The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-07

Der of other opera-houses. Mascagni's much
talked-of civilian Radcliffe" has not been pro-
duced in Berlin at all, but at the Scala. Milan.
Humperdinck's new opera, "The Royal Chill
dren"-another fairy story-will see the foot
lights at Munich under Hermann Lewis direc-
ton, and Sullivan's ''IvanhOe" has been
brought out in Liverpool instead of Berlin.
Meanwhile the disappointed Berliners are bit
terly complaining that they. are dosed either
withWagner or the eternal "HanselG and Gretel."
According to a new theater edict issued in
Berlin. agencies for singers are classified as
servants registry offices, and the Servants
! when registering have to give their age reli-
gion amount of wages required, etc. The
/ Standard remarks that one might imagine one
| self back in the Elzabethan age when "play
actors" were proud to be designated as 'Her
| Majesty's servants" The leading agencies
have protested, but with small prospect of sue
1 cess. Will a Nordica, Lillian Russell, an
Albani, a Patti, let alone the male artists, sub
nit to such indignity? So long as this insult
! ing ukase remains in force the Berliners have
little hope of receiving frstclass foreign artists
who have any respect for themselves.
! visitor to Japan says the most curious
! thing he saw during his travels was the band
maintained by the town of Hakodate, which
| played every evening in the public square and
won the applause OF large and enthusiastic
ers. They knew only one tune, marching
Through Georgia" and that they repeated in
Vulnerable times every night, and night after
night. Neither the musicians nor the auditors
seemed to tire of this stirring melody, and
everybody manifested proud confidence in
the thoroughness of the ''new civilization"
The World says of the first night of German
opera in New York: 'All the Wagnerites
were present The society that bears the great
masters name in its entirety are the German
musicians and professors, the rhapsodizing
maidens all those who have learned to under
stand Wagner, the emotionalism of his music,
its psychology and its physiology. And the
others were also there-adherents of the lyric
and romantic operas, the deyotees of the art of
bel canto the lovers of melody pure and sim
pie, OF mere vocal exhibition. The former
came to applaud, the latter to scott"
Massenet's works, which were very little ad-
mired in Italy few years ago, are now becom-
ing popular. "Manon's Portrait has Just been
produced with great success at the Pergola
Theater in Florence. The Prince of Naples and
his suite, as well as all the rank and fashion of
the popular winter city, were present, and the
music was continually applauded and encored
by the whole assembly.
Montenegro is the most fashionable spot at
present in which to lay the scene of lyric
drama. The latest libretto written with Mon
tenegrin local coloring is by Axel Delmar, and
is entitled "Szula." Carl Won Haskell, German
musician is writing the music.
The Treble Clef Quartet will make its debut
at Golden Gate Hall on the 18th inst. 1t is
composed of Miss Beatrice Priest, Miss Jeanette
Wilcox, Miss A. NJ. Noble and Mrs. j. A. Biz
mingham. Miss Alice Ames, a society violiniste,
will assist at the concert.
The Musical Courier is authority for the
statement that the pianiste, Fannie Bloomfield
Zeisler, will remain in this country for another
year, and may possibly begin her season in
San Francisco next September.
Saint-Saens is travelling in the Orient, and
dispatch from Cochin China states that he
has just completed his new opera, "Brunhilda."
The work will be produced in Paris during the
autumn.
The municipal authorities at Bayreuth have
decided not to purchase Herr Oesterlein's
wagner Museum, and in all probability the q.
collection will come to America