The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-22
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.

he nau Just recelNeu three teleeTamb from
as many cities telling him OF the changes
in programme made necessary by the
illness OF various singers.
That led him 10 say that he would GER
tainly retire from active management one
year from next April when the contract
Of the Maurice Grau Opera Company with
the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate
Company comes to an m
Il am not a beautiful woman the i'm
presario said. but / reserve the right to
change my mind II I want to. 30 j nay
change 1t when the time comes. But now
! expect to carry out my plan Of retiring
after h close OF one season more.
There are TO be no more road tours.
The profit ie large when the singers appear,
but the risk Ia too great. The question
Of a seventeen week repertoire in New
York Is also difficult TO arrange;. and the
70 find somebody else that can give them
the kind Of opera that they want.
1T Is the kind they have had In the past.
but I am tired Of the work OF providing 1t.
The stockholders should bear the entire
financial risk OF every season, They are
able to do II. vs. there are among them
enough rich men TO assume such a re-
~sponsbility without feelingit The Maurice
drau Opera Company should not have TO
bear the risk.
The directors Of that want
me to retire. They are my friends and
a to see mo relieved from the work
OF conducting the opera seasons here under
present conditions. So / intend to get out
But | reserve the privilege OF changing
my mind when the time comes
Bessie Abbot. the American girl who
recently appeared at the Paris Opera as
Jutstte with success. Is to sing the music OF
the Forest Bird in the forthcoming perform
anoe Of "Siegfried' at the National Acad-
envy Of Music in Paris. The opera has
not yet been heard owing to the indispo-
sition Of Jean de Reszke. Others in the
performance will be Nine. Ackte and M.
Delmas.
Nine. Nordica Is TO sing next autumn
in England. She will be heard in concert
and at the various musical festivals. Her
husband, ZoltAn Doehme. Is to make his
appearance in opera at Treves In Germany
during the present season.
Nine. Sembrich has added Mimi In ia
Boheme' to the number Of new roles hat
she will sing during the present season
at the Metropolitan Opera House. She
will also be heard as Flea.
Nine. Ternina, who has not yet been heard
here as Ortrud. although she has frequently
sung the part abroad, will appear in it here
during the winter. She may also sing
Leonors in n T~rovatore.'
Ignace Paderewski. whose patriotism
has before this time interfered with his
success. recently played in Bremen after
he had given the receipts Of his concert in
Poeen to the fund for the Wreschen school
affair. and was heard by a small audience.
II was his first appearance in a German
city after the Polish demonstration In
Posen and the absence Of the public was
thought to express It's feelings toward the
pianist. The next day he played in Ores
den for the King Of Saxony. Paderewski
Ia said 10 he in very poor health. He will
leave for this country in January.
4 scholarship in memory, OF the late
Col. Mapleson Is TO be established at the
ROYAL Academy OF Music in Londun Of
which he was at one time a pupil. The
fund will be raised by subscription and
by an operate concert TO be given by singers
who have appeared under his mana cement.
Richard Strauss IL a man OF triumphs
In these days. His opera 'Feursnoth.'
a symboiical work based on an old legend.
has been sung with great success in Ores
den and accepted by half a dozen other
German opera houses.
The title is scarcely to be translated
into English, but The Need Of Fire might
best paraphrase il. The composer calls
the work a song poem and II II said 10
POSSESS most Of the qualities Of his orches-
trail compositions.
Ernest Won Wolzogen has founded his
lihretto on the old Dutch tale Of the maiden
who, when her lover came 10 visit her and
was dragged up To her N In a barrel,
tied the rope fast when he Was halfway
90 the top and left him swinging there until
the next day. when the villagers saw his
plight and took him dow The German
adapter departs from the old story al this
point and introduces the 'need OF fire IN
his own way
The injured lover oonsults a sorcerer
who e~Itinguishes all the fire. Ia the town
Munich IL the scene Of the opers until
he inhabitants suffer from the lack Of fire
and light But when the maiden fuH OF
retentance, OPENS her door 10 r-elVe
her lover, all the lights IN the town are
again aglow.
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