The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-25
Gathered i'm the
World of Melody.
Interesting Notes About Famous
Musicians at Home and Abroad.

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T. Reeves Jones' piano recital will be
given at Young Mems Christian asso-
ciation hall on Monday evening next
Mr.. Reeves will be assisted by Miss Sulli-
van, of New York, the talented soprano
recently engaged at Elm Park church.
A fine programme will be given. No
doubt large audience Of music lovers
will avail themselves Of this opportun-
! ity Of hearing Mr.. Reeves in concert.
Mrs Kate Wilcox's piano recital will
occur at Bicycle club house on Tues
day evening May 2S. After the rendi-
tion of a delightful musical programme
by Mrs. Wilcox and pupils dancing will
be indulged in by the young guests pres
ent.
SaARPS AND FLATS:
Verdi says he will never again write a
line Of music.
Leoncavallo's "Chatterton"w shortly
be given at Milan.
Marion Manoa has been engaged for a
|
Mascagni's la Cigarette" will shortly
be given in Milan. He is now at work on
"The Ghost"
The emperor Of Russia has allowed the
widow of Anton Rubinstein q pension of
1900 rubles annually.
Director Angelo Neumann has secured
the exclusive right to produce "Hansel
and Gretel" In Italy, by arrangement with
Schott, in Mayence.
Sir Augustus Harris has engaged Kapell-
meister Mottl to conduct Wagner's "Tris-
tan and Isolde" this coming season. Jean
de Reszke will sing Tristan.
| NJ. Iultan Dome, Hungarian, has Just
been engaged as a leading tenor at the
Paris Grand opera. Like Jean de Reszke,
he began by singing baritone.
Frank Van der Stucken, who, after Sept.
Will take charge of the new Cincinnati
symphony orchestra, will also occupy an
important position in the College of
Music.
A special performance of "Kenilworth,"
the new opera by Bruno Oscar Klein, was
given In Hamburg on April 49, on the occa-
sion of meeting of the intendants of all
the German opera houses in that city.
Walter Damrosch says New York Is
very much behind the times In the matter
OF good opera house, and that the ideal
place is the Chicago auditorium. Dam
rosch cleared $4,000 on the German opera
| season.
DeKoven & Smiths new opera, 1.-THE
Tzigane," produced by Lillian Russell on
| Thursday, Is said to be inferior to robin
Hood, Fencing Master" or Rob Roy"
The company includes Jefferson de An
CELLS. Fred Solomon, Hubert Wilke and
Clara Lane.
1t Is said Clementne de Vere-Sapio has
| developed into q dramatic soprano. She
recently appeared in a Wagner concert in
London under the direction of Hensche
and scored ovations in such selections as
lsolde's Love Death and Elizabeth's Greet
ing from 'Tannhauser."
The cycle of all the Wagner operas will
begin at the Royal National theatre on
Aug. s. The singers have been selected
from all the operate stages of Germany,
and are expected to give such perform
| ances as are not seen outside of Bayreuth.
Among them are Klafsky, of Hamburg;
Meilhac, of Karlsruhe; Sucher of Berlin,
and Ternina and Wekerlin, of Munich.
Harry b. Smiths income all winter has
| been in the neighborhood of 500 a week.
and DeKoven's share of the operate re-
ceipts has been, about 5000 per week.
They say that C. A. Byrne and Louis Har-
rison divided 100000 within three years
from their librettos. w. s. Gilbert is a
millionaire and a justice of the peace
through "Pinafore'' and 1.-THE Mikado."
Comic opera books are so profitable that
I Arthur w. Pinero is now engaged on one.
At the Theatre Internazionale in Milan.
all the artists that appeared last winter at
the Scala have been re-engaged, except
De Lucia, the tenor. This singer was al
ways welcomed with enthusiastic applause
and accordingly made high demands on
Sonzogno. He received three lire for each
note that he sung in his role. There are
6lO notes in his part in the opera "Silvano,"
which gave him 1880 lire per evening. For
the future De Lucia demanded five lire per
note, and this, no doubt, was more than
Sonzogno cared to pay.
1t 1t now said that the Damrosch Ger
man opera season in Chicago netted $20,-
900 profit. This is probably true when 1t Is
remembered that the receipts on the first
night were $4,000, and large receipts con-
finued right along. France and the
United States seem to be the most prolific
fields for Wagner work in the future. 1t
Is estimated that more money will be paid
by the public of the United States for
| Wagner performances in the next ten
years than has been spent up to the pres
ent, in the aggregate, all over the world.
A miners strike is the foundation for
the plot of Der Obersteiger," a comic
opera produced in New York last week.
The miners, led by their foreman, Martin,
have struck for higher wages. In the
midst of all the trouble, Martin, who
already has one sweetheart, Nelly, falls
in love with another pretty girl, who he
thinks is milliner, but who really is the
Countess Julie, who has run away to
escape an unpleasant marriage. The
countess, however. does not reciprocate
Martins attachment, preferring certain
young volunteer miner Of the name of
Roderich. This volunteer turns out to be
the prince in disguise. He wsds the count
ess, Martin returns to Nelly andthe strike
is adjusted in favor of the miners.
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