The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-19

lehman has been compelled q, give up her
recital as well. and that Is an additional loss.
t es sn form n 't ~ ENTERTAINMENT eetSfnq 9t { 'aE She ddiIdit a gfe at
deal Of severe. work at the beginning OF the
when she TOOK the heavy cold which deyel-
oped into bronchitis. She is, said, TO have
oofperS House. She. always travels thither in a
cable car, II proved an EXPENSIVE course how
ssSSsytS; b Be nY hired SS'f for Ss5S.5So0S.' many '"'' ''O''
Nine. Eames's next new role at the Metro
politan will be Aida in Verdi's opera. and that
will. Of course. be delayed until next season.
That is one Of the roles which she long ago
made up her mind to include In her repertoire.
Herplan for the future is to study one Of the more
purely lyric roles before every Wagnerian part,
and In accordance with this Aida will precede
her Br1nnhilde in Die Walkuere.' That will
be the next of the triuloGy's heroines which
she will interpret. and 1t may be one OF next
seasons novelties. although that has not yet
been settled. 1t was this role in Die Wal
kuere" which first appealed to Nine Eames,
but she decided to take up Sie0linde first. Nine.
Eames hopes that Mr.. Grau may be persuaded
next year to give the spectacular production
OF Aida" which so many persons believe
would prove an enjoyable feature OF any sea-
son and one Of the most profitable undertak,
ings. Certainly the pageantrY and beauty OF
the subject we're never more utterly neglect
ed than they have leen in recent rerlorm-
uately the pictorial side of the character chn
safely be expected. In fact, Mr.. Julian story.
TUNES which she will wear. She is now en-
tirely familiar with the part and cVu!d have
SMinS ~ lni nar sG tSaS Nine n ne femss ever eSp 9@ts
to sing is Seiiku in L'Africaine." That viii
probably he the next OF her roles after LialHn-
hiidP. But she Is not to do that until the at
nosphere of the performance is somewhat
more appropriate than it usually Is here. The
opera has been given here rarely during recent
seasons. but that does not necessarily molly
hat il might not, lie made more popular, Rem
otition did that for Romeo ct JuItette, which
was not promising material to begin with. 1t
is an expensive task at the Metropo!itan, how
ever to- attempt to make an opera liked 9y
that another season should be carried through
successfully with repetitions OF the same linz
tied number OF operas.
The stockholders have begun to complain
that it is difficult to get guests for.the boxes,
as the old works have become a little bit too
familiar. This unexpected revolt ought to
| prove that the stage gets more attention from
that part of the house than was usually sup
posed. "L'Africaine' comes on next week for
| one performance. and tomorrow night Les
Huguenots'' will be varied by the presence of
Nine. Sembrich in the cast. and that Is TO
carry with it the necessity OF paying an adj
vanced price for admission. The all-star east
at advanced prices Is anomalous in this year
Of prosperity. These performances in the old
| days used to mean that the management want
ed money and wanted 1t quickly. To accom-
plish that purpoee half a dozen stars were
grouped. together. the prices raised SUFFICIENT
" and the money came. But nothing OF that
kind is necessary, this season. as full houses
have been the rule. This has been accom-
pliShed by the changes in the cast which Mr..
GRAY y ~ has has been in nr aS.e TO SD %aS Msi Hseaijg r wr!h NH
not be given at the METROPOLITAN this season
because there is no German ,Hah,$ Sachs. and
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tempt the performance in Italian. Herr Van
Rooy is to be heard at Bayreuth during the
to sing it there Grst and will not be able to DO
it here In any case before next winter. SO
c MisSSnSs E' H %sfl%S"i and i' Ere De Leapdro' viii
DO the new peri01ma sfSno to E Giys yHri ifi,y fS ths
will be sung during the first week in. March.
Not only ii. snltza, who sang the leading part
beauty OF some of the music ENTHUSIASTICALLY
Nine. m Heink and NJ. Plancon will
also be heard.
Nine. Sembrich makes her first appearance
in oratorio in this country in Providence dur
ing the engagement Of the Maurice Grau
Opera Company in Boston. She will sing in
THE Creation" She returns at the end of
April to Berlin. where. at tho New Royal Opera
House. her season of five weeks begins, at the
end OF the second week IN May. Several
singers now In the company at the Metropoii-
tan will probably company her to Berlin.
Nine. Sembrich receives many requests from
singers and singing teachers for advice and
other things which take time and are there
fore quite impossible to give. Some of those
who are brought to her by friends have tho
privilege OF singing before the famous prima
donna and getting her advice and suggestions.
This lucky number already includes enough
to give her a fairly clear idea OF the. quail
ties Of the American voice. Most, of those
remarkably fine in quality. They were all
OF a kind that made me realize how blessed
the women OF this country are with beautt-
full voices. l did notice. however, that
most Of them seemed inclined to do very
little study compared to the amount that, Is
necessary for any woman who wants to, pc
come a great singer. Most OF them think
that a month or a year OF work Will prepare
Them for a career TO last for years. How much
more time and labor are needed they Will dis
cover after a while. My experience has
been that they want to learn In a lew months
what really requires several years. No woman
In the world ever had a voice beautiful enough
TO COMPENSATE for a lack OF sufficient study,
She might be able to get along without 1t for
n while, although she would never be an ar
list then. But In a short time she would show
the want OF proper preparation IN a way tnat
would soon bring her career to- close. That
is the reason that | say to all the Girls who
come TO me, study now that you are young and
have your voice. 1t will be too late when
you are older and your voice Is gone.''