The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-17

cradle the revolution that the little creature
would one day accomplish in the feelings of
the most blase opera-goer. she would probably
not have been believed even by Miss Sander
sons compatriots." The strangest thing is
that Miss Sanderson has never succeeded in
accomplishing any revolution in the feelings
OF her compatriots. There is no doubt about
the great swath that she is cutting in Milan.
The millionaire Terry, to whom she is still re-
ported to be engaged, Is in faithful attend
ance.
The garnisheeing OF Miss Ellen Beach Yaw's
box Office receipts at the Baldwin Theater on
Monday by the Musical Courier recalls the
fact that the Courier has blown hot and cold
in most singular manner with regard TO
Miss Yaw. At one time the Courier's puffs OF
Miss Yaw were not surpassed by those of her
own press agent Unpublished her picture, her
biography and such startling and hysterical
descriptions of her vocal powers that people
believed that the Musical Courier had dis
covered the most remarkable singer of this or
any other age. Readers of the Musical Courier
will remember that quite suddenly change
came DER the spirit of its dream. Miss Yaw
instead of being record breaking vocalist OF
superIative talent suddenly became young
person whose vocal aspirations had to be
severely sat upon. Readers of the Courier
were surprised to hear that her lower notes
were torn from her throat in cultural man.
ner, that her upper notes were thin and child
ish, and that if she persisted in her present
reprehensibIe methods OF producing her voice
she would soon have no voice to produce. The
garnisheeing of Miss Yaw's box-office receipts
lets in food of light on the Courier's dual
attitude. There was time when Miss Yaw's
agent paid tribute to the Courier, and in those
days she was nonesuch, then the tribute
ctr an MfcrV atv's
1t. Under these circumstances one can draw
pretty good conclusions as to the reliability of
either the praise or the censure.
The leaders of claques in the great Euro
pean opera-bouses are not such insignificant
individuals as people in this country are womb
to imagine. schoentag, the leader of the
claque in the Imperial Opera-House of Vienna,
recently feted his twenty lth year OF service
at the theater. His remarkable originality
has caused him to be considered daring and
artistic innovator in his profession, and his
anniversary was the signal for many tokens
OF admiration TO shower upon him. 1t seems
that Schoentag has fixed a new code of ap-
plause, which varies according to the artistic
standing of the singer, and he has established
besides rules for the artistic application of the
"bravo" According to the opinion of this
expert critic it would be very irritating if,
after the vocalist had caressed the ears of his
audience with piantssimo dying away into
the air, the clsque should suddenly trouble
the silence with applause forte. In such cases
Schoentag uses q softly uttered ''bravop'
which seems to escape inyoluntarily from the
lips OF one of his collaborators. A few mo-
ments after another collaboration utters q
second "bravor' tr.fe more loudly, and
thus, rinforzando al crescendo, the elaque sue
ceeds in enticing the whole theater into an
explosion of enthusiasm. This is what may
be called the perfection of the art OF applaud
ing.
Massenet's "Manon'' has just been played at
Batavia, the capital of Java, with immense
success. The most remarkable part of the
performance was that the principal role was
confided to young Javanese singer, who was
born in Batavia and who is said to be OF ma
tive origin. Her name is Miss Maeth Piazza
and she delighted the public as much by her
raylshing voice as by the charm OF her acting.
In commenting on this LIE Menestrel says:
Neither the Able Provost nor Massenet ever
dreamed of yellow Manon, whose charm
must be very different from that of the young
French girl who ended so sadly in the New
World. The Sandersons Van Zandts and the
rest of the famous Manons certainly never ex-
pected that q yellow lady would dispute the
palm with them; and now it seems that the
Javanese diva, encouraged by her first sue
cess, is about to play In La Nayarraise, Just
as If she were Mile. Calve. 1t is to be hoped
that at the exposition OF 1900 this marvellous
diva vii, make her debut in Paris"
1t is CALLING to reflect that while San Fran
cisco is TO have no grand opera this season
cities like Tihis, Cairo, Buenos Ayres etc., are
having fine seasons of opera. Even Batavia Is
treating itself to season of French opera. At
Cairo splendid repertory is announced,
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"Orpheus," to the newest works of the French
school. At Buenos Ayres it is announced that
Tamagno Will go into partnership with the
impressario Ferrari to undertake the manage