New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
MUSICAL MATTERS.
.,,r WEEKLY CALENDAR-A REVIEW OF
THE CONCERT SEASON - NEWS
NOTES AND PROGRAMMES.

-, ,,usIcal calendar for the current week Is as
follows CO., . uo,,,
x,ondav-The South Church, p. m. organ reei'ai
nv Clarence EDDY
ro.saay-Chamber Music Hall p M lecture Ss,i in
columbia ,hS pS
err Ian II a. NJ lecture by DR.. Hanchett: p. m.
nyso 81 % Ss banks CaE Ss s
Ham ss MP PuS SEH's School OF Mo- S sTookyn
s'Tins m en lecture BY B. oDSnneil The Pitch
Pine and How to Use It.; Madison Square Con
~ ~ HAIL $50 D. m, concert OF the Apollo Club.
,,,,rsdavArt Rooms Brooklyn, y. M. Mr. kreh-
Ih9 heis lecture on the programme Of the Boston
,,rc,ronolIton opera House, sis p. m, concert OF
he Boston symphony orcheslra 81 n ueV 5.,S,5
OF Organizes.
rr,day-Mendclssohn Gse Club Hall $50 p M con- NJ
cert Of the IenoX GhoraI orcsrt of the Bos
ION symphony orchestra.
COMMUNICATIONS of Music. BROOKLYN p H.
"a season Of opera since the Metropolitan opera
,o,so Was opened was 80 full OF vicissitudes as
,ba, which came 10 n close yesterday afternoon
,rsfo-tune seemed 10 have marked the institution
- tie own from the beg ming. tlGst came 'he
aD,tb Of Nine Klafsky, who was TO sing the chiet
u-,crer roles with NJ Jean de Reszke This hap
no,ea N september and was followed by the deaths
- Mr. Abbey. nomnally the leader OF the manag-
ing directors though 1t has always been MI Grau
-. ras done the practical work of management
and carried through the plan of reorganization
bicb relieved Abbey. SShoefel & Grau of their bur-
s.n Of Indebtedness, and transferred IL 10 the
shoulders OF the Abbey. Schoenel n Grau COM
amy limited corporation whose stockholders are
,rs ,rcdi,ors Of the old firm Mr.. Steinway was the
rr.sijent Of the corporation just before inc sea-
.,o began Nine Nordca who had won her way TO
. b,ob place in the favor of the public and whose
absence from the company's roster was wideS ana
sincerely deplored came forward with story
charging her failure 10 secure a Encouragement "
,,e intrgues of Nine. Melba and NJ Jean de
p,szke So far as the gentleman was concerned
tho sorry seemed improbable on It's face, and long
before the season was over Nine. Nordica was Will
ing 10 admit publicly that she had been hiSih
formed as the facts In the case nut II reihdheu
ina, Nine Melba had reserved the exclusive right
9, herself 70 sing the role of Brinnhilde in Wagners
,,Siapfriod' and fl can scarcely be doubted that
the Indifference with which the pubic recelVeu hS al
15s srsejy due TO generally prevalent feeling that
Mime Nordica had been harshly dealt with. II soon
turned out moreover that the failure TO secure
Nine Melba compelled 10 cede the roe 10, %
rinnhilde Nine. Lvnne who up 70 tahd 'i me
had not succeeded in convincing the public tnSt she
equal to so great responslo, MY, az Isolde
aft,~ Nine Klafskys death and the failure OF
The managers judgment was never al ~ ser
these negotiations he wanted to seGure Ine 5eir
y,iYe. bu; The unhappy contract with Media stood
In his way and Mime. Nordca was beyond MS
her, deTarture for France January 2 left ne
company crippled Happily the PoPnaiT'iyi in WH o,
mods "Faust' had found restored that perennial
work to d Sd s P9son Nine IN one de
ensaged to make RoiesS 6 5nS M Fgsro and lie
Ga but not only this but much more would nave nav
been possible had Nine Nordica been ersa tent
mo surgeons hands and Mozarts scintillant com
ely had 70 be withdr3T,n It waI I1 wss SUBJ
ud for It and in The midst o, ne
seU fatally stricken with heart disease
I, would be a pleasant thing to say that the lacts
thus detailed exhaust the story OF the lnsututons
rasf5rtunes But they do not Throughout the sea-
SON a determined and wicked effort has been made
q, iniure the opera and has been helped along by
,,,un,ns of Idle speculation and gossip in three or
four newspapers. Without ground. as every one couiu
gee who was at all familiar with the past histor! Oh
opera New-York and particularly with the STATUS
of the case at the Metropolitan Opera House, the
notion was given publicity that there was grave
doubt that opera would be given next year Inc
talk was wholly gratuitous, for if there were an!
signs of falling on in popular eSa na satis
faction of the stockholders of the opera house con-
Prrned a. escaped the notice of experienced and in
terested Observers The total attendance IL Is sSIe 10
assert was larger than that OF last year anu ne III
,eresf displayed in the representations was fully as
hy writing letters for publication and submitting 10
IN
he last there many people who were WHINE 10
be.ieve that things in a bad way al the Metro
,olitan or course everything was grist that came
10 the mill Of the leader in the campaign OF puohcd
lion.
There was less elaborate organization ms year
,han last hut the merit OF the performances
was higher there being no i'll equipped special Ger
man contingent 10 spoil the record Except for the
concentrations Of Tristan und Isolde last year. IL
VIZ he remembered that the extra German SUD-
s,-,ntion performances had little 20 commend then
This season there quite many German per-
formances as last without the special singers ana
the extra subscription In place of the latter an at
tenpt vas made give extra Wednesday maunees'
hu, the plan was abandoned after trial OF three
weeks A mos, decided Improvement was notice
able in the management OF the stage-a fact which
mus be chronicled with particular gratitude Inc
season began on November lG. The regular SUD
scTiption was for thirteen weeks, three nights
week and Saturday afternoons: Extra subscrlp,
,iou performances thirteen Saturday night ana
three Wednesday afternoon representations al popu-
Ian prices and an extra week Uhree nights ana d
ua.inee1 az subscription prices: There were mere
fore In all seventy-two performances, az WHICH
tueo,v-four different operas were brought Forward
IN ne order and at the dates set down In the foHo"-
Ing table,
D.,e of first Times
given.
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