New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

show e. performance OF the overture to '~The
Theatre, Manager oder Sehausplet Directory.
Yssye. makes his second appearance this season
with The Beethoven violin concerto. which he
played with the New York Symphony Orchestra
during his last visit to America, creating Juror
of enthusiasm and exciting discussion as to his
reading OF this work The poem Of Cheusson,
which he viii play IN The second part. is also
novelty.
The following is the programme OF the second
concert Of the Russian Symphony Society at
Carnegie Hal next Saturday evening:
sr-ure May Night Carst time .irnszy zorsalzo
s qhonic poem 'stehla Raz' irst tIEae) .Glazunof
,i,1a9 1es s s. Ut rs oy1sIy
sey15rbr1io f55scrirti.n 6f the Be- tie cf Poitava
aud Ho1at fr5I5 Ma sezpa 5Tst time schaikovsly
Aria Dame % Fious' iEowsky
ssgias5 BON demon Rubinstein
t';'sAs March OF saria-.'
OF the four neyelties,4n this list the most in
,teresting is likely to be Glazunoffs symphonic
poem. SteAka Rain. was . Cossack. Of the
Don who IN 1867 led = revolt, which inside Of
three or four years was successful throughout
ithe yolgan territory. Razin then u.editated an
'expedition against MOSCOW. but, defeated by the
tCzar's troops IN 1911, was betrayed by his com
trades and put TO cruel death in the old capital.
He has remained q. hero in popular tale and
song ever since. GlazunQf"s symphonic poem
deals With Tie daredevil exploits Of the Atanlan n,
and delineates an episode III which Steifka Rain
'drowrs his sweetheart IN the Voga on learning
that the failure Of some Of his adventures was
due 10 his too great fonduess for the young
woman
Dir. Henry Russell, who IS pictured on this
page IN company with Sicnor Caruso is the
gentleman who gave -fan season OF Italian
opera IN Coyent Garden, in which the tenor and
also Miss Alice Nelson took part. He has a
claim the affecrionate interest Of the older
generation OF Americans at least in that he is
ithe son OF Henry Russell. who visited America
IN 1887, became popular here in concerts as a
singer. and composed some Of the songs our
fathers and mothers liked In their youth, such
as ''The Old Arm Chair" 'Woodman Spare
that Tree we Have Been Friends Together"
Cheer. Boys. Cheerr' "a Life on the Ocean
Wave" and The ola Sexton" all Of which may
; be found IN Helen Keudrick Johnson's book
entitled our Familiar Songs" Mr. Russell. the
SCI. who nas singing master in London went
, 10 i've IN Rome about two. years ago, and be-
came principal professor Of singing there Then
he became operate manager, and, like all his
: London predecessors. has his eye on New-York
: Miss Nelson. who lives in amiable reconec-
ton in New-York. went % London in April
1901 and appeared there In Victor Herbert's
iaad advised her 10 abandon ogeretta for opera
though he probably did lot pat II that way
considering how the good old definitions have
! been COMPOUNDED within the last twenty years
She took his advice studied with him in Italy
returned TO London a year later and sang at
one Of Dir. Henry Woods Orchestral Concerts
lat Queens Hall. She effected her entrance in
5 Gounod's Faust" In Italy, worked out a brief
Apprenticeship IN the usual manner. and last
summer became member Of the regular co,en+
Garden company, with which she sang in ..r,op
Giovanni and lie Nozze di Figaro" win Mr.
RusselFs San Carlo Grand Opera CoYnpar,, che
sang Mimi to stgnor. Caruso's .Rodolfo IN prc-
cinfs "Boheme," and Of the writer's for the news
papers are TO be believed) made an ,,n,1s,,,o,1,,
Favorable impression. Notwithstanding that 7 ON,
oon seems still 10 be under the irnpressfo, ,I,a
Nine Melba IS an ideal representative or tt,o
character. - 'Ne
! A varied array Of. programmes is an,,o,,,,a.,
at the Metropolitan Opera House for tbo
ing week French. German and TtaIiao -
i~ih be represented IN the scheme ans r.-.ta,.,~
interest VIII doubtless be awakened bv +ha go
appearances Of Mime, Meiba 'F5ars,sI" III,
usual. be feature Of the week ana ..T,a-'. as