The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-01

Bulow Qn French) has also just been
issued by the same publishers, in vol-
ume of 426 pages Both are indexed.
and both contain a great deal of inter-
esting, wise and witty matter, to which
we shall return in a longer article in
due course of time.
Eden Phillpotts and Charles Groves
! are the authors of "A Golden We'd
ding" a one-act play, at the Haymar-
| ket Theater, London. Horace Court
| ley and his wife are visited on the
! fiftieth anniversary of their wedding
by Admiral Flamank, an old flame of
the lady. Some fine old Canary is
| brought forth and the trio go over the
story of their rivalry. Excited by the
| "reminiscences of his passion for Mrs.
| Courtley, who is a comedy old lady,
the sailor becomes too gallant and the
hospitality ends in quarrel, which is
appeased by the tact Of the lady.
New York Post: New York is threat
ened with a course of so-called re-
ligious plays in consequence of the
financial success of Mr.. Gaines expert
ment. These productions, as a rule,
are devised to secure the free advertis-
ing of the pulpit. and the clergy, gener-
ally, swallow the bait without winking.
Some of those which are now promised
may prove to be veritable masterpieces,
but 1t will be wiser not to indulge too
freely in pleasurable anticipations. One
OF them is by James A. Hearne, and is
entitled REV. ffith-Davenport, Cir
cult Preacher 1t is said to contain
seventy speaking parts, and to require
the services of 200 persons. These. it
must be confessed, are rather doubtful
recommendations. Another is called
| The New Minister and is the dra-
matte offspring of George w. Ryer.
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/ Nothing is more remarkable in the
annals of American music than the
way in which two girls from Maine
Lillian Norton Mime. Nordica) and
Emma Eames-have taken their place
among the foremost Wagner singers of
the day. Both had small though sweet
voices, both enlarged them, and made
them more beautiful and sonorous, by
years of patient, conscientious practice,
inspired by genuine zeal for the highest
art. Both had the benefit too, of Anton
SeidPs instruction, and eagerly availed
themselves of it, differing therein from
certain conductors who fancied they
knew everything better than Seidl, and
who are, consequently, now out in the
cold. Mr.. Seidl himself begged Nine.
Eames to learn the role of Sieglinde,
as bridge between the lyric and the
| heavier roles of Wagner" Both these
the Seidl memorial volume, which the
Scribners have now in press, and of
the $50 numbered copies of which, by
the way, more than 500 are already
disposed of, so that intending subscrib
ers will do well to send in their names
| at once. In her article Nine. Nordica
gives an amusing instance of Mr.. Seidl's
minute attention to details. It was his
won't to go over the parts in the Wag
ner operas with all the great singers,
including Niemann and the De Reszkes.
One day, after giving three hours of his
time to Nine. Nordica, he went with
with her to a Broadway store to buy
veil for Isolde in the second act. He
asked for samples of various kinds of
tulle, and, when they came, he seized
one after another at one end and f1irted
the other rapidly through the air, to
the great establishment of the shoppers
and shop-girls, who were not quite sure
>
knew just what he wanted
"Gotterdammerung'' was recently
sung in Bologna for the first time
under an Italian conductor, who went
to Germany to prepare himself in the
work. A tenor named Giani, said to be
the best of the Italian Wagner singers,
was the Siegfried. The opera met with
great popular success. The Brunnhilde
was a young soprano, Signora Fran
cescati- Paganini who made her debut
at Milan a year ago, and is said to be
the first Italian who has ever sung one
of the Brunnhildes. In previous per-
formances of Wagner's operas in Italy
these roles have been sung by Ger,
mans.
Boieldieus "Jean de Paris was re-
vived in Berlin for the tenor, Emil
Cote. The opera has not been heard
here for many years. It was sung in
Boston early in 1888 at the fremont by
company which included Sinclair,
Miss Hughes and Mrs Austin in rep
ertory. Was this the first performance?
"Petrus Forschegrund," new can
tata in three parts for solo voices,
chorus and orchestra, by Friedrich
Schuchardt Of Gotha, was performed
there for the first time, and with sue
cess, October 2Sth.
A new symphony, No. ;, in minor,
by August Klughardt. was performed
at Dessau, October 31st. It was warmly
received.
A monument to Woldenar Bargiel
was dedicated in the Dreifaltigkeits-
kirchof, Berlin, November 9Th 1t is a
granite stone with a bronze medallion
of the composer and teacher surround
ed by laurel wreath
Lilly Post, with health and voice fully
restored, will return to the stage in the
near future. Miss Post has not fully
decided whether she will go into opera
or become a vaudevillian.
Hoyt's "a Temperance Town" will
be an early date production in Cali
fornia, and Sol Smith Russelps charm
ing play Peaceful Valley" will be
presented next month.