St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-20
ON FOREIGN STAGES.
Event Of the Week Was the
Production of the Opera,
"The Taboo.
>PADEREWSKI AS A CRANK.
Musical Circles Much Worked
Up Over His Lates t
Exploit.
~PADEREWSKI AS A CRANK
FRAU WAGNER SEEKS LAW.
Controversy Over Copyright
Of the Great Compos-
ep's Works.


+ LONDON, Jan. 10. - After the great
premier" of king Arthur" at the
Lyceum theater on Saturday last, the
past week naturally has seemed devoid
Of novelties, although EdWardes re-
turned to his old career of success with
| IAN Innocent Abroad" at the Lyric
theater, which reopened last Mon
day.
| The mild weather which has prevailed
/ has made no apparent difference in the
| attendance at the theaters, and the pam
| tomime audiences have invariably been
! up to the standard.
Musical circles have been enjoying a
sensational controversy over the refusal
| of PadereWSki to play in a concert at
| TorquaY, where the best seats were
only five shillings. Owing to his refusal
| to appear. the audience had to go home
concertless. The distinguished pianist
| defends himself on the ground that the
sum Of ten shillingS was paid at his
| previous concert in the same place for
the same seats, and that his acceptance
of half the price would argue that his
powers were failing and his reputation
diminishing. The patrons of the con-
cert hall at Torquay are wildly indig-
| nant, and are flooding the newspapers
with sarcastic references TO the "mu-
steal public's German servant"
There is no truth i'll the report that
Forbes Robertson is going to America
to support Mime. Modjeska. After the
run of King Arthur" lie will go into
management Oh his own account, and
backed by a big syndicate.
Royce Carleton, member of E. s..
Wizards company, is dead.
The weather during the past week
has been milder and frequently spring.
| like. The new fantastic opera
"Fhe Taboo,o
written by Mason Carnes, composed by
Ethel Harraden. was produced this
evening. The two acts takes place in
the island of Bellinarla and the time is
the present. Special attention has
| been paid to the mounting. and both
/ scenery and dresses will Ue found up to
date. A specially selected orchestra
has been organized by Edward Solomon.
1 Horace Sedger has engaged The follow
ling company: Harry Paulton. Frank
I Wyatt, Wilrred. Howard. and Ketson
Truman, Madame Amadi, Miss st.
| Quinten, Lottie Scar and Nellie Muir.
cray.
The unfortunate London Opera
Comique, which seems to have been the
home of every theatrical enterprise re-
Gently started without necessary money
and thereby foredoomed to failure, is at
| last to possess 4 responsible manage
I<ment. Charles Wllmot, the successful
lessee of the Grand theater, IslingtOn,
! OF the many years past, has secured the
| Opera COmique for specific and theat-
rically most sensible purpose. He will
produce touring pieces III the ComiQue
In order that they may receive the Lon
don hallmark before being submitted
! to the provincial verdict.
Madame AIbani
! begins her five-weeks concert tour at
Brighton next Saturday. Besides AL
bani, Clara Butt and SignOr Foil will
appear, and SIgnor Tito Mattel will be
the accompanist.
Tho Irving Dramatic club will give
performances OF 'All's Well That Ends
WelP' at st. Georges hall, Tuesday and
| Thursday of next week. Charles Fry
will undertake the stage management.
The play has not been seen in London
for about thirty years, since Phelps re-
vived it at Sadler's Wells theater.
Frau COsima Wagner, like most
women who have been a part of the
century's history, has many unsupported
talents. She is fully possessed with the
| n iycf n 3 I,,,n nj In1 I,n
wrote five poems in honor Of her sons
birthday. They were doubtless sue
ceSSfui from the pOetesS' "pOint Of
view," but the manner of their publica-
ton was original. They were printed
and then hung around the necks Of her
favorite dogs. A Bayreuth editor, hop
ing to rescue them from oblivion, pub
lished them in his journal. For this
Fran Wagner Prosecuted Him,
and he was duly fined $7.75, at the same
time finding out that the widow of the
great composer had very pronounced
ideas upon the subject of copyright.
One OF the city fathers of the Cracow
has Just shown his eruditiOn and zeal
in the cause of the international tran
quillity by appending to his official''per-
nit" for the performance OF Shakes
peare's Julius Caesar" this note
This piece is permitted to be played
providing the soldiers who appear
therein do not wear the uniform OF the
Austrian regular army"
Susanna Adams, an American, has
made her debut in Paris in Romeo ct
Juliette," and although very nervous
emerged from the trial with we'll
merited triumph both for the beauty OF
her voice and the purity of her dction.
Frau Wagner has recently raised a
mice legal point" and the coming
months will see some interesting law
suits. Before 1870. Wagner haG habit
Of selling the acting rights Of his operas
/ for lump sum when he was short of
money, and these rights, according to
the law as it then stood, would extend
till ten years after his death. The law
was changed in 1870 and the period in