The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-27

Milka Ternina promises to be one Of the most
interesting Corners to the Metropolitan Opera
House next winter. She was heard here with
the Damrosch Company at the Academy of Music
in 1896, and heard then as Brunnhde,
and Leonora in "Fdelio" Last year she re-
turned to this country and would have appeared
again with the Damrosch Company had not
stubborn throat trouble prevented her from sing
ing for such long time that she decided to re-
turn 10 Germany and struggle no longer with
the American climate. She has lately conClud-
ed her long contract with the Munich Opera and
Will next year become regular member OF the
company at the Stadt Theatre in Hamburg
Fr8ulein Ternina is a Croatian. She studied sing
ing under Prof. GanSbacher in Munich and made
her debut at Leipzig in 1887 Elizabeth. her
favorite role in which To Introduce herself to a
new public. After several years in the COM
pany at Leipzig, Fraulein Ternina went To Bremen
and sang Brunnhilde in Die Walkuere" for
the first time under the direction Of Anton Seidl
She sang other Wagner roles under Seds di-
recon and soon outgrew the opera house al
Bremen. Her next engagement was at Munich
and she remained there until last spring Frau
len Ternina had a long training in the French
and Italian operas although she did make her
debut in "Tannhauser" She has, during the
past few years, devoted herself almost eXclu.
svely 10 Wagner roles. But Leonora in III Trov-
atore" as well as Ieonora in "Fidelio" used to
be one of the parts in which she was most sue
cessfu. She has won great praise az the Coun-
tess in "Ie Nozze di Figaro" from no less an au-
thority than I.illi Lehman who has high opin-
ion of her powers. Although she has been
member of the companies at Leipzig. Bremen
and Munich. Frsulein Ternna has sung in most
OF the German cities. In London she has sung
the leading Wagner roles at Covent Garden for
two years. She has sung twice at Bayreuth
and her Kundry In "Parsifal" has deem described
as the most brilliant individual performance
OF the present season there. Her Isolde made
a great impression in London. II is compar-
aivey new role in her repertoire. When she
came TO this country first, she had sung the role
only once Bayreuth was not a place that i'm
pressed her much at that time and she was in
clined to treat its artistic pretensions with very
little respect But that before she had sung
there, and her ideas on the subject may be diff
ferent now, FrauIein Tenina is not a beauty
but she is heroic in figure and admirably suited
TO the roles in which she has made her reputa-
ton, She is looked upon to-day as the greatest
of the younger generation Of Wagner singers
of that generation which is to succeed Sucher
Materna, Malten and Lehman. FTaulein Ter
nina has appeared to he the only young German
singer who could come up to these high stand
ards, As she sings only in German, New York
will hear her only in the Wagner operas II
the American climate does not again overwhelm
her, the season is likely to bring forward no new
singer more interesting than this young woman,
who is entering the golden days Of her career.
Anton Van Rooy is N sing Hans Sachs in Ber-
lin in October at special production of Die Mcis-
terslnger," which will he exactly in the manner
of the recent Bayreuth performance Young
Siegfried Wagner has received already one honor
which is usually considered test Of greatness
Some German writer has published guide To the
words and music Of his opera. Karl Goldmark
has prepared new version Of his opera Merlin "
which will be revived in Vienna in its new form in
the autumn He is said To have made many inn
portant changes in the score and in the text Mas
cagn has written To Berlin that he will not allow
| Leoncavallo To show the Germans greater honor
than he will Mascagn declares that he is al.
ready at work on the score for an opera based on
| Schiller's Whllenstein trilogy. He says that
the complete work will be ready by 1904 Some
heartless critic suggested that Mascagni need moi
overwork himself, as Germany could wait patiently
for this last effort Of his genius During the pas