The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03
NME. TERNlNA TO SING AGAIN
HtR RETURv a FEATCRE ~ THs
I1NDON OPERA SEASON.
me sew Wcfh auWe o. CeveHt 0sfden
Novelties Iieasd en- the t0HtlHent
Pauiine iaege Isepeieaafy ~ Hies's
s,d a~tgaBaa'a "aai0uiee m uefmany.

Tho most interesting ieatuFs ~ tho
Coveht Garden opefe seaaon this spring
will I've the f~eappeafance 81 NINA Ternina,
ths famous Wagner soprano has ~ far
tesovarei her hsaith a. N appear In two
rvel,p, ~ tho 'Nibeiungen Ring n she
IA again In voics Nine, Tsrnina will some
., tho Metropolitan Opera House next
a-aspn, - shs haa q standing offer N re-
turn to Mr.. Conried on her y terms when
svrr aha feels able.
Now York opefagosFs will hope that she
really has overcome the nervous affection
that cpmpelled her retirement from the
r,age Just when her powers should have
been at their best. II ahe In well and re-
turns to New York next season there will
be no more talk Of the German operas being
under a cloud.
The london season, which began with q
performance of the "Nibelungen Ring has
not been brilliant up to date. Neither
the King nor the Queen attended the open
ing performance and the Duchesses stayed
at home awaiting the arrival Of Signor
Caruso. Italian opera In smart both here
and at Covent Garden just now, despite
the popularity Of Wagner. When Signor
Caruso did arrive In London he was furious
at being compelled to pay an income tax
which had been levied on him. He has
the thrift OF his kind.
Clarence whitehill. the young American
basso, is again singing the leading roles
in the German operas, while the tenors
arc Burgstaller, Burrian, who comes next
year to the Metropolitan; Co9rad and ou
old friend Krauss. johanna Gadski Is
to make her temperance at Covent Gar
den this year and Marie Witch Of Dresden
is singing the Brlnnhilde in the first cycle.
Nine. Ternina will rave three roles in the
second cycle. Hans Richter is conducting
these performances and London audiences
are so devoted to him that they never mind
even when he goes to sleep with the baton
in his hand.
NJ. A~ltscheffski, the new Polish tenor,
who is to sing in "Eugen Onegin" later In
the season and come here next year to join
the Hammerstein forces, has made a very
successful first appearance in Faust
He sang with Miss Donalda, the Canadian
soprano, who shares with Nine. Melba the
light soprano roles in the repertoire. Signor
Caruso is to be heard first in "Rigoletto'
and Signor Battistini, who san first In
London under eye, will appear there again
In some Of his noted roles.
There ha, already been one novelty.
This was q work called "The Princess and
the Vagabond,' by Poldini, an Italian
composer, who has been living for some
proved a very light operetta telling, Of a
Prince who, disguised as a gardener,
woos a very peppery Princess. She dis
dams his gift Of q rose bush. but falls In
love with his m~arionettes when, disguised
a. al. a EypsSy .r boy h he IN mps ssii them the m act a iHxs
only for the Prinoess's kisses. She pays
him the price and then the Prince reveals
himself and declares he could never love
such a heartless woman. She Is left alone,
therefore, to bemoan her cruelty. The
music is said to be suited to the little work,
place in the repertoire OF such a large
theatre as Covent Garden.
There are new operas also In other oun
tries, although they rarely II ever reach
this country. Victor CaPoul made the
sung the other day in Paris. Geraldine
Farrar was the heroine, who is loved by, a
handsome clown and a hopeless rival. She
favors the beautiful clown, and her dis
carded lover cuts the ropes In his trapeze.
Geraldine Farrar, who plays the part q a
lover die in her arms. NJ. Renaud and
VI, Rousselliere, both Of whom are coming
to New York next year, sang the masculine
roles. The composer, ~Camanardo, had
never before produced anything OF such
Importance in Paris, and his work was
widely praised.
Another recent operatio novelty was
THE Blind King given at the Opera
Comique. Hdgues Leroux provided the
text, which tells the story Of u maiden with
a beautiful voice. who sang only for her
lH-l Al A. IL - "a n
sing, carried the girl away in his ship.
When the ship returned again to the shore
the old King was dying and implored his
daughter to come back to him again
sing for him, She refused to leave. the
Viking, with whom she had fallen in love.
This opera, which is in two acts, now the
popular form, was composed by Fevrier,
q young Frenchman who got his first hear
ing asa composer of opera with this work.
Baron d'Erlanger composed the score
Of the opera founded on Tess OF the dur
bervilles," which was recently sung In
Naples. Signora Farnetti, who is a Ham,
mers'ein prima donna, sang the title role.
Pauline Lucca, who has been teaching
since her retirement from the operate
stage, is hopelessly i'll at her home, in
n nof snns n austria 0nara Tor she 5wsn rs no ysa 81, o9 sbs mas Is
only a few years older h Lilh Lehman,
who is to be prima donna In a Mozart
festival to be held in Breslau this month.
She will be heard in die Entfuhrlng aus
dem Serail' and "Cosi Fan Tutti.'
Suzanne Adams, after a yea. Of retire.
ment, has become a member OF the COM
pany at Covent Garden. She felt that her
voice needed rest and she made nc public
appearances last winter. Ernestine Schu-
mann-Heink is going to sing this summer
In the Wagner festival. at Bayreuth and
VIII later take part in the Mozart cycle at
the Prinz Regent Theatre in Munich.
, Richard Strauss has been added to the
Hstt, OF Wagner conductors at Munich. He
vii. have charge of the ~"TannhRuser'
performances. 1Salome" was recently per-
formed under his direction at Breslau.
The opera house was sold out weeks in
of the performance and tickets
were sold at prices which would. nave been
regarded as fabulous ever in this country.
II Is practically settled that Heinrich Con
red Will give the opera next winter at the
Metropolitan. Richard Strauss is very
anxious to return here and will have charge
of the production.
Marie Rappold, the Brooklyn soprano,
VINO went abroad last week, is to sing in
German cities. She will be heard
only as Elsa. Mr.. Conried made a number
nl engagements for her, as he feels that
ehe needs only routine to take her place
among the first of the lyric sopranos. /
W hlle abroad she will learn Siegiinde and
Fran Naval. the tenor OF the Berlin Opera