The sun., 1899-02-05
NEWS OF OPERA IN EUROPE.
FATE OF BEETHoTENS TTDELTo"
At THE OPERA COMIQUE.

Goidmnrk,a 1.-THE Prisoner OF War" Mt
vienna-A Curious Museum which Exists
in ParIs-The Industry of the Italian
Composers-The OperntIc Stage Abroad.
The revival OF Beethovens FIdelio" at the
Opera Comiaue in Paris does not seem to have
been brilliantly successful. The opera had not
been heard In Paris since 1850. when Nine.
| Vlardot- Garcia sang Leonore. Nine Rose
| Caron sang Leonore recently at the Opera
| Comiuue. and the production was most harshly
criticised.
One OF tho curioslties OF Paris little known to
| the general public is unique museum In which
are gathered all objects relating to the ballet
These include everything. from tattered ballet
skirts to valuable jewels. which are collected
assiduously so long as thoy are connect
| cd with some celebrity OF the dance. The
latest acquisition TO the collection is plaster
cast OF the feet OF Nine. vestris. They were
made for Lord Fife at a cost Of 1000 Ruineas
and sold after his death for two shillnRs
1t is said that Lord Fife kept these casts always
on his desk in order to have their artistic
physlognomy" constantly before his eyes.
Humperdinck's "HAnsel und Gretl" will
not after all have It's first production Mt the
Opera Comioue In Paris. but will first be SUNG
at Rouen. The Theatre des Arts there has
produced many German works long before
they were seen In the capital. Louis Gann6
has composed for the Grand Opera in Paris the
next ballet to be given there. which Is to be
called e The Dance OF the Jewels" In this work
there will be some innovations the like OF
which were never seen before on the stage OF
the opera In one Of the scenes the dancing
will be done not by living beings. but by IMAM
innate objects representing various precious
stones and Illuminated by electricity. The
mechanisms devised to manipulate these are
said to be most ingenious. The most modern
- al cot
this ballet which is to be the most elaborate
ever given at the opera.
Carl Goldmark's new opera. THE Prisoner
OF War" will be given during the present sea-
son In most OF the German theatres. Cologne
was the second city to hear the work after
Vienna. There FrAuein Renard and Reich
mann had two Of the leading roles. of which
there are only three. These are R'ianl. Achilles
and Brises. The Vienna performance was
heard by most OF the leading impresarios and
conductors OF Europe. At the last moment
Godmark wrote an overture for the work.
which was not expected. and its reten-
ton in the text was made conditional
on the success of the performance
in Vienna. 1t was not contemplated by the
composer at the outset In order to celebrate
the birthday OF Frau Cosma Wagner Sieg-
fried gave performance OF the orchestral part
VI lib VOlnlS OpeTd DeT III
Bayreuth before an audience Of forty persons.
The work is to be sung in Munich after Dres-
den. Two OF the numbers played for this pri
vate gathering we're repeated and the verdict
of the gathering was that the music was
original and the orchestraton brilliant.
Lortzings Regina" which the Royal Opera
House at Berlin has accepted for production.
was written in four months time, while the
composer was director Of the orchestra at the
Ihpater an der Wien. Some OF the numbers
have been ., highly praised BY those Who have
Hr sta Which ev was last heard in Beriis when
Victor Maurel sang there in the the opera. is
soon to be put into the German rSpsTtnTe Of
lutte /" is also anticipated.
Graf Zechy. the one-armed Hungarian pian-
''Master Roand.' which was recently sung sung
with success at budapest, Frankfurt will bethc;
iris, For the first time in the history OF
Finland. an oPera, written Il IN l., the nati2na,
prize offered by a Finnish literary society
The condition was that Its subject should be
R Of nand Ths soG is n hree
and is said to be meritorious although the
glory In having. won, the prize is somewhat
submitted. Adolf Wallnoefer. the tenor who
sang here several seasons ago at the Metro
stone" which made a success In Prague and
will soon be heard in other German cities.
Herr Wallnoefer was known before as the COM
poser OF many songs.
The industry OF the Italian composers is
always remarkable enough when one con-
siders the few works that survive more than
pas passes without its new new opera in one town or
another. The dramatic and musical season
really commepces in Italy with the Christmas
given previous to that time. Mascagni's
Iris" was OF course the principal operatio
that already he is at work with Gabrielle
d'Annunzio on a new opera, In the
day. One-act operas are still put forward as
determinSd ST strqGgers for the place once nlled
course. survives. Turin. Milan. Venice, Flor
ence and many small cities have al heard their
s as the aPa R5pf Gs
lSyed Sesn q BSsbS has aFd Been
dropped for some time out OF the repertoire
WaRner's operas figured importantly on the
IN Italy. "Goetteriaem emmerung was given in
Trieste and the illness Of the tenor made the
was seen after the first act that he was III. and
In the last act ne Eaye out altogethsTT G The
italian fashion and the theatre was closed until
he recoyered oyer, his heath; Three .er Of saTdou's
Furnished to % Italian composers a This this
year. Mascagni. who had a quarrel In Rome
with Conductor Mascheroni. has ]nst been
through similar experience with TOscanini
at Milan; Mascagni wanted to, conduct the
@ @hFst periormanee Of his Iris " ~, at La Scala
should conduct all II any OF the performances.
and the result was that Toscanini retired.
The Bohemian Girl" Is soon to be given in
Naples, and the production is said to be the
first ever made in Italy.
Perosi and his oratorios are the absorbing
musical topics In Italy to-day. One of his
works Is soon to be given in Dresden. and II is
said that twenty-five other German cities have
HHsf 4he SUI @ g ohrs wsh lie 0THs was the
latest. was given at Rome with success equal
is divided into two parts, The first deals with
the last moments OF Christ. His death and
the seputure Of His body. while the second
illustrates His resurreerttion and reappearppce
appear are Christ. Mary Giagdaen, PLATE and
two angels. The action follows the gospel ac-
cordinR to st. Matthew. The work Is thought
to show already an Improvement over Perosl's
earlier works b and is ue mueh more n red dramate IN
work on an opera which is based on the story
OF the Sistine Chapel by the Pope,
= signor, Cremonini s singing this winter. in
tenor here with Col MaPlessGn on his his last tour
singer" at La Scala Tamagno's dauR hter WAS