The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
KAISER Had TENOR DISMISSED
FATE OF A RUSSIAN WHO BEAT
TINE WITH HIS FOOT.
incidents Of the Visit Of no Monte Carlo
Company TO Berlin Lucille Grain.
FeNpOus Ballet Dancer, Dead-EmmA
NeVada's Failure In "LAkme" In Berlin.

FeI1ous Ballet Dancer, DeAd-EmmA
NeNada's FaiIure In "LAkme" In Berlin.
The International amenities accompany
log the visit Of the Monte Carlo Opera Conn
pany 10 Berlin knew no end. The Prince
| Of Monte Carlo spent thousands Of dollars
and got the highest order that the Emperor
William can bestow. In return the prinoely
impFe5ario dismissed a Tenor who dared
to commit a breach Of the etiquette of the
Royal Opera House In Berlin. Leonid
Sabinof appeared as Faust in the first
performance Of the company. Dissatisfied
with the tempt Of Conductor Jehin, he
stamped with his foot on the stage several
times to indicate the changes he desired.
The Emperor viewed the episode with a.
constituent from his box. mentioned it to
the Prince of Monaco, who sat with him,
and the tenor was dismissed.
At the last performance Xavier Leroux
Massenet and Saint-Saens sat in the boxes.
Parts Of their operas were sung, and 50 was
an aot Of II Barbiere di Seviglia.' II was
universally regretted that Rosslni was not
also In the box. Massenet and Saint-Sasns
arose and bowed after every act Of their
works. Although a large audience came
every night to the boxes, the public indi-
CdJou NOTy llIllC uUCIOS ~ hC hoi VI 'hO
French company. Marianne Heglon sang
In Theodore" founded on Sardou's play,
which Xavier Leroux, the composer. con-
Quoted. II was one Of the novelties OF the
season at Monte Carlo. Bolts AMefstofele,"
Verdi's "Don Carlos "La Damnation de
Faust" parts Of Samson ct Dalila' and
n Barbiere di Seviglia' made up the roper
toire
The greatest success was made by Fedor
Sohaliapine, who Is to come here next
winter. He sang the two Mephistopheles
in Don Carlos" and Bdsilio. and in these
widely varied roles made a profound inn
preston. II is he who was for 80 many
years the associate Of Maxim Gorky In the
days Of their early poverty. The two
spent several years in travelling through
Russia on foot, and once Then shoTs seemed
nothing in the future'for them. both applied
for places in the chorus Of a small opera
company. The astute manager accepted
Gorky, but rejected Schaliapine on the
ground that he had no voice. The basso Is to
sing Basilio in the revival OF I'll Barbiere
the Metropolitan with Nine. Sembrich and
Signor Bonci. The tenor. Sabinoff, is a
great favorite in Russia and nobody else
shares his popularity among omen II
Is the Russian custom to kiss one an9ther
on Easter Sunday with the words: Christ
is risen" This even holds good with stran-
gers. On this day Sabinof has TO stay
looked in his room, as the womenfolk OF the
town in which he happens to be singing
do not hesitate TO take advantage OF It.
None OF the women in the Monte Carlo oom-
pany met with special success. The press
refused to treat the visit with much serious
ness, and IL is doubtful II the receipts which
were to go TO the poor OF Berlin were very
large. Next to S~chaliapine, the most sue
oessful singer was Maurice Renaud. Charles
Rousseliere made less OF a fiasoo than he did
here. 1t must be said, however, that his
opportunities were much larger here. He
sang In Berlin only three times.
Lucille Grain, the last surviving member
OF the famous pas de qudtre, which included
Taglioni, Fanny Elseler and Cerito, Is dead
in Munich. She was the last Of the classic
ballet dancers and had lived for years in
Munich. She was born in Copenhagen and
was the granddaughter Of q king who had
been depoeed. 1t was while she was danc-
ing under the management OF Thomas
Lumley in London that eho appeared with
her famous associates in a ballet which
was TO be the first Of the 'all star casts.
He collected the famous dancers Of that
day, but his enterprise was almost frue-
trated through the refusal OF the dancers
to appear first. II was Lumley's stroke OF
genius to say that they must dance accord
ing to age, the youngest TO begin. AFTER
that every woman was eager to be first, INC
the honor fell to Lucille GRAIN; In addition
to her great success in London. she was
adored In St. Petersburg and Berlin. when
TO be a ballet premiere was equal to being
q star OF the opera. Mime. GRAIN married
a tenor named Young, who achieved no fame
beyond this match. She came to- dance In
Munich In 1859 and then remained there as
ballet mistress Of the Royal Opera House,
She had charge Of many details in the per-
formances given by the exclusive pleasure
Of Ludwig IL. She was born IN 1925. Only
a wear ago she gave the sum OF 500, 600 to
the municipality OF Munich to be used for
the benefit of the poor
Heinrich Boetel has just celebrated the
t~wenty-ffth anniversary Of his appearance
on the operatio stage. A little further
back he was driving a cab in the streets
of Hamburg, and was one night heard 70
sing by the Hamburg director, Pollini.
He paid for his musical education, which
lasted for a few months only. and ever
since that time Boetel has been a popular
singer in all the German cities. Curiously
enough his greatest success has always
been made in THE Position OF Lonju-
meau," although he has been a popular
Mdnrtco.
Emma Nevada has recently returned
TO Berlin to appear in -Lakme.' which has
been one of the successful operas at the
new Komische 0per. Mime. Nevada. who
was announced for two appearances in the
opera, left Berlin after one night. Her
attempt to sing the part was universally
| deplored. II is not thought that she will
return TO the operate stage. The fortunes
of the new Komisohe Oper. which Ia a pri.
yate theatre, have been saved by the revival
of Ofenbach's Les Contes d'Hofmann.'
Ii was sung 500 times during the three
wears Of the theatres existence. "Tosca'
which had its first Berlin hearing there
this wear was suns thirty-three times.
Rudolph Krasselt. who used TO be one
of the '~cellists Of the Boston symphony
Orchestra, is now conductor OF the opera
In Danyip and recently made his debut
there in charge Of die Meistersinger."
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, which
seems a very youthful organization COM
pared 10 ours, has just celebrated Its twenty
fifth anniversary.
Ellen Gulbranson. the Swedish Wagner
prima donna, who has not sung for some
wears IN London, will this year t--s the
place OF Milka Terninn at Covent Garden.
She has Just been singing in the Grieg con-
cert in Berlin. Her career has been con-
fned ia Stockholm and Bayreuth ever since
she left the Berlin Opera House. Ellen
Gulbranson studied from 1888 at the conser-
vatory in her native town and then went
to Marches, who prepared her for the oper-
attic stage. She made her debut at the
Stockholm Opera House as Ortrud and
later took over the Wagner heroines. Her
international fame dates from 1888, when she