The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-18
MCsIC AND MUSICIANS

son Romeo at Jul cite. "lanuhsuser. -Eau-t.'
Der Flegenie Ho!lander,' AIDA Lucia
81 Lammermoor- and "IonenSrtn." Sioe-
lngen Ring ~ to be given for the fret time
In san Francisco during the last week OF tie
conlpany's engagement
Arthur Goring lhOmas's "Esmeraldh' wh!ch
will be sung tomorrow night at the Metro
polltan FOR tho Arst time in this country was
gwen frst az Drury lane by the Cur Rosa
opera ComnIny on March 20, 1873. ,eotsi3na
Barnes, William Ludwig. Barton McDuchin
and Bon Dawes were among me s'nEeN ~
aSrd in one Of the Italian cities. The, COM
uoser materially altered the work a';"r II was
heard Arst 10 England AID Il TaS ia,Hr ' anS
Nellie Media in the leading r &c. IhotlhH
died In 1892. His other Operas We're ~
S SHs FIN. '' T,Sld a. D WaG. WI WRicb 'S ~as lettT IN:
finished, aud perforued IN livorYo2l IN 1888
after a colleague had enmple;rd ne score.
"CSoral ode called The sun W9rshippers,,,
produced nj the .Norwal Festival IN w. an9
The Swan. ard tie skylrEa orc!et,rSt"d
wich Festival two venrs. after the compcsers
death, No more suitably work could heys
s Sis, 1o selected r by ,ts4lss t asR most 'T 5rTioal sr.cl-
men OF a grand opera b. a modern English
composer, i Sir Arthur SuIIivan's -lvanhoe'
be excepted.
In view OF the operas ultimate Development
IN New York. II soems dirlcu't to realize that
thi. form ~ musical art became known here
frs, not only through performances IN that
n nruage hut by means NJ n work significant
in the history Of English music The Beg
ear's Opera" was sung here In 1850 by a COM
panv Of English actors, English opera wasahi"
to evan maint7inits own after the Garcia tainilY
had arrived here with IL Barhiere III Sev'elia'
| and other italian works sung In the original Ian
cuaee These performances did not inter-
fere with the popularity OF Mrs Austin. Mrs.
Hackett, Mrs knight, Miss Kelly. MIR Pear
man, Mrs jefferson and Mr. Horn. who con-
, .inred to give with success in Enellsh The
! Marriage II Figaro Der Freischut,," 'Abou
Hassan.- Love In a Village" and other works
In those dave. the sanitary practice OF COM
pelling the foreign singers 10 earn the operate
! rfle. in the vcrnacular had already begun.
although IL was Discontinued too soon to to
as sfectlve as It might have Sect.
A brief exrerience Of frenost opera In 1872,
when PnssinIs ia CensreltOll' WAS sung IN
Thai hal language. did MOI divorce the i%nrer"-t
! Of old New Workers from Eugli,h opera, and
,hey were lisrrnins to re transisa0T' u the
Boicldieu,s la Dame RianNfea an arrange
| pared and Auher's "Ma-snieUo" was also sung
Ilready there wus noticeaple a marked nd
vance on The Lighter !, o2 H.ta o mora, , ,als, salS
I W'Vf1l NIN ~ w.
"' In isss 1Itt,ian o5era was asntn heard in New
! lions out Of the field. II wss IN English that
the most prosperous Performance mere given
In issi and until ista ,thc rrncirnl o%,erN;ic
tors included MANY Of the most popular works
then sung in EIroIe. when ponl2etu' Helm.
