The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23

| and the preliminary rehearsalS have begun
| Three singers will be ready in each OF the lead
| Ing roles. Tho succeeding nine performances
| will DO given on Oct. -. % and 81 and Nov.
4. 7. IL. IA. IL and u. Henry SELLER. who
died the other day in Paris. was the thirteenth
child OF q family from Yonne. where he was
| born In 1S49 and lived until he came to Faris
| TO act as bother In q cafe on tho Rue Notrs
| Dame de Lorette lie brought all his family
TO Paris that they might enjoy his prosperity
after he had made a successful debut at the
Opera and became one OF its most popular ten
ors. Edmond About heard him singing at his
work and helped him to study at the Conser-
vatoire. where he failed to pass at his first
efforts to win a prize. Ambrose Thomas took
great interest in him. and he was enabled to
continue his studies unit yenr later; when
brussels for while. He then returned TO the
.'arts Opera and sang there until the early
French provlnces. Several Years ago he was
compelled to retire on account OF ME great
size He made up his face with stage COS.
that was done to make his old mother, who
had como to see him. believe that he was stu
in good health. pietro Mascagni may CON
duet o series Of symphony concerts at tho
Paris Exposition next summer in case an az;
propriatc concert hall can be found. lie VIII
take his own orchestra with him. Sgnor Mas
cagni has long been anxious to come TO this
country and direct the performances of Cav
TO New York several years ago with a view to
arranging a series OF concerts here II 1t were
not possible e. give peIi9rmahces O. his 1reras;
great and his agent returned without having
ACCOMPLISHED anything, Nine. Lucas. Vile
most ruccsssful debut there as MdrOmutr in
Les Hueuenots." Mile. Ca!yd has been taking
Lanceiot du Lac IS to be the next novelty at
the Opera. The principal rples will be sung
by MN; YaCuet and Ken&pd and Mines Bre,
the Renaissance will be called during the
times that OPERA is given there, promises to
as the subsidized theatres. Ia Flamenca."
BY Henri Cain, with music by Incien Lam
bert is the latest work accepted for pr2duc'
tor Of the orchestra at the Orera; died The
other dav on his estates to which he had re.
remained there until lSS7 irschman's
"Tovelace,' produced first at one OF the French
private theatres. has been sung IN Germany
and will lie given next season at Madrid. 1t
is founded on ''Clarissa Ilarloxe."
The differences between Felix Motif and
his wife on one side and Nine. Coslma Wagner
on the other led to his refusal to go to BAY
reuth this summer. Sickness was given az
the cause. although some persons preferred to
believe that was pretext. to cover moro seri-
Gus obstacles. RumoIs OF a rival Wagner
theatre to be under the control OF Felix Mottl
were looked upon as the first signs OF his re-
bellon against Bayreuth and Its traditions. 1t
was said that tho theatre would be built on
Lake Constance and that It would be rcndy for
performances by next summer Felix Motif
denied the story. which proved to DO not with
out foundation. But the extent OF it was an
application to the Carlsruhe ntendant by an
impresario'who wanted to give Wagner per-
10 thn of al (pDe a ~
II he could secure the services OF the singers
from the theatre there under Herr Motifs
direction. The application was refused on the
ground that the intendant had neither the
right nor tho desire to shorten tho vacation OF
the company. Herr Motif has again explained
publicly that nothing but sickness prevented
his cooperation in the Bayreuth perform
ances this summer. Thea Dorrc, who sang
Carmen here when Oscar Hammsrstein WAS
giving English opera at the old Mani titan and
later appeared in comic opera here, vas re-
Bizets heroine. Her acting was admired bur
her singing received severe criticism. Miss
DORIS is one Of the singers frequently quoted
py agitators, as type OF the unapprectated
American who has to wander abroad FOR ap-
probation. Milka.Terninn has recently retired
Munich. although she has nronlised to appear
there once season as guest for the next three
s ea shs at T :nS Nwhs an she t" cnme
to .thlsscountry, three years ago Frhulein Ter
nina expressed no catering oninion Of the
u
II was no longer distinction Tor an artist to
sing there. Evidently she has changed her
MIND d,r,o. Gran :. s,,a 70 ,.sit,t. 70 sra,o.
her for this country OH account Of her health
which frequently compels her to withdraw
fIohI announced performances at the last mo-
ment Walter Damrosch last season brought
her here to sing with the Melba company. hut
h. npos Sa here
unfortunate that she Is not to return as she is
the only Wagner singer OF tho day likely to
keen alive the traditions OF that great group
which included Iehmenn. Suchei;i Maiten and
play The Sunken Boil" was used without any
other chang then the o%isslGn OF isw
spesches as t the 6es15G 6 m
opinion was divided on tho suitability OF the
book and the beauty, 81 the score; This is the
DO rene m bered as the director Of the Lieder-
kEanz Tor several years. He con posed
Faust" and an opera based on Norwegian
Thomas setting to Shakesreare's "A MIDI
summeri NIGHTS Dream" which Is rarely
absurd librett9 II was once sung here at the
Fifth Avenue Theatre BY the Hess Opera Com
pnny and It's failure led 70 the first production
BY the same singers. Thre" other works which
are heard more and more frequently In Eurupa
will also 10 sung, They are Siegfried Wng-
"EuEen Oncgin." which 10 one OF the few new
works that provss successful every where with
tho public and hezncsf' s, "Dopnn, Diana"
which the dramatis persona consist OF seven
women and-no men, has lately been sung with
success. in st. Peter.burg Tanaeieif. the com;
numbers that have recently attained popu-
larty.
ROSE COGHLAS ~ BANKRUPTCY.
Actress Ha. Debts of AGO $50 which She