The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

wanted 10 go on the stage, ana WOuIQ nave
| given up vocal work if some one had not sug-
gested that opera was her proper sphere She
| made her debut in London as Lola in the "Cav-
aneria,'' and appeared later as Orpheo in
Gluck's opera. Soon Frau Wagner heard of the
new genius and sent for her to Bayreuth to
sing Ortrude with Madame Nordica as Elsa. She
also appeared as Kundey. The elder Salvini,
| speaking of her in the role of Ortrude, said:
"She is as l would have taught her to be, and
| her voice 1t is still singing to me-" Brema ap-
pears to be as successful in concert as in opera,
and she sings with equal ease in English,
French, German and Italian. She is delighted
with her American success, but she will not
| stay long in this country at present, as she is
engaged by Sir Augustus Harris for London in
| May, and in June goes to Bayreuth to study the
| Trilogy with Frau Wagner for 1896.
Loie Fuller, the great serpentine dancer, who
has had hats, dresses, silks and writing paper
| named after her, has just appeared at the
Coincide Parisien in a new piece, "Salome,"
the music of which was composed expressly for
her by NJ. Pierne. The spectacle has only four
| characters. Sa,ome, Herod, Herodias and
John the Baptist. To make Loie Fuller dance
on the mimic scene having for subject the
decapitation of John the Baptist is an idea that
certainly would not have struck every one.
The poets have tried to redeem the character
OF Salome by making her dance, not to secure
the uedu OI the Salnt, out TO save IL from Delng
decapitated by Herod. The Coincide Parisien
is a regular bonbon box of a theater and the
funereal subject seems out of place in 1t, but
the music is striking and the dancing is mar
yelous Loie uses number of saffron-colored
wells which seem to fame under the electric
light and give her the appearance of dancing
in the midst of fire. 1t was Loie Fuller who set
the fashion in London of having her serpen-
| tine dances utilized by advertisers, and now
| she has taken the fashion to Paris, but what
an incongruity to see Salome dancing before
Herod while the hme-lights throw on her
skirts such advertisements as "No more influ-
enza; War to La Grippep'
Noah Brandt's pretty little opera Captain
Cook, - which was written some time ago, is to
be produced in the near future, either at the
| California or the Baldwin Theater, probably
| the latter. If the work is well mounted and
| sung it ought to create very favorable i'm
preston, for the music is bright and tuneful,
and there is abundant opportunity for scenic
display. The action is supposed to pass in the
Hawaiian Islands, in the time of the historic
Captain Cook, and in one of the scenes there is
| a grand volcanic eruption, which destroys
native temple. Several of the themes are
written in imitation of the lovely Hawaiian
melodies. A chorus of nearly forty voices has
been rehearsing Captain Cook" for two
months, under the direction of Noah Brandt
| and Martin Schulz. The part of the Princess
Ia la will be taken by Mrs. Eva Tenny, Mrs
Madden is the contralto, j. f. Fleming will
sing the role of Captain Cook, J. NJ Hynes that
of the King, C. L. Parent takes the part of Koko
Bola, and Frank Coffin impersonates Princess
Ia las native lover.
LA Maladetta" has just been sung for the
first time in Italy and has obtained great sue
cess at the Scala. NJ. Gailhard, the director of
the Paris Opera-house and his collaboration
OF OF f11a r1arfOr
Miss Carlotta Brianza, the star of the Scala, re-
ceived perfect ovation. This is only another
proof of the liberality OF the Italians in art.
Although they have number of rising COM
posers of their own, the works of French COM
posers have recently received the most enthu-
siastic receptions all over Italy. Verdi, on the
other hand, seems to be the only italian COM
poser who can get favorable hearing in Paris
Sonzogno, who has recently produced so many
French operas at the Scala and elsewhere, will
probably have to abandon his projected season
OF Italian opera in Paris, owing to the strong
| opposition the scheme has met with.
| England is to have quite a wave of distin-
| guished Continental conductors this season.
William Kes the eminent conductor of Am
| sterdam, win replace Mr.. Henschel; DR.. Richter
| will give his usual concerts; Herr Motel and
| Siegfried Wagner are also to reappear and the
] British public will see for the first time Herr
| Levi of Bayreuth and Herr Nikisch who is
| said-barring Richter-to be the greatest con-
| ductor of them all. 1t was said for some time
after Nikisch had left Boston and gone to
| Hungary that he was discontinued and would
| willingly have returned to America but now
/ that he Is coming so much to the front there is
| little probability that Boston will ever get him
back again. Paner, the present conductor of
the Boston symphony orchestra, is very unpop-
| ular, and his concerts in New York this wear
4 have Ero 81 fosI,
| 1t is an extraordinary thing that in the way
| of concerts it never rains but it pours in San
Francisco. week, nay, two or three weeks
sometimes go by without concert of any note,
| and then 1t invariably happens that two or
three come on the same night. For instance,
| there were five clear nights on which concerts
might have been given this week. Why, there
| fore, have the university boys, the friends of
| Professor Charles Goffrie and the Manfelds all
fixed upon Friday night? The university
| combination concert at the Auditorium seems
| TO have been first in the field,
Oscar Hammerstein has engaged the French
| singer, Yvette Guilbert, for the Olympia at the
extraordinary salary of $4,000 week She will
make her first appearance at the opening OF
that house. Yvette is only music hall singer,
out she is unique in her way, and can play
| upon the feelings of her audience as easily as
pianoforte virtuoso plays on his instrument
In Paris and London she carries all before her
but in Naples recently she was Missed off the
stage. The French papers said it was because
she did not wear diamonds.
Manuel Garcia, the dean among teachers OF
the pure Italian method of voice production
has just published book called "Hints on
Singing" which has been translated into