The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-17
NOTES OF THE OPERA ABROAD
WAGNER CONTROL ar BAYREUTH
TO BE ABSOLUTE.

that ans Richter would never return
after the incidents which marked the
close OF the last festival, and now Mottl.
W~eingartner and Nikisch are TO give place
to the young Siegfried. Nine. Wagner's
health hs failing rapidly. and there is little
probability thar she will witness another
festival. The first performance will be
given on July u and the last ON August 70.
There will be two series Of the "Ntbelungen
Ring" seven performances Of "Parsifal"
and Ave OF -~Lohengrin.' Among the artists
to appear will be Charles Dalmores, TO sing
L0hengriB.
Geraldine Farrar sang her last perform
ance Of Mime. Butterfly &C a special per
Torrance given in honor Of the Kaiser.
Critical opinion in Berlin was not kind TO the
performance OF the American prima donna
10 the > ucoini opera. and regret was gen
orally expressed that Emmy Destinn, who
created the role in London and has always
sung IL there, should not rave been in
trusted with the part in her own opera
house. She il to appear In 10 nov that Miss
Farrar has returned 60 this country. So
chagrined was Nine. Destinn by the selec-
ton OF Miss Farrar that the Bohemian
soprano notified the intendent Of the Berlin
opera that she would plead illness every
time she was announced unless she were
allo we'd to break her contract. She was
persuaded. however, to take a months
rest to quiet her nerves and she compro-
missed on that plan. She returned 70 tho
opera the other day and sang Aldo. which
10 regarded as one of her finest roles.
Richard Strauss did not succeed in per-
suading Miss Farrar to sing SaIomc in
Berlin. although he declared that abe would
be the ideal representative OF the part.
Miss Farrar had the score soon after the
opera was finished, but told the composer
at that time that IL entailed too much strain
o. the voice. StrauSs'B next opera, -Elec-
ira, will probably be sung in February at
the Royal Opera House in Dresden. The
work 10 almost finished. IL will be sung
next in Vienna. but as Strauss 10 still barred
by the Imperial Opera House there his
next work will be given at the Peoples
Opera. Strauss declared lately In an inter
view that the score would create even q
greater excitement than "Salome.'
New operas to be given in Berlin during
the winter include;
Smetana's "DahbOr," which has been
Msssenet's ThSrsse. sIphigenia in Aulis'
and "Iphigenia in Tauris' as arranged by
Richard Strauss, and Donna Diana by
Rezcinek. Frida Hempel, the new color
ature soprano. had the advantage OF espe-
ClhIhN GhdAhuI VA N0NhNH vi II AhuAAVhOe8
and Lucia At the Opera Comique In
Berlin there are TO be productions Of Mas
cagni's Iris C~harpentie.'s LOUISE Leon
~caVallo's -Zaza" and Rubinstein's The
Demon" In spite Of the unfavorable atti-
tude of Berlin opinion toward all foreign
works no German novelties are TO be sung
in Berlin.
"The Merry Widow which brought a new
existence to Viennese Operetta. has just
been succeeded by another work which
aoapna iii alry ~ haya mat aa long a car4RF-
This 10 The Dollar Princess" which deals
with the story of two American girls who
marry titled foreigners. IL 10 as great q
success as The Merry Widow which IL
followed at the Theatre an der Wien
Lehsr's second opera. on h other hand,
has met with no success.
Felix W~einRRrtner IL to commence his
duties as director Of the Imperial Opera
House in Vienna In December, a month
earlier than he had expected to.
Francisco Guardabassi. who IL remem-
bered here asa barytone, is 70 make his ap-
pearance as a tenor during the present
month at Nice. He will sing RhGddnes
and his repertoire is 20 include M1nricO.
OteILO and other dramatic roles The eK-
pertinent is interesting FOR other reasons
than the success or failure OF the attempt
TO transform a barytone into a tenor. Jean
de Reszke il his instructor and 10 making
every possible effort to retrieve his reputa-
ton as a teacher through this pupil. The
former tenor earns for ten months Of every
year the unprecedented sum of $3.50 every
day This means five hours every day at
$50 an hour, this O being paid by a
class Of four pupils. His studio swerms
with pupils eager to pay this sum and tho
tenor is earning another fortune. But
there arc. alas. no results IN spite OF tho
fact that he began to leach hve years ago:
Paris Is full OF stories Of disappointed
pupils. Jean de Reszke's appointment a
an adviser to the new opera managers ees
secured with the object OF rehabilitating
him as a teacher among serious students.
Guardabassi's success will mean a great
deal TO Jean de 9
When -SaIome" is sung in Brussels Mary
Garden will have the title role. Other
novelties there during the season viii be
and Madam Butterfly" There will be an
entire -Nibelungen Ring in French, while
Berlioz's Les Troyens| and Reyer's
~Safambo" will be revived.
Mari Delna. who returned 70 h stage
In Paris to sing again in ia V~ivandiere.S
il said to have lost nothing during her re-
tirement. Her voice is described as still
as beautiful as il was and her popularity
with the Parisians is not diminished.
"Le Chemineau.' In the form Of an opera,
with music by Xavier Leronx, Is TO be the
next production at the Opera Comique.
Lucienne Breval and Thomas Salognac are
10 have the leading roles. When Rimsfy-
KOrsakof's opera. The Daughter OF The
SnOWs, 10 sung WINE. Oarre VIII nave the
title role. Other new operas co be
given during the season are -S0langs,' by
Savlayre. Leone by Samuel Rousseau;
-Habaners,' by Laparra; -Sanga.' by Isl
dore do Lara; -Phedre ct Hippoltye." by
Vincent d'Indy: pierre 10 Veridique,' by
Xavier Leroux; Richard STRAUSS ~Feur-
snOth," and Gabriel PiernE's musical set
ting Of De Musset's "On ne badine pas
aveo Pamour." Geraldine Farrar goes
there in the spring 20 sing six times and
Pauline Donalda is also engaged for a series
Of Representations. Felia Litvinne, Alice
Verlet and Georgette Leblanc are to be
other visitors. Nothing more is said Of
De Lara's lie Nil" which Emma Calve was
to sing last year. o is there any talk Of
the French sopranos appearance in the
role OF the COuntess in a revival Of MoZart's
lie Marriage de Figaro
The management OF the Opera a just
made an innovation by engaging a barytOne
from another country. He is a Hungarian
named Beck, who has been a member " the
company at the opera house in Budapest.
Pietro Masckgni has ceased work On his
Socialist opera la Festa del Grano after
composing the music for two scenes. He
says he found the subject too philosophical
and serious. He has been conducting lie