The sun., 1900-08-12

IN private conservatory In Chicago. Rudolph
Berlin 9.Usns psn EsY SSs4 S'st % H.tS 70
| Forrest an American musician who has recently
appeared there with success. Martinus Sieve
the Dutch pianist is to 5etGrn ssrs sv nf1s ns
experiences last year will also return,
The Lombardi Opera Company. which Us now
travelling through south AmsriGa' America snsssn haf %S'
| recently.
| Nine. Sembrich will be heard In brief season
| Of opera performances at the Auditorium in
! Chicago next season. Maurice Grau has de-
cided not to take his company there until year
hsard nss ,ssr. s os Mf Il
Pasquale la Traviata" and I'll Barbiere di
| SivRlia"
gagement with the Maurice Grau Opera Com.
pany as Hans Sachs, Notdn in Die Wakuefe
and FaIsiaT Mr. Bispham sang Wo!dn sew
] eral years ago with the Damrosch Opera Com
pany, and was the original FoistaG when verdis
opera was sung In English for the tirst time 10y
the Gndhall students in London some years
10 take the place Of EugenIa Mantelli, I, "a New
England contrato who has sung with sue
cess at the Theatre, de Ia Monnais, Brussels
have sung at La scala in Milan. That Con-
tnental experience seems difficult to avoid.
| - Faust" will be the opening opera oi the
| Grau-Savage season in English at the Metro
| tons will be shattered "Tannhaeuser" and
| "MignOn" will be- the two Operas ~ the week
| ElsW Marny, one OF the contraltos Of the com
pany, is a German who sang in concert in Ger,
| many. Russia and Finland before she studied
under Nine. Marchesi for the operate stage
| Some persons have a consuming interest IN
| the ages Of celebrities. For their benefit the
| following information concerning noted piln-
ists is presented "Pachmann. born in isis Is
now about 81; Emil lieblinc, born in 1881, Is
now about 20: JoSeiIy born in 1852. Is now As
| Sherwood, born IN 1854 is ~; Hyllested. born
II is4s. Is 50? Friedheim, born in 1850, Is Al :
| Paderawski born in 1859 il now past 40, Sauer
| and Rosenthal, born in 1885,? are 3s' Silo'i born
| in 1893 i y; D'Alhert, born in 1854, j. nov 80
| Busoni. born in 1896. is "a: Godowski, born IA
| 1870, Is 30, HambOurS born in 1870 is now y.
| The public examinations in the Conserva-
| toire at Paris this year were accompanied by
riotous protests Of the students against one Of
| the awards, which created sufficient scan6al
| 10 be heard from frequently again
The first prize in violin was awarded TO a sister
of Martinus Sievehing, the pianist and only
| pupil of Sandow II was decided bv the
| audience that her performance was very in
| ferior TO that given by another pupil and "A
violent demonstration against the Judges fol-
lowed. The jurors had 10 be escorted 10 their
homes by gcndarmes 10 avoid violence from
indignant students and spectators who stood
about the building. The fittieth performance
of Charpentier's Louise" was given ths oth"r
uuN III laf ~, SOllle OF EUlfla awe : rl~-
tunes were recently destroyed by a fire AT
| her chateau at Avryron. "he singer was alb
sent and no further harm was done.
Herman Zumpe's selection as successor
to Herman Levi nj Munich has been assurd
by the action or the Prince Regent. who recently
, confirmed his selection. He is 70 commence
his work on the first OF next NAV Xumpe
was at first teacher in public school While
NJ Ieipsc he varied the monotony OF this pro-
fession by striking The triangles In an orchestra
lie devoted himself entirely to music after
Richard NDHDar. 1879 took him la Raw
Slbsiunsrn score, He lie was va asfl-r~aF5 con: M
burg, C' Tanktcf S1Os and H%m6%rs ana a's Hn,
composed ndustriously. He has written
two comic operas "Farinelli" and Karin, and
romantic opera called The Enchanted Prin-
gart and Schwerin before going TO Munich,
Heinrich Boetel has been singing le Position
IN Berlin, which has also revived Meyerbeers
"Dinorah, not heard for years before in Berlin.
