The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-23
Music AND MUSICIANS.

DHH - N"' w ~ hH' A''f
OF Faust BY the Metropolitan and English
Opera Company a week from Monday night
will be the restoration Of the Broken scene
or "Walpurgis Night Reycls, which have been
omitted from recent performances OF the opera
1t was usually given during the German seasons
AT the Metropolitan. Selma Kronold has been
added 10 the company, which now includes
the following singers Ingcborg Ballstrom,
Mae Greasy. Rita Liandi, Grace Gold n, jose
phine Ludwig. Zelie dc NISSAN. Elsa Marry.
IOuire Meisslinger. Frieda slender. Phoebe
Strakosoh. Minnie Tracey. Barron BerthaId.
Francis j. Boyle . Philip Brozel. Forrest Carr.
Lloyd D'Aubign ne. Harry Davies. Harry Han
lin, Homer Land. William Mertens, ChaunCey
Moore. William Paul. llempriere Fringe.
Niliam Prlette, Francis Rogers, Joseph +.
Sheehan. Leslie walker. William W. Wegener
five voices will be made w wholly Of hmeri-
can siIgers. Clarence Whitehill who Is to
Sing Msphisfophsjss on the opening nicht. ~
SAID to De tne lrst American that over sang
IN the company at the Or ora tomlQue. This.
OF course. means the only man. "a anynumuer
of AiuericUn women have appeared there, Mr.
Whitehall made his debut in lS0S NJ Brussels.
at the Tusa,rc de la Mopnaie, rs Frtre Laurent
lomique and appeared there first IA NaGkdmthG
In Lakme, under The, name OF Eugene tlar-
cnCe. lie IL a native Of Marcugo, la.
Nine. Louise Homer. VINO Is to be the lead
ing Contralto In French and Italian opera at the
MeiTopoli{an dGrinE nc regular season, ar
Pen lsylrarla awaiting the opening Of the sea-
SuI.
The failure of The Rose Of Persia" at Days
Is la a way reminiscent " another opera that
never met with tne suCCess IL deserved hero
TOT much the same reason that made the fate NJ
The SIillEln-Iiood oi ecetta dubious from the
outset W hen "Iha Gondoliers' was sung for
the first time in sew York. it, interpreters
we're 50 unsatisfactory that IT wa impossible To
get any full idea Of the Onera'z merits. After
this bad beginning a fre7i start vas made. new
singers were brought from London and engaged
here, the opera " us transferred a. a more Iop-
ular theatre than that In which IL was Originally
given and every thIug possible was done to ra-
trleve the Fl ~ failure OF the work. But II
opcreta was a failure had spread too far TO be-
Countsractod So The GonGoliers.' one Of
the best Of the Gilbert and sullivan series,
mover met WITH appreciation III this country.
The Rose of Persia l. no such comic uuera
classic IA the work referred 10. But II would
have Jared much better had tie inter-
I%rrter- been nearer the New York stand I'D.
There wa never a group 80 lach .ng in lndlvid-
uality as these performers. are and Basil Hoods
II II, merits had been ia tn" least emphasized by
the actors. Some Of the ~co-" T., suggestive Of
the most delichtlui music t'r' Sir Arthur Sulli-
van ever conl osed. The orchestrltIon will
always be a source OF rarticlllr charm To the
heqrer who takes an Interest In the more mus
ical side Of the work. Gn,ortlnately the rub
lie as a rule take, little endowment ont Of his
Ihase Of an oTera and III m"lodic originality
and strength Of tho earlier scores are missing.
lfFllAft'g ulll HukfllllNN ~ NbIhlItI~ilD VIII
not atone Tor the lack Of these Qualities. The
Rose OF Persia stood in particular need Of the
best representation Failing this, there r. little
cause for surprise that II tl-riid - briefly here
Women are entering the field of musical en-
terl rise more frequently every day. Mrs.
