The sun., 1900-12-23
sUsIC AND nUsfCsASs.
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overy year for the cornparstivsly modest r~
wards OF management abroad This scasor
he had tho burden of the Bornhar dt- -CoquelIr
season on his hands and Ia anxious 20 ric
! himself of all further responsibility The
! London season requires him to continue u
harness uniil July. and he begins work thor'
as soon M the quickest transatlnnti steamer
can oarry him 10 London In all probability
| Andre Messenger. the French composer. vii
| bs selected 10 take Mr. 0rau's place. Hs
| has had no experience as nm impresnrfo In
London. hut has many influential friends
there In opcratic matters this is p Inn
portant as any artistic quality In the pur-
| suit or success at Covent Garden.
| Robert Blass who 10 to be heard tomorrow
night for the frat time at the Metropolitan.
was sent abroad to study several years ago
by a wealthy family Of this city. lie was
born here of German parents and his music Il
talents we're early developed II was not
pqssiblc FOR him 20 cultivate his sifts and his
| musical education YVES undertaken by this
! family that ha Interested itself In his future
| SIX years ago hs was sent 10 Stock hausen
| at frankfort and since his first appearance
| on the oreratic stage he has progressed
Steadily In his profession
Jean de Rcszke has never mads his first
appearance here as Lohsnertn. but always
| in one Of the Gounod operas He once &C.
lected Faust, but has usually preferred Romeo,
and has. indeed. made that his regular me-
dun Of reapr,sssranSs He has not sung
Test"nc: Taa'a:' II MH...n.s a S' ~ Herodi.do Vii
have particular interest He was one OF the
sinrers In, tho first performnnoe given at the
drrra D" was sg sung in italian By Jean de he-rEs
Victor Maure Edouard de. Rcslke Fides
p,yries and Nine Ircm9!li Jean do Reshke
flpn made lia debut Paris tenor
fore at tnr ThcAt,r de- Ia Monnaie In Brussels
IN" scenery was painted and the costumes
prepared thrssr yraI1 ago IN readi1esii loi ioI or
~ ~e@son Mls Ha!vE arrived od ana defined S med
trrncs made in Parts were not 10 her liking
N" had new ones made here, and BY the time
could not allow her to attempt any new roles
So The scenery and costumes were not dis
ha ] and M qs zn nensd END OsehsT 80 fsT' IN Nine n.
care to learn the role for the purrose of sing
III de Rcrse SE ' a@cdad that he Would @ t"Eo Gp
again the role Of lean and " snleza will in
ali Mile Breval is coming here esrecially
ieriai pTSpatcd foI nc opera il once looked
cellar Of tho Metropolitan.
Lillian Blsuyelt IS to return to the operate
sase next snrns and may appear at coyen,
'N' '''' 'NNN, ''''' " is'''l "h'
viii remain abroad for two years Emma
lanes is said TO have passed the crisis in
h"r illness and is very much improved in
The opera conrany returned to the city
without having passed through apy exrer-
Saieaa De Novero duel but tho journey was
not without exciting incidents At least two
Fl ag hmH fnne are n9 on K6arS teTFs
rarely meet, but when tho company ia on ils
travels such strained rea atonS are sometimes
this whom en- tried to salute tho other as sha
had been accustomed 70 and in tho presence
of The entire compGny, was greeted with
both sing tho same roles md 4 was tho
Question or valentine, ~ Lea HnEuenots
has had adm" morc % drcny nndins S" @Snrsno y're1S
TO sing X IN Fr"utA than IN arranging the
casts OF all tho other OPERAS IN the ar ertoire
role IN Minneapolis that caused tie trouble
- Richard Nans:eld has commissioned Henry
!, Hadlol e. wire cincidenta, Inusicto Stefhe9
here Mr Mansfield deserves credit for Sc
lccting musioi1r. and his eN0'gIl" may be
followed until more Amcricln COMPOSER. lnvc
hands .; arts,s, aS Sir Henry Irving, Beer,
not trust to the taste Of the casual scene
painter
The tenor crisis that inter'ered ~ with the
success Of last year's .eason "a not likely 70
be repeated Mr. Grau was never rich in
tenors Jean de Reszke IS here and a tower
OF STRENGTH 70 the organization n he sings
ns VOL ns he looks, there should be no cause
for disanpointment 1t il understood that
his contract allows him to retire from the
whenever he finds that the work
ia too much for him. and the management
has some similar rights To eyact In the matter
Albert Saie'1 shows, no signs Of tho ~
ness thar distressed him last wear and de- |
Ii"h'ed his bearers quite a. much as on tho
ooca sion Of his notable debut here in tha |
same, role two y"ar7 age fhomas, Salignao
years and has IN effect become a resident |
q New. York, He has rented house, brought
y. children here snf will lye in NeW York
, ,remoniri ia stid 10 be in much better voice |
than ne WI va ,9ur years SSgo He Is quite |
hi- boyi.h face would indicate lie IS the |
jeSF s1Sao f f he Eas EGdns ho a2nfh s ne 1ara
titls cane. from the faGt that his father is |
was always addressed as "Cremoniri An |
dr"as Dirpcl may again be relied on to dis |
,lurui,h himself as much as h" did last year
nnd while he may not have the opportunity !
for much heroic work as no did last year |
he viii probably be JUS as vainaSie TO thc |
company Ernest Nan Dyck ia singing !
N ore in tune than formerly. with this |
SIMPLY of t"Nors. Mr. Grau is not liaely To |
mcNt with any Of the unfortunate .xperi-
ences that made last year notable
Pierre dc Lara who has evidently acquired |
his faith in the value Of de from Jean
dc Res7ke's career here Ia to be the leading
tenor of Nine Scmhrich's opera company lie
sang with her IN Berlin during October and
at tho Royal Opera House and Is
10 go directly from this country to Buenos
Ayres where le has been engaged for three
Years. after the close OF Nine Sembrch's
season. His briet career has been inter-
astlng N" was born twcnty-seven years ago
IN Naples and studied in the con-ervltOrv
there 10 prepare himself for N" duties of
IN orchestral Cond uCtOr. He was Ell &c grd |
~ he littl" theatre of Bari AZ second con-
!nCtor and his work was Ia On oh the singers !
or the operate performances. His voice
was fr"qu"T'iv praised when. at the piano,
o" sang tie music for the singers and he was |
seriously advised 10 attempt career rs a |
singer "" studied in Naples and after two
eHr- made hl~ debut at La Scala as lIfredo
u La Travittt' Ills reputation is one of the
most promising of tic rOung teHors IN italy |
He has sine" appeared in Rome, Milan ard
he other principal Italian cities ur has
80 far con'lIl"d himself 10 the lighter tero-s
md was 20 have created the leading pa-t in
NasC1cni's noT opera 81 Ma, ,chorI" ~ N.rlon
leior" he accepted Nine Shmbrlch's invita-
ion 10 com here.
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