Enrico Bernardo, the Italian composer, re-
employed in the orchestra at La Scala when be
was only ~ and AT 10 composed the music to
ballet called The Illusions of Painter, which
was given ir-t At the taTCano Theatre in Milan.
In 1850 he wrote the ballet "Zeska" for La
Scala. He was so prolific in composing music
Of this kind that he died with a record of sixty
ballets on his conscience. In addition to these
scores, he was the composer Of several forgot
ten operas and numerous marches and watZes.
He had conducted operate performances in this
country ana nHd been Tor some years the pro-
prletor OF an orchestra In Milan. Some Of
tiiacomo Puccni's early struggles have served
to attract attention to the personality OF the
composer Of La Tosca." While he was study
ing in Rome he lived on very little money, given
TO him by the Congregation of Charity. It
amounted TO about 500 month"; out of which he
paid 50 for rent, This income was shared by
the composers cousin and brother. The land
lord forbade them to work in their rooms and
used to listen at the door OF the room at meal
times. The composer would play the piano
violently at these times to overcome the noise
made by the spirit lamp on which the three
cooked their meagre meals, Until his first
Puccini supported himself by giving piano
lessons al 20 cent, for half hour.
The Thirteenth Finnish National Music Festi-
val recently took place at Helsngfors. More han
twenty-five hundred persons took part and ten
times that number came TO hear the music from
the country about Helsingfors. Robert Kajanus
represented on the programme were Merikanto.
Jaenernefeldt and Sibeliux.
Tn, repertoire during the season Of opera
which has just come to a close at Covent Garden
included twenty-ons operas and sixty-seven
performances. OF these twenty-five. or more
than one-thrd. were devoted 10 he works Of
Richard Wagner Faust" was sung eight
times. "Tannhaeuser" seven, and "I.ohenarin"
six. The full list Of operas with the number OF
performances was "a follows:
Faust" 8; "Tannhauser." 7: 'Lohengnn." a;
q "sssirisd 5; ia la poheme" 5; III. &alsas,"
5; ''Go,tsIdammerung," q Lucia" q "RheIn-
eGSSn = FigcFS,ia,S Ms',rT'H,9gSTs Hs.GG, Don
'PagliaccI." 2; "Cavalleria" 2; II Barbiere,"i
There is some complaint over the small Num-
ber Of new works produced, but as the season
was highly profitable. this regret was probably
confined 20 persons not Interested In the lnan-
cial outcome OF the season. The receipts were
larger than those OF any season since the death
Uf Sir Augustus Harris The visit Of Angelo
Neumanns opera company 10 London has
been postponed, and the theatre will soon be
handed over to th- machlnists, who are TO i'm
prove the atage facilities and make other much
eeded changes. A number Of German eN-
perts in stage building have been invited 10 cone
- look over the theatre and decide What i'm
provemenls are possible. A. To. sum Of s7j,OOO
has bcen sat aside for the expense OF the al ter
ations, II is desired 10 make them as modern
and scientific ~ possible. Angelo Nennanns
visit 10 london was postponed until a year from
next autumn, In ORDER thdt be mighi have the
benefit Of the new stage and scenery, An
English version Of Gounod's "Cinq Mars" Il to
hc used next year hy tho Carl Rosa Opera Com
pany Adelina Patti sang the other day for
visiting In London, and sang in private at the
house OF Alfred kothschild.
The first novelty Of the Paris Opera next
winter will be The King OF Paris, With music
by Georges Hue and text by Gallet and Boz ch,t.
The rohenrsals arr 10 begin next month The
King II Paris Is the Duke de Guisc. The piece
i purely historical The only fonr characters
Guise Jeanne, hi aitlanced, Castor de Lougnac
and Henry Ill. The first of the four acts PLAYS
in Paris tavern, tho Aecond ri the ouvre and
the third and fourth at Blos. Old French