The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-13

every one with the fuency of her Vocalization
and the purity and range of her voice. She is
already well known in Massachusetts as
church and concert singer; but two years ago
Miss Burnham decided to give herself artistic
finish by study abroad, and she has been pre-
pairing for concert work in Paris ever since.
European singers will certainly have to look
to their laurels now that so many American
and Australian girls are fred with the ambi-
ton to win lyric honors.
Walter Damrosch is evidently determined to
outshine the Abbey, Schoefel and Grau organ
izaticn next season as far as German opera is
engaged, for he is securing the best talent pro-
durable in Europe. Among the latest additions
to his list of artists are Frau Klafsky, Fraulein
Tuerina and Herr Demeter Papoyici Klafsky
not only possesses great dramatic talent, but
has superb singing voice, a requisite which is
often lacking in great Wagnerian prime dome.
Wagnerian OPERA interpreted in the Bayreuth
style, is not especially popular in London, but
last season, as one of Sir Augustus Harris
Wagnerian artists, Klafsky's singing won her
triumphs equal to any won on the French and
Italian nights, when Calve, Eames, etc., were
appearing. Fraulein Tuerina is also said to be
young and beautiful woman, possessed of
splendid dramatic soprano voice.
The London Truth says: "Miss Wesley, who
died last week. aged 76, was q grandniece of
the founder of Methodism. She was for forty
years organist at st. Margaret Patterns, and
was the friend of many distinguished people.
The fact that her father, Samuel Wesley, COM
posed his first oratorio, Ruth as tar back as
1774-that is to say when Beethoven was
child of 4, and ID years before Mozart wrote
Don Giovanni'-will show the link that this
veteran lazy was with the musical past. Her
father, indeed, who was Sd when she was born.
could remember the United States Declaration
OF Independence and the settlement of Aus
tralia. Miss Wesley herself was in childhood
befriended by Samuel Rogers, banker and
poet, and by Madame d'Arblay, whom DR..
Johnson had nursed. The deceased lady was
full of "reminiscences of musicians, actors and
other personages of the past"
beautiful monument has just been IN
yelled at the cemetery of Pecq, in France, to
the memory of the composer, Felicien David. !
Built against an eminence it is formed of roof |
supported by four columns. The background, /
sculptured by Chapu, is composed of plaque of
marble, on which is the bas-relief of the COM |
poser of "The Desert" At the foot of the mon |
ument weeping woman, to personify Music |
throws roses on the tomb. On the marble are |
inscribed the dates of the birth and death of |
the com poser-1S10-1S76-an the names of |
his principal works-"The Desert" "Christo- |
pher Columbus" .sThe Pearl of Brazil" 'Her-
culaneum," "Lalla Rookh" and eden" Am |
broise-Thomas pronounced the address when |
the monument was unveiled
Fifteen librettos were sent to the jury on the |
competition for the Prix de Rome at the Paris |
conservatory this summer "Clarissa Har-
love-" by Edouard Noel, has been chosen 1t |
is said to be very dramatic scene for three |
personages: Clarissa Harlowe, Robert Love- |
lace and Colonel Morden. Copies of this |
libretto have been given to the six students in |
musical composition who have been admitted |
to the final competition for the Prix de Rome |
and they have been given twenty-five days to !
write their respective scores to "Clarissa |
Harlowe." The one whose opera is pro- |
nounced the best will win the Prix de Rome |
which means that the conservatory will nav
his expenses for three years while he STUDIES |
in italy.
Tie smallest, dingiest theater in italy paws
$500 per night for the right of giving the |
"Cavalleria Rusticana," and very rarely are |
the receipts double this sum. Deduct all the |
expenses. salaries, etc., and the manager has |
very little benefit out of the speculation.
Verdfs aida" still commands $1,000 and even
$4,000 per night in large theaters, and $1,000 |
In the provinces. The publisher gives 40 per |
cent of his profits to the composers, but he |
has all the expenses to pay, and often spends |
large sums to "puff :" the opera and make it |
known. Under these conditions many COM
posers, such as Mascagni, for instance, make |
fortune in very short space of time.
dispatch from Barcelona states that Senior |
Albeniz has made a great success there with
his new grand opera, Henry Clifford" The |
libretto, which turns on an incident in the !
Wars of the Roses is the work OF F. NJ Coutts. |
partner in the clearinghouse of which LADY |
Burdett-Coutts holds so large an interest Al |
binez is known as the composer of the operetta |
'tMagic Opal,' in which May Yohe made her |
English debut. He wrote down the music to |
suit that young woman's peculiar voice.
At the revival of "Tannhauser' in Paris |
(heard from q box):-s
He-No doubt it would be beautiful IL one |
could only understand the music and make |
out what the plots ell about.
She-Hush! People in the orchestra might |
hear you, and if they thought you did not I'M |
derstand "Tannhauser' they would take you |
for an imbecile.
Miss Eonie Delrita, young soprano from |
Cork, has been engaged by Sir Augustus Harris |
to sing the prima donna role in the New York |
production of "Hansel and Gretel."
Emma Calye has broken her engagement |
with the Paris Grand Opera-house on the plea |
that she wishes to be free to come to America |
in the near future. She was engaged to sing