Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-24
SHARPS and FLATS.

John Peruglni, long identified with
grand and light opera, has abandoned
the stage to become associated with a
New York firm Of brokers.
II is announced that THE Red
Fea Their" Is to be revived, with Cheri-
dab Simpson In the role originally
played by Grace Van Studdiford.
And now the London reviewers OF
music are beginning to call Richard
Strauss "Heldenleben" hackneyed. II
has been played there frequently Of
late.
Richard Strauss "Salome" Is to he
produced IN Berlin after all. II the
Royal Opera refuses to mount II, the
Dresden company 'will visit Berlin and
present the opera at another theater,
Cesar Thomson will sail for South
America in May for o five months
concert tour. There is a possibility
that he may visit the United States
before he returns to Brussels.
A report comes from Berlin that
Teresa CarrenO, the pianist who IL
D.
to make an American tour next year.
This winter In Germany she has been
playing one Of MacDowell's concertos
often.
Nine. Ternina, well known In this
country as an opera singer OF excep-
tional talent, Is recovering her health
through special treatment In Switzer-
land, and expects TO get into active
work again before long.
The audiences at the regular concerts
OF the Chicago Orchestra have been SO
large and eager that there is to be u
supplementary series of concerts
through April. Mr. Damrosch, more
over. is to take his band from New
York to Chicago for the summer.
Fritz Kreisler, the great violnist.
whose recent performances In Berlin
have enthused even the hardened crit
les OF the German capital, will he
heard In London IN May. There IL no
likelihood of his coming to this coun-
try until the autumn Of 1907, IL then.
Alexander Petschnikoff, the famous
yiolinlst, whose last tour here, about
eight years ago, is still remembered, IL
to return 90 the United States under
the management of Henry Wolfsohn.
OF late years Petschnikoff has confined
his tours to Germany, Austria and
Russia, IN which countries he is
known as the Poet Of the Violin"
Countess di Miranda, long known TO
the lyric stage as Christine Nilsson, the
Swedish nightingale, Is an inyeterate
tra ~, htor Che ha hpantifn1 villa
near Mentone. but spends great deal
OF her time at Monte Carlo gaming
tables, al which, gossip says, she has
lost 100000 this season.
Another addition made by Frank
Damrosch. director OF the Institute OF
Musical art, New York, to the insti-
tute's faculty. IL Nine. Nissen-Stone,
OF Berlin. Nine. Nissen-Stone has
worked for several years IN Berlin un-
der Mrs. Etelka Gerster. She will ar
rive here next week.
Nine, LILLIAN Nordca barely escaped
serious injury on the stage Of the Met
ropolitan Opera House at the matinee.
March 10, when, just after the close
of the third act In the III Trovatore."
a piece of scenery fell so close to her
as to dash bouquet from her hands
and drive a splinter into her arm.
Leoncavallo has become an impress
sario and formed an Italian troupe for
the sole purpose of producing his lat
est work. "Chatterton" Leoncayallo
viii take his company to Vienna next
month, and conduct performances of
his opera at the Jubilee Theater This
will be the first representation of
"Chatterton," either IN Austria or In
Germany.
The size of Cosima Wagner's income
may be vaguely guessed at from the
fact that she demands $4,000 royalty
simply for series OF performances Of
the Nlbelung operas TO be given IN
English. Mr. Manners is trying to
interest 10 cities In this project, and
he has already bagged six. II IL esti-
mated that the scenic OUTFIT will cost
$4,000, or a good deal less than Wag-
ner's widows share OF the Doodle.
Felix Welngartner has been asked TO
direct two concerts at the Grand Opera
IN Paris at the end Of April, the con-
certs to be under the auspices OF the
Societe des Grande Addition MusicSTc
do Franco and Weinrnrtppr has been