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In November. LES Huegenots" was sung by
the same brilliant cast which has given Il be-
tore, with the exception Of Victor Maurel and
Sonia scalchi, who were 70 sing in "Falstaff"
yesterday, and who are both singers that have
reached astage In their career when they are
compelled TO be prudent. Mime. Melba sang Mar
puerne OF Navarro on Friday highland Mdrgue-
rue OF Leipsic on Saturday night but few Of
her associates will undertake so much. Nine.
scalchi was supplsnted in the role Of Urbuno
| by Nine. Mantelli who sang unevenly, CIV
ing the opening song OF the page, "Nobll
Signor." better than Nine. Scalchi ever
has or probably ever could sing IL, but dsap-
pointing in the aria at the close OF the first act.
Ihe mouse was as crowded as IL was on the open
as self.contaipcd. fhe supp emsntsry season son
for !" Home, Sweet Home" and th9se I other n. IN.
iormances last spring. IL they are lacking IL
VIII be gratifying. for they are manifestation
Of the public taste which Is satisfied by the brill
liant conjunction Of singers in an opera. al
though there may be few other elements OF an
reason to believe that the spring season will close
more quietly. as there II no woman in the COM
cave and M%s MSb SSo SsaP P1R 20
be appreciated only toward the close of the sea.
son last year has been enthusiastically received
throughout all the performances.
Frau Rosa Sucher is due here this week on
the Lain. and Franz Schwarz comes on tho
same steamer. Miss Brema will arrive on the
Majestic. and Max Alvary sailed on Feb. 10
from Gibraltar. The season OF German opera
will not be entirely wagnerian. as Beethoven's
"Fidelio" will be given, with Rosa Sucher as
Leonore and Nicholas Rothmuhl as Florsstan
1t Is stipulated in his contract that Rothmdhl
shall sing this role, and for that reason the
opera Is to be given. 1t will be very welcome
performance, as the opera has not been heard
sang the prncipa role % sod Herr % Kaseh ss
FtQrestdn. Frau Gadski is at the hotel where
Iehmwsnn Len, w always stopped during her seasons in
the staff Of the hotel have, been busily oc-
sIIisd wSI.S In trying to d piece Of table ware
mann's stay there and was very often seen in
transit from the German prima donna's apart
site occupied by Abbey's Theatre. Mime. Leh-
mann has lately been singing in Paris at tho
to an ovation. She Sang numbers by Mozart
and Schubert and the final scene from Die
Germany lately has been made through her in
depreciation OF Frsntz's songs, and she Is said to
nd IN thsy, has Rsne
In music requiring the opposite methods.
In the forthcoming production of Tam
hauser " in Paris Rose Caron will sing the role
of Elizabeth. which was offered first to Emma
Cabre, who would certainly have proved an
Elizabeth different from the ordinary. Mile.
Breval will be Venus and Van Dyck the first
TdnnhdUser. In accordance with the practice
at the Opera, two other tenors have been re-
hearsod in tho role. They are Alvarez and
Saleza. Ono Of Calves printed experiences in
Spain has found its way into tho newspapers.
and 1t probably caused the prina donna less
agitation than tho attention which a Chicago
newspaper last spring devoted to her private
Affairs. 1t seems that she was resting
on bench In the Retro at Madrid when
her reticule was stolen. Besides some money. It
contained a bunch of dried flowers from her
OF flowers as a possession which would shield
her from failure. and the loss made her i'll.
MiUnon in Boston, when that bunch OF flowers
must have been misplaced. Tho news Of her
must have heard also Of her boston experiment,
for he returned the bunch OF flowers with tho
request that he be allowed to keep the money as
q souvenir of the singer.
There is, of course no tenor who could share
the popularity which Jean de Reszke enjoys here.
but mono would como pleasing when
Jean does not appear as Ernest Van Dyck of
Vienna. He Is q Belgian, who has been con-
nected throughout his career with the mperial
Opera House at Vienna. He sings :he Wagne-
rian roles whenever an opportunity is given him
by the sickness of Winkelmann, who. according
to tho custom of German opera houses. is enti-
tied to the choice of them until he steps into his
grave. He is one Of the few tenors who has
been as successful in roles of another
Master Walisr in Die Meistsrsinser'' 'dD and In
the other roles Of the WaRnerian repertory, and
ian heroes BY Nlemann and is familiar with
hassr and ristaa s there re IN Vienna, " ms whero
German speatinG city. his performances in
"Werther," Manor" Romeo and Juliet" I" and
s hs: In
at the Metropolitan would be splenddly
Resafs and Van DycE: The difhculty in the
way of his coming here is his contract with the
lease OF absence, now occupied chiefly by his ap-
pearances in London and Paris Another, DIM
do Reszke sing almost identically the same rep
ertory. This might not be- a disadvantage.
tunity to be heard in some of the heavier roles
John Of LeUden, for instance, in LIE Prophetic"
which he is anxious to sing. Van Dyck is still
There is sadness among the italian gers in the
opera company caused principally by the substi-
tuition of" Falstaff for Otello" yesterday after
noon. Tamagno was anxiouSt to sing Otello. as the
failure OF either Samson and Dalila or L'Af-
ricaine " to attract favorable attention for him
was discouraging. Nine. Mantelli is as de-
pressed over the fact that she failed to score a
all the efforts of the Opera Houses employees
and detectives to discover the man who stole at
rehearsal RussitanO's fur coat, for which he
paid 5000 in Buda-Pesth coming on top OF the
fact that one night in Philadelphia. after having
compeled to draw on his white kid gloves and
has so worn on the little tenors mind that lie
never refers TO himself as anything else than
"poor Russitano."
The programme OF the concert to- might In
cludes Mines. Eames and Heller and NM.
Campanari and Plancon. This will be the last
of the concerts until the company returns. Mr..
Seidl is on tour with his orchestra. and Signor
BeyignAni will conduct Nine; EAmes will sing
and a song by Clayton Johns called "Where |
Blooms the Rose" Mile. Heller is 70 sing an
aria from Don Carlos" and Gounoi's lie |
Vallon." Sgnor Campanari will sing the barca-
role from the "GiOconda," and the orchestra |
will play numbers by Weber. Rossini, Leon
cavalo. and Massenet.
Tha concert 10 be given at the Hotel Waldorf |