The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-30

~ Morche9t, knndegger, San Giovanni, and
# ~ At Ling in Austria. as gaientine in .Tbs
Eaeoment was offered her by the directors Of
the Vienna imperial Opera House, but q de-
an opportunity Which could not be immediate
y accorded her by the Vienna management,
tmpoLea hor to refuse their fsttering offers.
other citiss;. and quickly gained rsnoSn. Nine.
T TSp 3 wa SSlaI o 10 his ,Ge se Snisio vi sIsi IN i s79n
under the direction OF Adolph Neuondorn, to sing
w SSr%c com TsSpih, an" N M S1tSrwsFs operas sns sang Esi Il
having heard Of her success, soon engaged her
cessor to the great Teresa Titiens, and she
Glled her place with great success for several
Taientine in The Huguenots." and as Donna
Annd in Don Giovanni She also sang sue.
United stS %asa al Hfto M%Rsa'V she i ssnR at La
scaln, Milan: Palermo, Sicily, Warsaw; Buenos
hyres, budapest, Berlin, Ersnksprt, DC; For
helm was engaged by Nine. Fab6ri.Muider. tho
retired prima donna drdmatica, residing In
man and Italian, opera, but especially to sing
Elsa in "Lohensrin,% to be given for the first
cisco. At that time epTi' was in San Francisco,
the Fabbri German end italian opera season.
expense in producing, 'Lohcngrin" with .
sunptuous. mise-en-scene, equal TO any 1
at tho metropolitan Opera House, with en-.
t Tire y,h new ;o, costumes; scep E% and Mdr prg pspnen.
S Ss& th Syt f9llGT Miss ' si@n S1ss; N the s aissPeS q
ramand. Herr Muller. and others, with q
worked my very best to. fiji the house from par.
ggset to ROOT. and, n fact, tho re, receipts aDn E Tero
cisco public then having not much love for
Wagner's music. drama, which lasted that
might MIGHT n nnnnye nSn sns I tSs,sloGaki: sen 1stt the never n1u &c
$500. We had to abandon ,.Lohongrin" ass
produced "Norma and Ia Juive,,, with, ar.
among the st;ooEholders Of the enterprise the
season ended,on the third week, and an so on sor
count Of "Lohengrin." The money raised ror
cess Of the season depended upon the success OF
this opera, II the season had begun as sug;;;
sS ssee E q On. or ' ri TroSat eStss' in which operas
Nine. Pappenheim and the tenor Bald ana 9
S S,en d mHsS saS Snd mot d iss rss%s. "oa'u INV
RTe,;Sarlos WIZ p 5Sa e H. t6 sfsS M , invs U9sFSSIs
Knows that during the memorable seq:
management, with celebrated wagnerian stars,
S SsssEs' H taS 'i lost oaef $780, 81 6 sSS M sssoFains to
statement published in the papers, and only
in late years have The managers Of the Wagner 9,er
9RReFdaii disaster hsa . / msfsla iDf RF%Sh Mime. P R,ppe i
and other artists overland, giving concerts
back to New York and in 1858 retired entirely
from M the hss stage tgss,,.S and e EYER ,p. e s15g Ito has @ SSsf One
On or about Oct. 16,, 1884. i returned to San
Francisco. where l had left an operatic concert
company including Nine; G1ldin,iI, SOPRANO %ggI1anP
SSssoa' and nj Nine: ni Emo %ads%or.h vivian &c;
siM I the principal .pe cities fia'e Of Oregon and Brit.
ish Colu oF eHI' RPp lSSyiins =. "p aMor Pssa%ealff au sh@
s snsht IN Il eas"'e with artistic and, financial
success. During my ~sojourn in San Francisco,
where / remained for over fifteen months . for
the world-renowned journalist and leetnr;
or. George Augustus sala. to overerowded
artistic, Nine. Fursch-Madi. a member Of Col.
Mapleson's Italian opera company; Win "a
aiss Patti ssas as star at the , c eisG manaf Thea ane and
in the United States, which was the least re.
munerative in her most brilliant career all over
81 years old, and had mastered the English
language, in which she played various OF her
wonderful woman and the greatest actress q
her time that l have ever known. she Is SUI
n Wednesday. April 4, 1879, the Grand
italian Opera from Havana inaugurated a
bCuboh VI y puooNh W. -
Ballo in Maschera," under the direction OF Sig.
The fhhe'. cast " Comprised Nine. DPsalmiiori as Amelia.
Mile. Marx as the Page, Mile. Rambeli as
as Renato. signori De Negro. Dubreuii. &c.
Mr.. Max Maretzek was conductor. The artists
scored an immense success, especially sig.
Celada, a tenor of unusual power and compass,
and Sig. Bertolase. a magnificent baritone OF
great +, pntation as q singer. On FRIDAY,
4hP pimi e. as as T neomesa, Mic Ms' k kixsPb; M't as N Has:
cend, Sig: Celada as Maurice. Sig. Bertolase as
GGsn ILL., dILu ns S and s. Sig fb DE &a HfSro as Ms se enthnsi:
On p sat3 E,S v april Z. E " aE Msrg mstinee M THs
lase, H1dlentine. and De Negro. Mephistophstes
i En lo opeSS' EADoohp fec Carlos, was produced for
the first time in the United States, with a COR
geous mtse-en-scene, magnincent new cos,
following star cast:
F1lippo IL, Re di spagna (King of spaln).
Rodrigo. Marquis Of poss ..."........s ignor Gef.olase
| Principessa d'ESoii. .signors RambeIli
+ SGats p page set o9 Eiii:abstta.. .sisneerina Mack
La Contess1 d'Arembera soike
Nothing better. that I remember. had been
produced ssS,s at the academy ID q %y,S 9f Mn Tbe S peSfor she
improved after having .r, been 5 seheas rSna oyer Yer
| LWelNC ItHltb- a L "a ouhB tho
opera several times in Europe, especially Nine.
| Palmieri, who was considered probably the
| greatest Elisdbetta dt VdlOis, and had sung this
role over Hfty times. She made q great hit.
She had a noble voice. a method OF rare perfcc-
ton. and that old broad school Of yocalism,
which has SO few exponents now. The grand
"Vcngo a d%omandar grazie ALA mia Regina
received a storm of applause. But the great
hit OF the evening was The grand finale In. the
second act, beginning ''sppntato eceo Il d
d'esultanza Onore'al pi1 grande del Re" which
was received with tremendous applause and
yociferously encored., The aria finale, '.TI che
la vanitA conoscesti del monde" Of EIisdbettd
and the duet finale OF the opera with Don Car,
los ended the opera with the 6clat Of q decided
| success. But, alas! we were all disappointed
for the second performance; which was given
financial failure Of "Don Carlos" which has
had a run OF success in Europe,apd South Amer.
expense, so discouraged the directors, Pal.
mieri and Abilities. that they decided at once to
close the season with the loss of over $4,000.
Thus ended the musical season of 1879, which,
according TO my experience, was full OF disap-
pointments for want of public patronage such
as have not experienced since.