New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-09

burg in 1879 and Porfle italian In Naples In 1850
Rubinsteins opera was produced in New-IoTH AT
the Metropolitan Opera House in an English version
by John P. jackson March IA. 1887. under the
direction of Theodore Thomas. Nero Is, indeed
an excellent operate subject and Boitos choice Is
not TO be wondered at. The cruelty, prohigacy
enennacy cowardice and artistic vanity OF the
Roman Emperor are traits which invite dramatic
illustration and for each one OF them the pages OF
Suetonius afford incidents which accept a dramatic
dress none the less willingly because they are MS
toricaI facts He died. Suetonius says. exclaim-
ing What an artist pershes with me-" equals
artifex pereo!) 1t will be observed that Poito. adj
herring to old operatic conventions. has given his
Nero a tenor voice; so did Rubinstein. But the
veritable Nero had a barytOne rather weak and a
little rough and hoarse. "Quamquam exiguse vocis
ct fuscae" says Suetontus. Yet, despite his vocal
SHORTCOMINGS Nero once received the highest
honorarum paid TO a singer, not less than
1000 600 sesterces say about $4,000, for single
performance. This ought to be told TO Jean de
Reszke II ever his pride becomes inordinate
We are promised few novelties by the English
Opera Company this season. but the regular Metro
polltan list is not likely to receive more than one
addition LA Tosca." They do these things DIFF
ferentIy in Paris the director of the Opera
Conique having announced twenty-five novelties
for the 10000 They will. moreover. be
new works yet unpublished, their composers
being Xavier Leroux, Alfred Bruneau, Pierne,
Coquard Hue, WIdor. Channel. Misso Debussy
Hahn, Laurens Pfeiffer. Silver. Levade. GARNER,
HiIsmacher Bouval. Marechal. Banes Pares and
Mime. G. Ferrart.
Miss Arma Senkrah the viollnist who committed
suicide last Tuesday. a native Of New-York
City. Her real name Arma Loretta Hardness
(senkrah is an anagram). and she born on
June G. 1854 Her wholly foreign She
studied with Arno Hilf at Leipsic Henri Wieniaw-
ski at Brussels, and in 1881 won the first prize
at the Paris Conservatory, where she was pupil
of Massart. She began concertizing in 1892 but
married Herr Hoffman,, a lawyer In Weimar. IN
1888 No cause has been assigned for her mad act
Miss Ingeborg Ballstrom who is TO be the horid
soprano Of the Metropolitan English Opera Com
pany, is a Swede. and was born in Stockholm. She
began her career in her native city singing the part
Of Filina in ''Mignon" at the Royal Opera. She
will make her American debut in the part.
After remaining three years at the Royal Opera
she went 10 Berlin Her principal roles
Michaela ("Carmen'O. Martha. Violetta C'Trav
iata') Juliet Suzanne ('"The Marriage Of Fgaro'O,
Rosina ('Barber'O and the Queen in The HUI
guenots"
Hans winderstein conductor of the Leipsic Phil
harmonic Orchestra. who has planned an American
tour for the coming season. writes letter to the
''Musikalisches Wochenblatt'' complaining Of the
easy conscience which German orchestral musicians
maintain in the matter OF violations of contract.
He argues the need Of stability Of organization If
artistic results be attained and relates that
in spite Of signed contracts less than eight OF
his musicians had deserted from the ranks within
year and this notwithstanding that he paid them
salaries ranging from 800 $500 a year. (Read
this. German-Americau musiciansD He urges
union of concert givers TO punish orchestral mu-
sicians guilty OF breach Of contract.
The Pttsburg Orchestra under the direction OF
Victor Herbert Is give eighteen concerts in the
course of the approaching season. beginning
| November l. The solo performers who have been
| welt. Teresa Carreno. Clara Butt, Maud Powell,
Fanny Bloomfield Zeisler. Dohnanyi Hugo Becker
| Julian Walker. Fritz Kreisler Arthur Whitney
| Luigi Won Kuntz. Henri Merck. Pol Plancon and
Alexandra Scott The symphonies which Mr.. Her
| bert has chosen for performance are Beethoven's
/ third fourth and fifth, Berliozs Fantastic" Boro-
| dimes in B minor. Brahms's minor. Chadwick's
| second. Dvoraks in D major Francks in D minor
! Glazounow's in c minor. Goetz's in 2, Haydn's
sixth and tenth. Mendelssohns italian" Mozart's
| in fat Rubinstein's Ocean Schubert's in B
minor and c major Schumann's in fiat, Sindns's
| in D minor and Suk's In major.
Nine schumann-Heink will sail for this country
| next Wednesday on the steamer Frederick der
| Crosse arriving here about the 10Th. She will go
Immediately 10 the Worcester Festival after which
| she will be the leading contralto at the Maine
| State Musical Festival From there she goes TO
| ew-Hampshire where she will sing two concerts
On the afternoon of October II her first appearance
| in New-York this season will be made in a recital
at Carnegie Hall in conjunction with Miss Leonora
Jackson.
Apropos of the .eLohengrin" semi-centennial. The
| London Telegraph says:
"I4ohengrin," though more than once promised
! had to wait a quarter of century before il was
| seen the stage in England, and its production
| IKE that of so many other great works. was then
! Campanini had won enormous success as Lohen-
| grin in Milan and New-York and he insisted it
| should be mounted at Drury Lane But Costa who
| was then conductor. was slow 70 move, and eye
got the opera out first at Covent Garden on May s.
| in the chief parts. DR.. Won Bulow, whose cuts
were then used. was present, and characterized
| ment of every opera goer of the old school. the
| gallery silenced all applause during the progress OF
Of the following year. On June p. 1875. 'Lohen-
grim with plentiful cuts. but il is said. metro
| Lane the chief parts being played by Nilsson,
| Titens (the greatest Ortrud We ever had), Cam
| later Dr., Richter overhauled Costa's and
| parts and corrected some hundreds OF copytSts'
music OF the future. had stoutly declared were the
composers intentions. Absolutely the first hearing
| ever, very bad) concert performance. which few
| will perhaps now recollect. given under the late
| DR.. Wylde on june IL. 1873. Parepa was 70 have
| her place Enequist being Ortrud. Mongini Lohen-
| grin Lewis Thomas the King and Michael May
brick the Telramund.
| IAN amusing correspondence" says The Tele-
graph us quoted in the French papers between Mr..
Grau and his tenor Signor de Lucia Signor de Lucia
had 1t is said. announced in the Naples journals
that in order TO undertake the management OF the
San Carlo, he had relinquished engagement of
$1,000 with Mr.. Grau in America Mr. Grau is said to
| have replied that the engagement not relin-
pushed. valuable tenor could not be spared
! adding that. by the way. the contract not for
10000 but for OOO0 francs (3 500 tour of five