Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-13
SHARPS and FLATS

SHARPS and FLATS
| The twenty-tifth anniversary of the
! opening of the Casino Theater, New
| York. occurred Mondar. July /. To
| commemorate this anniversary nov
| e program was arranged in conjunC-
| ton with the performance of "Fascin-
| ating Flora" which included offer
| lngs from a number of players who
| have appeared in Casino productions
! in the last quarter of century. The
| Casino opened IN 1882 with the opera
THE Queens Lace Handkerchief
Mr.. Henri w Savage Will open the
Garden theater, New York, in Septem-
| Der with brief return engagement
| of Puccinis Madam Butterfly" in
| English. In the same month he wilt
produce the latest European operetta
success, THE Merry Widow" 1t will
probably be heard at a Broadway thea
ter. He has also contracted for Tom
| Jones'" the new light opera by Edward
German, which is having a successful
run IN London with Ruth Vincent and
Hayden Coffin in the principal roles.
The eminent Hungarian, Leopold
| Auer. solo Violinist To- the czar and
professor at the st. Petersburg con-
servatory, has a high opinion of his
pupils. He recently visited England,
| where he declared that Mischa Elman
is beyond all doubt the greatest violin
list OF the day, young though he is in
years In my opinion" he said,
"Mischa Elman is the Mont Blanc of
Vlolinists ana think have found the
Juugfrau in the person of Miss kath-
leen Parlow. a Canadian, who makes
her debut in Berlin in October"
l In Vienna "The Merry Widow had
run of $50 consecutive performances.
OF the Siren Waltz" which brings
the second act to an effective climax,
more than 100000 copies have already
been sold The operetta is apparent
ly able to stand transplanting we'll
for both in ST Petersburg and Co
penhagen IL has been sung over 800
times. In London the Merry Wild
ow" was received the other evening
with remarkable enthusiasm. 1t is
rumored that the composer. Mf Lee
har, has been asked To write score
for Mr.. George Edwardes new
operetta by Lehar is to be produced
soon in Vienna.
II appears to be an expensive under
| taking TO keep the opera house IN
Paris spck and span. Among the
credits asked for In the French esti-
mates this wear IL one amounting 10
e240O0 for repairs to the opera
house This by no means triiing sum
is not provided for I'm any way by the
annual subvention, the state encour-
agement of art. as represented By q
handsome subsidy, embracing no such
detail as upholstery and the ike. n
London Journalist wonders what few
of the British legislators would have
TO say were Parliament asked to vote
G24O00--or $4,000 pence, for that mat
ter-for repairs" at Covent Garden
Niksch SAYS that of late women
have become ambitious to be orches-
tral conductors. He sees no harm IN
this. and admits that there Is no rea-
son why women, who so often have
musical talent, should not also have
the capacity to conduct. He has how
ever. refused several female candi'
dates who applied for admission &c
| his class for students OF the art OF
| conducting in the Leipsic conserVa-
tory and for the reason that, as mat
ters stand today. women even u
exceptionally gifted have no chance q
> become practical conductors. Theil
education would hence be for thetl
own pleasure only. and with his linn
! tied time, II he took them he woulC
, have TO reduce the amount OF tim,
given 10 the men,
Word was received here today, say
a Los Angeles dispatch that Miss Edn'
I DarCh of that city, had been engage
= by the management OF the Royal Operi
1 House IN Berlin, 10 sing IN granl
s opera under a contract for two years
g Az a little girl, In 1901 Miss Dared
= attracted the attention ot Nine. CalVe
who heard her sing In that city Mime
CalVe was charmed by the promise o
% her voice Insisted ON adopting her an'
e took her TO New York with the inteu
e ton OF educating her In music. Lesson
, proceeded for a time and then some
70 thing caused rupture between tn
, prlnu donna ANA the child. Miss Darcl
a returned to this city none the less de
tcrmlnud to win success. Then Nine
a Schumanu-Iloink heard her sing an
Was delighted Afterward arrange
ments We're made TO send her 10 Ger
r. many, and there the best teachers wer
% provided for her,
q Apropos OF contadicted report tina
q Tito Ricordi OF Milan Is 10 suecoo
3 Conred as manager of the Metropoll
g tan Opera lIouse, his opinion of Amerl
N can singers may be interesting. TN
- interview was given during MS visit
d America last season, having been her
Il az the same time as Pucclni, Of who's
II operas the house OF Rc0rdi a O.
Il are the publishers: The very bel
II singers In the world" said sig Ricord
Come from America. No. they do ~
q stay here. They 40 TO Europe TO stud
a and sing there 10 begin with. In man
- Instances they pay for the priyilen
e OF singing there Even az best III
3 pay OF opera singers IN Europe Il Yer
- small compared Ia what II Is IN III
n United states, Then they come bac
L. to America only to sing In German (
Ia Italian. on possibly French. Why d
G. not they stay here, sing here and oh
e serve their nationality They seem I
think that Il Is below their dlgnit
after a European musical education
y exhibit their talents IN their natiN
l. tongue. Why this h 1 cannot under
e stand. unless 1t be that the press {