The San Francisco call., 1898-04-07

has read, and a large part if 1t has sym pathized with the omnivorous lover. The opera Lille du Reve' tells of one of these weddings. Most of the male char acters in the work wear French naval uniforms. Monsieur Clement sang the role of the glittering but delusive Lott. It Is certainly new departure for man to go to an opera house and see singer. wearing his uniform and bearing his name, go through a love-making and marriage which he himself has actually experienced.
 The aged Verdi is still to the front, this time, however, not in connection with opera. He has gone to Paris to person. ally superintend the production of some new sacred music suitable for Holy Thursday and Good Friday. The peren- nial old man of music will conduct his compositions to-day and tomorrow at the concerts of the Societe du Conserva- tore. Strange to say there are no solo parts for mems voices in the latest work of the master, most of the score consist ing of solo and quartet work for female voices. The vocalsts chosen to interpret the music are Niles. Ackte and Louise Grandjean, sopranos, and Mile. Delna and Mime. Heglon, contraltoS. Mile Ackte is a young girl who only graduated a few c where she won the grand prize for sing ing. She stepped straight from her music school. to the boards of the Opera Com ique, where she made her appearance as Marguerite, in Faust" with such suc- cess that she became popular Parisian idol at once. She Is said to recall Chris tine Nilsson, both in her beauty and her voice, and the fact that Verdi has select ed her to render his new music speaks volumes for her future success.
 By royal decree, Ovide Musin has been made a professor of the violin at the Liege Conservatory. in place O. cesar Thompson. This will be like coming home for the wandering Musin, for he was student and 'wonoer child" at the same conservatory, and in 1868 at the age of 14 he took two gold medals. After complet- ing his studies with Leonard he went to Paris with his professor, and about twenty years ago played with fiattering success in England, Holland and Switzer- land. The passion for travel then seized .l,i. anu ii, unuer,Uok d serles, oI re,..
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 forgotten for years together in the worlds musical centers. Musin has twice made the tour of the world, and in the course of his journeys has wandered over both the Americas. He has also eXten- sively explored Japan, Java and Siberia and has visited Australia, New Zealand and many parts of Africa. Either owing to his wandering life or to other causes, Muslin lost some of his skill as a virtu- oso, and could never be relied upon to play with hls former brillancy. It Is to be hoped that now he has settled down in the home of his childhood he will de- vote himself more seriously to music again Muslin has not completely for sworn travelling, however, for he has only undertaken to teach in Liege for six months in the year. On his last appear ance in San Francisco he played during most of his concerts to empty houses. The English play censor Is evidently of one mind with the local tenors who suf- 1 fers from qualms of conscience when the San Francisco Oratorio Society rehearses | Saint-Saens Samson ct Dalila." Grau | had this fine opera among the list of 1 works to be produced during the coming season at Covent Garden Opera house, London. The censor has positively pro- | hibited it's representation. This is not on account of any intrinsic levity, for as 1 an oratorio it would pass muster in the | British Isles without question, but operas
 based on Scriptural subjects are never
 allowed in operatic form in England. | When Rossini's Moses was creating a | furor in number of European cities its | production was prohibited in England till
 the music had been adapted to a new | libretto entitled Peter the Hermit" {" When the actions of Moses were attribut- | ed to the preacher of the First Crusade the work was produced without question. Later, when the public wanted Moses | in its integrity, it was produced in ora l torio form. Great disgust is expressed in