The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-08
"7ANNHAUSER"M QUEER GARB
An INCIDENT or ENUt JJCH'S
7OtR IN MENICO.
Faust" Costumes Sent by Mistake MEX.
lean Avs Fined the Company for tut.
ting the Score and IBeinE Late Wagner
Under Difficulties At GuanaJustO.

II Maurice Grau should take his opera
company to the City of Mexico next year
or whenever the new theatre il finished for
its reception, he would not I've the first i'm
presario to- give the Wagner operas there.
operate history is uncertain, blu II seems
TO be az well established as the ma jority
Of it's facts that "Tannhauser" was first
performed in Mexico by Emma Juch's
opera company under the management
Of the immortal Charles Locke some time
in the SOS. In hat tour the company
had some musical experiences.
Miss Juch is now married and sings only
occasionally. Her company when 1t in
vaded Mexico included Charles Hedmondt.
the Canadian tenor, who appea red here
several years ago in English opera, but is
now singing In Great Britain, where he IL
very popular; Franz Yetta. who was al
one time the husband Of the late Lizzie
Macnichol and died abou, ten years
before she did; Payne Clark, nov In the
vaudeville theat res; Georgina J~anuschowsky,
| Carlotta Maconda the concert soprano, who
was then at the beginning Of her career,
and other less known singers who have
passed out Of sight.
The opera company had been playing
a successful engagement in the City OF
Mexico and was under contract 10 play
'Tannhauser" at Gu~anajuato on the way
from the City Of Mexico TO jara,
II was at Guiana juato that one Of the most
exciting Of its experiences occurred.
We were delighted 10 arrive at the place
In time az we supposed TO get a bite before
the performance said one of the members
Of the orchestra who was telling the story
the other night al the Aschenbroede. W
had expected to he compelled 10 60 directly
TO the theatre from the railroad.
We went up TO the hotel in queer little
street cars. Miss Juch. the prima donna
chorus and the entire company huddled
together in three of the rickety vehicles
! that were drawn by little mules and fol-
lowed by q crowd Of natives II took III
longer than we thought II would to reach
the hotel and with Locke at the head Of
our table we were trying 10 enjoy the greasy
Mexican food.
Suddenly the business manager rushed
In and told Locke thai the theatre was
already full Of people who were beginning
10 get impatient. II wa nearly 8, but We
had not expected 10 he hurried.
1T was not the fact that the audience had
gathered that alarmed Locke 80 much as
Information OF some law that required
the manager to pay a fine for every quarter
of an hour the performance was delayed
after $50. Locke made a stump speech
from his place at the table and all hands
hurried down 10 the theatre
lit was a quarter after : when We got
there and as the costumes had not yet ar
rived from the station II was plain that
the fne would have TO be paid. II, seems
that the law was passed with the idea OF
getting the theatres opened early In order
that they might close 81 n certain tine
instead Of keeping open hn.n =, al noa h iInIs
20 the great decentralization Of the natives.
At 10 sharp we played an overture
There were Ne yet no slghs of q single COS
tune But We played a second piece ~
IN evidence Of our good iai,h ana " me
hope that IL might W taken a. fulfilling
The spirit Il not the letter Of the law
Miss Jucl eau. out la hsr travelling
dre-. and Gang The Last hose ~ summer
iust a. the tID III, With n great uproAi
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,tag. don't KNOW Wheeler the audience
thought this a Iau Of the OI-fa or not
INIT VAS enthusiastically received and
m. aud,-noe al-o liked Payne Clarke sing
ing 81 LET Me LAKE . Soldier Fall .
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