The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-24
NEWS OF OPERA IN EUROPE.
,vyi EAyrEs SINGS BEFORE QUEEN
rrCTORIA At WINDSOR.

,.s,.a.-a u' the present season ut CoVeht bbr-
A., lV' she recently sang before n pititully
80 a.lIaacc; indeed. she might have been
s,"., . .rrirmlde here at tho Metropoli-
- r'. $50 rrraons heard her rs JuHte'te.
49,. Lost roles In hor repertoire. But she
vs. ,r, outraged BY the small audience, as
~ r. .rre was given at Windsor Castle
~ t. g...n's orders aud tho little gathering
I'd, DID,. No. qualify whatever II may have lacked
.,, re- At the close OF the opera u piece
~ .... WINS presented to Nine. Eamcs by
Tr,.. y0.'7rln personally. II was a winged
a., o' liberty. The tunic OF tho ng-
~. g.s trimmed with diamonds, the
VINCE 81. -, made OF rubies and diamonds and
"" r.-ted on n large solitaire diamond.
gr,.r.r- boy reward Tor appearing at Windsor.
~. ,, .. singers all received souvenirs Of tho
a..,... ,N. Tlouard de Reszk6, Plnncen.
s,l s.,-a. and Mines. Bauermelster and
Gt.,,..n ,a~a in tho cast, For this perform
.,,..t Ni.uaoTn great deal Of preparation Ia
ro,..gr. A stage was put up in the Waterloo
.r,upsr a. the castle and an entire outfit of
s,,rly naI to be painted for the occasion. The
or-t la'ar nne0t Of tho artists TO arrive con-
.i.-,l - t'o orchestra Of thirty-seven men
md NlHrinalli's direction. They reached
W.a1.ar In the early afternoon and rehearsed
Il, the imurovised theatre. With them was the
,tare manager. aud they were followed by the
ma. That Jean de RoSzkS was i'll and
o,tlF no.. rossihly appear. 1t was soon
.o,e-rorg.I that sal6za could take his
rI,cs and tho preparation continued. At z
O'Clock O s91cill train landed the principals. the
cb.rrs AND tho leading members Of the Covent
GARDEN administration. At q O'Clock the over
tura began, and It was long after midnight be-
fore tle 0uan ended. TIL Queen sat In a large
nrmchair near the stage and used a programme
priptcd On white satin. in gold letters. Copies
~ -,., Io,,I IN na1o b1,,a satin rvara
c,yeu 10 her and tho other members OF the
,oyal family present. After the performance
ali the artists. the conductor and the Covent
Garden representatives were presented to the
orsen. Then they all returned to London by a
special train. excepting Emma Eames and her
husband, who we're v]isLting, not far from Wind
snr. aud We're driven to and from the castle in
one 81 the QGeen's carriages.
london recently heard Calve IL "HSmlet,"
r. ogsr9 otteJ eight st years 81 Gis rnro h rG 4
IEnTSEity, the theatre was nearly empty by the
rom a. dramatic point Of view. was The hero;
XYa ssR fSs ss SRsf tk T Ysp aaiiaEo r }dess last Media and
Wanctneiii's ambition 70 have Hero and Le-
.. odsT" Fq sGd T Fs G9ssnt We So7 fss ma has .6 ln3sIly ss sn1
II ist F5peyto!re, consented to sing the part Of
i Srsln6e for the work when it Is sung in can
tata form, but for the o!eFa there is no oyer;
iPto a chorus OF pTiestessss and sailors. and
then }eS tnrr T2,S 9hiSp5 -, peErf0 Of fhs sS1pGnSsaarroiipp
f IrSSeSF Z IbSy iitsp tth TSI vicsr Il IN an snG at fRHIsttI5sc con:
Fest. and Hero Priestess Of Venpsl. The High
tElbsss5' rr gal9iy rE5 re ptss.e aid8 S thst u ERSs o MscR;
\ :Ps TT SSss4 > i .; H. AP @|Ss1H, Iii i i " s1 IS1S Y
pain r. q; ;f3h r. 81 ssE.h r. STAN i sy Sa9 E e e:
j jG5lne q the the OATH At" n the h m y RdTas' the l overs
ss,ss tRteFII n tRs tS,E asS sos, isia n 9se 9MSa atSsn's
fowsiT; Hero shows a torch at the window to
OF the toyS duet which ensues a terrific storm
the High Priest. and Lander. leaps from the
tower into the, sea only to be dashed back life:
body kris Glro. and the chorus prociaims that
hencctorSard the shore will TO mortais ever be
sacred.
