The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-29
Notes of the Stage.

Della Fox has under consideration new opera
entitled THE Telephone Girl
Nine. Lillian Nordica has been engaged for the
Handel festival. which is to be given in London
in June.
Francis Wilson has made a success equal to
that he achieved in ''Erminie, in his new opera,
Half a King
Guiidhan School of Music is the largest college
of music in the world 1t has nearly 1900 stu
dents and 40 professors.
Puccini has finished the first act of his operate
version of sardou's La Tosca, and he hopes
to deliver the to Ricordis by the end of the
year.
A new ballet, the subject of which is the
emancipation of the slave has been produced at
Naples with immense success. Its name is The
Mulatto."
Leoncavello may to New York to direct
the performances of his opera under the Maple
son regime. He is about begin work new
opera dealing with Montezuma, and is anxious to
visit Mexico in quest of local color.
The directors of the Opera in Paris have pub
Iished a table of the receipts of the various
operas played during the month of August. This
table shows that the average takings per night
were just about 81, 500. The Opera open thir
teen times during the month. and the most sue
which brought in 900. The least successful was
'Stgurd. at 81, 500.
Discussion in regard to high salaries for artists
has reached even Paris and the universal call
at least arrest in the dizzy ascending scale which
even in a country of francs puts entertainment
out of the reach of people not we'll endowed with
money. recent list reports Lasalle as getting
Edouard $1,000 a month others yearly salaries
pes 600 no & Oh AIM Sc dnn nsr ROM
$40 to sS9eS year In the Opera Go, Com Is
tint $500. Stars of the cafe concerts have from
500 10 $1,000 a month
The average of impression about Bayreuth
brought back to Paris both by Americans and
French, is of disappointment. No one can
tell just what is the matter. but that 1t is not
up to the standard, to expectation. perhaps.
is certain. One French writer, while he cannot
too highly extol the genius of the music runs
holes through the Tetralogy poem in the way
that is chilling. He mocks the efficacy of the
famous ring, which, like some extoled patent
medicine destroys everyone who touches it. He
shows up many of the characters in despica-
bic and ungodike light much of which is de-
served. He speaks of wotan as a most un-
worthy, undignihed and contemplate person.
Frika, vulgar concierge, and poor punished
Brunehilde the most decent creature in the whole
miserable gang.
Mr.. Gladstone. in the course of a speech pre-
senting the prizes in a brass band contest at
Hawarden. made the following debatable
ments the gift of music; There very
few people who wholly without musical
faculty and feeling If they without it it is
because it has never been cultivated in them.
remember, when l young, / used to dispute
with people about that. They said it was all
nonsense to talk about music gift to the
generality of mankind, the faculty OF music is
only given here and there. to man here and
woman there. and so forth, and it is
tremely rare endowment. ! deny that. / say il
it Is properly tended and properly brought
it is general gift in civilized countries ana even
in barbarous countries, and most certainly it is
so far as natu~e's part is concerned But people
used to say to me, I cannot sing And | said.
Now, supposing that you a baby and when
you grew out OF being baby, your nurse always
continued to carry you in her arms do you think
would be able to walk? | not.
Well, you learn to walk by practicing walking,
and you must learn to sing by practicing
singing. -