The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-20
OPERA SINGERS ABR0LD.
What MANY, VIII Are Well Kaown Hero.
Arc Doin. u Europenn Aitlcs.

Are Doing a European titlcs.
Fraulein Lola BE .th. who sang at the Metro
p~olitan Opera House last winter and rather
disar pointed New York audiences who had
heard Of her reputation in Europe both as a
singer and a bc-uty. has been singing in the
German cities. She has appeared at Strass-
burr. Munich. Mainz. Basel. and will go to
Monte Carlo for the season to be given there
unoer the direction or Jehin. Next season
Fraule.n Reeth will return to the Imperial
OIera House IN Vienna. where she made her
chief successes through several years.
The pei fornanCes at Monte Carlo this year
will require the services Of q number OF sing
ers already known in New York. This oper-
a;!c season al alUute Carlo Is one OF the most
artistic in Eurore, aud everT year at least one
or two nev works are given. The director
there Is Jehin, formerly of tae Opera Comiqus
IN Paris. bur now at the Theatre dc la Mon
nnte IN Brussels. lie ia he husband OF Nine.
Dechamps. one Of the mezzo-sopranos at the
Grand Opera in Paris. The performances are
given under the patronage OF the Prince Of
Monaco, and the oest available singers in Eu-
rope are secured. Last year the novelty was
Cesar Fracck's "Ghise!dIs." with Emma
Eamss In the leading role. This year Isadure de
Laras opera "Moh!na' Will he sung and Gold
marks Queen OF Shea viii be given. Both
works will DO sung in French. PGtt! is to sins
In la Traviata' and Lucia, p" with Tama:no,
and among the other siagers engaged are
Mines. Marie Van Zaadt. Comma Bcllincioni.
Lolu Beeth, and NM. Maursl, Bouyet, and
Van Dyck.
Ernest Van Dyck has been engaged by Mau-
rice Grau for the next two seasons at Coyent
Garden, and his European popularity contin-
ues as great as ever, although there seems
but little chance OF his ever being heard in
thfa country L. Il fairly safe 10 Suy tnaf All
dienccs ike those OF New York wouli not be
willing to accept NaA Dyek as a substitute Tor
Reszke and dividing with tim the tenor roles
at the opera. there IS little -Gbabi!lty that he
Van DgcE and dc Res&te sing practically
the same repertoire. Tho belgian tenor sings
perhaps with greater facility, in French and
Is y Belgian by birth. he has sung Tor II long
time at the Imperial Opera House in Vienna.
grtn. Faust, DEG GrIeAc, Huttcr. n role which
he has not sung Often; ond other Parts in
ence OF W~inEe!mann In the CON yauy atNienua
kept Van Dyck out of the heavier Wagnerial
roles, as the older tenor ma, had. the call On
was Van Dyck allo ~ed to sing the n. lie Is stiIl
highly popular In Paris. wh"ro he sang LOhsI-
ptn when the work was given there for Tie
viii sing k,isI with him.
Hos4 sucLsr, FOR a long time one OF the fore
most Wsgner singers Of Germany, AMI FOR tie
last ten years prina donna sopfan1 at Tho
ROYAL Opera House In Bsrl.a, has lately been
singing with considerable SUCCESS in Buda-
pest, aud Is apparently in better vocal condi-
ton than when she sarR here under Walter
DamrusCh's manacncleat. Her decline dur
Ing the three years Immediately preceding hor
ylslt to th!s,cpuntry was great. unh her voice IS
said to have failed considerably oven during
the few months that interviewed between her
engagement by Waiter pamrDsch in berlin
and Ter debut here. Frau. Snchor always
laid her failure hers to her sickness but appar-
entity she is not ton lar gone tu win favor ia
European cities. Her husband, JOSEPH suGher.
is the ch!ef director at tho Berlin Opera.
and he accompanied her TO Budapest. Ho
was born there, but had geser conducted there
before.
Ada Adiny, who is singing now In Germany,
Il al Amer!call. who has never been heard In
Opera in-.her own country. She SANG st tho
opera III PaIis. and at Coyent Garden. Re.
Gently she has been singing IN Germany, and
has added to her repertoire u number or roles
IL German. Size now sings in German Is1Ide,
BI4nnAttls In DE WalkIre," Valentine I'D
Ada. All OF these parts sne has sung IN
Italian and FrSnch, and she still retains 10
her repertoire liO'etid and other OF tho rorld
Italian roles. ~l,eports OF Sigrid ArnuidsOn's
European successes continue TO be Heard, and
she is anxious to have Il known here that In
Russia. she receives $1,000 every time she
sings. and that she sings, moreover, only thu
Important roles IL every performance.