The sun., 1904-05-15
"1osCA" BARRED TO EAMEs.
AN INTERESTING SITUATION IN
OPERA IN LONDON.

AN INTERESTING SITUATION IN
OPERA IN LONDON.
Nine. Melbs wants 10 Try Her Luok -
Trasediepne. and Her Wsed 10 Law In
Covent Garden, % she'll HAve Her way
American Soprano May Net Sing.
Nine. Eamss. who 10 to return 10 the
Metropolitan Opera House next season,
has not appeared once In opera since she
sailed away from hare year ago this month.
she has spent the entire year resting from
the effects Of her nervous illness OF two
winters ago. and she 10 now fully restored
TO health.
When she sailed away last May on .
steamer that carried her 10 Naples, the
singer went directly to her villa Of YAllam.
brosa. On her beautiful estate she passed
almost the entire summer 10 the open siR.
In ootober abe went to her Paris home. and
with the exception OF brief visit TO Monte
Carlo. she has remained there ever since.
II is improbable that she win appear IN
opera 1T all beiore coming back to this
country although Lady do Grey made .
special trip to Paris in the hope Of pse-
susding her to 60 to covsnt Garden.
A Mrue. Eaucs and hsr husband, Julian
Story, expect to spspd the season Ia London.
that arrangement would have sujtsd the
soprano very we'll But for rsssous Of hsr
own, Nine. Eauass preferred not to become
q regular member Of The Covent Garden
company. II she sings st all Ia London,
It will he only for q few special Appearances.
H. kol ri n
was the last role she added TO her repertoire
while q member OF Mr.. Grau's company.
But 1t was decided for what might be called
reasons of political expodiency that shs
could not have the Pucoini opera. 30
Nine. Eames will, therefore, appear 10 only
a few special performances II she discovers
In London that abe feea like singins pub
hcly at all.
The enga cement Of Nine. Eamee, which
has caused 90 much pleasure to the patrons
Of tho Metropolitan, is especially gratifying
to her because no effort was made to bring
1t about. Her husband, Julian Story. had
In fact all but arranged . concert tour
for her, and the contract was about TO bo
signed when word came from Mr.. Conried
that he was anxious to include thA American
soprano once more In the Metropolitan
company.
Nina. Eames's only public appearance
since she lett Now York has been IN Paris,
where she recently gave Q coucsrt. Her
VOICE was found to b In splendid condition,
and Parisians sgsin rsgrsttsd that they %
rarely have the opportunity to hear her.
Next season at tho Metropolitan Nine.
Eames Is to sing the roles she has already
made her own In this country. Her nsxt
new part will in all probability b 10 . new
opera, % Signor Manoinelli has composed
the music OF his 'Franossca and Paolo'
especially that tho music OF tha heroine
may appeal TO Nine. Eamss and interest
hev in the opera sufficisntly to have her
sing it.
Signor Dani. the youthful Italian tenor
who used to bring bis baby to tho MetroN
poltan and let her play In the wings while
he wac singing, 10 at Covent Garden this
spring and the other night sang Don octarto
in Don Giovanni Emmy Destinn, The
Berlin dramatic sopeapo, also made her
hrst appearance outside Of Germany On
the opening night Of the Covsnt Garden
season and seems to have trtumphed ~
Donna Anna. Maurice 0rau had her under
enRa gemsnt for this season, but for some
reason Mr. Conried, who frequently spoke
Of including her in his company. was unable
to make the same arrangements with her.
She 10 under contract to the BerHn Opers
herself for other cities by reading . COM |
prehensive italian repertoire. Ons OF her
great roles 10 Cdrn,sn, and abe sings IN Italian
Beside Donna Anna, Valentine, SdnftSso
and the dramatic repertoire. She - ops
OF the singers destined some day to bold
1oft vHlerA n thA MetY0cOiitAH.
Alice Nielsen appeared as Zerltnd 70
that Same performance and Was pleasantly
although she seems to have
made no deep impression. The Don vas
not been engaged for the Metropolitan this
winter. When be was taken by Mr. Grau
two years ago, IL was TO sing
Ia Ofisnbach's LES Comtee d'Hodman.
which Nj conried d to produce next sea-
fos ins rois f Of the opera. which Is 70 be given
NJ. Renaud is especially famous for his
performance in this opera.
Although Nine Ternins is a pnember
Of the Covent Garden company, Nellie
Melba "a to sing Tosco, finally gratifying
an ambition that she has Cherished for
several years without quite having the
courage to carry II out. Last year she
threw tno SOVSuN Oelucu OPeIo CuAhS<uue0
into all sorts Of nts by announcing that
she was going 70 sing Tosca.
sPucoini said he wrote II for me- the
Australian soprano said, as II that olinched
the matter Lady de Grey. Harry Hig-
gins, VIII ForSyth and the rest OF the ANA
teurs who try their hand at impresarioehip
Nellie Meiba's word at Covent Garden
Is law 1t would have been out OF the quss-
ton TO tell her that Toeca was not d all
the kind OF q role In which she was likely
to make . srecees: Nobody dared to
bsih, else there might have been no opera
.but," said Lady de Grey, we must
save Nellie whether she wants 1t or not
Then this lie saving committee went to
work. It was decided to urge that as Nine.
Ternina always had this role at Covent
Garden It would not be right to have an
other soprano take II, especially a. tho
opera was not good for more than two or
three performances In q season. After 4
while this lire OF argument bad its effect.
and Tosca' remained the property Of Nine.
TerninR.
But Nellie Melba still cherished her am
bition 10 show what she could do a .
tragedienne. and the -Tosca" microbe
was too strong To b. resisted this year. All
the plans Of Lady de Grey and the rest OF
AZ t,,~ axlo voaAA