The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-04
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undecided. Marcella Sembrich. who last sang
Jutette three years ago with Jean dc ResEke OF
Monte Carlo. Is to appear soon in the nart here.
Nine. Melba made her appearance In the role
on Friday evening with NJ. saleza, the new
tenor. When Nine. Snville sings Juliete IL Will
be to tho Romeo Of Mr.. Van Dyck. Marie Engle
has hitherto sung the part only az the popular
performances. Il can readily be seen by a proc
ess Of elimination who the new Juhette IL TO
be. Miss Suzanne Adams win make her APP
pearnnce at the opera as Juliehe to the Romeo
Of Mr.. de Reszke. and q more auspicious intro
duction for q young singer could not well be
arranged. In Chicago Miss Adams made her
debut In the part with NJ. 5alesa; but there was
4 change in that arranGement for the New
ro5k 9MSes sn nsna M dShS,, m ss oas cane as n oSeT ~
while Jean de Reske has. consented x, do the
same for Miss Adams. Miss Adams will prob
Giovanni" which is to be. sung on Dec. %. With
Victor Maurel as Don Gtovdpnh Andreas Dip
rreno. Nine. Nordica as Dona dnnd and Mar
celia Sembrioh as Zertnd,
Marcella sembrich wore on Wednesday even-
ing a diamond bracelet presented TO her after
she had sung for the lrst time before the Gar
OF Russia. 1t has always brought good luck to
her. in spite Of the tragic death OF the donor.
The curious uncertainty OF the artists before
their first appearance IL always amusing 70
outsiders. particularly In the case OF a woman
like Nine. Sembrich. who has never known
anything but tr.umphs since tho first day she
began to sing. But Tuesday and Wednesday
were days OF such nervousness to her that she
ate, nothing, until, after the opera that night,
taking a drink OF any kind. Ernst Van
Dyckts customary nervousness was, eceentu-
place place he SS DAY OF bis DEBUT HbSata0ffts was Sa'S SO unro-
mantle an accident as swallowing a hair from
spell OF coughing, and the congestion OF his
throat made the singer epprehensive. But he
celia Sembrich will spend the first week OF
the Wagner performance in Chicago. Her
t Is1 n Sst there sSso with the or SgeT y c sS%S5nS q have aye
recceive $500 in Chicago. and has consented to
fi0Pss Be-, Ps9 Gn and md M shms sSFns S This q has asi prassii
West Vest G for one sSs'' Week at the beginning Of the
Wagner opera. M
Albert Saleza made q great success on Friday
night in the role which is possibly the most
difficult In the repertory for a stranger to win
favor in. In view of this difficulty NJ. Saleza
has no cause for complaint. But he came very
near p%ostponing his debut. On Wednesday
morning he felt so hoarse that he wrote to
Maurice Grau that he would not think of maxi
ing his debut on Friday. He put the letter on
MS desk ana Ineu went OuI lOF u walk ne
tried his voice as much as he could in the
| streets from time to time. and found that his
1oarseness was disappearing, The con
dition OF his m voice seemed et TO ,o De lmi
R@FisS y wsaik. " When R he got 'P back to the e0 Rotel he
f"am aR to tss q pia9 9Sli RRa tFie fo the lis Ds deiiSSs
tore toSss up q the note. NJ salsHs -fssaip9ss q: con- !.
t eoIar as TaS 81 means nse d 20 R52Bt e %bss f he %sa h hFS%
He walked about the streets IN the coolest or
cautions against cold that are taken by persons
who do not sing &C the rate OF ? .59o a night. N.
spaniard. He is a Frenchman, although he was
sTeat-grandfstheT was a Generaiip the Spanish
heart and AYERS that he is a Frenchman.
Charles Ellis has cabled to Germany for Rosa
olitzka. the subterranean contralto. to come to
this country and take a place in his company.
He had already engaged a c~ontralto for his
German roles. but he met with an experience
by no means new to American managers.
| Harriet Behnne. an American contralto. who
has sung with success for several years past In
Germany. wanted this year to return to her
OWE country, and as she had made a reputa-
| ton for herself in Breslau. and sings q large
repertoire well. Mr.. Ellis engaged her. Just
before the time came to sail word zane to
him from Germany that Miss Behnne was
still under contract in Germany and would be
| compelled to pay a forfeit OF 5000 marks
if she came here but nothing was said Of the
S2.5o0 forfeit which by the terms of her con-
tract she must payt to Mr.. Ellis in case she broke
her contract with him.. 1t is not likely that
anything will be heard of it. Forfeiture clauses
in contracts made with American managers
work only one way. and that is TO the adyan-
news Mr. Ellis engaged FrauleIn olitzEa. who
ought 70 be q useful member OF, the company.
Cuban tenor in the profession to-day and when
Mime. Melba next sings The. Star-Spangled
Sn seSirlia y t Shs S as4fGn m sfsRs be IN made mad Ba q speco
In Havana, studied law IN Madrid. and. then
Ing. His name Is Mario del Boil and he has In
tToduced himself to New York through, some
way. Which he viii probably never have the op-
portunity OF singing here.
Andreas Dippel did q courageous thing yes
terday when he consented to appear In place Of
Ernst Van Dyck as TaRnhauser. Herr DIPPED
is TO sing the same role in Philadelphia on
Monday night with the Ellis company. and his
New York debut would have come at a time
particularly favorable to him. as he would have
been the last OF the new artists to appear. His
debut would then have been made as SiegJried.
To be hurried on as he was yesterday at q
matinee performance. after very short 10
tice. was Dy no means inc sort Oh ueput
that the singer would have chosen. But
the situation was critical and Herr DIPPED
gracefully stepped into the breach. 1t was
found after the performance on Friday night
that Pol Plancon could not sing to-day, and that
gave Lempriere Pringle from Tasmania an op-
portunity to make his debut before q large
audience in the role OF Herman. The change
in the cast OF the opera is something for
which the MANAGEMENT is not held response
does not make II necessary to refund the
money paid for tickets. That happens only
yesterday afternoon was unprecedentedly
large for ",Tannhauser,p and showed how
Is we'll sung. 1t has rarely been SO well given
here during recent years as by this present
cast. 1t rarely happens that the first week OF a
season produces no new singers who fall to
pected triumph OF Marcslla sembrich down
to the success OF Henri Albers. who
came here unknown the new singers
favor for a first week. some of the artists for
merly known here show great improvement.