The OpSra Oomique. which for the past ten
years has been located in the old Lyric Thea
TIRE In Paris. has boon removed from there and
awaits the completion Of the new building In
which 1t WILDE CHARTERED In the future. During
this period 1914 performances have been given.
Of which 341 were matinees. The total receipts
forten years were somewhat more than 3.40o.-
DOC. OF the operas given. forty-three were sung
for the first time and nine were transferred
from the old repertoire OF the theatre. OF all
the operas sung only three attained the dlstino-
ton OF 100 performances. There were "Le
Ro! d'Ys." "~Esclarmonde." and "Caval-
lsHs Rusticana." 1t seems likely that
Pucclnis La Vie de Boheme" will make
the same record. The most prominent singers
introduced during these ten years were Mines.
bthyl Sandorson. Delna. Calv6, and Nuovina,
Paris has lost uil chance Of having the proposed
new municipal opera house; but the Porte St
Martin Is Just now occupied by q company
which Is introducing q number OF new works to
the Parisians and charging only moderate
prices to hear them. The novelties promised
by the singers arc Sister Martha" by Lo Rey
samara's The Martyr" "Lorelai," by Husch.
mann; "Daphnis and Chloe" by Marechal. and
vii Ipo s BY Poaonn9is. Interesting %reyiysl'
and Apbers"l Cheyal de Bronze"
MATES TrffEEsfe L. Key wrote the music for "sistei
TSuea into three acts and five scenes. They
msyG usfd mesmorism as. the theme OF theil
tor AneHGl 10 Join Lafayette. returns to his
hN4lme Ia Brittany to bid his family farewell
cone. S a a nga. I Y He Ffafil ,5i IN Rhq lo Is aC With 70 h be.
m msF. wS use bs q , the expeTi9ents Of Mes
tenn tf6mpt2ttoG e Influence. the young nun te
ogoy ms Will tho soldier tries his poweri
me chief .2h5urdity Of this mystic storl
I.ztA- - ~ lh7l aGL, non III tfIef "
GSGlie what fate may be in store for them. thu
HTI%n tI.eh 10 act Is a premature Mile. Couedon
Ing VISION which she e]onjures up shows he,
m Orgy dressed as Il cOurtesan, where sh,
lar a song out a girl who was deserted b!
arLll}'E ttis IS zoo much for her religion
~s-TaI.a.. hn4 h, dies from the shock Of tn
t.9EhE,y. Ih.. should prepare Paris audience
n1llhrh realistic opera in which the hero
sTirIEttie5 from the effects Of a charcoal stow
lnh nNLn- 10 ore corner OF the room. Mar
gpHuia' ne baritone o. former seasons at tn
.'rrtI2PyEthni is n member OF the company.
I'M. GOA is Ia too bad reputew with the FrencI
m'dn.rriip"Gi !u7t now 10 make II possible 3
we inc storm" NJ the National Opera, so
~ m' seen irat At the. Theatre do la Normal
3l.nSri-. a suggestion to have this don
n.5 G.r"Nlg, been rejected by the author an
vHin-"r put II Is not improbable that the
(, I1rept that olor unless Tola'a troubles wit
cr@s ..t,rnll"Ht urc settled by the time tn
ngI ~ HHi,het Isidore de Lara has write
;Gg.,Esr brother Of Frances Saville
E5"apI,y o. rllke his debut at tho Oper
r,, an, ~ laTis. Simonson Is the iamil
pjs ne m0,h"rof the family recently die
Sr a''lr"Iin The autumn novelty at tn
2.t4h ITO lar1E yill la Ei1aliu .IGauthfa