. VIII
take place in the Madison square Garden Concert
Hail on May H.
Miss Julie Geyer. a talented young woman who Is
going abroad to continue her massa s'1i s y
Hall on Tuesday evening.