The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-21

suece.s OF n nAeisterrinEer" IN Fsrfs-
Operate Projects on the Continent.

suece.s or .,npe nAr,sterpinrerr IN Parfs-
operatic Projects On the Continent-
The production Of Los Maitres Chanteurs."
Rs Wagners opera "Die Meistersinger" ap-
pears In French. at the Opera In Paris ap-
pears to have been a great triumph for the
composer. Nothing had been neglected by
the authorities which would contribute to
this result. All that care and expendi-
ture could do had been done, and the OK
tended rehearsals arc said to have been per
formed with greater thoroughness than for any
Of the preceding Wagner operas. Now that the
opera has been sung and has been q success,
there 10 no fear that the experience with "Les
vnlkyries," which proved a pecuniary loss to the
Opera, will DO repeated. The cuts made In tho
opera to shorten 1t all had the sanction OF Nine.
Wagner, and they were the customary elisions
that have been made for performances at Lyons
and Brussels as well as at some Of tho German
towns. 1t was proposed before the first produc-
tion to have the first act last ono hour and ten
minutes, the second act one hour, and tho third
act one hour and twenty minutes. French
audiences are accustomed to long performances.
When LOS Huguenots" or Faust" is sung
in Paris In It's unabridged form the performance
lasts until long after midnight. Ono perform.
ancc of Les Huguenots" can be recalled which
lasted until 12:45.
Not all Of the singers in the cast were now to
thCtE IolOo dLu, Wv sAos oNtSheco
over four months, there WAS no reason why any
body in tho cast should have been
with the work. The chorus numbers 100. and
for the fnalo OF the third act, showing the march
OF tho guilds. 1t was planned 10 have $50 per
sons on the stage. Tho sum expended on tho
production is said to be $4,000. Mile. Breval,
S BIHnn nSa sung in Die heH Wsle ,Sa 'S was the Era, and and
her understudy was Mile. Ackte. the latest
prize graduated OF the Conscrv atoire; NJ. Remand,
who had already plnY BcCkDlesSer in BrlBSelS.
Alvarez, Delmar, anu Vnguet were the leading
singers IN the performanse. This Is INC i9nrth
Paris, "Lohengrfn." "TannhAuser." and Die
Waiknre' being the others. The FLYING Dutch;
undsr john at 1iS;les;Bsins, Only six years
dents and rir:rAf. Not the slightest Incident of
the opposition 10 Lohengrin" knew no limit.
ssPioasSs.s t Rsp s'o SRI ,h asy M P5is'fee os T5as W vEsss
ner was in Paris and living in a box at the
o opeFAs hST Mss SIS ssi sn to S BE- su nSs aese fo s SSei pere
Torrance. This was a sample inanity.
Of The he. o !sGn1 las; y wisn lost %b HSon ~ s5as s{iSa lq ' eon.
Quoted 1t. In accordance with the rule that two
new works BY native composers must DO sung
Ciha6iers "Briseis.SS The most popular opera
In the list Of the house is "taust," which In
has been sung more than 100 times. Rossini'o
"Wiliam Tel" ia to bo revived this season for
tsH ft Of M ii%S ia "GSssyp6 yssas Also; i asd " 4 s q
for which Massenet has written q new scene;
'.Gauthier' and "D'Aauitaino" will also BIO
The new Opera Comique. according to pres
ent plans, VIII be opened In the autumn Of 1893:
said te have given UP her e%pgaEsment to sing
with so NJ. SI s,n in Milc Mil, as R The study nagn Of u Italian slns.
i from af tSe present. ns ses I aspect Ae Of afra airs itH Is Likely
that she will continue to sing there for some
Victor Maurel 10 about to undertake a tour of
A AFSIsta NJ and f "othel pp'FA He io'~ viii 90 70 UNDER adHF
the direction Of Strakosoh, as Mortier. vino Is
i msu a on !" for ae III s dc L aSsHi Is and nGS M s%eo ADA
Adm in Germany and Russia. Msurel has de-
manded Alsaoe-Lorraine as the only proper com.
on such terms. Andrea Chenior" was lately
e Gerdi's " "oehefti tSA has s isiely been s% sung sinsu in two
German cities-Kiel and StuttRart-for tho first
s vino is to to sin sing sAi here p WITH wafer Waiter bsmroseh':
company, sang the leading role, and another Of
4 Me; Df HnSsra aB iiinFe pcm ka5! h sGT iaasly; s SeeS
revived 10 several German cities, and another
s snessss 81 b baei ct Gpe "baoa hsss Of u the f Rssi.
ment" at Brussels. 1t has crowded the theatre
Monnaie is the bridge which usually carries the
Wagner opera over from Germany into France;
and the musical taste OF tho public Is looked
upon as very advanced.
The company organized to sing the Wagner
operas in March at st. Petersburg includes
some names well known in New York, Tho two
conductors are to be Richter Of Vienna and
Muck Of Berlin. Besides Jean and Edousrd de
Mines. Malten, Moran olden, seidlmaier. Lit.
xinne and olitzka. and NM. Gudehus; somner.
Nine. Eames. it appears, It not to sing
time the. an III opera season will V
given at Monte Carlo with . company. made
up chiefly of French and Italian singers
80 far Tamagno. kaschmann, and Bellincionl
have been engaged. The 600th. performance OIL
der Freisch1tz" in the Berlin Opera House
will soon be celebrated. and a one.act play hal
been written by Ernst Won wildenbruch for tn,
occasion. The characters in 1t are Karl voI
Weber and one of his friends.
The Carl Rosa season In London was brouRh
, to n sudden end after the production OF "Diar
: mid" for which the Marquis OF Lorne wrote tn,
4, words. The season was so complete a failur'
; that the production OF Tristan and Isolde" IL
English was abandoned. Puccini's "Boheme'
4 was a failure in London. just as 1t was in VI
emma, where, In spite OF much praise and O fin
T production, Il drew only half.hIed houses. >.
The first monument to Johannes Brahms will
be put up in Hamburg. his native town. A
ready the work of raising the necessary fund
> has reached a point which makes 1t certain tina
q suitable monument can be erected.