The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-18
MUSIC AND MUSIUARH

Hercla DarclGe Is to sing in Berlin next
month with an Italian company that will DO
heard at the Royal Opera House. The entire
organization will be brought from Italy in
order that the audience may not be disturbed
by the sound OF two languages on the stage
Signor de march, is to appear with her. Cop
pel's one-act play. lie Pnter." acted hero by
Ada Rohan as The Prayer" has lately boon
made into an opera by an italian composer
Pietro Mascagni is going to take his 9-year-
old son as a violnist in the orchestra with
which he will make trip through
Europe next winter. Mascagni has already
completed tho score Of Tho MASKS"
which Luigi Ilica made from ono Of
Godoni's comedies The masks are the
figures OF Italian comedy. Harlequin. Colum-
bine. Pantaone. hosaura. Fiorindo and TIE
music to his friends in Milan and Rome. and
the customary advance praise has already been
hero hero ii in love With Rosaura. Her father il on
his side She /. il love With F'orindo and Her-
s are hss th ]
vices do not Appear childish. the novelty o.. the
M the SO
now with Italian COMPOSERS. The work is IN
made to give the music the rocco character Of
the period in which Goldoni wrote the comedy
for he sst ms WSs
ding OF Psyche" from the name Of a famous
villa o., Lake Como. which contains a statue
The Story Az: S'h ths love e. Eso4sf , for
power rS over him and poisons her rival The
composer wrote in the most conventions
P Is ' cn the ssd es sd X ss' s
has written two librettoes. One is Sour
Beatrice" and the other "Ariane ct Barbe-
l. Do. n,tkn hAa rtft Van hA atat
the latter.
Many OF the Covent Garden costumes are to
be sold. not because all tho operas for which
they were used have been dropped from the
repertoire, but in order to clear the way for
new supply. Their departure is not wholly
regretted. judging from tho remarks Of Percy
Belts. who mentions the subject in these
words: Mixed feelings will be excited by the
announcement OF the auction sale on the 10th
inst. Of the surplus dresses and costumes Of
fifteen Covent Garden operas. II Trovatore.
Lucia and similar works we can. perhaps.
spare without q panR; but the mis- scene
for Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute is
1t ia to be hoped. only to be disposed OF in order
to make way for better and modern material Or
dered during Mr. Maurice Grau' 8 recent visit to
the Mozart Festival at Munich. The 'Lohsn-
grin stock 10 for sale SO that we shall no longer
old goose as Costa called 1t, sailing away from
instead OF toward King Henrvs encampment
on the Schelt. while the chorus express their
surprise by turning their backs on the bird
Sie0hied's dragon. that marvellous m ythologi-
cal beast. whose teeth invariably drop out on
the approach of the hero. is. unfortunately. not
for sale: but the dresses and costumes are
cataogued OF Carmen. TannhAuser.' 'Orfeo.
Les Huguenots.' Aida 'Traviata,' Faust,
lie Prophetic Romeo ct Juliette' and Die
Meistersinger.' Some OF these operas.
perhaps. are played out but others.
it 10 hoped. are only to be re-dressed"
Nine. Melba Is to give concert in London In
November and then start on a tour through
the British provinces. She will ring In con-
cert during February and March in Russia
and will not appear In opera there. Clara
Butt the English contralto. who will come to
this country next winter 10 pupil OF Etelka
Gerster and Bouhy, She is young and is said
to be a beauty. Vienna is to have a new mu-
ntcipal band. after as many years as Now York
During the last year the Opera House there
by 46 composers. including 50 bailets, Five
Wagner was the FIRST with 81. Twenty. Gig ht
German composers were represented by So
by II works, One Russian, one Czech and one
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10 Vienna than, in any, city outside OF
Paris. His works have been sung there
chiefly through the influence OF Ernest Van
Dyck who is his intimate friend and hrst per
suaded the director there to give Werther"
and some Of the omposer's other operas. The
soloists at the Berlin Philharmonic Ochestra
next year are to be Camilla Landi. Teresa Car
reno, the violinist Irma SnngPr-Seths. EuRen
D'Alhert, Ysaye, Emil Sauer. the young violin
Dohnanyi. the Hungarian pianist. and Edouard
Rlsler the famous French pianist. A present
debutant at Munich was an operate impresarlo
before he decided to go on the stage. He sang
Sdrdstro In Tho Magic Flute" and made a
great success go
Robert Kerr Colvie will sing Tonight Mt the
Kalten born concert. At the Tuesday evening
concert BeAthOven's Pastoral symphony will
be played In response TO many requests. Mr.
attendance at these concerts has not suffered
from the arrival OF the cool weather. As q
matter OF fact. tho St. Nicholas Garden is likely
10 be much more ENJOYABLE when the tenn pora-
ture Ia not high. II the concerts are to be ra-
sumed next year, some changes must be made,
chiefly in the direction Of better ventilation.
The first series OF winter concerto OF the
coming season will he given at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House on Sunday evenings during
November. They are in no way connected with
the regular operate concerts which will be re-
sumed later. Nine. Emma Nevada will make
her temperance at ona OF these concerts.
She has not been heard here for more than
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