The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-01
MME. YERHINA TO CONE HERR.
HgR LONDON APP1AmtNUzgNEuQI
PRAISE FROM TEN. 6lAEzuOD.

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Emmy Dsstinn, VINO Has A1sua3sszsN asg1aR,
at Coycnt Garden, WIN 1e o MaMDs0 u
the Conricd Company n ~lCDg-anRaA
MIerbs iHas Again Been Taken Gkz1k
Millea Terminals ~eheaeeuusnt fer -
Metropolitan Opera HOUSE nsxt ~4n1sv Aa9
followed her successful season - Inndaas
where she was during her stay che stag a
tho Covent Garden company. She 0voeded
the last Brt1nnhdds, but sang lsotds. Bttse-
beGh, SiegRnde, the first BrgNMAfds and Nas
announced for Pucoini's sTosoa,s but was
compelled to have rondon before Il M
possible to give the opera. 6ho ID b aeeesR
health and voice, according 70 tho es4sA4D
than she has been In years and ID oe9eaA
to be an important factor IN b season
at our opera house next winter.
One OF the other great attractions ~
spring at Covent Garden has also been O
singer from Germany, This 10 Hmnav
Destinn Of the Royal Opera HOUSE In Berlin.
She has ung In "The Flying Dutchrnax{S
which she did at Bayreuth under Mnns.
Wagner,s direction, n with M. Caruso
has made Madame Butterfly tho great
/ success Of the present London season.
Emmy Destinn Is principally responsible
for the success Of the work In London, as
, she bears the burden Of the opera On heF
sturdy shoulders. The part sung by Signor
Caruso is not long.
Nine. Destinn lie engaged for the Metro
politan Opera House q year from next eee.
son. Destinn Is the name OF her teacher.
She Is a Bohemian Of peasant stock, With
| an u~npronounceable Czech name. Her ri.
pertoire includes the lyric Wagner roles and
q number OF the dramatic soprano parte
in the French Int Italian repertoire. She
sings In all these languages.
Herr Antilles has been singing inLondor,
and 90 has Clarence Whitehill, the young
American who has now advanced to Hone
Sdchs as a Wagnerian basso. He lie said
to have made a very creditable enor1 In
the part. Johanna Gadsd sang Eva end
was mildly praised for that 40 well a. for
her two or three other roles.
The dramatic soprano Of The Imperial
Opera House In vienns, Frau1sin Won
Mildenburg, sang Tsolde at Convent Garden
under the direction Of Richter and made
q profound impression. 1t was q Of the
rare appearances that this singer M
makes outside Of the opera house In which
she 10 engaged. She came to London 10
sing In the concerts Of the Vienna Male
Chorus, which sang there for charity.
Alloys B~urgstaller has been singing for
the first time In London and met there
with a fair degree Of success. He ap-
peared first as Tristan, and later a. Erik
in "The Flying Dutchman.' The German
performances are over now, as Hans Rich
ter, who was conducting them. has had
to go to Bayreuth to get ready for the
Ring and aParsifal" festival there.
Nine. Melba has decided after all not to
sing Tatiana in Eugene onegins when
Tsohaikowsky's opera 10 revived at Covent
Garden, and Nine. Destinn will have the
role. The other principal parts will be
sung by Messrs. Aftsohewsky and Battistini.
the opera and IN private concerto. Is said
to have retired. for a rest ordered by her
physicians. She had not sung since last
autumn when she came inward last
month; Nine e., DG? g a Ida: The young r Cana.
de Ia Monnaie in Brussels, has been sing
ing her parts, and another soprano from
the same theatre, Nine. Aida, was called In
to sing in Faust She is an Australian.
resemblance to Nine. Melba.
II Mime. Melba recover her health, Saint
Sasns's Helene which she created a
Monte Carlo " years ago: may % sung e
COvent Garden. Louisa hlrkDy Lunn, Wno
singing Carmen at Covent Garden and dc:
| lighted her loyal oonpatriots. She bad
recently been the Biast heroine In Bude-
pest and has sung all the contralto roles
At asd Gq Sosn Gard Garden N this a1ss winter; t rs a1 ra9 Sari
Torrance Of his opera Madame Butterfly
Just before he came to London. =
He went back to Italy to meet dAnnunxto
and discuss with him the libretto Of Q new
$1,000 IL h. 10 b. ~~>
Giachetti, sister Of Signora Caruso, who used
to sing under the same name, has come to
London to appear in "Tosea.'. This is her
first appearance at Covent Garden, although
she was the particular star Of the company
brought from San Carlos two years ago.
The fact that Carl Muck was coming here
next winter for one year to conduct the con.
oerts Of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
surprised those persons who knew that he
ductor Of the Royal Symphony concerts
of the opera house orchestra in Berlin II
Herr Weingartner was allowed to resign.
It now appears that the conductors petition
fused, and Herr Weingartner will be COM
PEELED to carry it out and to conduct these
concerts. They are the most aristocratic
in Berlin, are held in the Royal Opera House,
and it is practically impossible now to be.
come a subscriber to them.
Muck is'to be one Of the conductors
! at the Mozart Festival to be held again
this year at ~Salzburg. There are to be
two concerts and 1.-TWO operatio performances.
Lilli Lehman has made a version Of 'Don
Giovanni especially for this festival and
will sing Donna Anna. Geraldine Farrar will
sing Zerlind, and the Don will be Fran
cesco Andrade, who has been singing the
part for some twenty years in Germany.
although he Is a Portuguese. Andreas Dip
pei appears as Otidpio. Reynaldo Hahn
will conduct this opera, while Gustav MAILER
will bring up the entire personnel of the
Vienna Opera House to sing "Figaro's
Hochzeit under his direction. Felix Motif
will conduct one OF the concerts.
The German Opera house subventions
are not large in view Of the figures paid
here for opera, but they are instructive az
to the view of the art held by the Govern
ment. In Frankfort the subvention lie
S117 900; Mannheim, $s7 900; Cologne, s52,-
900; Wiesbanden, $4,000; Mayenoe, $27, 900;
Strassburg in Alsaoe, s24 900: Leipeic, Sl9.:
900, and Hamburg, sl4 900. The municipal
subsidies are noticeably smaller than those
granted by the royal Government.
Emma Calve is coming to this country
next year to sing in concert, but she has
signed a contract also to appear for a while
at the Opera Comique In Paris, which she