The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-22

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The plan Of the popular Wednesday pro-
grammes has been somewhat varied. Mrs.
Kaltenborn received many requests for popu-
lar numbers and these were put on the pro-
granmes. In the future, however. comic opera
and similar scores will not be played and the
programmes on Wednesday will contain the
best that Ia familiar in the lighter schools.
Robert Blass. who comes to the Metropolitan
Opera House next winter. Is said to be an Amer
lean, although his career was made abroad.
He studied under stockhausen In Frankfort
and made his debut at weimar as the King In
"Lohengrin" and sang there for two years. He
afterward sang at Bremen and was engaged at
one time for tho opera house In Dresden. Moth
ing Is known In Boston OF the report that Fer
nand lie Moline Il y 10 compose q number for the
opening concert at the new Boston Music Hall.
Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" Is to be sung at
that time.
was referred to before, sang Tdnnhderser once
in Vienna under the direction OF Richard Wag-
ner and resolved from him a signed photpsraph
q q a souvenir Of the OCCASION. lie was the first
Carrie Brdewell, who is spending the summer
In Dresden preparing for her debut In opera at
the Metropolitan, next winter. Is not studying
singing, but IL learning nise-en-scene under
the direction Of an experienced teacher, All
the, instruction In singing that, she may have
will come from Nine. sembrich, who secured
for her a three years contract with the Maurice
Grau Opera Company. Miss Bridewelfs roles
next season will bs SisbeL Lola. .Cherub,no and
Stephdn0. She Is also devouna her time to the
study Of German and Italian.
Harold Bauer Is 10 be among the planists In
This country next winter. Rafael Josery IL now
In Europe. but will return here ir the autumn.
Lillian Blauvelt Il on her way TO this country.
The annual Worcester Festival begins
Sept, y apd ends the 2sth Of the same month.
II will include seven concerts and seven public
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Deuin, and Snllivsn's The Golden Legend" are
the PRINCIPAL choral works. Glazounow's Sixth
and the b minor Of Schubert, the unfinished"
will be Lillian Blauvelt, Sara Anderson. Schu-
menn-Heink. Evan Williams. Theodore. Van
YORK. Giuseppe Carnpanari and Gwtlym. Miles.
George W Chadwick will conduct. The follow
ing announcement has been made concerning a
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change this year by the transposidon Of the
Thursday and Friday evening programmes.
Although the history OF the association Includes
the record Of some most briliant Friday evening
concerts the great crowds and enthusiasm OF
the Thursday evening concerto have been In q
way the climax OF the festival week, By the
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with the execution Of a short closing number.
will be completed on Thursday evening. and the
continuity Of the festival performances Of the
higher class Of music will not be interrupted by
the popular miscellaneous concert
One week takings at Covent Garden. IN Lon
don recently amounted to SIS 900 for six perform
ances and these receipts are said TO be the
largest ever known in the history OF opera
In England. Yet at the Metropolitan Opera
House, six performances that yielded no larger
sum than this would be considered far from
satisfactory. Four hundred stall seats were
sold every night at dvanced prices. Among
all the artists who appeared during the week.
there was not one who received two-thirds
as much as no would demand in New York.
This difference Is supposed to be due to the
greater cost Of living in New York, which as a
matter Of fact is not felt much by visiting artists.
Tho cost OF living in luxurious hotels is about
the same the world over. One member Of the
company who received here last winter Just
twice as much as he does In London on the
ground that the cost OF living was 30 much
more. used 20 take his dinner daily at an Italian
restaurant where the table d'hote costs IS
cent?. Yet he complained Of the cost Of e1-
istence here. The number OF appearances
offered 10 the singers IN London Ia about one
tenth OF the number they demand for the
United States.
Jean de- Reszke has so far declined TO make
any promises In reference 10 his return here
next season. His appearance In Die Meister-
singer" seemed 20 show that his present vocal
condition. whatever may have caused it, is not
likely TO be improved soon. When he left
here two years ago. he was not In good voice,
but il was supposed that his long retirement
,.-,tll .A-tAr. ItAa To alt VnEla IL.
although t would be hard 10 convince his adj
lnirers here that his indisposition is permanent
his failure at his two London Appearances.
For that reason It Is surprising 10 read such
remarks as these from Fuller Maitland,
regard TO II. de Reszkc. II was almost q sur
prise 20 hbnd that he was pot put of again
last night, but was to take the part Of WaLAer
another kind awaited the audience, for it was
clear, before the curtain had been up many
minutes, that the beautiful voice is by no means
lis tones has apparently disappeared. II may
be hoped only for a time. The impersonatiop
Is as beautiful and sympathetic as ever. and
this would have won him success even had his
vocal condition been SO satisfactory az TO do
away with the necessity Of saving himself
for the prize song az the close. When II came,
and effect IL was q sadly faint reflection Of what
il used 10 be. The wreck IL beautiful but q
wreck It is, and the performance could not but
excite painful memories.
Nobody familiar with his talents has any
doubt that II the great tenor returns here next
season that he will be able TO sing a. well "a he
ever did. VI. de Res2ke is still a young man
and he has taken excellent care Of himself
for years and the gratifying probability is
that he will come back here in the fun possession
of his powers, IL he returns at all. His hesita-
ton has complicated the situation somewhat.
Albert Saleza Il anxious 10 return to New York
and show how completely he has recovered
his health, and Mr.. Grau is even more anxious
to have him. But the French tenor positively
refuses TO sign q contract until he knows
40 Noz2e di Figaro" may be given Mt Covent
Garden this season for the first time in several
years. la Tosca." which appears 10 have
made nc great success In London. Is 10 be sung
at least four times. as the composer and publish
er insisted on that condition in the contract.
season Of opera AT Covent Garden with tho
company from his theatre at Prague. He
will give chiefly works. q Wagner and Mozart md
promises a cycle OF Wagner's operas, begin
ming with DIE Feen' and will also give Der
tho season are made. Herr Neumsnn, who Is
now director OF tho German Opera House In
Prague, took n company TO London In 1882 20
sing Wagner's operas In German for the first
time,
before Queen Victoria, who seems to be hear
ing more music than usual this year. After
profound elaboration, the contralto has decided
10 sing IN future as Nine. Clara Butt" and not
rs Mime Rumford-Butt e which was the name
at one time contemplated. A. woman six feet
aRumford-Butt," would indeed be an impress
sive figure on the concert, stage. Ignace
Paderewski, most famous pupil Of Leschettsky.
heads the Hat of subscribers 10 a TESTIMONIAL