The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-21
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.

. NV ~ ~ F'NNA'' s'Na asF Nt'h"h'N
career BEGAN with tho Cal Rosa company. Of
VIII ch ,ho was a member Tor four year,. Sac
WI, the nrst 10 sin Era IN Die MeieterrlngeT"
and MINT In ia Bohem'" when these works
were sung In English. She has also npT cared
IN opera in Germany. Minnie Tracey has
proved a most efficient member OF the COM
pnuy. and her apI earanc. In other roles thnn
AIDA will be awaited with interest. 4 company
which can in one week put forward three
women for Aida such a. Mines Trace Stra-
kosch and Kronold Ia well supplied with rrina
dunnas. Some Of the men unexI c,edly won
approval last week Henry Davis. who took
the part OF Rhddc mes at short notice, displayed
the pos 'ess.or OF a genuine tenor voice OF de-
Ugh ful quality. or course, 1t l. not for such
e%xacting roles as the hero Of Verbs operas but
g. the lighter works ~ the Italian repertoire.
such "a "Rigolpttu" or La + aviati." bus voice
should always be delight'nl
r an VIII ms, on IN = way To the new Boston
Music Hall hen 1t was d 'dlcrt'd. ihsi Mond g..
slipped and brok one of the small bones IN his
foot. In spite of his stress, he -ang hs music
10 tho beethoven mas rl'hGr han retire ana
prevent the Performance, 1t ~ afterward
necessary or him TO ha," z ,nin(ul but %otseri-
Gus o. eration performed IT. known TO some
persons In the Rudlen,e tIal h" he met with m
accident Def 70 the conc RI. but tie extent OF
a"d Mines Su2anne Adams, schumann- eink
0nd Brideweil arr the first members or the
Maurice Grau Opera tomrany 10 arrive ,he,e.
WI. bl1tHtlll 10 " klN' a. I" .''''A ~ N"'
Vest before b reaches san Francisco. Walter
Damrosch will give a %s'ries 81 explanatory
NYRnerian rscitals before tie san Francisco
.ea,,n begins. Al tho important members Of
III company WI arrived y ~ trCWio-morrow
w,ith he exception ~ " IN D., Res he end
ar not expected until tne D%ogirnng Of Jauu-
Five new members arc 10 h. found this year
on IA directorate of the PHILHARMONIC Society.
They Hr1 NJ! R,ugesC'eld. k".ttT Lasndn,,r,
, So nl,t and Ictc,s ], ~ often iern 'hourht
that The Introduction o. young blood would he
OF gre.t gdvantag" to the orctrILnt n.
Apgela \ drtTor. a ma ni,M 81 Wnd hSs
had the advantage In her artistic, career ~
lgnAce Pa.creN skis a--lstanCe aud advice. Is
t.. Leturn to m SSamd ddTi,s ~ w. al yieI ia3S
IN puuii. sArd -rson md a rloS,, sIcces-~-
.sbut ~ PaIiS l-~t sTr.hs ana " pay ln
htT1n0G1S1 r,a onis T'u sWerrivTad here HHyynrI" GA
Is now IL EUROPE, whor' no e. eCtrd 10 study
urd josef Hoimann. But a, the pianist u -
retu n this year to Russia. II was Impossible 10
carry out that plan.
Alma Fruhs'rom, who will be- remembered
here ~ one Of tho sopranoS at he metropolitan
H. the a Avs Of tn German regime. Is to retire
permanently from the stage. She j. the wife OF
n German officer and has in late wears sung
chiefly IN Russia. Lola Beeth is 20 1--we in B. rim
after leaving the Vienna o. era House. and saws
she vii, occasional" appear IN opera. which
may 20 taken to mean soou alter she gets the
opportunity.
'Benvenuto Celllui.' vhicn had not been
heard tor some wears In B"rl n, wa recently re-
WED under Rich ID strauss atom Al The
I, yival Of Mo7trt'- Cos N Vutte" In Vienna
the small stage Intended for use in opera COM
iaue was ed for the first time and proved a
couI pet -uo1ess. Tho work was 'rst sung In
Vienna on Jan. &c. 1890. and had Tot been heard
there 10" forty yeas until : IL revival. The
audience received the = romance with some
favor. du, 10 the novelty Of the effects pro-
duceI by tho rcvo.virs stage. Frances avil .
q the eadius r 10 lac cycle OF lluck'-
operas. 20 D. sung II te Prague Theatre this
win'er under Angelo Mem ann dir elton. VII
inc'ude not only the familiar operas. hut Paris
AID Helen" which Jo.erh S'rausky hrs put
into .orm adapted t. modern operate per. orm-
ance.
