Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-17


, come. That makes record i'm more
than one sense.
A monumental life OF Chopin is being
prepared by Ferdinand Hoeslck. The
first volume, Of SSl pages, is out in Pol
sh, and is being translated into Ger
man. French and English. 1t IL said
to contain not only host of new and
interesting details but corrections of
numerous errors In previous books on
the greatest poet Of the pianoforte.
Henry w. Savage has male strong
addition to the singing forces of "The
Prince of Pilsen' company In William
G. Weldon, the well known singer who
Joined the company to take the leading
tenor role. Pauline Guzeman. who
was with Mr.. Savage's "Parsifal' COM
pany, has the prima donna role, while
Jess Dandy continues IN the part OF
Hans Wagner
How would IL do for NM Conlied
and Hammerstain to come together In
amity and arrange, for next year,
historic operate cycle such as Ham-
burg announces for this season? The
cycle is to comprise 50 operas, includ-
ing the best works OF Gluck, Mozart,
Beethoven, Weber, Wagner, Lortzing
Nicol. Cornelius, Ritter GOldmark,
D'Albert and others.
A great many more American singers
and players give concerts in Berlin than
In New York. partly, perhaps. because
the critics over there are less ferocious.
Mr., August Spanuth mentions six
Americans who were heard there be-
tween the third and the tenth Of Oc-
tober-Mary Munchhoff, Theodore Bohl-
man. Rudolph GAM, Theodore Spiering
Cornelia Rider-PPossart, and Arthur
van Eweyk.
Speaking of recent concert in
Paris, a correspondent says: ''rhe
program included no novelty, but
Franz Lizt's little known symphonic
poem, The Preludes,' supposed to
describe man leaving life's preludes
of love to rush to war, was new TO
many. who noted with surprise that
It Is built almost throughout on a
theme the first half of which has
been used by Gounod for one of the
most popular airs sung by Faust"
The next theatrical production To be
built in Henry w Savages New York
scenery, properties, and costumes for
the coming Australian premiere of
prince of Pilsen." This VIII make four
| productions of this comic opera, in adj
dition to the original production that
| Is now In its fifth season with Jess
| Dandy as the comic Hans Wagner. Ono
| is touring the English provinces. one IL
| In South Africa. and another is about
| TO be seen In Paris.
| TO have played the cello at the
| age of seven is something more than
| an artistic achievement--it Is an ath-
| lotic feat as well when one considers
| the relative size Of player and instru-
| ment. Elsa Ruegger. the Belgian
| 'collist, who makes her fourth visit
| TO the United States this season, had
| just passed her seventh birthday when
| she made her first appearance as So
| loist at private musicale in her own
| home. Mile. Ruegger Is now about
! 25 years old, and she ranks quite at
the head of women 'cellists OF the
| world,
| Four novelties will be brought for
| ward during the opera season at Be
| lin. These comprise Relationships
| "Plque Dame Smetana's 'DalIbor,"
| produced at Prague IN 1867. Alexan-
| der Ritter's Der Faule Hans" first
| heard at Munich in 1885; and another
| work which has not yet been decided
| upon. Revivals are promised Of
! Glucks "Iphigonia IN Aulis,' Lort-
zing's Car un zimmerman" and
Leo Belch's "Das War Ich." Beriioz's
Faust" viii be performed by the
company from the Monte Carlo Opera
Mr. Caruso is TO appear, after tho New
York season. In the roles OF Radames
In Aida the duke In "Rigoletto,"
and Don Jose in Carmen"
Heinrich Conried Is said TO have been
forced to decide TO give 'Salome" only
for special performances and not on
subscription nights at the Metropolitan
this season. The opera needs a greatly
| augmented orchestra to interpret the
score, and In order to accommodate the
musicians two rows OF orchestra seats
viii have TO be removed. As these
seats have been taken by subscribers
| and there Is no room 10 prt them else
where, the Herr Director is sadly puz-
zled. a new instrument Is to be In
| troduced Into the orchestra for this
opera. II Is a celestin. and Is similar
to the glockenspel played I'm the Mo-
TART operas, but Is supplied with a
keyboard. They cannot be bought m
| this country.
The enormous development OF the
| talking machine business is indi-
Gated by the Census Bureaus figures
regarding the manufacture of phono-
| graphs and graphophoncs during the
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