bi.inesIN OF Ih@ he. bi,6snI'- nrrmb,st H%na and N fne
Norma knup''l j. going 10 bring to this country
in March, Tor u two months tour. Han Winter
stein Of l.eipsic and his Philharmonic orchestra
which has existed successfully in Leipsic 'or
eiGht Years. Herr Nini'retein has rlayed with
Success IN Russia and Other countries. His
l.. Plnkhun and Emily vun TetZel are
ne latest women rimpresarios. TO come
t Trt9rs sos ,4T r3WI aTtin neey sier axe me- to PFEfrif .da
an Ioos". E,,a Rucgrer, Evta Kil"ski
and Ernest liu,cheSon a, new utnist.
a puril VI NoEric h and az tho age of IS Slogan
20 study ut the I"i0Sl" University. He R'tHr-
ward u!lycd in concert IN England and Australia
and IN 1872 ~" returned to WoiIpur L. re-umo hl1
studies under N,ay"nhaRen In 1898 h" made
q successful Ctbut IN Berlin. Mr.. Hutche,on
come, 10 this country in October,
Ellen Gulbanson has been engaged a. dramatio
soprano NJ tho Bcrlin Opera House Mlka
Tcrnina declined tho place before coming to
this country Kari Ncbe is the new b~arytone
engaged for the company. who recently ap-
reared there for the first time rs Aibcrtch in
'Das RhrlnEold lie is tho son Of an actor.
and has appeared in London, Bayreuth and
Brussels Karl Somcr the ~barytonc who sang
pany. recently had The mixed pleasure Of road
ing his obituary in the German newspapers
he was mid 70 have died nnn.er an 0reration,
lust become a member Of IN" opera company at
Budapest
Gustav Mahlor Is to take the Vienna Philhar-
monte Orchestra 10 London next season He
was heard there first as an opera conductor
under the management Of Sir Augustus Harris.
LII l.ehmann. Nyrman-Ne-uda, Clotilde
kicehurg. Anton Van koov, Eugene iSaye and
Henri Mariesu are TO he among the soloists at
tn" Berlin Philharmonic this winter
Jean de IOthrlng,' by JOnCieres," which
has not been heard in Berlin FOR twelve
years. Is soon to be revived there SO
puccini's "Manon' will also be given The
Massenet oDera NJ the same name is still un-
known tle'e, but viii probably be kiyen during
October by Nine Sembrich and her company.
Giacomo Puccinl Il not writing an opera tn
be based on the life OF Marie Antoinette and
will complete his setting Of Mime. Butterfly"
before beginning any new work, He never
thought Of the Marie Antoinette idea and has
been anxious to find another librctto Of the
same period as ia BohelAo" with the same
general character. lie had thought of making
an opera out OF Zola's novel, known in this
country as The AbLe's Temptation" Leon
cavallo lad thought Of using the same work,
but Zola had. already promised the rights q
the novel to Massenet, and II he does not make
use OF II All ed Bruneau is to base his next
opera on thi, story. He started to work on
one Of Caro- Goldonis operas. but was not
Interested In the conventional characters that
figure IN these old works. Ills opera founded
on Daudct'> "TartIrin" was to be- finished as
soon as the Nine butterfly" IS ready for pro-
du't on, u would have been N two acts with
a symphonic iutegmc22o. The first act Of o. Tar
tarln s1- les Alpe-'wls to be laid In lha house
of his friend and The second at the hotel on
top of the Rig The scene passed at the table
dhote. and the guests Of the hotel viii compris,
the "horIS. The third act showed the return
oil Tdrtdriu. The fourth act wa- not COM
plcted, and the composer Is still undecided as
To whether or not he will make an opera of the
work. lIIEl lllica made the librctto. sig.
PuCCini II a great admirer of Nine. Iernina,
whose performance of la TOsca" he praises
extravaganza. lie will IN all probability come
10 New York during the winter. |
Don Lorenzo perOsi'S laurels have inspired
MANY Of his compatriotS To undertake the COM
position of OratOtos. This form Of cog,po- !
sitiOu Is how the style in Italy. Another priest
has lust dni led Judith, on which he has been
for two years. lie has written the text, which
IL largely made M OF Biblical language. Ite /
oraturiu l. divided into two parts, and the mar
rativ" i SUM- by u quartet. II will be sung
In public first IN October IN Bologna.
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