The sun., 1899-10-22
OPERA IN OTHER CITIES.
MORE COyPANIES THAN EYER BEFORE
~ THIS COTNTRT.
New Organization in Montreal
Opera to lie sung There and In New
Orleans In Freucb-The English Com.
panies Travels of Great singers.

opera to He sung There ana In NeN
Orleans In Freuch-The English Com
panies Travels of Great singers.
Six cities in the United States and Canada are
this winter 10 enjoy permanent seasons Of opera.
They are New York Montreal St Louis New
Orleans San Francisco and Chicago New Or.
leans has had its opera season with greater reg.
| uiarl;y than any other american city save New
York. The french Opera House ih-re has missed
only few years since IL was organized first
French singers Of repu'e have always been orough,
from Paris and the provincial cities Of France
San Francis.o has had a company at the TiyVlt
Opera House singing opera in English tOr twenty
years The repertoire has covered q wide range.
from Wagner 10 Sullivan. Annually especially
ambitious series Ot Performances have Oeen given
and VI these has just come 10 an end in which
Nerdis 'otheIlo- was the most popular work
performed The special perform ances are not
! always confined 10 the yernAculAr Italian and
occasionally German artists have sung side by
side with speakers Of English but this circIm.
stance has never CAUSED the loyaliy u audiences
H. wayer
The Castle Square company which has pro
Nided opera here al the American lot threr yeaG-
will have branches in Chicago and ST Louis
The same alienation of light and serious works
followed here viii be ADOPTED The experiment
was made in Chicago last year and II met with
success II IL the policy oi the management To
send It's most popular singers from one city to
another and thus distribute It's attractions impar
italy
Both ST Louis and Chicago are this year io have
visits from the Maurice Grau Opera Company Chi
cagV annually enjoys three ~eeksot performances
similar N every detail almost ~ those given al
the Metropolitan ST Louis viii hear the com
| pany only four times as is support IN the past
R.z sh.
! management IL spend longer period there Wal
ter DamrusCh one year refused " return ~ S.
| Louis unless q certain sum as guaranteed Then
toe citizens suddenly awoke to what advantages
they had ignored while the singers were iner-
| \ guarantee fund TaiS-t bui that did not
suflce iU restore the reputation ut the city a
place that appreciated grand opeta The presence
Ot !ocaI company IS always thought ~ br edu-
CAuOnal and the Castle 81 uare singers who nave
! settled there permanently are likely to create .
taste for opets while they are entertaining their
audiences San Francis,Ny is n i wholly depend-
ent on its long established local Organization FOR
its supply Of opera Italian companies from
| Mexico OF South America frequently appear ther.
end !as1 seasJn the ElAs-Sl-iha tyrces gave two
weeks -easn Il Is not i'm pDSsi bic that the rau
| troupe may be heard ihe.e n the spring
Montreal - this winter enjoying its own com
! pany which gives Opera n French ct reguia ,
! iheatr ptIcr> ne existence Bi lEIrprnG
company there IS due 10 the successful visit Of the
] New orleans singers last winter They came
! North, appeared with success in Chicago, and n
/ Canada were v,JrtIa!ly received thai troupe
was g., iJseiher Ia give performances this winter
! IN Montreal Queb-c and Toronto and il viii later
/ BE- heard n SJme Of the American cities The
lmpEc>Ar!cs "t ihs little company have collected
some artists -! reputation -,mong thcS- i
! the tenor Provost; who sang here with MAp!ssyn
IN the early eighties and eIhlbiirI! slme remark
| ably high notes whenever he sang IN Ii 1rovs
tore He sang MGorico the other night in Mon
'rs Ia JsTt aR RS6r %S FE'n y "a enIn sn
7 other works 0f the regular French repertoire are
; t" y sung and there Is prun'.~~ I such novel
,.e~ as Massenets -CendrillOn and Reyrrs Sal
.smmbo" Some u the other singers IN this CON
pany are Nine. IsieNs a ~VpEanO. who has ap.
peafe,i at the Opera Comque in Psr~; Mn-
Cunualt" NM D~tiy Grumnrp and SalvatpG
are among the other principal men singers
! more pretru,ious p~rs"nCel as its performances
play large par; the Soclal life " the cliy and
! are given there Mass~nets lie I'D was sung
N NeS orleans before New York audiences heard
( has bern pypulaT there for some seasons The
! compeny sings Gperelte also and IN addition Ia
/ the standard works Of that school in French the
! latest vaudrvllles and musical farcrs are sung
there long before they reach tbs city If they ever
| arrive Th- company IS brought directly from
! par.s and sometimes inc udcS artists Of excellent
reputation Last winter Gilbert the list tenor
He has sung at the Par:s Opera and has be-n
. u
| Performance Of Wagn-rs opera Ia Pans Nine
fiercns, the dramatic soprano last winter was
Neuppoiiiar the year tie theatre was destroyed
by fire The maintenance ot the company -
assured by preliminary subscription The ex
pens u inr organiLarinn is ot course nnI com.
parable Ia that Of such a company ss New York
hears al the Mc'rnprl.tan. This year the cum
pany will again Cnn~.st OF capsule artists and -
as Chicago for few weeks The same !nlp,esa no
who has been in charge for the past Two seasons
will have control Of the company
The manner in which the Metropolitan Op-ra
Hnusc Company conducts lis tours to the Tiher
.i,l1s Is Is is,sT .s d INTERESTING THIS Plan does no!
prevails elserhere. Mr G-nu puts his own tic sci
sellers into TIE box ofice carries along his ~ n
head us.ir'S And prscucsEy demands that the
staff beiure ne lakes -s-SSlpE win ms orchestra
chorus, managers ara high priced prima donps
list of prssl bic productions Is submitted ~ the
public through the manage. of ne thearr- \
certain n9m6rr q oprra-. such as La .TIey.a,s
-RigoIe'to -l>nhensrin. -Romeo and Juliet are
srl"Cted Then ths casts are advertised and The
geciye re,eIpts In EYER, yasi "ier-t ,here is =
list of alternatives II i! BaTl!"r- ii S~viglia
is chosen and the audience Is no, likely 10 b. a-se
enough TO pay for - expensive singer as Nine
Sembrich, then Mll- de l.usSan - pui into NE
opera ss Rot'nd. She also dos duty for Nile
Caly- when the audience is not likely 10 b. large
enough :" MAKE the performance profitable with
ihe greatest Of all arr'>Hs IN ih- Nine
SgLanne Adsm- d,~s duty ,f2r NM SenbrIcn
as FHdd IN kIgUletto- and for Nile Ca!vr in
Faust. II the advance sales are not large enough
- ne TOW n Is not wealthy enough to afford the
most ~Npens.y" Stars Ot the company Tae<e
changes arr announcrJi long beforr the perform
ancr Is given and The putllC knows USi what TO
eNpec' Il Is indeed : question II the public Of
such clles cares any more sSUui ne G:pany from
tar Metropolitan Opera HOuS- IN Ne. York hon
II do~s about the usual opera Companies that
tuur the country The difference beiWreu ihem
srtistiCaly Is n0t likely 10 impress perS-,ns not
accustomed 10 nearing operate performance
Ero- - CAi>s0s DI,is NST'.
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