The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-07-24

my opinion Germany is not more mu-
steal than England by nature, but she
is by culture.
Germany owes great debt OF
gratitude in this respect to her small
courts, which support and protect mu-
steal art in the most generous way. In
the smallest towns in Germany where
there is prince or a reigning duke
they have the finest theaters and or
chestras, and are really remarkably de-
veloped in the artistic way.
And where there is no prince OF
reigning duke there are municipalities
which understand their duty toward
art, If such bodies existed in England
it would be a good thing for the peo-
pie. The English people love concerts;
those at Manchester, Liverpool, Glas-
gov, as well as the London perfor-
mances, are all we'll filled.
Opera cannot support itself That is
we'll established fact. 1t must be
supported by the crown or by the mu-
nicipality. OF course, | mean, in this
case, not the opera such as that at
your Covent Garden, which runs for a
few weeks only, and that just in the
height of the season. | mean perma-
nent musical theater. For there must
be constant study.
1T is painful to think that in the
greatest city in the world the musical
theater is not on the same level as in
some small towns in Germany.
Let me instance SaXony. The king
of Saxony has only a small private for
tune. Yet he devotes six hundred
thousand marks (thirty thousand
pounds) year to opera. If he can give
thirty thousand pounds, could not the
city corporation or the London county
council easily set aside, say, twenty
thousand pounds? That would proba
bly, be quite sufficient for the purpose,
for, you see, you have so many more
people to go to the opera here than the
comparative few there are in Dresden.
Nowadays art is a necessity of life.
1t ought to be looked upon by your
public bodies as being within their ne
cessary care in much the same way as
they look upon the provision of pure
water and fresh air. 1t is an element
of cultured life
The conversation was then changed,
and M. Paderewski was asked about his
opera Manu-" which had such a
brilliant reception when produced re-
Gently at Dresden. The great musician
was oath to talk about "Manru," for
he felt that to do so was to talk about
himself.
Its future? 1t is to be played in
Prague, in Warsaw and probably also
in Cologne this season. Mr.. Grau is
going to produce it In New York next
season.
And when are we to see 1t in Lon
Lon?"
Next season. And a thing will be
dozen which has never been done before.
The whole Of the artists, with the cho-
rus, the orchestra and the ballet, VIII
be brought over from Dresden to play
it at Covent Garden. am delighted to
think that the directors of Covent Gar
den are going to be so generous as to
make such sacrifice. 1t just shows
that it is not always money that rulee
their action.
Nearly two hundred women and men
will be brought over from Dresden. and
all for just a few weeks There are
about eighty in the chorus and twenty
in the ballet.
1.-THE greatest operate conductor in
the world will come over to conduct.
This is Herr Won Schuch, who conduct
ed the first performance. with regard
to him striking circumstance is that
he is equally great in every style.
an one week he conducted with
brilliant success such a wide range of
operas as Tristan und Isolde Die |
Les Huguenots,'
Fause' and 'Rigoletto' and shortly af-
.erward Domino Noir,' 'Mignon' and
Valkyrie' Herr Won Schuch has pro- |
1uced more new operas in Dresden,
han any other conductor in the world. +"
So he went OH, with characteristic |
willing to talk about anybody |
,ut himself. Still. when asked about
his future plans, he said: Il am going
o play once in public in London, and |
hen later on go to Germany, and af-
erward for short tour In Italy and
SPAIN SO have programme
mapped out for about eight months
Then he went back to his books and
lis piano.-London Mail.