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chorus spends half cf this time h. Phila-
delphia, II may he ssen thore y hftis time

5elphia, y may be ssen there Y hftss fime
Tor reheefsah. ~
The operas sung during the Covent
Garden season were .Yauss,' which had
eight representation. .Lohenghn' dx.
'Ottello" six. Romeo ct Julistte' Ave and
'Tristran und Isolde and Carmen
the sane number. Aida four. with tho
same number for 'rannhasiser' and la
Boheme,' 'Rigoletto' thrce, and two each
TO much Ado About Nothing 10 Roi
d'Ys,' '"Cavelleria Rusticana. Die Melster-
singer -Haensel und Gretl,' 'Messaline, >
Don Giovanni and Lea Hugusnote" and
.Siegfried Puccini's ia Tosca' was
were NM Anselmi de march,. Mohwinkle,
Forchhammer. Knote. jerome Valero.
Mercier and CoatSs. while tho strangers
among the women were Mines. Paquot
and Klaus. Not one OF these made any
pronounced success, unless u wore De
march, in the last act Of Les Hugusnots.
which Is his great bottle horse sixty; yyt
the number Of Wagner operas In
the list was smaller than usuai--only
nineteen performances out Of the whole
number being devoted 30 tho composer
but that Ia not TO be the case next year
when the season win begin late In April
with two cycles Of tho Nibelungcn Ring
under the direction Of Otto Lohse. The
and the works sung were two by English
men. four by Frenchmen, six by Italians
and eight by German composers. Mile.
Calve sang only three roles, Nine. Melba
two and the mad scene from Lucia four
times and Signor Tamsngo was heard only
In three parts, The nhal outcome q the
season was successful. Francesca Oraxi;,
ami. who died the other day In Italy, had
long been q popular barytone In London
when he retired to his native town near
Fermo. He took the part OF the Contc
de Luna In the first performance OF II
Trovatore' ever given in England, He
was educated first for the Vperstic 5y =
wrote for him the principal bArvtone role
In la Forza del bestino.' He also re-
arranged for him the barytone role OF
Don Carlos II wa for his brother, q
tenor, that tho composer wrote the part OF
Alfredo in La Travats.'
Tho names Of al the artists that take
part In the opening performance at tho
Prince Regent Theatre In Munich are to
the fashion adopted at Bayreuth after the
first production Of tho Nibelungen Ring
there Nine, Coeima Wagner Ia TO cole
brate the twenty-hfth anniversary Of this
event by giving at Bayreuth a banquet to
all the surviving members OF the cast. The
surviving players IN the orchestra have
also been asked. The performances Of
given this year with intermission just as
sDas Rheingold' Is usually sung, and the
opera is said to gain greatly in impress
sivenees from the change. II Is done In
accordance with what IA described a the
composers own intentions. The scenic
features of this opera are said to be won
derfully realized while the ships are massive
Hans Richter, the conductor, has just
announced his intention TO settle al Bay
reuth This plan 10 Aaid to be IN accord
ance with the wishes Of Mme. Wagner.
who, In view Of her advanced age, desires
to be relieved OF some Of the burden OF
preparing the festivals and IL willing TO trust
only TO Herr Richter, In spite Of the sue
cess OF Ignace paderewski's opera 'Manru'
at Dresden on It's Arst production, It is
now said that It viii not hold place In tho
repertoire Of the opera house. Il will
next be sung 10 Berlin. Felix Motifs
ballet Pan i'm Busch has lately been per-
formed with great success In Munich. II
Joseph In Egypt recently revived In
Berlin has not been heard there since Albert
Niemann sang In the opera twenty year,
ago. Antonin Dvorak has been made d.
rector Of the University OF Prague 70 sue
ceed Bennewitz. t... .......
Paris will hear Wagner enough next
year. IL all the plans are carried out. In
addition to the Operas production Of 'Sieg-
fried tho private theatre founded 70 give
rarely-heard operas announces that the
performance OF 'G5tterdamn,erung. will
be given In April. Alfred Cortot will
conduct and Fclla Utvinpc. Marie Brema.
Ernest Van Dyck and Edouard do Reszke
are mentioned as mcmbers OF the company.
II is promised that Sicsfried Wagner.
Chevillard and Felix MotL viii conduct
some Of the performances at which the
Lamoureux Orchestra Is. to play. The
largest receipts at . single performance
at the Paris Opera lost year we-s drawn
by LES Huguenots' Nith $4,000, white at
the Opera Comique "Louise' was he work
to draw the largest audience. with 1890.
These receipts were taken In during the
Paris Exposition and are rather illustrative
Of the tastes OF visitors than OF tho French
people. Pauline viardot Garcia has Just
celebrated her eightieth birthday In Paris.
where she Is still teaching