The sun., 1901-07-28


Il Peri rssis, but Ly.y. y French; Gilbert; the
pany. has suns In New Orleans. and was the
ORIGINAL Triston In the Paris production under
Lamour.
Piefro Mascagn has announced that his
nsxt opera will be founded on Russian test
prepared for him by MN. Illica and 0iaeoss.
while Giuseppe .Puccini IL to rewrite Ed
sardo' before setting to work on the score
intended for Beiasco's version OF Nine.
BUTTERFLY" Italian composers till fnd their
heroes among musicians. One opera has
chopin for its leading figure and another Is de-
voted TO the exploits OF Haydn. Now Fried
mann Bach. q son OF Sebastian. has Inspired
composer named Luigi Gustavo, a Neapoh-
tan pianist The opera bore little relation
to the facts Of the composers life. but met
with some success. but was Withdrawn after
three performances owing to the bankruptcy
Of the impresario. Another recent operate
novelty In Rome. where the season does not
end with the winter. was -Maritanita.
by Simmieoni. The society for med at Milan
to produce the oratorlos OF Perosi lost dur
ing the nrst year Of It's existence more than
$1,000, This has not affected the fertility
81 tss X. H.e;s wsS .nf "a: ps9O
died last week ut his home ir Bergam was
one q the best known Italian yirtuosi o. o.
is7? and studied first under his father. An
tonic Piatti. well-tnown Molnst hs
next vent 70 Milan; studying uvaIdsr there under
with Merighi He made his debut IN con-
at the Conservatory untfl 1857 He began
y.d 81: with Lisa IN SSn is.s ss sne
Ing the following year in Paris. He was
heard hrst IN Tendon; where suvp BE- uSvpent the The
sosc.st ssst ai' is.s and nd Ave year. laser bseS%s
first cello at the Italian opera and held the
post for many years. He became highly
and SndGe e.s whsTs fs n
with Joachim. Several years. ago he re,
tired 70 live in Bergamo. and last PLAYED
or % HSss pan dprqE ss %so or the voo
cello and had edited music for It.
Catulle Mendes has finished the text Of
la Carmelits.- for which Raynaldo Hahn
10 writing the music, and the opera 10 to be
sung at the Opera Comlaue during the pres
snt season. His play. La Refine Fiametta,
which was TO have been acted here by julia
Marlows. will also be made into an operatic
text for the use OF Xavier Leroux Louise
do Ia valli6re 70 the heroine Of La Carmelite"
and her love affair with Louis XIV. supplies
the intrigue. Another operate text by
Mendes is to be lie Fills de rEtole- for Ca
mile Erlanger, composer Of lie Julf Polo
nais" A recent novelty In Paris was lie
Legataire Universal by Georges Pfeiher
founded on the play OF the same name by
Ragnard There seems to have been little
merit in any feature OF the work. Emma
Nevada and Jean Lasalle have been giving
concerts in Switzerland. Emil Albers has
obtained a long leave OF absence from the
Opera Comlaue In Paris to sing In Brussels
He is to appear chiefly in the productions Of
fSG aae "asrse oRsps' DE- Ss August
de Boeck, the Flemish composer. Is soon to
be performed there.
founded in Paris TO arrange the production
OF musical novelties Of a kind that do not
appeal to the authorities OF the State opera
aGa Snss r rase. sS'F rs e: cssasss:
tireruhle IL It's patron saint, and 4 is now
said that the performances will begin In
next April with a PRODUCTION o. =, Masners FIng.,
van DycS and Rdouard de Reszke and Mines,
Itvinne and Brema This will be followed
.sG2aSiaex ss%iaex Il Il ERS;a ERrsssn}M Dsi"s
Freischuetz," "0beron" and ,-Euryanths.
wagner a @ss operas not in the repertoire Of the
Opera or the Opera ComiQue. Joseph Mer-
tens az one time manager ~ the Theatre
day. He had been for some years teacher
Of the violin, Jules Massenet's next opera
is to be called lie Jongleur de Notre Dame
aGotterdammeruns" will have it's first per-
formance In France at Marseilles.
Lalo's lie Roi d'Ys." which has just been
given at Covent Garden. was written for the
Paris Opera in 1873, although It was not sung
for fifteen years and was not then produced
at the Opera. but at the Opera Comique. Lalo
died four years aiterward and had 40 little
confidence that his opera would ever reach
the stage that he had the overture played
by Lamoureux NJ. Jerome in place OF
NJ Saleza. and Plancon and Mines Adams
and Paquot in place Of Mile. Breval. had the
leading roles. The work will. In all proba-
bility. be sung next year at the Metropolitan
The new scenery prepared for this perform
ance was mnds after the original designs
by Bianchin. Nine. Clara Butt as the con-
tralto calls herself since her marriage, is now
the mother OF an infant daughter. She will
return to the concert stage in Englapd next
year Mines Patti. Albani, Melba and Mac
intyre are to sing in the English provinces
ns.t .ndn war. Gf,msn ,bs sns
operas Of the Covent Garden season.
Siegfried Wagner has taken the seemingly
unnecessary trouble to deny the authen-
tIcity Of an overture said by an English news
paper to have been found in Chicago. II
was described as belonging to an unperformed
opera by Richard Wagner called The Coun-
terfelter." and it was In the possession OF an
IMPOVERISHED German musician, who had
played under the composer while he was an
unknown conductor. The owner OF this
treasure had II in his possession for half a
century before selling it TO music publisher
I'm Chica 60. who is said to have found in the
score many evidences OF the extent to which
the composer was Influenced in his early life
by the Italian school Of composers. The
oininous title OF tho work seems TO have been
family. II Is denied by the Wagners that
any light opera Of that name was eyer com
posed or contem plated by the BayIeuth
master. SieRfrled Wagner Is going TO Rome
next winter to CONDUCT there a series OF or
ehestral concerts No tme nor ine per
al present at work. has been announced
Antonin Dvorak has been made the director
OF the conservatory at Prague.
The Hans Richter concerts during the
first year Of his conduct0rship show ed deti-
cit OF o., 900 Those given at Manchester
were profitable and tho loss was made in
other cities Kubelik. who has been playing
again In London this summer. has not increased
the respect Of critics for his powers and
greater familiarity with his playing seems
TO confirm the opinion that he Is mere
technician. Margaret Macintyre has been
singing In concert in London Al her lates