The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-08

sistants. besides the director, none OF
whom had had an opportunity TO shape
the performance in accordance with his
own ideas" In New York at any rate
every conductor rehearses the opera he
presides over.
The Parisians still have their own
way Of doing things. Concerning the
programme Of NJ. Albert Care. man
ager Of the Opera COmique, fl is stated
Ihat. In the first place, humble music
lovers are to be provided for pending
the construction and organization of a
popular lyric theatre Every Monday
night prices viii be lowered al the
Opera Comique, so as to enable work
ingmen and their wives, clerks. artisans
and the rest TO see and hear the operas
Of Herold, Boieldieu. Auber Bizet, Mas
senet Delibes and Ambrose Thomas.
To compensate M. Care for his philan-
thrOpic attention TO the poorer portion
of the community, the government has
allowed him to organize twenty gala
performances I'm his state subsidized
theatre, sometimes known as the Sale
bavart- For these performances Mr..
Van DyCk win be engaged to sing in
'Maron" and in "Werther." two OPP
eras in which he has never been heard
In Paris. Among the new works TO be
produced during the season will be the
RENE Flamette." in I'VE acts. by
Xavier Leroux; the File de Roland"
in four acts. by M. Rabaud a new COM
poser; the "Jongleur de Notre Dame"
by Massenet, already produced on the
Riviera; the "Pecheurs de Saint-Jean.'
by Widor; Les Armailles" by Mr.. Do
ret; "Circe," by the brothers Hille-
macher; the cor Fleuri," by +. Hal
phen, and the ore-act ballet. La CT
gale by Massenet
Paderewski's first night is thus de-
scribed in the Comtesse Pot0cka's vol
ume on Theodore Leschetizky, just is
sued by the Century company:
7 remember the night that Leschetiz-
ky brought out his brilliant pupil. Ig-
mace Paderewski- His performance Of
an original theme and variations was
not greeted with special favor In
deed. some local musicians were heard
TO remark that the young man did not
seem TO promise much" But his keen
er master opposed enviOus criticism
with the now unanswerable statement;
'Ah, my dear -, you will have to get
used to hearing that young mans
name Yet, as he stood nOnchalantly
in the passa geway. his taWny hand
resting against the wall, those who
foresaw his great future were probably
few.
Despite the fact that Richard Strauss
is to spend only n few weeks In this
country during his coming visit, he
viii conduct the Philadelphia orches-
ira i'm his own compositions six times.
TheseJa in conjunction with
Mr. Scheel viii be made at two con-
certs in Philadelphia, two in Boston,
one in Baltimore and one in washing
ton. No other American orchestra has
been so fortunate in securing this emil
nent conductor for such a number OF
appearances. The regular season q
the Philadelphia orchestra in its home
city VIII begin on Oct. 30.
SensatiOnalism in music is not usual
ly to be commended. but when it coin
cides with the highest artistic enter
prise and merit it must be welcomed
as an aid to the popuiarization Of the
divine art Next to the production Of
-ParsifaI" the most sensational thing
In the impending musical season is the
series Of Philharmonic concerts, with
it's six renowned foreign conductors,
besides the admirable Victor Herbert
OF Pittsburg- Foreign concert insu-
tUtes deem themselves lucky to secure
one or two of the great travelling or
"prima donna conductors, as some
playfully call them. but We shall have
six of them. specially imported for tho
occasion. Such an opportunity for
comparison, study and enjoyment may
not present itself gain I'm "A lifetime,
and it would not present itself now
but for the generosity Of Andrew Car
negie, John D. Rockefeller. =. Francis
Hyde, Clarence NJ. Hyde, Grant 3.
Schley. Elkan NaUmburg and James
Loeb. who made the epOch-making
project possible. It is not likely that
any good seats will be left for single
performances. wherefore il viii be well
to he wise in time. Among the solo
lists to be heard are Jacques Thibaut,
Adele aus der Ohe. David Bispham,
Leo Schulz, Maud Powell. Alfred Rel
senauer, Schumaun-Heink (the best
list the society has had in many years..
The foreign conductors, as previously
announced, are Edouard Colonne Of
Paris, Gustav Kogel of Frankfurt,
Henry Wood Of London, Felix Vein
Eartner Of Munich, w. Won Safanom Of
Moscow and Richard Strauss of Berlin.
Readers Of an elaborate life Of Wag-
ner, or Of his letters to List, UhHg,
WesendOnck and other friends win re-
member the frequency. Impotence and
despair with which he dwells on his