The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-30

noon concerts Of old music at the Lyceum
Theatre on Nov. 81. Dec. II and Jan. rs Mr.,
Franko, will aim az restoring the balance be-
tween the orchestra and the size OF the. room
Intended by the compo .er- Of that early day.
Teresa Carreno will give her first recital here
on Nov 27 at Mpndels. ohm Hall. She Is TO play
In Cuba after Christmas. The results OF her
tour there will be interesting, as she VIII be the
hrst musician TO. attempt appearances, there
since the war, with the exception OF the ltalan
opera companies.
The first Ortrud lives still at the age Of
70 in Zurich, where she Is the charge
Of n spe les Of old woman's home, Frau
Gindle-Rauch was never able TO save money
du ing her artistic career. which ended a gem
Grafton ago. and as she Is without family
strangers have taken her In for the last years
Of her life. An attempt will now be made to
raise n fund for her relief. now that public at
tentlon has been attracted to her condition. by
the celebration OF the operas conference.-the.
She was born in Vienna in 1921 and educat' d
there. She sang In Mainz. Bonn and Sender
s~hausen. and was then called to weimar to
create the role Of Ortrud. In 1851 she came to
Zurich. where she remained for some years.
Richard Wagner was conductor there after she
became connected with the theatre. Frau
Gindle- Rauch suffers under the disadvantage
OF a. pealing to public sympathy on q e ground
that she sang Orrud. Many persons willing to
help out other operate characters would never
feel the least sympathy for Ortrud,
Leo Slezak. who is to become a member OF
the company at the Royal Opera House in Ber-
lin at the close Of the present season, has re-
Gently been singing there. So has Theodor
Bertram, who was heard at the Royal Opera
House for the first time in Der FlIegende Hol-
laender. - his previous appearances having been
Confined to the private ,%th'atres, Wilhelm
Do hAE ehA WtnaA AAAhA l.l nN.I Ita
eighUeth birthday IN Berlin two weeks ago.
Hans Richter Is to act as conductor al the
National Hungarian Opera, IN Budapesi dur
opera made from Die Yer Sunkene GloCke"
has already been accepted In fourteen German
cities, which is rather an exceptional record for
S ToR3 Bay 8s. lRr festival HFGaiio Dtr. RRfi qaIer %iri si.o O. cone ONE
serie- of orchestral concerts at Berlin during the
spring. Felix Weinga rtner's opera. "Oreste, ~
Viii, accordlng to preliminary reports 9eGaGy
three performances OF four hours each to COM
plete II.
Johann Strauss cabinet Plperlin," an
nounced as his last work, is soon to be sung
in Berlin. As q matter Of fact, II is one of
Strauss first compositions. and was sung az
King indigo. IL met with no success aud was
rewritten just before his death by tie COM
poser, who thought II Contained too much must.
Of merit to be lost. The ballet ','Cinderel a"
was the only new composition on which he was
engaged at the time of his death. Tn" failure
Of King Indigo was aways attributed TO the
poo text. aud The new libretto Is adapted
from the old French farce, Cabinet liperiin."
Edward Lloyd Is To- make his fare I'VE appear
ano. atAlbertllallin Dccember after singing con-
spicuouslv IT, London for nearly thirty years:
This farewell Is 10 be preceded by a series of
APPEARANCES in the English provinces. 1t IL
said that his retirement has ALREADY had the
effect OF making one English musician compose
an otatorlo with no tenor part. rs II there were
10 be no more such voice heard AT English
festivals Some OF the music popular al these
gatherings i also XII ppTsu TO pa~S ont OF Use,
rs there ts nobody left to sing them. In the
ab ence OF any successor TO Mr.. Lloyd. Ben
Davies is regarded as the most promising singer
OF the time to take his place. at least In a
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