The sun., 1904-06-12
THE OPERA SINGERS ABROAD.
Mile. Destinn's success at COyent Garden
Mark Twain's Daughter in Concert.

Mile. Destinn's success at Coyent Garden
Mark Twain's Daughter in Concert.
Ernesto Tamagno. not to be forgotten
altogether in the present fame OF his younger
contemporaries, Enrico Caruso and Ales-
sandro Bonci, has just made his reap
pearance in Rome. He appeared In q re-
vival of verdi's -Poliuto, which had not
been sung id Italy for years. Mascagni
conducted the orchestra, and the perform
ances are said to have aroused great en-
thusiasm.
Signor Caruso has been very active sincs
he left this country. After the Monte
Carlo season he went to Barcelona, taking
the journey for the sake Of singing only
twice in the Spanish city. He has recently
been travelling through some Of the German
cities with two other singers and Signor
vigna. The soprano was q Pole named
whS is 1s,aa IN say Il ybs ss ga
were sung by the resident German artists.
Sionor Caruso was as successful as he has
usually been elsewhere
Clara Clemens, the daughter Of Mark
Twain, who began her career tentatively
here as concert singer several years ago.
in Florence, and Is said to have made great
Improvement since she resumed her studies.
But she is not going to follow q professional
career, and will use her talents merely
for the pleasure Of herself and her friends.
The great success OF the present season
OF opera at Covent Garden seems to be
Emmy Destinn; who has shown her YER.
Italian. One Of her triumphs in Rneand was
as Media in" Paglacoi,' which she sang
with Sgnor Caruso. He finally decided
to 60 to Covent Garden for few appear
ances.
Mile. Destinn is at the Royal Opera House
in Berlin and Is under a contract there for
-four years longer. She is a Bohemian. and
just now the most interesting prima donna
rice Grau had her under contract for the
present season, but his retirement from
active work cancelled the engagement.
Elisabeth Parkina-in the flesh lParkin-
son of Kansas City-has been much praised
in London for her singing Of Siebel at Gov
ent Garden. It was not trying part for
woman who has sung. Lakne and G'ilda:
Miss Parkina is an example Of what pluck will
accomplish. She made her first appear
ance more than q year ago IN Malta, ana
was so nervous that she failed entirely.
1t seemed as II her career had begun and
went back to Paris. kept her studies up for
a while longer and ultimately reappeared
at the Opera Comique when she was able
to do herself Justice
Alice Nelson, the American prima donna,
has been called too much IN the style Of
operetta because the critics knew that she
used, to sing in comic opera. Else her
Zerlind and Susand would probably not have
evoked that comment
Suzanne Adams sang for the hrst time
the part Of the Counties which ought to
lie beautifully within her voice. A new
Danish tenor named Herold seems 70 have
made an agreeable impression In tho lighter
WaRnerian roles. -
Jean and Edouard de Reszke are, after
all. to return TO the stage for a perfoImanoe
und Isolde will be sung by the two brothers,
Milka Ternina, Marie Br6;na and Anton
Van ,Rooy at the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt
during the last week in June. The per-
formance. which will be given In German,
Is for Paris charity.
The two de Re8zkes have also been In
vited to come TO London to sing for the
particular benefit Of Queen Alexandra.
who has always been one OF the tenor's
great admirers. But even royal influence
does not seem equal TO securing an engage
nient for him at Covent Garden. He was
the most popular tenor heard there In years,
and 1t was necessary only to announce his
name in the Wagner operas TO All the
theatre. The journey to Paris Is abort
and M. de Reszke has made his greatest fame
at Covent Garden. But for some reason he
has not been engaged TO sing there for
several years, and among the various en-
gagements rumored from time to time
the de Reszkes are not mentioned