The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-20

and In later ye.rs Mr.. nsppsn proved
HI. ~i-iom sssin when he boush, from
0ounod the fnsli-h rights 80 'Fau-'
vhich Fr~heftrA eye hfi REFUSED, on ths
ground that he rElv 40 things Boz tho
OPERA worth h~auus we've tho waltz ant
The chprls % oAJ Basa a = krn--- sc.n"
lie paid but q small s.u for tho rights
10 the oIsfa. but ~as g.rps lsd % pay
Maplseon tn produce .
lie vas called 20 axe his father . place
In the business when a mere 10y. but soc-
ceeded In building up q great ~puhlshinx
house through the ability to discern the
popular quality Ia music that he showed
la tho two ca-c- referred to here.
Nine. Nielbs's recent appearance. In
London hA,. r-callcd tho fact that -le
sang 4,rre for the fr-, tim. In June. ls-o.
At a conccrt given IN rrtucc'- Hal 20 in
~tr,.iuce n musical prod " 81 the psuo
forte. Tho prodigy has sinos disappeared
from view entircly. Nns. Mslha returned
Covent Garden.
Three OF the choristsrs who were 20
have taken part la the musical s-rvic.s
at the coronation at West
minister Abbey we're certainly entitled
20 ON AANS NtA%fafs1a tAN VI NAFfl EaAk
at the funeral 81 George " another AZ
the funeral Of William Nv aud a third at
Queen NictoIta's coronation. OF some
OF tho other singers Ia the We-tmu -tsr
Choir one ~as al st Georges Chapel. Mind
~nr. in 1890. another was a Windsor boy IN
1877 and another was 4 ~prObatOncI at
Westminster Abbey Ia 81
Mary Garden. who seems 10 have had
a real success In London AZ Manor. ~As
bnrn Ia Scotland. but canie 10 his country
when very young and remained here until
sro vent 60 raris 20 complete her musical
education. She was abe to make her
appearance at the Opera Comique through
the fundamentally u Sybii ~Sanderspn,
who introduced her t. Albert Care She
sang frat the ti'lc role IL ChaTpsnt-rs
Louise when the soprano who regularly
had the part wan ~.
poniyetti's -L'Elisir d'Amo~.' which
Was recently sung at Iovent Garden for
the fret time in years, with tie exception
of , few performances given under tho
late SignoT Lagos direction, VA performed
at Her Majesty Theatre In 1889 under
Mapleson's management. IL was In this
opera hat Mario made his INIT spIear'
ance IN Paris At the TheAtre DIES lta.iens
Tho latest effort 10 revive ths work does
not appear to have been especially suo-
Cessful
Tho virtuou- Of vartou. kinds tina nock~d
To London from III. Continent to give con.
certS during tho coronation season az
rear 10 havs met with disappointment
Tn. audiences seem TO have ts-n very
small. Fy.n artusi- like Anton Van Rooy
have had to appear tsfore wrctctscdIy
small gatherings.
Aurslie Row, a Polish singer who re~ently
appeared ia london In CONCERT, played her
own violin olligati while singing THIS
,xI.rinrut was not r"garied ar ~ niuCh
a. 4 -ucyo-s as Il used to II, on the roo
gardens, when a Young lady Ylaysi Les
Ram.auN- on the Violin and Gang the air
with equal disregard u pitch in both per
forInanCe-
Mll~. Revv made q much better impress
sion m orcra when she was suddenly caled
on 20 take tho plaCc Of friti S'hsn as
Ncddr ia i PagliaCCi' a. CoVent Garden.
Then she came through a irving ordeal
viii credit. although she had 20 sing the
text In German. While the rest q! the PERFORM
ers used Italian.
Han. Richter, who conducted one ~ the
recent Wagner performances In German In
Paris. las written enthusiastically OF tn.
,fer, that Tristan und Isolde had on the
large audiences that gathered 10 hear u.
He esid that the opers was admirably
reformed Herr Ri,h liter conducted one OF
the operas In the NIt-lungen trIosy.
The Imperial Opera House at Vienna
last sea-In confined itself TO two novelties
and revived in elaborate fashion come
81 the older works Of the repertoire. Richard
strauss '~Feuersnoth- and Der dot Man
and a ballet, The Pearl Of lberlA,' were
the only works positively new.
The two reyiyas were O~nenhaoh's 'Les
Cont.s dHofmanu and NlAolAiis die
Lustigen Neib-r IN Windsor These
two works we're Performed With unpr-os-
dent"d scenic beauty
49, 49,
penter ; Louise are To bs tho principal
noyelti.. 81 tho next season al the Royal
Orora "a Berlin. II the Emperor William
IA ever able 10 catch up with l~soncsyallo,
that COMPOSERS Roland VI Berlin may
also he performed.
II Eugegbert Hump~rdinck Las finished
his operate version Of Cinderella. that
novelty wall also bo sum siegiued Nag
ner has also selected the same material
and Is now at work on the score Of hiH THIRD
/ opera. der BareIhAucter' and -herzog
Wildiang have quite disappeared from
the o,yi rc repertoire.
Berlin j. also 20 hear for tho first tint
In German MasSenct's AAnon' and the
same composers l. Navarralse. In which
Mime. Nuovtna Is TO appear. SiaS SChil-
ling's Dor Pfelfcrtag. which has Incl
With success elsewhere. il also to re- sun
Among o'ncr works 70 ia revived elaoor
ately are \erdi's -Ot"iio,- Tristan unC
Isolde. MiCnuu7 and Cost Ian Tutte,
as We. as 90 ks -lphigenla III Aulis.' il
the form sung recently al W~eisbaden
The iouT-hundTcGth performance Of ri
deIio- il 10 be- celebrated Ia htting fashion.
The new ROYAL opera Hou-- IN B-rliI
IL now occupied by an op"r-tta company
which hltcrlates tho works o. Strauss
Millocksr and Suppe with such v"r
Icpdouc-a products Is The Geisha' anC
Tho Silver slipper
la Traviata' II heard more frrquentl,
In ALL probability IN Germany han In ar
other European country Two womei
have recently b-@n singing the role there
one was lriuChesCtiu1 Prryo-ti, the Eng
lish woman with an Italian name. h hi
had her career almost entirely Ia TmA y
and the other was Jeanne Nayda. for sou'
wears the leading light soprano at TN
Polish Opera House Ia Moscow.
She has sung altogether Ia Poland en'
was educated Tor the operatic stage II
Iembcrg So she NAV b. regarded as
RATIONAL product. Her art ~as esteemed
bu, the critics thought ths' Mile. Nsydi
had waited too long before ~introducin,
herself 20 strange worlds.
Blanca BaHchi. widow % the impr--art'
Polini, has t-eu engaged by Bernhar
Stavenhagen A. "a teacher Of singing II