The record-union., 1897-07-18

1t has no relief, no variety being
couched in one sombre key, BETTING
the youthful hero's crude scheme of
political reform. Monotony must in
deed be its name if the genius of Nine
Sarah Bernhardt fails to illuminate it.
Here and there occurs a passage OF
passionate invective in which the act
ress' power is felt, but that strong
womanly quality which distinguishes
her acting is lost in the character of
the boy. 1t is not Nine. Sarah Bern
hardt's fortune, as it may be that of
the burlesque actress, to be able to lay
aside her petticoats with impunity. As
suredly, the jubilee public who may
judge of her by this unhappy imper-
sonation will marvel at the fame she
enjoys
The oldest music publishing house IN
the world, Breitkopf q Hartel of Leip-
sic, has added another monument of
enterprise to its already large list. 1t
is the now completed publication in
forty stout volumes of the complete
works of Schubert. Among the 1,Ol4
numbers in these forty volumes there
are many hitherto imprinted pieces,
including 80 songs for one voice.
Brahms and other eminent musical
scholars supervised this new edition.
Lovers of music will find in this col
lection many unknown treasures, just
as good and as new as if they had been
composed yesterday. There are many
weak things in Schubert's works; he
wrote over a thousand compositions in
q nd hn of pClt a
hastily, and nearly always without re-
vision; yet even in his weakest pieces
there is a spark of genius on every
page, and his poorest things are better
than the best of many popular COM
posers of our day.
Builders are busily at work on the
Opera Comique in Paris, and it is ex-
pected that the new house will be ready
to be opened in the autumn. The
theater viii be more comfortable than
its predecessors, and the spectators will
have a good view of the stage from
ali the seats. Fire-proof material is
being used throughout, and the laws
of 1888 in regard to theater building
are being rigidly enforced all the more
in view of the recent Partisan catas-
trophe.
Herr Dippel the leading tenor of the
Vienna Opera, and who is we'll known
in New York, where he made his de-
but, has been added to the forces of
the opera in Lodon, where the sea-
son is largely Wagnerian. 'Lohen-
grin, Tristan" and Die Walkure"
have now been given, and in each case
the critics agreed that the performance
was the best ever heard in that city
London music lovers are now wonder
ing why Anton Seidl was not brought
over from New York before to show
them how Wagner should be inter-
preted. The climax will be reached
with "Siegfried"
The Royal Opera of Berlin employs
thirty-three solo singers. The Berlin
opera and operetta theaters together
give employment to 443 male and 3S3
female singers.
Beerbohm Tree has secured the Eng
lish rights of lie Passe," a new play
by NJ. Porto Richie, which will be pro-
duced by Sarah Bernhardt at the Paris
Renaissance Theater in the autumn
Mrs. Tree will play Sarah Bernhardts s
part and Mr.. Tree that of a young
man of the world
"a Summers Day" is the name of H.
o. Esmond's new play, which will be
produced in London by Charles Haley
in the autumn.
Mrs. John Wood will be a central
figure in the new autumn melodrama
at Drury Lane Theater, London.
The London managers Wed with each
other in providing free seats for the
colonial Premiers who visited England
for the jubilee celebra ton.