New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-24
MUSICAL MATTERS.
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR-OPENING OF
THE GERMAN OPERA SEASON


THE GERMAN OPERA SEASON.
The musical calendar for the current wee" -
Metropolitan Opera House SID popular bahia
by To An,ey a' c,ineeic Music Hall s:l5 p M irst
ropula. Damrosch concert ASc"e"''os'''
Me,ropo.n oPa esss s,.Fma m Rssias
1rr.rsDAy-ohickcrng Hall 3 p invitation concert
wEpNEsDAY-fIotel Waldorf. 3 p recital by Anton
concer. q Madison sauaM,s GaTen;
$50 p m panoforie recital by =; a. ~, American
synSSony 6 irene roan opeFs H9aas a p s M
H D. 'r M. concert l.'a- b, Jeanne Frnnko.
Iyceqm P Mcs srIna Opera Opera House
) D. m German opera. "LohenSFlh,
SATURDAY Mepan opSa o y 6o Jsa no. sanare
Garden. 80 2. IN. panoforte recital by r. a. Ma"
powell.
The four weeks season Of Wagnerian opera IN
German which Mr.. Walter Damrosch has pro-
iected will begin at the Metropolitan opera House
tomorrow evening. The popular interest III 'ne
undertaking has been indicated by an aston'shinsy
.arge subscription and advanced sale OF uchets'
Thirteen weeks OF opera in Italian and French DO
ROT seen, at all TO have dulled the public appetite
for the lyric drama. Possibly they nave o.'S
,hetted IT, NJ Damrosch Will play one OF me-
truup cards on the first night. bringing out IT'S
tan und Isolde" with Frau Sucher, Max ANary'
Emil Fischer Marie Brema. Franz Schwarz' Ru-
dolph Oberhausor and Paul Lange in the cast
on Thursday night and saturday afternoon inc
public viii have opportunities to renew acqual"'-
ance with Mr. Always young Siegired. an I'M
personaton which few years ago eXerc'seu
wonderful fascination upon the patrons OF the
=, ..i,,o, orera House "Lohengrin." with
Herr RothmGhl in the titular -ole. Will be brought
forward on Friday evening. IL Is peasant W 'o"'
that In Difference to the dramas ana those VIM
,vt~h 10 enjoy them. the audience-room II W o0
darkened during these representations Duilns
the Italian and French season which ended iast
u,s.k IN. anxiety OF few influential box-hoiders
70 be seen was frequently permitted to mar the
artistic effect Mr.. Damrosch's determination 10
do things well is to be commended
Durinr the opera weeks 1t is Mr.. Damrosch's in
,en,ion 10 give popular sunday night concerts at
.arrcele Hall The first OF them VII. take place
,o-rios, when NJ. Ysaye Nicholas Rothmuhl and
Friulcin Kutscherra will take part IN the sym
phony Orchestra Following is the programmes
>.e. Observation-Disclosures. rsehaiko~sky
Tanaisie Appaminata;; e1N'''"PS
Air from .I.Afrcaine ........ ........ .MeyeroeeF
.,m s,,.n Herd, Ff.a Mao.. Eq.iSeST!i ;.
sicsnun4s Love song c,w :1l.is, )-.'..'.'>
rscchanac samson ct Dalia" ........ .sain'-Saens
Fraulcin Kutscherra. r.,,,
I rasa Msl'nka Libce Strauss
sons: .. l c,,,h-,
g1r Tnl SG''uo,,
NoTe''' '''''' iiefr Ro,hmdhl. ,-,
Paraphrase from "PaFsifa 'sneF '''''"'
Overture THE Flying putchman' .....''.'''" wagner
v.,uo ON routo between Washington and Boston
some Of the artists OF Abbey 4 Grau VIII stop
over here tonight to give a concert IN the Nero
noli,an Opera House at which Saint-Saens sam
son 81 Dallla' viii be sung as an oratorlo "a'
IS without scenery costumes or acton. Inc prlii-
cipal parts will be in the hands OF NINE Nal'o'"'
s.rnor Tamagno, Slsnor Campanari and NJ. Piah-
con.
The second concert OF the second season OF the
American symphony Society. Mr. sam frahKo'
conductor VIII take place in Chickering Han on
Thursday afternoon OF this week. MI Richard
Hartman will play Mozari's Concerto in ID minor,
and the orchestral numbers VIII be Beethoven
first symphony. Sicilienne by bach' hSa"uo'.
bv Rameau and the overture. Robert Count OF
Paris" by Iioratio W Parker.
Information such as is contained in the letter
from Berlin which follows should not be per
mitted to prejudice the pubic against the student
concerned though it has been known to spoil
many a promising career:
Leonora Jackson the gifted young volinist, VINO
attracted favorable attention by ne, rect,,rin s
Bar Harbor. Newport ard LenoX III the sunliI,eIss
sue .ess in berlin under Joachim. lie brought her
out in concert at the Hoch Scnule. January H.
when she played the twelfth Concerto OF Spohi;
MIA orchestra under his personal leadership. and
scored a triumph. There was much enthusiasm.
Joachim himself applauded her warmly from the
condurtors stand. lie speaks OF her the won
derfui child" and has honorei her by lending her
one OF his rare old vions, Guarnerus valued at
$4,000 DR.. GEORGE f. CURTIS
Bcriin Feb s, 1895
All who are interested in popular musical educa-
ton will be CAD to learn that monthly 1ourhai
has been established for the purpose OF serving
as a medium of intercommuncation for the members
of the Peoples Choral Union of New-fork Inc
title of the journal Is Harmony and r, us mrs.
H. is "A sensible unaffected practical production
Harmony will print all the official announce
Singing Classes AS wei as news ana matters matters ..
Interest pert lining to them. For the beneht OF
members Mr. Frank DamrOsch VIII contribute a.
tcles Illustrating the lessons and explaining points
that arise In Connection with them: Space VIII
,crest Te cnrrent events In the musical world the
progress OF other societies. etc III .ne ~ 81 ,n
lSg,-lsa5 by Mr. Richard Aldrich. and an article on
the Influences o: choral singing oy MI r'"""
Damrosch.
At a concert of chamber music IN the nan OF me
Aschenbroedel Nefen this afternoon. beginning AT
4 o'clock an octet by Svendsen for four voiins,
two vlolas and two violonceilos ana Senum mann
n,,ntef for pIanofOrte and strings, VIII De played
Miss Eva Hawkes. will sing some songs
storv which sounds like that OF an operate
production il. Italy albeit 1t is we'll authenticated
comes from Dresden. paderewski gave concert
after Schumanns Concerto and twenty times after
his Polish Fantasia; from which It Nigh; be ar
times as popular composer as Schumann, which
we are stu inclined to doubt.
II is said that Bruno Oscar Klen's opera Ken
ilworth' words by William Mueller). was
days ago that Count Hochbers. the intendant of
the Court Opera at Berlin, accepted IL for produce
ton at that establishment.
Nine Eugene de Roode Master Charles Meehan