The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-26
MUSIC AND MUsIcIASs.


ment and depth OF feeling that are necessary to
greatness in his profession Now ho reyels in
his youthful vigor. his complete mastery Of the
technique Of his art and his power 70 accomplish
anything that depends merely on these qualities
IL Is not believed that with greater maturity he
VIII fail 10 acquire the elements In which
/ he Is deficient. Alexander Pctschnikof has
proved by hiss three appearances hero that his
skill az vioInis, Ia nearly great on its
technical side, while his intcfprctativo powers
orc deeper now and more fully matured.
Clara Butt Ia likely 10 be heard often on
the local concert stage although her success hero
wna not forcsecn. and the necessity of filling ora.
torio engagements In England requires her early
return She possesses a rarely beautiful voice,
sings with great dramatic feeling and intelligence.
| ana her personality Is striking and magnetic.
That last quality pays q large part in the aucccss
OF an artist with this public although IL is only
one cause Of the favor which the English conra,to
! has found here II canno. he said that her sp.
pc.rancc on Tuesday evening increased the good
| impression ,hc made at her debut Her method
| oi singing Ia NJ reckless ,hrt one wonders how
long even powerful voice like ,crs can retail n ia
beauty under such strain Her over emphasis
was not SO striking hut II lis evidently habit
Intelligence and temperament, combined with q
voice Of quality ~ rare and lovely make her on
| OF th" notable musical fcau lures %, the winter
Tho arrival Of the opera company will throw
| these individual performers temporarily into
| the shade. The Chicago public showed greater
appreciation Of the singers during the week Just
closed. The casts were rs strong ns they could
be made and the week opened with Scmbrich
and Calve in the same programme, a combinn
| tion not In be resisted. Tie last week there be-
ginning tomorrow night. will bc devoted
| TO Faust" les Hugucnots" lie Nozzc di Fig.
mo- Carmen" and III IN
day Romeo ct dulictc" aud on Saturday Faust"
| and Rgglc,to" " Van l)ycE IL still i'll with
cold and SO Is Mile Icrninn The, Boston en-.
pyes nn make h sIfs 5Gm Mn@"y M.
| country a. Edua with Mile Calvc. and on Tues.
day Nils Tcrnina will sing !,o!eginc in French
Mdnrico in I'll rroyatoro" for the first time in
this country. So Chicago is 10 have it's share
| was To have sung odn on Friday night, had
e, rostpone his American introduction as Die
NJ Bonnard Who las been BEEN s Singing with the
Maurice Maurice Grau Opeta Company will be the first
q" is' wnsr In Srw 0
given last Tuesday was Moycrbecrs IA .tuivc"
The company Includes some well known French
singers among It's ninety members, and will give
with the usual CUSTOM S STSSi Yianssi who
tho winter Of 1890 Vi. tho season in which Abbey
Grsu resumed the management. is tho pnnci'
Susan Strong is referred To in the West "a
singer Of Wagner roles only Her American
d sss was male =! the Academy 81 Mpsis in
who made her debu, at the Opera Comique in
rn i The o'hs he c day y In real life Rosa Alder
Castle Square Company. ClnIn Butt is to sing
next Sunday evening at the Metropolitan Opera
| liouSe concert. The orchestra will he conducted
! by Walter Damrosch. who is also 10 be in charge
oil the following concert
| Sicgiried Wagner IL mentioned as a possible
conductor ~ the German operas in the next sea.
son at Covcnt Garden London is to have
winter term o! opera under the direction Of Signor
lago, niIccnonatey remembered, BY London
audiences a. the tTpresarto who introduced
lie MassSneis tend dillon vii III b 5" sung FD IN
Italian and there is prospect of Mascagni's
some years AT the head Of his own company and
annually carried English opera 70 South
Ing, from Cape Town He sang in the 1;beti and
sullivan operas here during the early eighties
He sang in London AT Covsnt Garden. and oeca,
such as Pelegrinis Mercedes" But his COM
| pany a. a rule confined it.ei 10 tho usual roper.
! toire, in which he sang all the leading baritone
roles lie studied in Italy under San Giovanni.
and began his career there
lar concerts recently had benefit in London.
| where he made his debut as adirector more than
forty years ago lie used 10 be at the old Cremprno
Gardens and 10 judge from the size Of the audience
| which greeted his fearDenrnnCe, had been for
Sosfn A Gy ' rs;n sns o, Tho Absent
Minded iieggar" has been sung in London
| music hall and aroused more enthusiasm In tho
| pubic than among the critics Sir Frederick
| bridge is ut work on music for The ballad OF
The Campcrdovn," which il 10 be sung by the
| Royal Choral Society at Albert Hall
| Blanche Matchesi's occasional appearances
J In London are still the signal For enthusiastic
praise which ha,s a, no feature II her performance
-Four concerts were recently given on sun
| day In London and tho suburbs. which. in view
OF the 3ppos,son these cn.e.tninmsnts me, with
tory over the people who struggled 10 long against
| Sunday music.
Petro MhscaRni and his orchestra from Ia
scala ~ Milan gave concert the other night
II received the composer without warmth and
was no more than polite IN It's treatment Of the
moi. favorable and @ an S
seems to have made no impress ON whatever
lns pr0gWSmn9 included such nnmests as Ns
"Irnume.si." arranged for a string orchestra
and a ChcIubni schcrzo, arranged for string
threatened not to present Mnscagni and his or
| cbcsira, on the ground tina! the musicians do
n". %ens or membIs Of s
tire orchestra with the exception Of small number
ssngaEed to strengthen the crgan,i,a,ion f9T It's
poser may md himself in trouble with the Ger.
The musical directors Of Germany recently mot
| In Leipsic TO found union intended to do away
cluded among these are undignihed competition
| among conductors, the engagement OF musicians
under fhlSe prrtencrs, lack OI uniformity III con-
| tracts and other relations in different German
| cities and the expense Of obtaining employment
on account Of the fees demanded More than
| two hundred and thirty directors belong TO the
| new association. This is interesting n view
| Of the fact that the musical magazines in Berlin
have been advertising that a vacancy has &C
CURED in the post Of second kapellmeister at the
| Court Theatre in Wiesbaden. The advertise
! mcnt further states that no salary is offered TO
! the person applying for the post, who, however,
will have the opportunity OF becoming acquainted
| with an excellent system Of conducting. ApDli-
cants are required 10 send in certificates OF their
| capabilities and past experience. The famous
| conductors Of Germany receive nearly as much
however, as the prmn donna, II they must still
content Themselves with less than the first tenors
receive In Berlin SO 900 q year is paid TO tho
| first conductor while conductor in another
| German city refused to come 10 the Metropolitan
| Opera House on the ground that the salary Of
fercd TO him wa very little more than he was
| hcCust omed to receive at home.
Fraulein Won Mldenbnrg, protegec Of Nine.
| Cosma Wagner and Theodore Rcchman, arc
said TO have hecn the most successful performers
| In the revival Of iubcnsteins The Demon"
| recently given in Vienna Ludwig Zottmayer,
| Tn, original King Marx in Tristan und Isolde"
! recently died in Wcimar. This most advanced
! OF Wagnpr'S operas was the other day for