The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20

peNted. and audiences had the pleasure OF
the window three times. The opera, which
has had greater success in South America than
Maestro Mascheroni from whom Mescae nj took
the baton before the first periormanee in Rome
ng the nn ground n that he not cSpSSe ofPEn
America is no longer the paradise OF singers as
It used to be In the days OF the country great
but such, a sum would be paid only. to him
The great women singers are not much in de-
Italy Italy with an osSSa.onS, coRtIIOq%iio n
struck Some A" PRsses 0tSw ss Gssa
as It exists At Rayreuth TO-DAY. More than one
Sse the sSSns s
w work was sung Tor tho first !%e. AnybSPdy
and taste When they were RS. desisnsS stage art
and adornment, Of .Parsiial", great progress
KInosor's garden. the flower girls in tawdry
o.,di;style ballet costumes, the direct SIMPLICITY
quently been the source OF Keen disappont-
nm mel to American visitors who expected to
renth; At last authoritative protests have been
against the use asteess and Gid,
everywhere the conventional dressing OF the
Maggner opeTas for fashions that accord with
cord the tSsteiess gowns formerly form c9nsdersd
| even the dressing Of the characters In
| the triloey. are all giving way, to costumes
regard to Ike progress Of art n the purposes OF
the stage This movement Is thoroughly in
accord aeor with MaGner's own desire to make
Sc Of his works The pars production
direction. La Germany this progress has been
slowest and has never penetrated to Bayreuth.
Now protest against such characteristic work
as Parsifal' has come at last.
Carl Lowenstein the intrepid impresarlo who
flashed across the local musical horizon two
years ago. has transferred his energies to a
new field. unless the Berlin newspapers are In
error. THE organizer OF the famous Waldorf
Astoria subscription concerts In New York"
announces q season OF ten concerts at the Royal
Opera House to be given under the direction
OF the most famous conductors in the world
1.amourreux Of Paris. Mascagni Of Milan and
Xumpe OF Stettip are already engaged. and the
orchestra and solosts are to be OF equal fame
according to the present plan. Mr.. Isoewen-
stein planned his concerts here on what were
said to be Berlin models. but abroad he Is fol-
lowing the New York fashion. The concerts
are said to have come to an end here
because there was no conductor to supplant
Mr.. Seidl. Berlin has Just heard q one-act
opera called ',Winapoh" by composer named
Lion. which transferred the story OF "Caval-
leria Rusticana" to Texas. The only differ
ence OF importance was that the Indian
Sdntuzzd killed her Mexican lover instead OF
making his mistress's husband do II. All the
characters were Americans and Spaniards
with the exception OF the heroine who was q
squaw in native costume. The work pro-
duced at private opera house gained some
critical praise. Nine. Georgina Januschowsky
no rafir nI tap, l,,, ftnr har
the stage In Berlin. is to be the dramatic So
prano OF the opera at Graz during tho next sea-
son. Thea Dorre. who sang recently in Berlin
with some success. has been engaged for three
years at the Hamburg opera. Marie Renard.
| long afavorte at the imperial opera in Vienna.
will retire from the stage at the close OF the
| next season. Her appearances have been con-
| fined chiefly to Vienna. where she was admired
| as Mi0non. Carmen and Mdnon. She created
most OF the Massenet roles there. She Ia a
young woman and possesses great personal
| charms She Is one OF the company that found
1t impossible to agree with the new director.
Mailer. and that dissatisfaction. combined
| with her considerable increase in Size has led
| her to retirement. The Gypsy Baron" Is to
| be the next Strauss operetta honored with
place in the repertoire OF the Royal Opera
| House in Berlin. The conductorship OF
| provincial opera house in Germany.
vacant HhoSueS 9 to- the
hpndrsa or ,sS pSsOn
Germany. was given the oher day in berlin f for
| the sake OF an Italian baritone named Fuma;
ioT male Voices. 'Theodofe Gerseh I wSoss
season. has completed a new music drama
which will be heard in the autumn. The Ger
man Reichstag Is soon to take up the discussion
| OF law dealing with the rights Of authOra
and composers Since 1910 II has been possible
W wb for bst
ana and It goes Int effect ,b will revive
which had lapsed under the old arrangement
The new law also looks to more satisfactory
and publishers than exists at present. The
lmnsrial Opera H 0 in H,e1Ra had this year
| paid. The German Emperor as King OF Prussia
gives sS the Berlin Opera House s225, 900 SUI,
Receives ones sixth Of, the civil i list or
$1,000" and se f. an Munich f The opera receives
stadt devotes one nth, OF the civil list to the
Darmstadt opera. and the Duke Of Meiningen;
Br"nswcF Sfrs ae the civil OF goes to
while the King Of Denmark allows one-iiitii
OF his civil list to the support OF the court
theatres.
Leoncavallo is going to make an opera out OF
"ZaZa," according to his latest announcements.
But he was going to do the same thing few
years ago with "Trby" and the world is wait
ing still. He has completed Roland OF Berlin"
written for the German Emperor. Petro Mas
cagni is going to Germany again next winter
to conduct a series OF concerts. He says that he
will take an orchestra OF eighty musicians
with him. His opera THE Masks" founded on
one OF Godonis comedies. will be given first In
Milan. Mile del Frate. who sued the director
OF La Scala for libel. because he announced that
Norma" would not be sung because she was
not equal to the part. won the case.
Then he appealed from the judgment Of the
court and was sustained. SO the 10000 francs at
which the prima donna estimated the damage to
her reputation will not be paid to her after
ALL similar case in Paris the other day
was interesting. as it showed the sort OF
| salaries paid to-day in Europe. A rather well
| known singer had been engaged as a dramatic
SO prano for term OF three years at the Opera
Comique. She sang three times and was dis
|