The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-29
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View Works to ne sung In Germany France.
and England Next Autumn.

and England Next Autumn.
Frederick Smetana. the Bohemian composer
who was practically introduced to German audi.
ences through tho performances OF his opera
The Battered Bride" will be represented next
winter In the repertoircs of twenty German
opera houses by the first productions in that
country Of his work "Dalibor." This opera will
be sung at Vienna In November. The other
novelties announced at the Imperial Opera
House are Lconcavallo's LA Boheme" and
Tschaikovsky's "Iolanthe.'' which has already
boon heard in Hamburg and Munich. The latter
will be given with u new ballet founded on the
familiar "Slovenly Peter " book, which has
been tho most successful work OF the kind
produced in Germany since Die Puppcnfee."
Elaborate ~revivals OF Loertsing's king and
Carpenter and Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia"
will be given. The latter opera has not been
sung in Vi"nn' since Lilli Lehman appeared
In 1t after her return from this country in 1892.
1t is revive in honor o. the Donizetti centenary.
Mozarts "Cosi ian lutte" in the original form
will also be sung.
Atthe Grand Opera in Paris, lies Maitres
Chanteurs," which had its first hearing in
France last spring at Lyons, will be tho chief
novelty of the winter. lie Prophetic" which
has not been in the repertoire of the theatre for
several years. will DO tho next of the Meyerbeer
99perss to Re r revived with especial care. and
. iisiSp " 'hi'h ~ i"S
some new music. will also be attempted again.
a new one.act orcra by the same composer is
else announced. and with the labor of putting
the finishing touches to the score OF "Sapho"
and the completion OF his Cinderella for the
Opera ComiQuc. no must be a busy man. NJ.
Alvarez remains the leading tenor OF tho com.
pnny and Rose Caron il first among the prima
donn1s; 1t is sid thet Van DyGk will come
formanccs OF Die Meistrrsinger.' At the
orcr" ComiSuei,. NJ. Carvnlho will revive Flo
tow's Martha"
The Carl Rosa opera company which will be.
gin The season in England. includes more Amer.
singer of the company, is an American. am SO
is Cccilc Lorraine. who was. born in Boston and
sing for a while in n church choir in Philadcl-
phia. Her parents were Irish. She studied in
Paris under Marchcsi. and will have the leading
role in tho English production OF r!ccini's " La
Bohcmo." Thea Dorre, who sang here in Oscar
Manhattan Opera House, and later In The Fenc-
ing Master" will be the latest American Carmen
to be heard in London. Barron Bertnold. de-
Wagnerian tenor" will also he a member OF tho
company. He sang here in Rob hoy and with
Walter Damrosch's company, Rosa olitzka is u
Carl Rosa company. Zelle dc Lussan will sing
on the Continent throughout the winter. George
Forgusson's engagement has been mentioned.
1t will amuse some persons in New York to
hear that Antonin Dvornk is writing an Ameri-
can opera based on /" Uncle TOMS Cabin" some
thing OF the same kind was told about him here
three years ago, when it was said that he was
hhsr on an opera to he fo"pded on LorgCc,low's
"Hiawitha.' A. Soon as Dr.. Dvorak arrived
here from his summer vacation in Prague 1t was
found to BIO entirely false tina, he was engaged
in any such work. 1t was to DO a novelty In its
way, as the COMPOSER was supposed to have
finished the score without having ever seen The
libretto or without any knowledge of its ar
rungemcnt. II anything more HAD been heard
al out the ruinor OF. DR.. Dvorak's return to Now
York the source OF the "Tncle Toms Cabin
stor, might be understood. But IL originated
I'm Europe.