The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-23
The ENGLISH "PARSIFAL."
PRINCIPAL SINGERS ENGAGED
BY MIR. SAVAGE.
Germans and Brttshes. With . Few
Americans. 90 Give wasner's Festival
Drama In the vernaoular-C Chance for
New Reputation TO BE Made Here.

Americans, 20 Give Wagner's Festival
Drama In the vernaoular-Ch Chance fol-
New Regulations to Re Made Here
In these days the personality Of the
actor or the singer interests the general
public more than his art. The vital ques-
tion Is not what Is her" It is who Ia
hep Hence whenever new company
comes to town II Is important TO all tho
4 aching void caused by want Of knowledge
OF the histories Of the performers. Here
ID some valuable information Of that sort.
Tho principal singers Of the company
which Henry W. Savage has organised
for his production in English OF Wagner's
'parsifal, which begins an extended on
"a cement at the New York Theatre on
Oct 81, Is composed entirely OF young
singers, most OF whom have received sound
raining In the leading opera houses In
Europe The company Is large one,
tor there must be two complete CASTS
and the parts of undry and Pdrsifdl each
require for the eight performances a week
10 fewer than three artists. Consequently
there are three sopranos for hundry, three
tenors for Parsifdl and two singers each
for the roles Of Amfortds GvrnsTnans and
KHngsor. There are also two principal
conductors in addition to the several as
sistant conductors who have charge OF
the stage music.
For his tenors Mr.. Savage has engaged
A)ois Pennarini, Francis Maclennan and
Christian de Voss. Mr. Pennarini, who
In the principal tenor Of the Opera in Ham,
burg, Is one Of the leading singers OF Ger
many. He was born in Vienna In 1870,
his: father being at that time an official
In the Imperial Court. In his boyhood
the boy always wanted to 60 on the stage,
'But his father had other plans for him
and sent him to the Laxenburg School OF
Forestry with the idea Of making forester
out Of him.
Young Pennarini ran away, went 70
Vienna to his mother and got her to aid
him In his ambition to become an opera
!. singer. After a successful trial by Prof.
(, iFeistenberger he was admitted to the
fNfsnna Conservatory and became pupil OF
|, d;aensbacher Later he studied with Rehs
'sin Vienna and with Alfred Blume formerly
Of London, but now OF Berlin. His debut
1, opera was made in Pressburg, Hun
cary when he sang Turiddu in "Cavalleria
Eusticana."
After short engagement at Elberfeld
in 1907 he was one of the Italian company
which gave a series Of performances in
Vienna at the Theater au der Wien some OF
bis colleagues being Bellincioni, Prevos'i
and Saville. Director Mailer OF the Vienna
Court Opera heard him sing Rudofo in
puccipi's LA Boheme" and few nights
hter Pollini, then the celebrated impre-
sario of Hamburg. heard him sing Alfredo
in ia Traviatar Both offered him en-
fragments and he bound himself to the
Hamburg Opera for the years ls0o-le0s.
In the meantime he sang constantly in
Austria, particularly in Gratz. and was
continually enlarging his repertoire. His
lat Of roles is most comprehensive. includ-
ing, besides Pdrsitdl. Lohen0rin, Rtenz''
; Tannhaeuser, Erik, Wdlther ron Stotsin9,
both Sieqfrieds, Siegmund, Looe, Tristan,
Otelto, Elcasar, Turiddu. Bdjdsso, Don
Jose, Rudolfo and Alfredo. His success
in Gratz was very great and each year
when he returns his visit Is made pubic
event. His success in Hamburg was i'm
mediate, to be followed by similar triumphs
: when as guest" he visited Berlin, Frank
fort, Stuttgart. Kiel. Breslau. Bremen
and other German cities. In coronation
year he sang with great success at the
ROYAL Opera in Covent Garden, London.
He is bound in Hamburg until 1900 and
comes to this country on a leave OF
absence.
Francis Maclennan 10 young singer Of
very great promise. Mr. Maclennan was
born in Bay City, Mich, and studied in
New York and in London with Georg
Henschel. Mr.. Maclennan made his debut
in London with the Moody-M Manners COM
pany, the leading English grand opera
organization, in 1902 at the Royal Opera,
Covent Garden, appearing as Faust.
Since then he has been the principal tenor
of the organization, and during the recent
engagement of the company at Drury
Lane, London, sang such roles as Lohen
grin, Don Jose in Carmen Turidda in
ACavalleria Rusticana," Wilhelm Meister
in sMignon" and Erik in The Flying Dutch
man.
J Ne de yoss has been for the last three
years the principal dramatic tenor Of the
. Poyal Netherlands Opera at Amsterdam.
He Is a native of that city. having been
born there thirty-two years ago. He
studied at the Royal Conservatory Of AM
steriam and made his debut as Tdnn-
hneuser. Since then, with the exception
'of annual guest" performances in Belgium
land Germany, he has sung in Holland.
His repertoire is very large including such
operas as -Fidelio," THE Flying Dutch
nan" "Tannhael user" "Lohengrin," Die
Meistersinger, -Rienzi," Faust Gar
men, "Cavalleria Rusticana," Il Pag-
.liscci" and 1Contes d'Hoffmann."
p For Kundry Mr.. Savage has engaged
two singers Of international reputation,
and third singer, young American. who
In her brief career has shown great prom
ise The principal Kundry will be the
English mezzo-soprano, Nine. Krkby Lunn,
who made her first visit to America in
1802-03, when she was member Of the
Metropolitan Company in New York, and
did great deal OF concert work.
Mime. Hanna Mara, who will share the
role OF Kundry with Nine. Lunn, is an Aus
TRAN, having been born In the Tyrol. She
began her musical career as pianist, and
at Is won first prize in the Vienna Conserv-
atory. Then thinking she had avoice. she
had 1t tried without the knowledge Of her
parents. After her studies under Weller
and Alexander Neumann were finished, she
made her debut In Olmuetz, where she was
very successful in leading parts. From
O,muetz she went to Breslau, where she