The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-13
Gathered i'm the
World of Melody.
Interesting Notes About Famous
Musicians at Home and Abroad.


mons. the veteran minstrel. He will
have for his opposing end man G. F.
Wiese. and the support will be Messrs.
Hinchman, WALL Williams, Moore,
Hirshley, lie Cato Goodwin, Carroll,
Richwine, Kirke Walters and Kessler,
members of the club. Also in the first
part will appear the New York BARI
tone, w. c. Weeden. The show Is de-
signed to start a building fund for the
erection of a large hall in the rear OF
the club house, for the holding of the
club meetings. dances and dramatic en-
tertainments."
Nikisch, who since his resignation as
conductor of the Boston Symphony or
chestra, has directed in Buda Pesth, Is
arranging a series of fetes for next
year in connection with the celebration
of the 1,oOOth anniversary of foundation
OF the Hungarian nation under Stephen
whose title of Apostolic King" and the
crown given him by Pope Sylvester II.
are still borne by the Austrian emperor.
During the coming season and autumn
all programmes will be devoted largely
to national music.
Among the artists already engaged
by Sir Augustus Harris for his forth
coming Italian opera season, which Is
to open at Covent Garden on May 10,
are Adelina Patti, Melba, Calve, Emma
Eames, Sofia and Guilla Ravogli, Olitz-
ka, Florence Monteith Marcella Semb-
rich, Ralph and Bauermeister For the
six performances in which Madame
Patti VIII appear she Is to receive s12,-
00O-rather moderate for Patti, whose
ordinary terms are $4,000 for single
performance. She probably consented
to reduction on taking a quantity,
and then the diva is sure of her money.
1t has happened under less happy man.
agement than that of Sir Augustus
that the house has not contained suf-
flcient to pay the lady her fee and al
though the money has been brought
rourn to her as it came in, it was only
by squeak that they got her upon the
stage in time. To support Patti and
the others Sir Augustus has engaged
the following gentlemen: Jean and
Edouard De ResZke, Tamagno, De
Lucia, Alvarez Ancona, Corsi, Pessina,
Rinaldini, Pini-Corsi David Bispham,
Planoon, Armondi, Richard Green, AL
bers and Customary, Joseph O'Mara.
Among the works to be produced are
Massenets "Manon," "Tristan and
isolde" Faust. Romeo and Juliet"
Hamlet and "Falstaff'' Wagner will
be well represented and English COM
posers will include Mr.. Cowen and Doc
tor Stanford. One or two of RosSinPs
works will probably be revived and
Patti will be heard in "Crispino H. La
Comare." There will be the usual
large orchestra and chorus and the con-
ductors will be Signor Mancinelli and
Signor Bevignani.
| The employees of The Tribune were
| treated to a delightful serenade on
| Thursday evening by the Lyric club, a
male party which includes Scranton's
most talented vocalists under direction
of T. j. Davies, Mus. Bac. The selec-
tions were given in excellent taste and
the artistic shadings; volume, and
quality of tone demonstrated the ability
of the singers. The Lyric club has been
engaged to sing at an entertainment
to be given for the hospital at Pittston
in the near future, and if their work of
Thursday evening is a sample, a rare
treat is in store for Pittstonians.
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John T. Watkins is actively rehears-
ing a chorus of 200 voices to compete
for the $1,000 prize at the June music
festival in Wilkes-Barre.
The "Story of the Cross" by Buck,
will be given at Elm Park church on
Sunday, April 2l. The chorus will be
under the direction of Professor White
more.
st. Luke's Easter choir will include
twenty-four men and boys.
SHARPS AND FLATS:
Calve will appear in Vidars ia Guer-
nica.''
Paderewski says he practises regularly
| four hours day.
The new De Koven and Smith opera for
Lillian Russell is called Vera"
Camille D'Arville is Holland girl, and
her real name is Neeljte Dykstra.
Nina a-Bertini-Humphreys is to marry
Mertens, the baritone of the Tavary opera
company.
Julian Edwards will conduct the summer
opera season at the fremont Theatre in
| Boston next summer.
1t is reported that Wilhelmj, the great
| violinist, has been recently married to .
pianiste, Frauein Marsch.
Jessie Bartlett Davis is the wife of w.
]. Davis, the Chicago manager. She used
to play Buttercup in "Pnafore."
Jakobowski has written a new one-act
! operetta entitled "The Venetian Singer"
which will be produced at the Casino
shortly.
Paderewski is sharing his honors in
Paris with Nj. Zeldenrust, a Dutch pianist,
who is coming soon to America, and whom
the Paris critics compare to Rubinstein.
April 10, Walter Damrosch takes his Ger
man opera company to Chicago for one
week, then to St. Louis for Il week, and TO
Kansas City for a three-day's engagement.
Composer D'Albert has turned his wife.
Teresita Carreno, out of doors. D'Albert
Is her third husband, she having been the
wife of Tagliapetra and Violinist Tauret.
D'Albert is said to be jealous of Josef
Hoffman, the whilom wonder-child. now q
young man.
New York is to have a summer season
| OIL opera III. popular prices. fTLulelil
Gadski, Elsa Kutscherra, Marcella Lindh,
Nicolas Rothmuhl, Conrad Behrens and
other members of Damrosch's company
have been engaged, besides Perry Averill
and Arthur Sieton.
An opera based on Sir Walter Scott's
novel "Kenlworth," the music being
from the pen of Herr Oscar Klein, has
been produced with much success in Ham
burg. 1t is the first work of the young
composer, who is an American, though OF
German parentage.
Late accounts agree that there is some-
thing striking and admirable in Victor
Herberts conducting of the famous Gill
more's Band" The famous old organiza-