The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31
NEWS OF OPERA IN EUROPE

The influence Of Wagner on the oonsempo-
rar1 French musicians ha. long boon Fooos,
s s'SiT.1s Of their ; work has not % S ESCAPED sSn%sns
t5os,tles to approve tho plan Of a thlrd lyric
t tHSat that { the Wa %aSn perarO influence %tss was not USHt the
thev might find further opportunity to
dnro,on th,s inSnonco - .nnthor thsatrs
w itiSs TO %o BE 'S Slsmsd in p pesr %0s evsrT quarter "u !"
hut the wisdom of their course is generally
acknowledged now. The Opera and the Opera
comiaue are, according to their ideas; quite
1ao"Sh 20 t s"sns,y So od0 tb beSi b ,Uvsf fsiIod ai to- see T the
necessity Of subsidizInE an institution in which
1870 W. nroduoad the rorrs W no,no CONN.,
p posors tn that S' OoSoG1 y wants sO to hear. '' When I'll the
S%'t city S Wii be r ready to ,S subsi tiltE it o'1 Iiph hono
Humbert, a weIl-known writer on musical
topics. has come to the defence of those
who desired the new theatre with the theory
that the critics and not the public are response Il,
France to-day. he says that the critics terrtty
hen / IA along :nJ T6l. .S eSitI ksS s5TS e A. TtS TISsf. 4
pTunedu, menuSb. buu Dbu0T ID tuO tyEtbnJa Va
h haSe'f become mSS'i hopeless" ws9nertans. EraVo-
s siFESF' their S5 al balei %fHl0ff Rgaue s1S q make sFs
the young comP9sers Of France write
s h%me ense sG mors bs sh Tsy sR Y Gla a. Ers s9am @SsSG y
| Massenet's "Manon," while as dreadful In
STANCES q TIE never y sShool ne notds up hh ,S
1,,me ant sasma III he fonnd IN fhe IN a1reement
| OF the critics he assails on the subject OF both the
latter operas, when were praiseo 9y s0mS 0L
| otbapS M Hum6ert Jaws that when Saint
Saens, Massenet, and Reyer cease to write no
g9h3oi 81 5Tencn operetsS G0mPosers VII az e1 ano
lime denounced as too Waanerian. That Reyer'S
"SiRurd" was not accepted at the Opera on &C.
counter Us N aGnerism. whiie MSesSneG asc IoE
L.So1Idde Frencb ~meloSv"-iin biS work Biset was
accused also Of too great fondnee for Warmers
Blame Richard Wagner because the munich
nor d I saeet to hear Sn TH What tf 3Seg W WITT .n' pu0A' =
o Ths s ySS1 fEsSI sS@F RSsn e e as sS VAR o Si ta b
When in 1855 his 'arst, work was Eiyen there,
%S%Sf ss sSnf E sa 3 sn vas s's sung is s0i5fst Yo6. H Assessh l.
When In the same year his opera Ia File du
Danube" was sung. In 1854 Gounod's
sisd & w %itS siVs aT,b and s the OG II Sslin Xss
In his thirty-ffth year, Rossini was frst heard,
IFS Il Sj SsIsFS sss US SiS.S 81 d Tssn b fR 1ssb " Tss Is
szIss:;a = e sa 5 H. l Sn ] 55ssI hs %sss si1 E s1S IS : $s1 Az &S;S
hHercSianeum was sung in 1SS9the composer
was within a Year 81 tSe 6aii-oSnsarT mark.
wb. Tn scs,. IA sonIn op.nsd 10 the pubIie
VINO Ia oca1l ~ t Son OpvueC ~ norS
s man, ~ snd oW UsS' bi aS ssIsction toso tmportant
a post to the Energy and conScientiousness With
which he conducted a season in a provincial
tor Of the Tsatro Communal in FerraFa. which.
nrsaantad mora n~oveItIes than anv other opera
house. Toscanini has been engaged to conduct
the orcbestra. Roth of these men were selected
through the Influence OF Arrigo .BoIto. Fran
Ghettis opera bssed on Molier9s de MaItEe
and Ind In spite OF the changes made after tie
spectful hearing. Il failed, utterly In Milan.
nPG { q YaiT@Te. most 6s G aIstin sHS ESfh audi a.
enees i Tor T Barop VIE FFsan SREet9tff belooppss to one 9 Of
The richest famiHes In Italy. He had
10 nrom, leo IN hia two worka "Israel0
sshn 3S"n% GG aimmSn !" and ntdS v Ia Seonspicuous In
caIied tSirteen times before the curtain, which
is a small number for an Italian premier. and
y numbers mad 70 pc repeatea; me G0Ipo oS
pnect. The manaRer refused to comply with
their demands, which became, suddenly extor,
tionate. Probably IN TieW q the n tb bsc' Rnfhe
sSrbildS' and they erected the perform-
ance with alternate, hisses and, silence.
Illlca is 70 write me norStto I4r bbE ali
r f fntSssddS es many historical characters from the
, German war Ior iIeeaom: uemma DeillnSSi0}hh III
: who Is sald 70 De as Ie,igiouS as nun o ~ I 1no
, stage; reSentiy pIesenIeu Al otHan IN
merry IN tlorence ana more iateiy ea9k az eno
services given ioE the He6icsfro o Nv v HnS snd
! ~Schuperts Az aiarIa ana a,Ts TX sern u s anu
, hossinl. ht the eng o. Ihe service tnS e0hfrej
cation. when lncluGed many orsE,n no siSl
, women. Droke lnto sPplhuse. TnsIeupoh Dig
nora Bellincioni kindly repeated the ist'
a W.
. Nine. Cosima Wagner has recently heard .
: new tenor named Clemens KaufunR and taken
, IL" ~ - pnvr.utb 70 studv there the rhle n
: III" oh p"'ieN
4 pdr3ifdl for tho next festival. he was formerly