The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
pla we'd on his first Western tour. He Ia
TO remain here until the middle Of March

Nine. Lehman returns to Germany on
Tuesday. She has been much interested
during the latter days other stay here in
collecting funds for an institution at Bonn.
Ii Is a home for the widows and orphans
Of music n Ii was built by a charitable
German woman, and Nine. Lehman is
endeavoring to raise contribution here
for the endowment fund,
Nine. Mantelli returned last week from
South America, where for the past six
months she had been singing in opera and
concert. She will soon be heard in a song
recital at Carnegie Hall.
Jean de Res2''e has just sung S~iegfried at
the Paris Opera fifteen times in succession
and will leave for Monte Carlo on Thurs
day, where he will remain for a month.
He is TO sing there in -Lohengrin' with
Rose Caron, In Romeo ct Juliette' with
Sigrid Arnoldson and in la Dannation
de Faust" to be sung in operate form. with
Nellie Melba,
AT the close OF the Monte Carlo season
he is to return to Paris and appear in revi-
walls Of ia Propi etc, Faust and Romeo
ct Juliette" He will not sing next spring
at Covent Garden, but goes directly 10 his
home in Poland after the close Of his en-
gagement at the Paris Opera.
MILO buCltllilc lbNNal h'aAb pONh VIZ
dress rehearsal and the first public per-
Torrance Of -Siegfr!ed' with particular
interest, as she had been invited bv Mr..
Gall ard at NJ. lie Reszke's special request.
TO sing the role of Bruuphilde.
AT the dress rehearsal NJ. de Reszke
was not in good voice" Nine. Breval said,
the other day for he lad just recovered
from an attack Of influenza and sang too
soon after that. But by the first regular
J arf,rp-appa la WAS anain himself and
sang splenuiGlv. He had no idea that he
would be criticised after tie dress rehearsal
and made no effort to sing, WAITING the
first public performance and for that he
was in perfect voice again
Nine. Nordica, after three weeks rest,
has resumed her concert tour on the West.
She will soon return to the East 10 appear
with the Boston SYMPHONY Orchestra.
Nine. Melba has engaged NJ. Arens, a
I Polish tenor, who has been for several years
! a member of the company at one OF the
. private theatres in Berlin, Maurice Ben
saude and Marie Neislincer for the CON-
panv which she i'll take to Australia 10
appear ia concert and opera.
Richard Strauss opera, 'Feursnoth,'
continues to be the success Of the season
at the Royal Opera in Dresden. where
Massenet's "Wcrther" was recently sung
without disturbing the popularity Of the
Strauss work. although the French opera
was praised for the finish and refinement
! of is stylc. "Wcrthcr" was recently SUE
/ &c, sful in 81. Petersburg with Battis'ini.
? the baritone, in the title part, which the
COMPOSER had trauspu-ed for him, Sigrid
Aruoldson was ChdiI-.e. the roe in which
Emma Fame was such a vision Of loveliness
here.
Auionia Niclka. who was formerly .
mCEr,r Of the company az the Metro
polital In ne day, of the German reg ne,
has recently become a teacher OF singing
IN Berlin.
Kari $ ciiemante,, the barytonc Of the
Rovl.l Jprya House in Erri.n, hlS recently
. Trers rci tie text uf a ballet for the theatre.
Thila ~Plaicl,ngor. the new dramatic
soprano oftur Berlin Opera House, recently
stabbed herself by accident during me
perform nee Of a new opera called Inc
Sihyl Of Tivuii' The work seems 10 have
left Lo other impression.
A monument to Charles Gounod Is soon
10 he unveiled in the Pare Moncrau IN
Paris. II - the work Of Antonio MERCER
and consists Of n pillar hearing a but OF
the composer. Al the foot Of -" uIiar
il a group composed Of Marguerite. JuhS
and !SdphO, and the Spirit OF harmony
represented at the piano.
lies Guelfcs, a ~posthumous opera ~
Benjamin GODDARD, was recently sung n
, Rouon. Louis tiallct, who wrote the icNt'
is. like the composer dead. IA" acil'n
passes in Sienna and the I.g.. - m4'h
more effective in the lyric than In ihe
dramatic moments of the work.