The San Francisco call., 1897-10-07

chiefly by his operas and symphonies which
have attracted a great deal of attention.
"Una Notte Firepze," which is occasionally
produced in San Francisco by the Italian So
cieties, and 'Mirra," both of which were
produced in Prague, have been the most sue
cesslui OF his operas, while in his sym phonies
he has shown himself TO be q master of Crches-
tration and to possess in pronounced degree
the gift of musical expression. The Cavaliere,
or 'Zayey," as he is known among his friends
in the regiment, has q reputation for vigorous
conducting, and once in Glasgow succeeded
in DESTROYING, at the first attempt, baton
which, as he afterward discovered to his re-
gret, had been used by Won Bulow and other
eminent personages.
From Stockholm, "after thirty yearsr' The
thirtieth anniversary of Franco Swedish
event has just been celebrated al Stockholm.
Thirty-fve Swedes met together at a banquet
in the capital OF Sweden to celebrate the
memory, always radiant with triumph, of the
singlng-students of Upsala at the Universal
Expo ition of Paris in 1867. Conducted by
NJ. Oscar Arpi. the students of Upsala carried
off, in q universal competition, the highest
distinctions, and all Paris re-echoed with the
enormous success of the compatriots OF Jenny
Lind and Nilsson. The fresh splendor of these
young voices and the supreme art with which
the choruses were directed by NJ. Arpi, whose
name will always be a unit in the annals of
Swedish song, were a veritable revelation TO
the foreigners, and brought very br liant
offers-although not aceepted-to the student
singers. To-day the thirty-five convivialists at
the commemorative banquet are men of note
in their own country. Some are in the ad-
ministration and some have distinguished
themselves in science and literature, but it
was with a quite juvenile ardor ana enthu-
siasm tn at they disinterred those songs, gay,
melancholy and patriotic, which thirty years
ago for the first time transported d French
audience. This generous notice appears in
The Paris Figaro.
Saint-Saen ms has just returned from tour in
the north of Europe, where he met with the
most unqualified success. On learning OF his
arrival al Copenhagen the Queen of Denmark
invited him TO spend an evening at the royal
chateau, situated about an hours drive from
the city. He was char med with the friendly
and informal manner OF his reception. In
relating the event to the editor of Paris
pa per he said: 81 was introduced by an in
tendant, who at once retired, and the Queen,
herself distinguished pianist, came forward
and introduced me TO her family. ! was sur
priseC that she should present me to the Prin-
cess ofWales first and to the Dowaser Empress
OF Russia afterward, but probably she thinks
more of primogeniture than of rank. After
ward the Princess Valdemar entered, and by
ell was received in the most hatIering man
ner. was asked TO play several pieces, par
ticulariy the 'Mignon Waltz which the
Queen graciously informed me she then heard
played for the first time properly, although
she had repeatedly played it herself and had
heard it performed by Others"
Nothing is so remarkable and astonishing as
the extension OF German art and German arl-
lists in lands the most separated from the
mother country by dis tanee, race, language
and the taste OF the public. Thus it is that
the Deutsche Slngakademie of Buenos Ayres
! has just executed with great success, under
the direction of NJ. L. Muthe-, Schumann's
| Paradise and the PERI one of the most diff
cult and com pick of classic and romantic COM
| positions We would not venture TO say that
| the execution was worthy of the Gewandhaus
] of Leipzig of the Gurzenich OF Cologne.
But it was very brave to undertake such an
enterprise and TO have brought it to q success
| full finish.
NJ. Alphonse Daudet has just given permis-
sion 10 the Boufes-du-Nord 10 reproduce
| "PArlesienne." The managing directors OF
this theater have resolved to spare no expense
in mounting this piece as gorgeously as posi-
| Bile, as they wish TO make it most sensational
| event Bizers music viii be played and sung
| by special chorus ana orchestra under NJ
Jean Brus, and the principal roles viii be dis
tributed among the best dramatic artists.
| On the occasion of the Inauguration of the
statue of Cornic the ". retons OF Paris" gave
| very brilliant entertainment at the theater
OF Morlais- Les Harmonies OF the city lent
/ their assistance, and the patriotic Bretons
| gave most enthusiastic reception to the songs
and poetry of their native land
Nile. Marie Brema, who had so grand a su G.
esss in the Kundry OF Pars;fal at Bayreuth
| this summer has been engaged by NJ. Carvalho