The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-30
THF OPERA IN EUROPE,
Grand OLD MAN OF MUSIC
s.,rgEs HIS S6TH RLRTHDAE.

,,,r,,, Of verdi Are Eagerly Sought In Eu-
..-A Tenor becomes the Porter of .
.,.,.ro Hotel-An Old Opera by Auber
.-...bt 10 LiRht-A Disturbed Perform
-, coetterdaemmorunE in Vienna.
~ Verdi recently celebrated his
s,,h birthday, and he lie said to have
teu'' In hotter health than usual, despite
Io,Ioue which the visits OF his friends must
Wv. osused him and the fact that 1t was the
m na, hIr,bday since the death OF his wife. No
m NJ aeure in Europe 10 to q greater extent
~. subiect OF comment and aneedote. he
~ takes the trouble to deny the stories
IA about him. and he has recently contra
Wu Tho report that he was at work on an
dptou lawn from Shakespeare's "KinR Lear"
SpVT sood az gossip about him continues, and
=" ,oys otbls youth are explored In search OF
moG' One Of these dwells on the time whom
80 80, an acolyte, who became so absorbed In
m -" NJ the organ that he forgot all about
Y, I,,,os and had to be recalled to q sense OF
MS n, a Kick which sent him down the steps
Itho altar. Later. whom It was decided that
" sbould be q priest. it was the organ that
"n.sod him moro than any other feature with
ss Iio NJ the clergy. The priest who had
w ont his vocation for him was celebrating
= ono day while Verdi was at the organ.
rSa nriest was struck by the beauty Of the
l,ns,c' which seemed more than usually re-
rortnble from an organtst who received only
a. wear salary. He asked what the music
r,s Verdi, embarrassed at the question and
anticipating a rcproach. said that he had for
-n,ton to bring his music and had been impro-
icing Iplayed as l felt" he continued. The
,Jast decided that any boy with such musical
failing should be allowed to follow his W
1890 and become a musician II he wanted to.
nh. soore OF Mascagni's new Iris" was
,,,rad to n few critics and musicians the other
d,y In Rome, and the accounts Of its beauties
.ontaip the customary note OF enthusiasm. 1t
will soon be sung at the Costanzl Theatre.
Domenico C~ostanzi. who n the theatre
and built many houses in Rome. died the
other day, just before he was able to carry
out his plans Of establishing a conserva-
tow in connection with it. Singing schools
ton was to put up an elaborate struc-
ture suited to all the needs of q
musical college. Emma Nevada. one Of that
noble army Of American girls who anne her
SeIt geographically. has. been singing In Flor:
s enc d tST sne Ma Mss eaaGg Tsn SRa Tei fS"'1y was Hsy sung
Tor the first time in Turin lately, and, with the
assistance li nc, Of i. the h S GSmRI 6o eli p 9w9 asre sasea'
H TT Huss." by Tessaro. which will have
the refOrmer for the hero, is an opera that is
soon to be sung in Italy.
Mlerzwinsky. the Russian tenor who is re-
nembered from his appearances here some
years ago. Is said to have become the porter alta
hotel in Cannes. He had sung with success in
most OF the European cities. Now that the
strike has delayed the opening Of the Opera
ComiQuo In Paris. the performances will be
given in another theatre, in spite OF the scheme
to take the company to Berlin, Vienna, and st.
Petersburg. to sing in these cities until the new
building is ready. Awork by Auber. hitherto
unknown, is said to have been discovered re-
Gently in Belgium. 1t was the composer 3 first
opera, and he wrote.it for private performance
atthe chateau OF the Prince de Chimay: His
what notorious Therese Cabarrus. and she
made her husbands home the resort OF artists
t saa tb Silng Rqber S eom nos q g tJtxniite 'n The sc aae
SSithis opera is still IN the library at Chimay.
r Ie : re rec S0nye came Is 81 th lig name Is o. wa ase yT 1Peea
BY lie Mercier. who selected for his subject
40 old legend of the Chimay family.
FL shiS a sIse ee and nai Was ,i 9mmf%Sne% f BY the en Sire Psede de-
Couyecin in the dungeon of bis castle; For
seyen years he was mourned as dead by his wild
ow. and he was rescued only when a PEASANTS
arrow Eel, near the narrow, window that admit
ted air TO the prisoner. When he went to reach
t tRf 1t IRE IRE pt a. Chi heaya a T He he saydIn the sto a%
Of the Imprisonment. the wife, rescued
aside. Three characters sang the music
which Auber wrote for this story, TIL wife.
t tbToa prisoner h.9Gon, and tt NV wicked soefdn lord d. were we're the
moureux. who has been mentioned as a posi-
be conductor OF the proposed permanent Or
in Paris. He is a pupil Of the Conseryatoire.
and began his musical career as a ~violinist in
the st %GfSss ansrte Ct r thf 0 Eeiosn and AG GlaSed a Ia
Eignault. He was second conductor OF the
ConseEvatoire concerts for some time. and
he organized an, o%ratorio society. His
success with that was SO great that
e. e. 9 1sas In In 1s KS he m Pesisned ih This lf p1sss an at
formed the orchestra which has since borne his
Etn,he; These Paris concerts we're successful.
I the ground that the public support Of his eff
iots was not as great as it had been. But the
g lfm Of orchestra was kept intact and its
t!;atnonreux is said to have resumed the direc-
/ {o1 OF the concerts temporarily, as a salaried
ieader lie is now "a years old, and was born
10 Bordeaux.
"Goetterdaemmerung" was recently SUM
a. Vienna under difficulties. which attracted
fresh attention TO some of the new rules mad
by Gustav Mailer, now the director at the I'm
periaI Opera House. Tho bell for the begin
hlng OF the overture sounded. The conductor
MED his baton and brought It down to mark
ue HIST beat. Then he was seen to look down
atthe score. and then. in evident confusion. hi
knocked on his stand to bring the music to a
sor' Tho score Of " The Flying Dutchman'
ny on his desk. and the performance was
mterrupted until the right music was
brought to him. Tho audience had other COM
pants to make beyond asserting that Hans
MMchtercould have conducted without a score.
ne perlormance began at half g, and
q Eany 81 ths spectators who had arrived late
4 NJ inIDldden, 10 enter in accordance with
SSme oI director ,Mahler's rules. new to Vienna.
%mNSusIomary in most German cities. Many
Cye ~ iate arrivals entered forcioly. and the
n tbv sa q after us first interruption. proceeded
SSune end with the constant uproar OF the in
GyDSaaht l~lennese who were making their wa
III " man strength. That was not the end Of
mmttdouDles, The horse in the opening scene
tbs ste opera conducted himself so outrageously
TboanS eplsode was greeted with laughter.
tkc Heolore Keichman has been engaged for
NJ company for four years more. Boil
iS IL Tis, Ma Dame Blanche' was lately, sumo
Berlin 9nn qua after years OF disuse. and the
teRa opera Is about to make an ambitious
HbimOSS q DoniZetti's Don Pasquale,"
tn"b' Marcella Sembrich revived with
RsinboSlLSe a5 success, during her Vienna season.
ducad hermann's opera was recently pro-
e psrS Win gratifying results In Cassel. The
ussna11 at hamburg Is TO have more than the
ses y lumber Of novelties during the present
SahUH. UtO Inhaaia ppana IA h,.o -nI-,k