The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26
OUT OF TOWN MUSICIANS

Henry w Savage arrived on Tuesday
from Europe on board the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse, after an absence of
about six weeks Mr. Savage went
ton of The Prince of Pilsen," at the
Shaftesbury theater, but also for the pur-
pose of organizing the cast with which he
is to present ParsifaI' in English in the
autumn.
He said in an interview: I'm Germany
l found the opposition to foreign repre-
sentations of 'ParsifaP very strong. The
Berlin newspapers have published para
graphs eXhorting German artists not to
leave the Fatherland in search of Ameri-
can gold, but 1 succeeded in engaging a
very strong company for the American
representations of the Wagner music
drama.
Nine. Kirkby Lunn, of the Royal
Opera, Covent Garden, London will be the
Kundry, as already announced. She has
rendered the 'ParsifaP music in concert
form during brief season in America
under the management of B. J. Lang of
Boston. Mr. Lang assures me that she
sang the role magnificentIy, and her pore or
trayaI of other great characters in opera
justifies the belief that Mr.. Lang's esti-
mate OF Nine. Lunn's ability is not col
ored by enthusiasm. AS an alterna ting
Kundry l have engaged Hanna Mara. the
leading dramatic soprano at Bresau She
is handsome woman of the brunette
type, somewhat above the medium height,
and OF Hungarian birth. She speaks Eng
liSh f1uently, and will, L am sure make
a profound impression here.
For the role of ParsifaI Aleis Penna-
RIM has been signed He is now the
foremost tenor at Hamburg. and it was
necessary to secure leave of absence for
him from the directors.
For Amfortas have engaged Johannes
BlScno1f, a young man of less than thirty
years, but for five years leading baritone
at Cologne. have also engaged for this
role Franz ! Egenieff, a pupil of Maurel
and Lii lehman, with whom he sang
at the Western theater, Berlin, in Don
Juan and similar roles
The Gurnemanz of the American Par
sifaF Is to be Putnam Griswold an Amer
lean basso from Oakland, Cal, a pupiI
of Bouhy. Mr.. Griswold has been singing
with much success at Frankfort The
conductors will be Walter Rothwell and
MoTltz Grimm. The former is of English
Parentage, but was educated in Germany.
For the past two years ne has been con-
ductor and artistic director of the RovaI
opera, Amsterdam. Before that he was
been conductor in Stettin and Halle Roth
are comparatively young men, not far
from thirty years of age, but have
achieved high regulations as Wagnerian
conductors.
Rossini. whose Barber of Seville" was
recently given with great eclat at the Rer-
lin royal opera house, once paid the fol-
lowing tribute to Mozart: ',The Germans
have always been great in harmony, we
itdulaHS III AneIouy: however, since they
nave produced Mozart in the north we
southerners are better on our own ground
for this man rises above both nations
combining the magic of the italian canti-
lena with the depth Of the German 'Ge-
muth.' If there ever comes time when
Mozart is no longer considered beautiful
then we old ones, who are still left, car
shuttle off this mortal coil. In paradise
hoWeVer-of that am sure-Mozart anc
his hearers will find each other again >
After the great success of THE Barber OF
Seville" Rossini was reproached for hav.
ing borrowed from Mozart. At this Tho
genial master replied: Mozart is rich. ht
can afford to lend without impoverishinf
| himself
Electa Clifford, the Chicago soprano. ha.
been singing with the Duss orchestra a
Venice in New York in Gotham during