The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-01

actor and a young man to whom much
other excellent stage matter may be
credited. The libretto of Brian Boru''
has been hailed with one accord as
relief to persons who had become wear
led with the acrobatic musical farces
which for so many years have been
nasquerading as comic operas.
The music was composed by Julian
Edwards. 1t would be high praise to
state that 1t was equal in merit to the
excellent libretto, but it is the general
opinion that it is even better There
is no effort to provide airs which will
be whistled by street urchins but Mr.
Edwards has produced number of
melodies which will for many years
be popular in the parlors Of refined
people. king ~Rene's Daughter"
semi grand opera, in which the beauti-
full Eleanor Mayo made her great hit,
was the first evidence which Mr.. Ed
wards gave to the world at large Of
the possession of more than ordinary
musical ability. That work abounded
in real musical merit and was so digni-
fed, when there was great temptation
to descend to frippery, that attention
was Immediately directed to the COM
paratively new composer, and orders
for his work, came in RAPIDLY His
next effort to be presented on the stage
was Madeleine; or, The Magic Kiss
the opera in which Camille d'Arville
made her stellar debut. Madeleine"
was written in rather light vein, but.
it was commendable throughout, and
the orchestration was a distinct ad-
vance upon the usual standard in works
of that character. This output is said
to have brought more fame than
money, but it nevertheless added to Mr..
Edwards reputation for versatility and
showed that he was equally at home
in any sort of composition hna
Brian Boru21a iss1 of course, his abest
work, and 1t will also, prove his most
profitable, for at the Broadway theater
in New York city, where it is at present
holding forth, tickets are sold weeks in
advance, and already an effort has been
made to cancel other attractions which
have been booked at the house in or
der to give the new opera an oppor-
tunfty to remain there throughout the
season.
Among the musical works now draw
| ing large audiences in this country
only one Of the half dozen pronounced
successes is foreign. 1.-THE Geisha" of
| which we read so much, is English
| The other five, exact comic and roman
| tic operas are American in book and
score. Thus the heavy royalties for
| merly sent to Europe are kept at home
! musicians of talent are no longer
! scorned, but encouraged in the develop
ment of their gift and generously re-
enumerated. New singers are discover
| ed and employed at large salaries, and
| our audiences receive better entertain
ment than before. Our musicians have
| proven their ability and have ousted
! Europe from the sinecure that foreign
| composers long held on our stage For
! her patriotic efforts in driving out the
| Sassenach, the Gaul and the Teuton
Miss Russell should be applauded. 1t
has been argued by the ungallant that
| she has too much flesh, but there is
not an ounce of her that is not set to
the key of Hail Columbia"
Four of the American operate successes
above referred to are to be heard in st. Paul
| this season. Miss Russell in 1.-THE American
| Beauty" Gustav Kerker's most successful
work, will be seen here in the closing months
| OF the season. The other bookings, all at
| the Metropolitan Frank Daniels in 'The
! Wizard Of the Nile; De Wolf Hopper in
! Sousas opera, lei Captain" and Francis
Wilson in his latest venture. now running
in New York, Half King"
The two great violinists, THOMPSON and
Ysaye, are under contract with Charles De
Groot for their next appearance in This coun-
try. Thompson will appear in a limited num-
Der of concerts next season, and Ysaye the
season following, as neither artist would
consent to come the same year. The next
to make bid for American prestige will
be Jan Van Oordt, young Hollander, whose
technique is said to be superior to any other
vioiinist.
Camille d'Arville is starred in Hammer
STEMS comic opera production, Santa Maria
| She is great favorite in New York. A num-
Der Of the metropolitan reviewers referred to
| her the best comic opera actress en- the
American stage.
Gounod's music was performed at mass
during the recent Clovis celebration at
Rheims. 1t was composed at Cardinal Lam
| genieuxs request, and was found after Gou-
mods death in a box marked ''Clovis mass
after the Gregorian style"
! De Reszke. the singer now owns 1our i'm
mense estates in Poland. They are called
Borowna, Chorzenice, Skrzdlow and Zdrowa
! They practically adjoin one another and in
4 all comprise an area of more than leo 900
acres. OF late years nearly all of his earn
ings have been spent on improving these es-
tates, and now they earn fine income.
Verdi is said to be composing an oratorio
written the ibretto. The work is reported to
have been commissioned by an English fes-
| tival committee.
| Nine Teresa Carreno's "Klavier-Abende,
! throughout Germany has met with enormous
success. and are modelled after those given by
Anton Rubinstein. Recently Carreno pro-
| gramme in Frankfort included compositions
| of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann Mem
delssohn and List. Rudolph Aronson reports
that thirty Carreno concerts have already
season shortly with a revised edition of their
| last years failure, "a War Time Wedding %
| The new title is Mexico In 1885,