New-York tribune., 1895-07-28
BATCH OF OPERA NEWS.
ALSO SOMETHING ABOUT SIR HENRY IRV-
ING AND SARAH BERNHARDT.
HENRY T. ABBEY RETURNS FROM EUROPE AND
TELLS ABOUT PLANS FOR NEXT SEASON
WHY sIGNoR MANCINEI.IL
DOES NOT RETURN.


WHY sIGNoR MANcINELL
DOES NOT RETURN.
Whenever Henry f Abbey Maurice Grau
comes home from Europe the air at once becomes
charged with news OF operas and plays and singers
and actors. II happens about three or four times
year. 1t happened yesterday. Mr.. Abbey arriving
on the Paris As soon as he reached his Office and
was ready to talk he began to tell news somewhat
thus:
Mime. Nordica will be the leading soprano for
the German operas though there will be two others
She will sing Isolde and Jean de Reszke will sing
Tristan. He will also sing Sigmund In Die Walk
trc and Slegfred In 'Siegfred. Besides these three
operas Lohengrn' and Die Meistersnger' will prob
ably be sung In German, and perhaps one other
opera Nothing but Wagner will be sung In Ger
man. Edouard de Reszke will sing Wotan in Die
WalkIre.'
I'VE have two tenors Lubert and Cremonini
The latter Is Italian. lie is young and very
good. We tried to get him last season. but were
unable to do 80 Nine. Eames Is not coming hack
this year Victor Maurel will probably come.
though he is not quite certain yet. Nine. Mar
celia Sembrch has signed contract with u.s.
though she still has the right 10 be released from 1t
any time before September But she VIII probably
come II she does she will sing for the first half Of
the season and Nine Melba will sing for the latter
half Among other singers engaged are Nine. Calve
Nine. Bauermeister and Nine. Januschowsky. So
pranos: Mines. Mantei. Scalch and Brema, con-
traltos: NJ Maugulere and Signor Russitano. ten
ors Kaschmann, Ancona. Bensaude and Campanari
barytones. and Plancon and Castlemary. basses.
"Signor Mancinelli will not come back, am sorry
to say. but for the reasons that have been re-
ported. He and Anton Sedl good friends, and
there Is no trouble with Mancinelli about Se!il or
about the repertory. He is obliged to stay away
on account OF the i-health of his wife We had
three years contract with him, but there was
clause In 1t whereby he could stay away for any
one OF the three years. giving us another year at
the end OF the contract In place Of the one lost
He chooses take this year. so he will be back
here next year. our principal conductors will be
Mr.. Seidl and Signor Bevignan. Herr Saar Will
again be assistant conductor and there will be
The opera season will open on November 49, The
bill has not yet been decided but It will proba-
bly, be either Tristan und Isolde Carmen
We shall not do many operas. but probably
lie CID will be sung. and perhaps two
others
Sir Henry Irving's company will sail for this
country on Angus, 81. and the tour will begin at
Montreal on September i6. The engagement
here will begin on October q. and will
last for eigh, weeks. While he is here Irving ex
poets to play King Arthur A Story Of Water
loo The Corscan Brothers and Macbeth
none of which ne has done here before. and
Faust The Bells Much Ado About Nothing
and others OF his repertory. | have never known
him 70 bring many plays with him as ne is bring
Ing ;his time.
Mime. Bernhardt will sail on January 4. and open
here on January -. for an engagement OF hve
weeks Her new plays will be Izeyr and
'Magla. and OF she will do many OF the
oil ones
There were several theatrical people besides Mr.
Abbey board the Paris Sol Smith Russell was
one of them and Miss Kathryn Kldder was
another. She has been comforting with Nictorien
attending
IL to play Nine Saus Gene again this season
Another manager on he ship was Joseph Brooks
who directs tho affairs OF william n. Crane. and
Al Hlymsn ~ Charles Frohmans offices. was
also passenger.