Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-28

siNtieth birthday. Unlike Patti she
knew when to retire from the public.
she Is now a widow Frau Won Walvo-
gel, and resides In Austria,
Ludwig Engander has signed a con-
tract which binds him to write the mu-
sic for the light opera which Fritzi
Schen viii use next season. II win be
the twenty-ifth opera he has written
In Il years.
Eugen Sandow recently celebrated the
twenty NTH year OF his membersh u of
the Royal orchestra In Berlin This ais
tlnguishod celist was born In Berlin
In 1850, and when at the Hochschule
was a pupil of Wilhelm Mueller, then
the cellist of the Joachim quartet.
For the first time on French soil the
complete "Nibeungen" cyclus was civ.
en- In Lyons. The various parts OF the
tetralogy had been previously per-
formed, ''Walkuere" In 1894. "Sleg-
fried in 1901, "Rheingold" in 1903 and
'Goetterdammerung' in January, 1904
some remarkable operate news has
been forwarded to a Munich journal by
It's New York correspondent Among
other things, he says that 1t Is practice
ally settled that New York IL 10 have
a Wagner festival theater The capital
Is at hand, and the site is to be az
Fifth avenue and Flfty-ninth street,
In one Of the letters written 10 Fran
Wesendonck by Wagner while he was
in Paris, In 1860 (sooi to be published)
reference is made TO The fact that
among his greatest French admirers
were Baudelaire, Gustave DOre. ard
Gounod. Wagner aptly characterizes
Gounod as "a sentimental, kindly man.
richly but not deeply endowed"
A monument Is to be erected to Verdi
at Milan ut the Porta Magenta, oppo-
site the home for musicians founded by
the master, Italian artists are invited
TO compete The first prize is of the
value Of 5000 lire; for each Of the next
best five designs a sum OF coo lire will
be awarded, For the monument itself
there is, in addition, n sum Of 100 900
lire (s2i,OOO) at disposal.
1.-THE Prince Of Pilsen" has scored a
very great popular hit at the Shaftes-
bury Theater, London. where II will un-
doubtedly continue until the autumn
probably longer. Henry w. Savage, the
owner and manager OF the piece, was
so well satisfied with It's reception that
he started of junketing TO Berlin, Vien-
ma and Paris after the second London
performance.
Fred G, Whitney has signed Calve
for next season. She is TO make a
tour under his direction next season
In Carmen and other operas In which
she has become famous, and Il promises
10 be one Of the events OF the season
Mr. Whitney will play her IN all the
lee ling theaters, and her company VIII
include some principals who have made
? name for themselves at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House.
II has been decided by the directors
Of the Bostonians to continue the or
gani2ation, but to change the policy
and make the company non produce
Ina one This is done IN order TO re-
lieve Henry Clay Barnabee from the
fatigue Of travel and long seasons.
Only robin Hood" will be played and
for a limited season each year. The
bookings will be made TO suit Mr.. Bar
nabee's personal wishes.
During his stay In London to conduct
the recent Kruse Festival Felix Vein
gartner who also directed one OF the
New York Philharmonic concerts, ex-
pressed himself concerning the orches-
trail players as follows, They are very
good, Intelligent. willing and courteous,
but one can feel that they are not used