Nine SeInbich beSar last might at the new
X yal Opera lIous IN Berlin a three weeks
season Of Italian rer7, winch l. rXpsCted there
to revive the Giorias OF ne old rep .rt.,rs. The
or mig oyer. wa B-,url's "puritari," in
which Mua sembrich hq- not te+u hard be-
tote IN Der IN. Shr T. to 'rp"ar there al.e ~
In her ompuny are Nm B,ncI, B~lvi, Balt-
s:iui, Ben u.d,, pad 1nl Arinoudl The or
cIes'ra 4 to he under The q rection Of sig
B-v, snau. and SiI Lave l. in control Of tho
chr,'is, Will vii, be brought from MINI.
Csmile G., eyiiard has ,ls9, tcen a recent di,-
he Lemon . ! Concerts n Paris aud /, p on
Of he former conductor lie wa b. IN In 1859 and
: a .on o th' iaI.o.s Ms, "l the -ame name
he ~ d ed the piano VII Mat Ger NJ he Parts
Conservatoire. Nlka Tcrriua recent" appeared
a the Roya' Drera lilo 20 lu Munich, WhArU h-r
great reputation ns Il Wagn r niger wa mad.
The ri 'izpns have forgiven hrr -. ession from
ne theatre. an Gush they ,aonshtit Ter
duty TO r main Nhr. " : heard thai, . Q
COl'd muca more rrONiably exhibit her tslertt
IN TIT, country and In Enro'r 'rlveling from
c!t~ 70 city, rather than b permanently lemair-
p. s.ihe To Assure her a :. guar salary oft o.
zoo a year 81, Would n?i l"'ve MuniGh BIT
and came 10 Gif6c' ril'ed state. She was re-.
showed that he episode had ba.p forgotten.
Cul Sonar, he harytone, WHO SANG here with
Died the o7h.r dav in Breslrn. l,s de IN " 5
nay,ly denied BY he singer, who said that n.
FAM r4a no F Xxx d ga tfhSS o.Sf@a.> tdl Sv h in Ba- IGa 81
o 'ns rorn th'r f. isi6, aud ad ben dre"-
tor Of rLs Pr! harmori CooC"rt. and ceHdu.tor
NJ { 9 RpyAl Opera In Budarest EeRtty WI
liam I resron. W.T. w"Srnl known "a a writer
on mu ical topics aud al livnd as O. rrespond-
EN- en- I q b.5l' We sod Nrs, z e. d @ r. r .i,G T''s and 4: . Tts
psgglr student and cnmuOs,d In small forms
for he 7 ano. He was O. years Old
Jule. Mass nets L CID was sung In Paris
for the ono hundredth time the oih'r day u =
said that tk.se p%"r!orr nnce have brou. ut
slOo ma 10 the treasury o. the opera Some In
t~rrssting facts regarding Masserct's method Of
wording were su -ge-'ed 10y the event. Few
PERSONS know the frverish energy with which
the composer works from the time he begins n
score until II IL finally reacv for prod elton.
He never 'oses the thought o. his work while he
is enr- god on n score and IN kept In a condit on
Of nervous excitement by his proc cupstion IN
his work. This nervousness eIhi rs i'self e.
pecially at rehearsa's. 10 the misery OF ths
singers and layers A. th~.a rehsarsals he Is
sad TO alternate between despair and n mboy-
ant connd nee HI libret'i,ts are said to strug-
sic with him dur ng the conrositioa Of the
muse TO q degr' 9 that makes collaboration
with him a hard ,hip q hlcult 20 endure. II IL
said that N'ilhack could never writ a bretto
Tor him after his experience In tie preparation
OF 'Nauo ~
Herein Darclse Is soon 20 re ppear at the
Paris opera, whore she made her debut as
Juiistte in Is Aic' Yer ct Is one Of the
10Y ano- AT ia popul'r periorn'uca, of op -ra
< ven AZ ore 81 the prtvIte theatres. Emma
talvs j. TO remain Ia { lro dlrn g N" wiIter.
and will not Ing at all Jules II be In OluCk's
Arm d." early n III" o. rInG. She Z. 20 hc sup
pla0ted In IoIa md Brunenu's "I'Ouragan' by
Nine Eauudy.