The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-06
MUSIC AND AfUsICIlNa

happily solved by this ENTERPRISE. The pro-
gramme for to night will include numbers 10y
Mcndelssohn. Rubinstcin. Thomas, Svendsen.
Wagner. Auber. Schumann Bzet Handel
and kontsky. The demand for more seri-
GUS music Is 30 frequently addressed to tho
managers that Tuesdays will be devoted to
classical programme. Tschakowsky's SYN
phony Pathetique will be played on Tuesday.
The full programme for tonight is as follows:
Priests March "......"A Alfalfa see. Mend elssohn
sphercnc desang $3.50. .......... hu6instoin
"!SS at% sssn RG.r.ss sT Th%Ea,
Trumpet solo ...'" Pearls q the Ocean"
wotan. Farewell a md RiSsS Fire Scene wagner
Overture :....;...;" Mesaniello ".,".,i. Auber
Strings Evening Song "................ schumsnn
Selection. ..........." Carmen "..........., Bi,ct
Violin solo Mr. Kaitenborn.
E eSSfn a p' Ian 's'R kam.sRn
The Castle square Company will have a new
tenor next year in Barron Berthold.. who sang
here with Waiter Damrosch., and also, IN
ing in Wicsbalcn, The company will include
Ry@m9a as sa Ty dyssS G1gn se ns
new ana ,smiIlprr. are Gsctle Hprdy. "t Msr::
nsSso " Bsrnass y a.s c lizzie S MsS
TWh;f2}mGas. Reginald Ky2hHGrts, frank M9uan:
Philip Regneas j.. n knight and Harold But
Year Of retirement in study. oscar phfiifip Reg
nens has been well known as church and CON
tens. Who sings With the company for the first
time this year. has been member OF the com
at The tspse Opera since he s here
nany Is certainly stronger in principals
than it has ever been SINCE opera in
American. The nization is not yet COM
plete eccntralt9 q, and bassQ are yet to be
studied in Germany and has sung for several
years on the operate stage in that country.
Some OF the Young women who have this year
career in tho chorus Of the company and have
gradually reached their present Importance.
The abandonment OF its tour to the Pacific
coast is the only important variation in the
plans OF the Maurice Grau opera company's
next season. and that does not affect the
New York programme. The Western tour
had been practically settled and it was
included in all arrangements made for
next years campaign. 1t necessarily involved
great financial outlay. and Maurice Grau had
made 1t dependent in measure on the adj
vance subscriptions. Presumably they were
insufficient to insure its success and hazard
GUS experiments are luckily no longer phase
OF operate management here. After the
great financial success Of the last sea-
son at the Metropolitan Opera House.
which proved final justification OF Mr. Grau's
liherality and prudence in management, he
will not be likely to take risks that were COM
mon enough with American impresarios q few
years ago. The first performance Of the next
season will be given on Oct g.. and not week
signed to San Francisco will be spent in New
HRayeG Hartford, SprFIngaed pW,2,rfcester;
Cleveland. and with st: Louis. Indianapolis.
Louisville. Cincinnati. Chicago and Boston be-
fore the New York season; to begin on Dec. IL.
and fifteen matinee pert ormances Brooklyn
adelphia will in all probability hear twenty
special performances. to be given during The
given there last winter was not ESPECIALLY
Erosper"us anancially although j. is doubtful
works to be performed. Audiences are so in
| different to them that the management has
lies there is ? some ONE" talk Of sapho. in
Thsh MI s N, GHss S,t e. ss
ia little, adapted to such an opera house as
ours ours, He feels the same way in regard to
while Nine. Melba's reappearance with the
| Grau company was possibility She owns
out ts
| Nine. Sembrich has been anxious to sing
MI, ever since she hrard the opera first sew
PPr.ras; , La Eile d" KeEiment, ana Don
NIsS ara Frs r for The first tine in h h. 2,
sung here, and she viii be heard ln the queen
3ave s new a9 iG n Se Gard f' The perl w
Torrance of the Nihelungen Ring next year
will he suppl"mcnt"d by a Wagner cycle Of an
! with Rien2." which has not been heard here
operas shall receive better scenery and stage
| management than have been devoted to
TGss S and bisF e Wa
kuere it would mpTo1Se the usual produce
| Of the next season will probably. like those
Of the past year, he fine performances OF
OF new ones. The retirement OF Charles Ellis
and Nine. Melha from tho field OF operate
troll. not only here, but in the other cities Of
| the country. and that monopoly should con-
| tribute to the success OF his enterprise In the
| future.
Albert Alvarez is to be the leading tenor for a
part Of the season in the French and Italian
roles. while MM.Van Dyck, Dipped and Salgnao
are Of course in the list. The first two came here
with contracts for a second season. Theodor
Bertran is a well-known German baritone and
| the husband OF Nine. Moran Olden. to whom he
| was married several years ago. His financial
| troubles have frequently brought him into
| notice. and only few months ago he
served a short term in prison. owing to
| combinations over his contracts with several
| German managers. Tho provisions o. the
Cartel Veren usually make one manager hard
enough to deal with. Herr Bertram made the
| mistake OF becoming involved with several
He comes here presumably in place of David
| Bispham, who is not mentioned in the list oi
baritones, Signor Scott, who tai es NJ. Mau-
rnl q nil 10 a ali md n f n u.
| ishman oran American. although his name has
suspicious sound. He came into notice first
during the recent Covent Garden, season. when
he appeared in Don Giovanni" and Aida.
| Sig. tampauari is also to he a member OF the
company and has spent. tho summer. in
| learning several German roles, Stgnor PM
| COrSi il an Italian baritone. who was the
original FnISt0G at Covent Garden when
| Ncrnis opera was given there first. Among
the women singers. Mile. TerninG is the mos,
| interesting new member of the metropolitan
company. She is not unknown here. but II
practically presented for the first time to New
York audiences. She is looked upon as the
greatest singer Of Wagn"rian roles on thu
German stage to-day. and is the best sucCesso
to Nine Lehman that could have been founc
IN Europe. Mile. DiitHka comes back to take
Marie Bremn'S place, and Susan StrOnL