The sun., 1896-06-21
BITS OF BOULEVARD LIFE.
oPERATIo STARS, ACADBMICTANS,
AND MURDERERs.

Intervisvvs with Miles. Caivs sad Wuts-
eherra.-Gastoa Paris's Eieetion-what
Zoln Thinks OF His FaiIuro-HIs New
Book "Roms--Three Sensational Nor
dsrs-Poets' statues, Dead oeoioEist,
ana Picture Sales In Faris.
-STksis Juno 5.-Hardly has Mile Emma
Calv6, the triumphan Carmen, returned among
ua than wo muet 10 again deprived of her
talents. On the 10th she goes to London for
an engagement. then she will try cure Mt
Carlsbad, and after two months of rest In her
hermitage Of Cabrteres we shall SEQ her again
In October at tho Opera Comique, hut for n few
evenings only. for America awaits her. un-
dertook to and out hov impressions on the tour
which she has Just mado In the Undted States.
my impressions2' sAid she to me. They
surpass everything that you can imagine that
10 charming and delightful. bring oaok an
absolutely delicious recollection of the recep-
tion that the Americans gave mo. Never has
tho public treated mo 20 well; so am happy at
tho thought Of returning there"
And after this trip. Madomoisellef"
"After2 that's long ways OF: nevertheless
I can announce TO you that shall return next
May, when hone TO be able to create Masso-
nets Sdpho. at the Opera Comiauo."
As / leave tho entresol in, tho Avenue Mon
taicne, whero Mile. Calve lives. am lucky
enough to meet Mile. Kutscherra. who will
soon make her first appearance at the Opera,
and whom my American readers Will doubt
less recollect. for she has sung in the operas or
Mozart. Weber, Wagner. aad tho French
repertory, especially In 1.-THE HuGuenots" and
"L'Africainc." Very much pleased with her sit
uatfon, the new star confldcs TO mo that shc
works all day long, either with NJ. Gnilhard or
with Nine. Artot do Padila, inordcr to sing
without foreign accent tho part of Sicg(tnde,
which she has sung hitherto in German II
was my opportunity to lnd out from the mi
able songstrcss what her nationality wns.
Milo. Kutschcrra Is Czech. and not q Ger
man, as people say. It Is true that she made
her first appearance In Berlin; then che sang
in Dresden, Munich, &C., and finally went to
tho United States.
While we arc speaking Of the atrical mat.
ters, here are q few interesting figures with
regard to the last performances that NJ. Coaue-
lin WAS giving when three separate times
he left the Comedie Frarcaise. The first
time, under the direction Of NJ. Perrin. they
were playing lies Rantzau." The play was
bringing in e.243 francs at its seventy-fourth
performance: and the second time. when NJ
Sodptn was on tho bills. the average Of tho
twelfth, thirteenth. fourteenth, and fifteenth
performances was nearly 5000 francs: that
is the maximum. Finally. when NJ. Coquelin
left the house Of Moliere for the last time. he
was acting in LA Megere Apprivosee" t''The
Tanning of the Shrew)." which. at the forty.
second performance, was still drawing s,2o2
francs. These figures. explain moro than
enough the energy exerte. by the Comedie
FRANCHISE, to prevent IL. Coquelin from play
ing In Paris, as It is entitled to do by the do
cree of Moscow. We must EXPECT, however,
to see this decree modified before long. for its
old-fashioned ideas do not At In with the
At the Aoad {mie Francaise. at q particu larly
trious men. P.steur Ard AlexanaSs Dumas.
SaSs 0r Paris s
ehpssn By IS votes to ofss ImSers de St.
Ahand and 3 for NJ. Frederic Godefroy. A
sbo Ged Gt ha S M esson pa Who
years old. is q graduate of the Ecole des Char:
tres. Atter taking the degree OF doctor of
eeeded his father in the professorship in tho
stantly taught romance LANGUAGES and me
dieval literature. 4 student OF the middle
Paris has Obtained in his works as q specialist
O, worldwide reputation. His works arc
sen Rs as ss Esss Of y ndss9 Sss9 se
Translation Of Diez's celebrated grammar Of
Of chapiemssneA add that e n Paris + aa
amiable and sympathetic person. the general
favor with which his election was received
will excite no astonishment.
For Alexandra Dumas's chair matters took
An entirely different turn There were eight
ballots without any result and the thirty
three votes were divided az follows among
tho candidates..
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tho votes during the ballots. seems worth
publishing, for NJ, Zola himself, whom I was,
able to see before his departure for Medan, will
help us In understanding the mystery.
Tho illuTtrious novelist received me in his