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to-day whatever his deficiencies in this par
tlculaT may be The industTious NJ.
Dippe had 30 he called In after Jean de Hcslkes
health made ID imposslble TO count on him.
DPpe was pr9bsSd or NJ rGc% new IN 'RR Rs
VI. Sal,la appeared TO hi, London admirers
90 h0ye improved aud hlI pnluHung
IN london vas sreoily nCr@asSn 20 clnvd "u," IL"
continues In good health New lofh need not
desire n better Romeo, Don Jo'd or FG1dtdo,
wheiher VI do Reszke l. able 20 come back 10
this country or not so far ~ ,hc, trtnch
and Italian repertoire is concerned VI. Shl "a
viii always, bo satisfactory enough. Bnl he
has "a vet learned none OF the wagner fol"S
In German. II was his intention 10 devote nun
self to "l.ohengrin" last winter when his VI
de- nGrrEsd nSTc as oSTrr ~ faH % Sg or
LOhenprn and for that reason more than any
other his presence here nosi winter WIN ue
most earnestly desired at the Metropolitan
Emma Calve and lrnest Van Dyck ore TO
take part In the revival of Chicks "Armd".
which Ia N be given next season nj III" opera
Comiquc In Paris. Alfred BruncauS "Le Rove"
is soon 10 be revived there after several years
of disuse Nine Bre.4ler-Gianoli has lately
been heard thcre as Carmen and has met With
some degree of success. The fftieth pcrform-
anoe Of Charpentier's Louise" has recently
been celebrated The Minister Of Public ln-
~tructiOn attended II ns well az number of
musicians, actors and writers aud "A group OF
grIsottes from tho Montmartre quarter. The
presence OF the high oNicials did not Interfere
with the enjoyment Of the guests and the only
interruption To the enjoyment of the occasion
was a disagreement between Albert CarrH and
NJ Bernheim. the Government commissioner
OF sllbventloned theatres lie has attacked
NJ Cares system Of management for some
time, but II was thought that the two might
forget their differences and become reconcilcd
at this banquet but NJ Bernheim refused
TO be reconciled 20 his enemy and lett the ban
Quet In a high state OF Indignation when lie
discovered the plan To unite him to the an
tagonist with whom he had fresh and aGri-
monious dispute jules Barber, part author
Of the text for "Dinorah." "FausL" "iidmiet,
"Mtgnon. and score ot other llbrcttTt,'. u
about TO be married again IN spite OF the Lact
that he Is Is years old lie is to marry Mile
Bertha Perret. formerly singer "a the llallan
being now ONLY SO His son and hi, ninety five
year r-od sister are very much opposed 90 this ro-
nance They have endeavored 10. have the
librettist Is no longer ponsible for hs actions
:, a new, operetta has been found among The lhe
L.: Carl Il zseT sa w i be S9sd .s rGG ncR
recently been ytf revived In IN Berlin Where It had
Opera House and the New Royal Opera House
in Berlin he two subsidized theatres. 1923
operate pelfo mances were given during the
Last season. The Royal Opera House has
Just opened its season with "Iohengrin
.Ferrucio Busoni has Just become tho head
OF a piano school AT Weimar.
Nine Cosna Wagner and her son Siegfricd
have Just lost an action for damages brought
against the manager ~ the opera house at
Elberfed who gave the third act Of "Parsfal"
In concert form. The court held that this act
could rightly be considered u fragment OF
the work which the manager had n right -
perform in accordance with his agreement
with the publisher The plaintiffs contended
fragment Of an opera.
The Rrayestone Of Thomas Atwood in St.
Paul's Cathedral has recently been restored
by an admirer Atwood wrote many English
operas early in the century and much of his
sacred music Ia still sung. Francis Nelson
has been engaged for two years as stage mana
ger OF Covent Garden ne is TO have absolute
direction Of the stage Sims Reeves has
lust been put on the English civil pension list
Il e is to receive $500 year