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NOTES or MUSIC ABROAD.
ERNEST VAN DYCK TO GIVE A
SEASON IN LONDON.
Emma Calve Denies y RumOr That b
10 TO Take the veil-Bianche Marches
Again in opera -AlbRnl Not to ne
tire-De Lara 10 write q New Opera.

10 10 Take the veiI-Bianche Marchcsl
Again in OpePa-Albanl Not to ne
ire-De Lara 90 write . New Opera.
Emilio de march,. who it was onoe thought
would restore the glories OF the Italian
opera to the Metropolitan Opera House, re-
Gently passed through New York on tho
way to Mexico. He vent with a company
Of Italian singers. The music In Mexico,
like that in South America. is altogether
Italian in origin and one opera troupe after
f. another visits the capital,
Ernst Van Dyck, who used TO have the
leading German roles while De march, sang
in Italian, has become a full fedged irnpre-
sario, and will give a winter season in Lon
don beginning in January. He will pro.
add none Of the works Of the trilogy to the
Wagner repertoire. He win give Der
F1ieRende HoIlander, s-Rienzi, "aLohengrin,"
which the Coveut Garden company did not
sinG this year at all, Die Meistersinger' and
OPERAS rarely heard in London win be
-Fidelio,' Der Freischutz" and Smetana's
sThesBartered Bride, which has never been
given here, although It has had several per-
formanoee in London. The opera has re-
Gently Rad Its t0Oth performance In Prague,
and there was an elaborate anniversary ceLe-
bration ofthe event. M. Van Dyck Is to have
Felix Mottl as one OF his conductor and the
other will be DR.. Volta OF Amsterdam, who
gave the recent -Parsifal' performances
there. Herr Mottl recently conducted the
oncer Of the Mozart Festival at Sslzburg,
and there celebrated his fitch birthday.
Another favorite enc in New York Ia
finding the same appreciation in France.
This is Albert Saleza, who has signed con-
tracts for the whole Of the next season In
France. He has been engaged for the en-
tire months OF February and March at
Monte Carlo, and will spend the rest Of the
time at the Opera Comique in Paris and at
the opera. houses in Marseilles and Lyons.
He has eHtirely recovered his health.
Emma Calve recently made the pilgrim
age to Lourdes and IL was said hat she had
decided to retire from the stage and take
the veil. She explained that her presence
at the shrine was due only to IN accidental
meeting with the pilgrims and the curiosity
to see what they did. Perhaps one reason
that disappointed her with the journey
was the fact that she sang hymns so long
and 30 loud that she was entirely voiceless
for q week following the experience. She
was compelled TO allow her vocal chords to
rest for ten days with no use. In the in
terval she wrote all her wishes on paper
and did not speak a word. She went after
ward to Cauterets for a week.
Clara Butt, the six foot English contralto,
AAhao 1NAoN AAA1 lA iva
She has not appeared in public for some
months Blanche Marchesi has Just been
making one OF her periodical excursions
into the operate field. She sang SdntuxsG
n LeoRore with the Moody-Manners
troupe and aroused great enthusiasm.
Nine. Albani, whose career has now lasted
for nearly forty years, has r~econsidered
her determination to retire from the stage
and is to make a concert trip in Australia.
s. has not sung for more thar a decade
In fha Inffad 2fataQ ahhn10h aha naE0a
frequent trips to the small towns in Canada.
Jenny Osborn Hannah, h made a
few preliminary appearances at the Leipsio
Opera House last spring, has been en-
pany for several years; She made her
first appearance last week in -Lohengrin.'
She m from Chicago.
London witnessed a performance OF
Mozart's The Marriage OF Figaro" the other
day under almost ideal conditions. The
comic opera was given in a small theatre
in English, which made the humor in it
comprehensive to the audience and the
orchestra consisted OF twenty-four skilled
players, which was the size customary
when the opera was sung. Whether or not
the singers were capable Of the vocal side
of their task is not 80 certain. The Opera
Comique in Paris. which has given few
works by German composers. has an
nounced MozaTt's opera for the coming
winter. Emma Calve has promised to sing
the Countess.
Cl6mentine de We're; who has not been
heard here for three years, continues to
ave great success in London, where she il
accounted the best of the women who ap-
pear in English opera. Joseph O'Mara, our
old friend, who is remembered here from
his appearances in -Shamus 0'Brien = sings
the leading tenor roles now in the English
opera performances.
Wagner and Puccini zach had twenty-one
rep presentations at Covent Garden, Wagner
with eight operas and Puccini with three.
Il would be interesting to know how many
times Puccini o have been heard II
signor Caruso did not appear in all Of his
operas. Faust was sung six times,
-Armide and -RiRoletto" four each, ~Tosca"
three times and Don Giovanni" Aida"
ia Traviata" and Carmen twice, and
Romeo ct Juliette" only once. The
Shakespeare opera seems TO have died
Reszke. -The Juggler OF Eotre Dame" by
Massenet, which was sung three times,
was the most successful Of the novelties
and Tschaikowsky's Eugene Onegin" had
but two performance: In spite OF the
fact that Cornelius's Barber Of BaRdad"
met with great favor IL was sung only once
Poldini's @The Princess and the Vagabond'
was not heard any ~oftener, but the circum-
stance aroused nc widespread grief.
Isidore de Lara In soon to perpetrate a
new opera, which will, of course, not be sung
at Monte Carlo. 1t is to ave a libretto
based on an Egyptian subject and may
be sung at the Opera Comique with Emma
Calve as its heroine.
Berlin next month ia to have a festival
devoted exclusively to the works OF Handel.
Specimens of all them masters different COM
positions will be produced under auspices
TO make them az perfect as possible. The
singers from the Royal Opera House. the
private singing societies and the Philhar-
monte Orchestra will take part. Albert
Joachim is to be the principal conductor.
Felia Ltvinne IL to abandon the operatic
stage temporarily TO make a concert tour
through the principal European cities.
The Opera Comique in Paris receives a
subsidy Of 90O, 900 a year, but the perform
ances are not what they should be In view
OF this liberal subvention and the large
audiences that attend the performances.
IL seems that the number Of free tickets
that go as graft to the Government il ex-
PLANTATION for this. Last year the seats