The San Francisco call., 1904-10-09

IO-mOrrOW evening the TivOH will
produce for the first time in America
Der Rastelbinder." (the mousetrap
peddler). a comic opera by Franz Le-
har that has achieved notable success.
in Vienna and in several German cities.
A hasty glance over the piano score
shows the opera delightfully."- promising
on its musical side. Whether Lehar
Is German or Austrian do not know.
Distinctly Hungarian is the music in
part, and again it contains landler-like
movements, the fellows to which any
German street will give you. The COM
poser Is particularly happy In one or
two waltz songs, and there IS a
duet in mazurka time for tenor and
barytone that viii slide into the local
whistle like macaroni into the devout
Italians. And 1t Is going to take sing
Ing. One half Of it I know will be
sung. Kate Condor will sing Il. Miss
Condor will take the part Of NIiIOsch
(the barytone). a casting that has not
before been attempted. BY the way
but hate to tell Still, 'twere best.
This will be Miss Condon's last appear
ance before leaving for the East. where
she Is under contract to star. Though
one would by no means wish to stand
the necessity for her departure. She
will be more missed than any contralto
the TivoH has had for many years. her
beauty being by no means the least Of
her charm. think, however, that Miss
Condor would be the first to subscribe
TO the fact that her TIvoH days have
done much for her. She has gained
notably in humor and sprightliness. It
" "a hor- To hrxr
the little habit of forcing her lower
notes. in which-possibly for the hurnor
of the part-she has INDUCED herself IN
The Serenade."
But Miss Condor will be certain OF
the warmest Of welcomes on her return,
in starry or any other capacity. Which
reminds that 1t Is to be hoped the East
will not be stealing the little FRITZ
Scheff Of the TivoIi, Dora de Philippe
The other half Of the long-ago-men-
toned duet will be done by Thomas H.
Persse, here before with the Southwell
Opera Company. Why not Andrew BO-
CART? Because Mr.. Bogart has run
away. Success notwithstanding, the
tenor-barytone has decided that comic
opera Is too, too much. Mr.. Persse is
very favorably remembered. He plays
Yanku.
AS to the rest Of the music, 1t is
bright throughout. tuneful, unpreten-
tious and original Some choruses for
children are a feature.
At the Saturday Morning Club in
Sacramento, where they do many fine
things unsuspected by their metropoli-
tan neighbor, recital that promised to
be noteworthy was yesterday given by
a Boston tenor. Wilhelm Heinrich. How
the recital went 1 have not yet heard.
Mr.. H. Bretherick, organist of the
First Unitarian Church. sends me
the following interesting facts con-
cerning the singer, who may spend
some little time in our midst
Mr.. Friedrich is the tenor in DR..
Everett Hale's church in Boston.
and was for ten years with Phillips
Brooks in like capacity. He has sung
with the famous Boston Symphony So
ciety, with the Cecilia Society. at the
New Bedford and Worcester festivals
for where our dear Schumann-Heink
left us to sing-besides in concert from
Maine to Florida" Mr.. Heinrich is also
a good pianist and accompanies him
self. Last, sad fact, the singer is blind.
The enterprising little Saturday Morn
ing Club up there in Sacramento gives
Mr.. Heinrich 500 for his services. Per-
haps our Twentieth Century Club will
give us an opportunity to hear him.