The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
OPERA IN EUROPE.
A New irish opcrn-pnttf'a Latest Appearance
Music In Germany.

One Of tho new operas that the present Monte
Carlo season has introduced is the "Nioinn" of
Isidoro dc Lara. 1t appears TO he interesting
chiefly from the fact that tho scene Is laid IN Ire
land, and according to certain critics the COM
poser has been successful in inparting to the
music n great donl Of the character of that
country. The librctto, by Louis Gallct, has also
been praised; but the story sounds very much
like an ordinary Irish melodrnina. which was
true of tho hook that George lesson wrote for
Villars Stanford's "Shmus O'Brion.' These
Irish stories transferred to tho opcrntic stage
seem to retain with inscpnrablc presidency
the types common in our most familiar Irish
plays. In the Molina" for instance, thchcroilo.
who gives the name to tho play, Is botrothcd TO
n young freshman named I'dirick. lilo is q
member OF h society dctcrn!ncd 70 obli'erato nj
customary English officer also loves Molina, and
tells her Of the peril In which her patriot lover
stands. This only increases her affection for
i0tricb and strengthens her determination TO
marry him. Their wedding is interrupted by tho
arrival OF n sheriff who comes to arrest PrtricS,
MS, q price has been put Oh his head. While, tho
soldiers and pcasantry aro gathered. in front
Of the church. the doors are, oncncd and the
priest appears about TO carry thr sacrament to n
dying man. With him is an acolytc, who is mono
,lsc Than the distinguished Pot"jckt. The SOL
Thea the priest holds tho sacrament between
him and the young L1ntrlot., with n command not
There Patrick is hiding. His sweetheart has
Ger. who threatens to Ge.ray Tic Whereabouts Of
her lover unless she yields To his wishes. Tho
girl resolves to save her lover in this
Of horror, stats the man. IA. he approaches
hcT. His body floats away in The boat that had
hiding IL discovered when P0irich comes ont 10
claim his bride. Singing a patriotic hymn. they
arc shot down 10y tho soldiers. Another re-
scmblancc TO tho customary Irish play is round
In The character OF IA man who, prctonds to be in
m mus 'G il s snid Sp bS c ri I.s' to he somowha. m NC
n%otonous, although well written for tho voice by
NJ; tc Lara; who Is an accomplished singer him
sC!!. Van DyCk md tcmma BcllinCioni had the
roles of the two lovers, while Maurcl appeared
as he pursuing English officer.
dolores, and tho result of that performance
seems d~ouhttul. ms the accounts OF II vary irrcc-
onriinbiy. Two Of the numbers were composed
BY Nine. ratt! herself, as well aus u bolero. which
! ,Sth,c only part of the orcra that IS ssnid to have
iarse &indirmcc to hear Nine. P st at mormon N
pri"cs-Ss for n seat in the orchestra. Some of
TAI ,Sil f6i;i SI s si1c mt hcr h ias voice an,c showed r1MGds i" ID de onrra
Munich has lately hearl one OF the three
gent. II was called "Thcurdnnk, and was
based on The nocm! that deals with the adven;
the spectacular hrilliancy OF n festival pcriorm-
ance-it was, given in honor nj the Regents
s';cccsg of the event TO that fact. tn" music.
which IL pronounced Wagnerion IL the highest
degree, was composed Oy Ludwig Ihrillc. IA pro-
fessor in the Conservatory NJ Munich.
TIL" occasion Of thc rstpcrtorInanceo of Hump
erGincks Tine Kings Children - in Frankfort
was made in n way the celebration of the com
Voscr's retirement from that city. He has
bought from. the proceeds OF his successful
"Hacnscl and GrcCl" an estate on the Rhine,
and, ABANDONING music criticism for the future,
Will devote himself TO composition there. Tho
music OF the new work is said TO he beautiful,
although The text i said 10 be poetic in. few
places, and the librctto in its entirety is de-
scribcd as TOO long and rnthcr tirrsonc.
ThcfiTst Isolde Of Wagncr's opera was Mnlvina
SchnOrr Won C,rolsfcld, whose maiden name was
Garrigucs. She Is now - wears old and is ii u
sanitnrium at WirStairn. she receives "a pen
sion from The royal treasury in view of her par
tiCiDAtion in the original production OF the opera
uEdCr the patronage OF Ludwig of Bavaria. Her
husband. Won Carn,sfc!d. was. a tenor highly
esteemed by Wagner. He died in Dresden In
July. 1865, shortly after this performance.
An interesting item Of musical gossip in Ger
many is the announcement OF the engagement
OF Director pOciini o. the S.adt Theatre in
Hamburg to Blanca Binnrhi. II singer whom he
discovered, and for whose education he paid.
she broke her contract To sing with him mt his
theatre, and. appearing first in Vienna, was sub
seQucntly successful in other European towns.
There was a long litigation as the result. and
the end is the announcement that the two are to
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