The sun., 1908-10-04

Vaudeville and Theatre du Pare in Brus-
sells during her short career. At the age
OF is Julia was successful as dancer
in la Muette de Portici.'
Lilli Lehman. who sings now and
then. and gives all her earnings to char
ity. has for some years contributed most
that she earns to the Berlin Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals.
which she was Instruments! IN founding
But the other day she gave $500 to the
use of the Mozart Museum in Salzburg
Edith de Lys, a New York girl who was
able to complete her preparations for the
stage through the generosity Of a rich
New Yorker, who has helped many as
pirants before, is to be the original Ttso
IN the Milan production Of the opera
composed by Franchetti on Tess Of the
d'Urbervllea. She is also 10 sing Mimi
and Gr1.
After the production of 'Gotter-
dammerung' at the Opera in Paris the
new directors are to give series OF novel
ties by French composers. Among them
are "Monna Wanna" to which Xavier
Leroux has written the music and the
annual Massenet work. which s this time
called "The Youth OF Bacchus," q oon-
genial theme to the pen OF Catulle Mendes,
who has prepared the text. At the Opera
Comique there are to be among other new
works The long promised setting by
Badine pas Aveo rAmour.' isador de
Lara's aSange.' pierre le veridique,' y
by Xavier Leroux. and revival OF AThe
Magic Flute" The Theatre de la Mon
naie at Brussels is to give Katherine"
by Edgar Tinel. the Belgian composer;
Eros vainqueur, by Breville and xavier's
.Monna Wanna. which has been accepted
for several German opera houses as we'll
The most important work 10 he introduced
In France next winter. however. will be
THE Life Of Poet which Gustav Char
pentier has declared will be ready for
production by that time, It is the second
part OF the trilogy. OF Bohemian life in
Louise Equally interesting is the an
nounoement that Debussy has found the
story "The Fall Of the House Of Usher
These two operas belong. TO the Metro
politan Opera House. which will after
next year have control OF the entire
French school. "Pelleas ct Melisande"
and -Elektra,' by Richard Strauss. are
to be the principal novelties OF the Munich
One Of the sucnessful novelties during
recent yeafs In Germany was THE Gu
rious Women" composed by Wolf Ferrai.
who Is at the Conservatory in Venice.
The text was adapted from a play by
Goldoni. The composer is much better
known as an opera composer In Germany
than in his own country. although he in
tends that his new opera, SThe Virgins
Jewels shall be sung frat in Italy. Zan-
snrini has written the poem, which tells
the story OF a young man who steals the
Jewels from statue OF the Virgin 10 give
them to his sweetheart Leoncayailo's
aMaja,r which is TO be sung at Monte
Carlo this spring. deals with Prosencal
subject and the composer is now In that
district.
Gustav Mahler has just conducted in
Prague for the first time his seventh
eymphony, which vas received with great
enthusiasm by the public although tho
critics found that II contained little
originality or inspiration.
Mailer has just denied that he 10 TO
become first director at Berlin. Clemen-
tine de Vere-Sapio 10 still O great favorite
In English opera and ID again the prima
dopnai OF the Moody Manners company,
She sang in Halevy's "The Jewesss the
other night In London with Philip Brosel,
the German tenor who alternates between
London and Bayreuth. This company
has recently appealed 10 the. public for
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