The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-07-20


accepted the deposit on her contract.
which was made, Mr.. Damrosch tele-
graphs, LONG ago" She is under en-
gagement to Poll;ni Of Hamburg. and
he has given her "urlaub.r as the
Germans have it, or permission to come
for five months this country. She
Will reach here in October and remain
until the end of the season.
Fraulein Ternina, on the other hand is
not to join the company until January
10th, during its engagement in Chicago.
She is to sing the leading dramatic roles
in Munich during September and
August and fulfil other engagements in
Trieste. Vienna and Berlin. Then she
joins the DamrOsch company.
There will be third prima donna in
the Damrosch company, but it is not
yet decided who she will be. Nine.
Emma Eames is not to return with
Abbey X Grau, and it is understood
that she is not anxious TO sing with the
Damrosch company. But her Wagner
ian repertoire is small with only Era in
Die Meistersinger" and Elsa in
"Lohengrin." In both of these roles
Fraulein Godski who is to return next
season with Mr.. Damrosch. made a
great success in the cities visited by the
company while on tour. So the roles
which Nine. Eames might sing are few.
She was paid 500 performance last
season, and this year she wants small
sum in advance of that figure. 1t is not
impossible that Nine. Sordica may be
the third prima donna. She has not
yet signed with Abbey Il Grau. Nine.
Nordica, who last year got the same
salary that ALfe. Eames did. would also
like the sapse advance. Whether or not
Herr Rotkmuhl will return to sing in the
DamrGSSh company is not certain.
He was very successful on the road, but
herure he came to this country he
signed a contract with the opera in
Stuttgart If he cannot be released
from that, Andreas DIPPED. who sang
the last of the German opera may be
engaged. He is now a member of the
company at Vienna Since he sang in
this country he has been developed into
Wagnerian singer, and does all the
heavy roles in Vienna when Winkleman
and Van Dyck do not sing them. The
Damrosch company will sing this year
in San Francisco, making the long trip
to that city at the close of their New
Orleans engagement. They will carry
this season three times as much scenery
as they did last year. Leon Margulies
is still in Europe. waiting TO arrange the
engagement of the third prima donna
and the other tenor. The Wagner
Society has indicated its willingness to
abide by Mr. Damrosch's judgment in
the selection of a theatre for his
company in New York city.
1t has been ann ounced that Georgine
Won Januschowsky would share with
Marie Brema il leading Wagnerian
roles when the Abbey i Grau company
gives its German performance in New
York. but the fact has been denied by
the singers agent in New York. She
has beer singing for two years in
Vienna, where she was engaged for the
leading dramatic roles. She has been
known in New York, first as a com
edienne, when Adolph Nuendorf con-
Quoted the old Germania theatre in
Tammany Hall. later as singer in
operetta, and shortly before she left
this country as strikingly powerful
Santuzzd in a German production OF
.'Cavalleria." The Abbey Il Grau
company is so well supplied with
singers that it is difficult to see how
they could employ more prima donnas
if they engaged them. Emma Calve is
to sing sixty five times, Sembrich fifty,
and Melba, who joins the company In
December, is guaranteed twenty tive
performances. In October she com,
mences concert tour, which will extend
as far west as Omaha. Nine. Scalchi
and Lionel Daubigne will be her com
pany. and Timothy Adamowsky, the
violinist. will accompany her as solo
instrumentalist.