and Roam wsrs = cur ths COM IT, Ha s,t
we're equally popular whether they sang ia,
English or Italian Ilari loui'e h'h.rH, who
car,ar. WIS quite as much esteemed a. i she
hsd confined her efforts altogether to foreign
/ languages, although to-day The american liima
, they believe their artistic status would be low
cred by the experience. Lcrt-a, Pvn", Fare'a
Rosa md Mrs SIS seG a,lea Te sfr I hSS re eris shE,ate e@ Az
! tho stage and never lost in popular or artistic
! approval because Of 1t. y
Tho lr,e Carl Rosa once OF: cred v 3; G.lyort ia
own price II Re wou.i make an Lnrit,A h5re'to
i imlr',y A. nm Fnsi!sl wors could be revived !: a
SUI hie text could be found. II Wa nGt ,nt'i
J ISIS indeed that the .oIere va; hesrd N l'aia an
ever. in wears. Aftcr Moaart works Ns,e first
ei>on IN English. Don GIoyanpi. was Gtknarn,
I had AZ, many o. tlurty I.rt'rlnaLccs In THAI
i%anagT2oss oStCeFGn az v ana RI ~ heard hor. :,
1875 IN Fngilsh. and va. not given in l%i,alan
: II MS been SUNK since ism six times IN Engl.7h
and once in German, IN Which language II was
: heard l.ere for tie first time In 1862.
French .tati.t,clan has discovered that
Faust" mas beeu the inspiration ~ more COM
poser, than the slight popuiaritt Ct the works
would lead one 10 believe. The operas written
! on tn, sub sct are by Prince Raiziwlll usiaj,
Joseph strauss asa. Georges Licki vienna,
ISL, Ignace-Xavirr de Scyfried Vienna, 1890.
~ aRH .. - - -. --a., f. -
Beancourt PARIS. 1871, Louise Berlin paris,
1884, Ldndpslntner tstuttg lrt. 1892. Pre.ert
! Ulrlsse.s. 1881. jules iteitz U~pusseidorf,
1880, tonrad.n krcut7er Os3s,. Cord gan)
tlorence. 1887. Joseph Grcgoir tAn,werp,
1871, Heary Cohen (paris, Is47. Hugh Person
England. 1850. Charles Gounod paris, 1872,
ArrIgo Boito milan. 1888, l.assen (WeImar
1870, 10 these must be- add d Beriloz'' ia
Damnatou dc Faust" Ist5. SchumInn's
symphonic work us53,. and Lists "iaust'
SYMPHONY GSi;t OvertIr,s were composed
Uy RsnItfd igner ile'JI. hIIn'r u'" and
Cnre4,n schulz lsCO-lsIJi.
Eicrtrd -traue1 recently cond.at-d at the
Theatre de "a Monnal" ia HrISsels hI- symphonic
poo ~. y lirr1s lLf"" a,d Don QINote
ih' Pans opera last year CAV" tuc three
IIron' f1r 80 lr,i t'is and RIVED -niisn
yparo one ne work. 'na1noo ct. " VS. pc! IrMrd.
wlue u Cid" Ili "ratro' wcr' revived
AtNier Ier'NN A~tlrt" ~ non IA pr,lstrd-
ton aud Il. iiri"1ia'" - q ur revived "lAbor-
dt..r Att, - ~ ora 'oriClr r - r~ryri,s
have boon "tiIoi NJ. ArHit hi :" -t"r-
dUion,""iS = -"ioGp." Il IuI 20 a -
"~iia"rs.l gndGNt.. ~ 10. d "I"io,f"
Five works Ir" announced FIR I"r.ar- az"
X,,i,r irr,rt. E6trastr y. by Rf 4 pri.
u,1p. la ~" d. TuNEul," ny Perm. Ia
ta'nliie Jol! CIR. by % uiprd, IL 'tlshr.
RInic. hy ~" ward u1i ~r.yivls 81 "Nirri To-"
aid IA SIS che &! IN 81 NV works ",'n-
GnIou- ard "lNH,S"" lave aion' iu,t with
surroSs
R1gg.nro Ileonravallo prepared ~ t'yt OF
he "Ia,1,"" which vas 70 tut.y SInc "ithp :
Success ~ th' f"atro iiroo a. v'l - th"'
srprr rho opera f.l'A"ri e. s'y 80 'nr-
sct'- OF tn pay. hri ended Win tho dcparruu"
of O'frC1Ic fpr t'u"T. a go f'rp-r am-
! p'Sv"'s 90 tn Sor@pSln pub sht-g horse VI
Milan were rs''Dtv lr~'et"l fpr St"N inr ~,
50 rns Of operas and selling thom g. tho trira
ag nts. In" works were performed in EUCha.
rest. and as tho scores had not been ordered