The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-08
NOTES on MCSIC EYESIS.

Chicago and St Louis are 70 be disciplined
nsxt season for their lack OF Interest in the per.
formAnoes given there last winter by the Maurice
Grau Opera Company. No opera will be given
In these cities by the company and they will b
allowed 70 do without a visit from the singers
for some time 70 come. II IL probable that these
two cities will survive the slight and Nr. Grau
Ia reoondled. on his side. 10 eliminating from his
tour the two places which las, winter exhibited
% little interest In the performances Of the com.
pany. San Francisco, Kansas City, Lincoln
ana some OF the towns In the Northwest will be
visited next winter previous 20 the beginning
Of the New York season, and there now seems
every probability OF a successful event TO this
preliminary tour During the season Of opera
recently attempted in Chicago by the French
company, which had been all winter In New Or
leans. pine persons presented themselves one night
at the auditorium. This was the extent Of The
audience. Naturally no performance was given.
On the other hand, the performances given by
the creates, success everywhere It may have
been a consideration OF this situation which
led Mr.. Grau 10 remark sometime ago that the
next fortune TO be made by a musical impresario.
opera
The unrehsarsed incident on the stage Of the
Metropolitan Opera House on Wednesday night
called out applause from the audience. which en-
ioyed II without quite realizing Just what had
happened. Nine. Sembrich had lust sung
ca Angut d'Inierno" In brilliant fashion and
stepped down 10 the footlights 10 acknowledge
the applause. A large bunch VI red roses was
thrown from ono Of the boxes, and at the same
time an usher rushed 10 the stage with q bouquet
Of yellow ~jonquils Nine Eames picked up the
flowers and handed them TO the Polish prina
donna and simultaneously fell on one knee and
bouquet TO her colleague. who tore out q bunch
Of the roses and gave them to her. The audience
Applauded enthusiastically q, the little display
But they did no. know that the yellow flowers,
which were sent 10 Nine Sembrch, came from
Nine. Eames. who took the trouble to come " the
theatre In the afternoon TO see that they were
in Just the way she wanted them. As the two
singers happen TO be intimate friends and col.
leagues with a great, admiration for one another,
no, only as artists but AZ women, the incident
was unlike most similar displays Of affection
bet tween pima onnas
II Is not impossible that a foreign conductor.
at present In this country. will be engaged for
the entire season next year al the Metropolitan
Opera House. II Ia now only q question Of terms
that prevents the positive settlement Of the en-;
naturally be active chiefly In the production Of
the Wagner operas, and is said to have made
II o condition OF his engagement here that he
be allowed 10 exercise all the functions'of a stage
manager. in addition to conducting tho orchestra
Nina. EAmes IL not 10 accompany tho opera
company on i.s tour but will take a short rest In the
country before returning to Europe early In May.
She has been suffering from extreme nervousness
for some weeks and has been under the care OF a
well known expert. She Is 70 Nng al Covent
Garden this summer and 30 will Mines. Calve and
Ternina. Nine. Calvo will be heard there In only
three roles. Nine. NordicA will not go 70 Coyent
Garden this spring, but will devote the entire
summer 10 rest. Nine. Sembnch. who was tho
soloist this year al the Worcester ard Maine fes d.
walls, Is TO make the list complete by singing at the
Cincinnati and Louisville festivals, and will no,
return 10 Europe till the middle Of May. Her
husband, who has been In I'll health, Is 10 sail on
Tuesday. Edouard de Reszke Is going 10 his
home in Poland as soon AZ the season closes hero
Ernest Van Dyck may go to Vienna for a few
Appearances al the opera there before he goes 10
his c hatcau near Anta erp for the Summcr months,
Both Jean and EdouaId de keszke are 10 be heard
AT Covent Garden only during the second half Il
to sing In "Ioheng rin" and Tristan und Isolde"
Jean de Reshke will also sing la Die Meister
singer" II the trip Is undertaken. Rttsburg,
Washington and Baltimore will be the cities visited
entire company 20. Already The theatre is soId
out for every performance. "1annhaeuser" and
Carmen Will be sung in Baltimore, while in
Washington Carmen" and "Faust' will be given
The company will return TO tho city on April "a,
and ON the following night the gala testimonial
will take place. All Of the singers will axe bar
excepting Nine. Ternina and NM Van RoOy
and Breuer. who have already gone abroad. Sig
Mancinelli sails on the 18Th to prepare for the
May ~ II isprobable thata part Of III Flau,o
hagico- Will be given, together with the other
operas that have proved most popular this winter.
On the following day most Of the artists In the com
pany. as well as MI, Grau. are u sail for Europe.
Pietro Mascagni went with his orchestra IN
Russia, where Italian music is to day appreciated
more than anywhere else in Europe, outside Of
iu own county. But b maids such . somplsts