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here for thirtv-five years. if a performer had
the courage to appear before the public after


here for ,hirtv-hve years. if a performer had
the courage to appear before the public after
such a time.
An interesting question rs 10 the rights OF
n manager to refuse TO allow auditors 10 enter
during a p"rformnnr" was settled the other
day in Paris. The holder Of two boxes for
the first performance Of Tristan und isolde,
given there last October. Wa not allowed to
enter the audience room, rs he arrived with
his guests after tho opera had begun. He
insisted on his rights to enter, and although
! h, attention was called to the notice on the
tickets that the doors would not he opened
after the overture began. he demanded the
return of the price of the tickets. This was
refused. he brought SUI, against the managers
and lost it. George Hartman. who had done
mnch to increase the vogue of tn. Wagner
operas in France. died the other day in Paris,
IIiS house was, A. early n 1870, the meeting
place of the younger French composers and
some Of them. notably Jules Massenet, are
indebted TO Hartman for their first advance
mont. He represented in Paris the inter-
csts Of the Wagner family and published there
all the Wagner scores and some newer Ger
man works. such "a HumpardinrG', "Han@ol
und Grctl." He was also a lihrettist and collab-
Grated IN the authorship of III" text Of he
roiiade. "E,cIarmonde, "Merther " Ma
1eppa. and Evang"line Camille Saint-Saens;
who complains that h" is compelled to travel
over the world instead Of remaining in France.
because living is SO expensive there, will COM
pose n new work in tho antique style for per
fOruanCe in the arena al Bezitres one year
from August. tatllie NendeS Is To prepare
th' text, which will again be- based on a
mytholocical subject. Marie DcIna has re-
there on her first appearance. Non" Of IN"
famous singers on the operate stage Is :"
ha heard in Paris. with IN" exception Of Al
bert Alvarez, who is IN remain all summer
n, the Grand Opera, appearing in "Patrie'
and the regular repertory of the theatre.
Nine. Sembrich has declined tho offer made
to nor by tho direction Of the opera and neither
Mile. Calva nor Mime. Molba is to appear, and
the Parisians are satisfied as usual with the
mediocrities that are 10 be found in the mu-
steal theatres there. tckte or Bosnian, Re-
maud or \ aguet. IL Rrenf enough for the pub
lie OF the French capital. which has heard since
the days of the old Thea'r" ltallcn bit few OF
the great singers OF the day. Neither Jean
nor fdouard de Re.zk" has appeared for years
in Paris, Mile, 'nlv6 sang there last spring
for 800 a performance, and Nine. Melba has
sung there but few time. since she left the
company ten years ago, Nine, Nordica made
one appearance Their" three years ago and
that wa, the only time she had sung in the
theatre since her debut there IN 1850, Nine.
EameS sang there A. a dcb1tante. but left after
one season. In spit" OF IN" lnfrequency with
which i hears ne %greate.t Of operate artists.
lection of lnedlocritlas. and calls thos" who
refuse to sing there for small pay artists for
rXportation." he salaries of singers are
lower 10 DAY III fTan,r nan n any other c3nl-
try of Europe. In Italy and Germany, where
m" rewards ar" modest enough. they ar" llb-
eral 10 artists, of reputation, in comparison
with thOs" paid in France. In a suit recently
brought by a yrliua donna against the dlr@C-
tlou OF the Opera tomiqne. II was Developed
,hni her monthly salary was 500 aud She
was Ia he the leading dramatic soprano. one
of the French musical pal"rs publishes the
following account, OF musical affairs N III"
An opera company was giving Perform
al'rs III ha"H",' rm"H, Wa rI"anHN m-
ME stul more, introduced popular songs, char
ac,er dances and a scene representing the
BrookiEh brtHr ny "'"nnlHn, M N"n-
| 'Tata was warmly APPRECIATED She vas
cons,mprive Knowing that sh" was about
to az, size a'k"g h"r irlehd, 10 Iul hnr cofpSr
ol ,W' pam i",o VIZ. u'n', "ini at'Ii u,ah
70 hE "lsni " V"n''Er, ",V'"inar nr
IiISrIs y, w Snn'' ~ utrtnn. ur "nnnoonn
ulu .p' sl"I ni'' ,m ,u.Hs> WI rhnrn
OUT thn n"dy wa noIu" ~" ,nr Srntt Va .ne
'iuI,,y p"H, 'nn IT n'Lrom a. ,"nI ~ ,nd gtnf"
m nn pr SI" sr n MUnm' Yam M Rlorr'' ""IIi,il
illrnlspl"s"l !, ba,cd on IN" lo'Wl written
by ! ia:I, Nv ,"S,'l aIn Wv hpi"I., - we
"orh 81 arhrt ~, nmu ru,'p ,b, ~
seen" !, la'u W. il'Nu'lN u,liLE NV llqul,lc
iton' -, ,ah,.s,n ,n ni"U''H w
Don pu,AoI'' aL'"tu'US w. 'n'S $3.50, anu
a. Inc olrrh cnd, ne nWVnJS and !" re ~. rmrarrs
l.oii va, tuar :, NV 'P""''' ~" Nv '"''"se'
Il IN" lhGul~luoh'
German opera Is probably TO he given per-
r,,rar,lv in the future nj, The Hague in nl,ce
" lu. -
OF rrehch opera VIM" '" oe'" gwen 'h'I" IN
the past. Rotterdam and Amsterdam have
,boir avn compani.- which give performance.
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IN Dn'ch' pur fr'u'h op''" mas h''h'''o p"eh
customary in The Hague Saint-Sacns's Henry
VIII " has hccn sung in prayne in German
49, , 60.
In" t'Nt was 'rahN'd''' from VI" fr"hch by
Herman Wolf, the Berlin impresario. Rimsky-