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o""n invited to come 'o that country In May
ana conduct two concerts ~ his compost.
tlon- to bo given ~ the ~ james Hall In
london Arthur S,utRess has prepared for
sh Al"sand"t MAckcn,ie an arrangement
~ The same Dickens story which will Ia
sung IN London \ Coletldse.T Tnvlpt has
completed for the next ieod- Festival n
dramatic cautntn founded Oh Lonsfellow =
poem The hind Girl ~ CRstel Guile "
twenty English composers are sAid to have
| p'en inspired by the same subject The
music which Mr. Colerldse-IaylOr composed
Tor stephen Phillips Ilofod' has been ar
ranged NJ an orchestral suite The manu-
script of "a youthful overture. 'Polona. COM
posed by Richard Wagner" was recently
sold In England Faust" wns enlivencd In
| aIrovinclll town by an unrohearsed Incident
which interrupted performance given
by the Carl Rosa Company In the first
act a goblet, into which evidently too much
niammnble spirit had been poured. was
given by Mcphisto h.iss to Fdusf As soon IA
the goblet had changed hands flames burst
out and the tenor's hand was burned when
he felt the heat he dropped the goblet and
had not tho two actors had presence Of mind
! the stage would have been set on fro How
| ever they soon stamped out the flames and
continued the act as II nothing had happened
On the temperance OF the singer In tho
second act. II was noticed that his hand was
bandaged and throughout the opera he ap-
peared TO be In pain Other FoSsts have
shown this last symptom without a fire.
Sophia Ravoglia recently gave a sons
recital In London and disdainlng the necessary
| and harmless piano. accompanied herself
! on the guitar.
The management Of the San Carlo Theatre.
Na..
| the coming operatic season: La Tosca" and
LA Boheme. Puccini: Ia s9snnambula.,"
Bellni, -Mascherc" and Iris. Mascagni;
fb%no bY ,enor Snd t"o ana 6ae
! Bambole Among the leading artists there
! will be Fernando DE Lucia. Pandolhni and
/ r"cted by Musnonc This il not tho tenor
! pandolhni but his sister who is q popular
dramatic SOPRANO IN Italy II plet,o Mas MnG-
| he l. said 70 bc at work II would take him
! lifetime to finish them He was lately re-
I based on a splrituaIisiic subject and is now
! said 70 contcmr ate three operas dealing
| symphony contemplated by Charles Gounod.
when he wrote the vol known funeral march
| opera that has recently met with some sue
. cess at Geneva IL three act; represent
life. only the atmosphere Of the, period
/ is supposed TO connect them. The first
! dealing with the crusades takes place In an
italian, castle whose lord is about to cele-
brate his marriage. Influenced by the
| preaching OF pile he leaves his bride
TO Join the crusaders The second enisode
a provincial castle. shows n quarrel between
two knights for a lady's hand during a court
rival The th-d episode. 'H Witch Ss' is situated M
IN spain. deal ls with the expulsion Of tho
M2Grs Sr19 fa9m hat county MIiI Moorish erl
death TO the dishonor Spanish noble tries
to force on her The music is said to he
pnGommonly promising for beginner and
highly typical In every act Ettore PaniZ2a
composed the score, while the episodes were
arranged by, Luigi Illica. Sore one-nct
many were "Dona Flor" 10y the late Neoia
van WcSterhout an Italian COMPOSER de-
scended from Belgian family that settled
IN Italy IL was sung wi h success NJ Bres-
lau The Lady Of LonCford " TO which the
late Sir Augustus Harris wrote the lihretto,
was, performed FOR the first timo recentlv
at Hamhurg "Don1 Flor" Is also to be given
at Hamburg and Dresden.
Isnace Paderewsh has practically COM
rlcted the Polish opera on which he has been
at work for several years II would have
been ready for production a year ago last
winter had not the pianist's Appearances
as virtuoso kopt him too much occupied
lie was OF course proftably occupied at that
time and much OF the loss entailed by the
been made up II looked several years ago
as II this enterprise would involve him in
serious financial trouble He did lose so much
in his efforts to make the place productive that
his last American tour was a necessity Nine
Padcrewski's Interference in the pianist's
business affairs is said to ne altogether due
to her feeling OF responsibility over his osseS
rs Morges. as she had persuaded him 10 pUr-
chase the property. Il have made him lose one
fortune she has frequently said, and |
must do all In my power to help him earn
mother The Morges estates have recently
begun to yield their proprietor something
and IL !s likely that the pianist will not he
another victim to an attempt at farming
on large scale NJ Padorewsh Is to cal
his opera -Mauru" The libretto was written
by one Of his compatriots named Nossig
and is In three acts Nossig Is not only
literary man but an artist and sculptor as
well The opera il in a measure typical Of
the struggles Of the Slavic race and takes
its name from the hero who naturally sings
the tenor rolo. lie meets in his travels HunnG,
a beautiful Slav 'the soprano, whom he has
carried away and married in accordance
with the practice Of his race AT that time
The first act passes in the Slavic village.
from which the maiden has been stolen.
She comes to implore her mothers pardon
for marrying a member OF a vagabond race,
/. but her mother refuses 10 forgive her unless
she desert her husband and return home to
live The music allotted to the mother Is
written for meIlo-soprano, A village
soothsaysr named GOb6o. a delormed dwar
who has long cherished a passion Tor HuHnd,
joins her mother ia her entreaties to the girl
to leave her husband and return to her The
dwarf Is unselshly IN love with Runad and
capable OF any sacrifice for her, 40 uuseI-