The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-03

| NINE. EMMA CALyE
| From q recent engrGU1Rg.l
| impulsive, the American Emma was cold and
disdainful, and the two were continually
| clashing. Last year the management benisbed
| CalVe and gave Eames to the public, but this
year the subscribers clamored so persstently
for Calve that she was engaged, ana Eames was
| LETT to take G. European engagement which she
will not have the least difficulty in securing.
| Nine. Calve, it appears, is obliged to pay the
| management of the Paris Grand Opera an in
demnity of $1400 in order to accept the AIneri-
can engagement.
| Nine. Marchesi has been spending her
| holidays in travelling about the music centers
| OF Europe, and she sums up the result of her
| impressions in a chatty letter to a German
| newspaper. She is warm in her praise OF the
conservatory at Brussels, at whose annual ex-
| aminations she acted a member of the jury
| in the singing competitions, and she remarks
| with approval that the music of Gluck, Mozart,
| Haydn, Handel, Bach and the old French and
Italian masters is still the foundation of vocal
| study in that institution. Modern composers,
| she says, give themselves but little concern
| about the voice, their rule being simply
! ''break or bend" "Why do not aingers COM
| bine in vigorous striker she asks. at
would be blessing for singing humanity
| and compel composers to study the voice
| seriously" Nine. Marchesi spent the second
! week of July in London as the guest of Melba,
and attended the opera every night. She calls
| Melba cher dear pupil and friend,' Calve "my
| talented and famous former pupil but makes
no claim Eames, whose success as the
| countess in Figaro" she says is chiefly due TO
| her beauty.
The lyric act, "At Sedan" by Henry Zoellner
| NJ Na haa
of enthusiasm, at the Municipal Theater at
| Leipsic. The three tableaux of this work have
been taken from "La Debaele," by lola, who
/ little guessed that he was working confluence
/ the patriotism OF the Germans when he wrote
his novel. The scenes are laid during the
Franco-Prussian war, and they all tend, 10
| glorify the Prussians A great symphonic pre-
lude is placed before the first tableau, and the
| composer has taken most of his themes from
| popular German melodies such as "The Watch
on the Rhine" the "Hohenfriedberg'' Erred
I eric ID march, Martin Luthers Elm Feste
| Burg" etc. Popular enthusiasm reached its
! height at Leipsic when cat SEDAN" is fol-
| lowed by ballet entitled ''The Entry Into
| Paris"
Rivarde, the French violinist, who is coming
| to America this season at the suggestion of
| Ysaye, has already been fortunate enough to
arouse public interest by controversy. Some
|
| American, whereupon Rivarde wrote to say
| that though he had visited this country very
| early in life, he first saw the light of day on
| French ship journeying from Havre TO New
| York, and was, therefore, not an American in
any sense of the term. The papers retorted by
| plying him for not having the good taste TO
| be born in this country, and now Rivarde is
| rejoicing that the question OF his nationality
| has made him famous before he has played
no iSf XShN wi
concerts in America, is IS years of age and is
said to bear a strong resemblance to Sarasate
when he was young man.
Miss saville is Boston girl, who has had
considerable success during the last year at the
| Opera Comique in Paris. Her voice is remark
| ably high and light, and although thin, is very
| easy and flexible. The part OF Virginia in
"Paul and Virginia" has been one of her most
successful roles. In spite OF their comparative
| i II luck with American prima donnas, Abbey
and Grau have resolved to give this new star
| trial, and she will come to New York at the
| end of October to sing at the Metropolitan.
Although Miss Saville will naturally wish to
please in her own country, she is independents
| of the verdict of New York, as Carvalho has al
| ready re-engaged her for the Opera Comique
| Immediately she returns from America.
Nine. Comma Bellincionl, the famous prma
donna, has just given in her picturesque villa
| Blanca at Monterotondo private hearing of
an opera in three acts by Giseomo Setacceoh.
The work is called "Mark's Sister," and is writ
4 ten on libretto by the poet Galisciani, to
whom Comma Bellincioni furnished the plot,
which is her own invention. A number Of
musicians and critics were present at the
prima donna's villa when the work was pre-
sented, and it is said that the whole opera
created a profound impression. MARKS Sis
NJ. - L. = e Al
leading Italian theaters, and Bellincioni will
sing the title role.
1t is the irony of fate that the jubilee OF the
production of "Tannhauser and ''Marits ma"
occurs within month. The contest between
the two works is so striking that at the end of
the century one can hardly believe them to be-
long to the same epoch. Yet it is fact that
even now "Maritana," in provincial towns at
least, is more profitable production than
| "Tannhauser." One reason for this perhaps
lies In the fact that Wagner demands large
and expensive cast, while almost anybody is
now deemed good enough for Vincent Wallace
An interesting musical event will be the first
| concert OF the Carr-Beel winter season. which
| takes place on Saturday next. The programme
| will include new sextet by Brahms and O.
pianoforte quartet by Dvorak. The personnel
of the sextet viii consist of Sigmund Beel,
Hans Albert, Berpat Jsulus Charles Heintzen
| Louis Heine and Fred Gutterson. This will be
the forty-second concert and it is expected that
before the end of the season the Carr-Beel or
| ganization will celebrate its jubilee concert
| "Ibsen' will be set to music" This is the lat
| est news that comes from Berlin and one trern-
bles to think what the music will be like The
composer Hans Fitzner, has decided to write
a lyric drama on the text of Ibsen's "The Fes-
| tival of Solhang," and the work Will shortly be
| presented at the Hoftheatre in Mayence. A
cheerful evening is in preparation for the audi
| ence.
The people of Berlin. who are very sarcastic
as class, have given the nickname of Saint
Egr to the new church built in honor, of
William l. 1t viii be remembered that En-.
peror William II consecrated the proceeds Of