The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-22
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

Tho tour Of the Maurice Grau Opera Company
! promises 10 be profitable II the singers keep in
| good health Last week performances were given
| in Montreal and Toronto, The coming week will
be divided between Detroit and Cleveland. Mines
Sembrch and Calve are bearing the brunt Of the
work Just now with Mines de Lussan Adams and
de We're to assst them Nine Scmbrich is to sing
, Marguerite in French for the first time during the
I winter tour Ernest Van Dyck is to Join the com
pany In Chicago and announces from London
that he will sing Tristan there for the FIRST time on
Monday evening, Nov. 20, In spite Of the pros
porty that has 50 far attended the company's
tour, il has yet 10 be established that the troupe
is any more satisfying TO audiences outside OF
Chicago. Boston and perhaps one or two other
/ cities than the itncrnnt or local companies which
! sing in English, Alma Webster Powell, who has
been engaged for the Castle Square OpcraCompany
is an American singer and has reversed the usual
process in such cases She acquired her musical
training here and then gained success abroad ON
the ovrratic stage She made her debut at Frank
/ fort in 1895. The company at the American has
I frequent evidence OF the interest which Its per
I futmAuccs awaken in other cities. A commuhi-
cation from Portland, Me, the other day contained
request that rrinc pats should be sent there Tor
! Il performance " Faust to be repeated during
tive weeks \ local chorus was ~ be trained Tor
. the performances This seems like deliberate
attempt - SftI'n away lnc aruSIc lhuiclS VI uc
Name festivals Elsa Rurggcr, the 'ccsllst 10 be
heard here the week after next was born at Lucerne
ou Dec 6. 1851 Her father was an Official in the
Government service lie moved to Brussels IN
her childhood and she studied there with Edward
Jacobs Il celebrated teacher and was also thrown
into valuable association with Anna CampouskN,
the viuliulst She appeared at charity concert
when she was H. and two years later made a tour
through switzerland with one Of her sisters, who
, Is q pianist and another who plays the violin In
Berlin she appeared FIRST in 1896, and she returned
10 her studies Gitcrwatd in brussels where, III
1896 she took the first prize Her career which has
been highly successful. has included visits to
Berlin, Cologne, Munich St Petersburg and
| London. Max NogrCh, who has been known
here for years as a musician, has been abroad
| for some months cndeavOring 10 secure II hearing
for two Of his operas lie realizes tho difficulty
OF getting new work presented here, and hopes
! 10 have them proforrcd III Germany. One is
founded on Gocthe's "Goen Won Berlichirgcn
and The other on the story Of Buddha. lie has
also composed all opera founded ON the ATihurian
| legends aud q number Of smaller musical works
IL is little late for Rudolph Arunsun or amy body
else To talk Of discovering him now. he man
agcmen, Of the M,'T2r%,en, orTTH iGusS M IMs'
Schumann- llcnk and NJ. Niue lman n had sailed
from Hamburg on the Augus!c Victoria to loln
Susan Strong and Nine Montelli will sail from
Hevre on La Tourainc NJ. Van Dyck leaves on
the Kaiser Wilhelm der rosse from S0HthamptCn,
and IS expected 10 arrive here Oct. 80 NJ
SaIeza sails on La Champagne on Oct 2a Mines
Eames and Nordica will be passengers on me ~ II
Alvarez will be the last of tho singers to arrive here
lie Will appear first with the company dunng lis
Wascagni's "Tbc Maskc" will he ready for pro
duction at Milan in December and the composer
duct SP fe rs perfo nm its form gives further
evidence OF the struggle Of the ltalon hbretiists
So day t" add Ts to n,r TG as the
Of the work Luigi lllca gave the piece its pres
cnt form The, opening scene repTeScn,s the
caled by Mascacn "a scenic prc idc." The mana
ger Of the company comes TO his actors who are
gathered to meet him. lie tells them he! ere to
The manager who's hc?" cry the singers With.
out out noUctrg them the manager distributes the
parts to The company y gu are RoSGurd," he
to the FIRST actress and YOU are in love WIN
| EIcrsudo VOW are PGnidiOon her father and, NJ
course. know nothing about your daughters love
affairs. You are Coiu,nbine md Rrighcilo makes
want You arc Hdrltqvin." He hears. the sing
crs Try a bar Of the music they are 70 sing n INC
performances aud after THIS Introduction the opera
begins 1t is in three acts OF which tn" story has
already been Told The score IL snld to ne MOD
includes three dance numbers, q glga, pav9nC
and cavotie played at a masked ball, winch makes
up the second act .,-.,. ,,,i,,,
As serrnadcs are the composer strong point
ono introduced. and In accordance WIN 'tt
traditions Of all nfelm nary %nn1Hncem men on on
heard It 10 he the most beautiful muse that Mas
carn. has ever written. The opera closes with a
scene in which all the singers bow to the audience
and say good night after the fashion Of the old
pan,omin,s Milan has been selected as the
scene of ,he first periormanGr ncrHms, tn. '9 M
manner in which the public Of Rome received
"Ir.s' Another Italian musician is said to be
as much honOrrd ever N h.S own country, IN
spite Of hostile criticism elsewhere This Is non
, Prrosi. who 10 to have hall built IN Milnn, cspc
| cally for the performance % his orntoroS iihcr
to his works have been sung there At La SCALE -, %
5 at the Cathedral. Now the old church Of thf
place dssSd for many yGSFs i 70 or ps Ss
t Massacre Of the Inn vents" on which he is al
. work; WI bc the, first oratono sung there liz
yet been heard outside Of Italy, and IN all prohr
blitv never will be although there is in the en-
men no note Of the dsfavor that characterized
: criticism in every other land. lon l'erosi con
Quoted the "rFp nal rTDa~gGR BEEN a nrb
: uted much Of the success that his compost oh'
have enjoyed among hs M ,,,o Tnt
@rhe a and "Christmns." The sec
ond part he'd 70 be repeated in full. the comp9se'
o was called before the audience in the cathcdra
six times and Kaschmann, the baritone who sang
' the principal share Of the music. presented t'
i ibrr'to is said to be less interesting than any
. previously provided for h M and to be d. fir en-
as well bs as rel 81 %s s"n cprr, r
o pany Berlin met with SO little success tina, thu
performances were abandoned after few nights
= The italian inpresario decamped, leaving TN
singers without funds. and the whole affair proved
. a distressing fasco. Nine Melha has recon
sidcrrd her decis. to make her first appearance
: IN Berlin at one Of the philharmonic concert
: and will sing at the now Royal OpHra House
formerly known Krol's. She will take be
y own company there. including Nine. lucla an'
l Andrade the italian baritone so popular in Ger
many. Franc Afano young italian composc
= / OF whom great things were expected, recent!
c shot himself at Monte Carlo, where he is said (
y have lost his entire fortune.