Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-14

Special Correspondence.
T oNDON, March AFTER Franz
Lehar Oscar Straus. After the
author of "The Waltz Dream
Edmund Eysler. In the latter We
have yet another Austrian composer
of light opera with whose work music
lovers in both England and America
are about to be made acquainted, and
report declares him to be the peer OF
either Straus or the composer OF THE
Merry Widow" Unlike those, must
cianS however, Eysler is not even
comparatively newcomer. on the
contrary he has written many Vienpese
successes, the best known of them be-
ing "Bruder Snaubinger' which. as
well as his ''Kuenstlerblut," is pretty
sure to be produced in English sooner
or later. especially If two new light
operas from Eysler's pen which George
Edwardes has just secured and will
present in London should turn out hits.
The "books" of these two works, by
the way, are by Leo Stein, part libret-
fist of The Merry Widow The first
of them, Vera Vioetta," has scored
heavily in the Austrian capital, and
Edwardes means To produce 1t In Lon
don as soon as it can be adapted into
English and n theater found. This
piece deals, Edwardes tolls us, with
the love OF a young man for n married
woman and contains some unusually
fetching" numbers. The second piece
by EysleI'--which Edwardes has secur-
ed for both England and America-has
not yet been produced in Vienna, nor
win il be until THE Waltz Dream
reaches the end of its career at the
Karl Theater. The successor to Oscar
Strauss piece is called John the Sec
ond" this being the name given to a
valet who impersonates his master who
may be regarded as John the First.
1t will be interesting to hear Vienna's
verdict on Eysler's new opera and TO
learn IL n second Merry window" or
Waltz Dream" is to be expected from
the Austrian capital.
AT this writing, London is waiting
eagerly for Straus' international sue
cess. which is TO be produced at tho
Hicks Theater. Tho author himself
viii conduct the first performance and
then win go on to Paris for the pro-
duction OF the piece there. Meanwhile
Herr Straus has finished an operetta
founded on play by Sardou, for pro-
duction in Vienna, and Is writing the
music for the operate version of Ber-
nard Shaw's Arms and the Man"
which also will be played In Franz
Joseph's capital. The translation. to
prevail, has been written by Herr
Jacobsen. one OF the authors Of the
Waltz Dream" In collaboration with
new author. Hans Bernauer, In con
versation with the writer Herr Straus
declared the piece 10 be real comic
opera" and said he should not be SUR
prised II its success were even greater
than that OF "The Waltz Dream" He
added that he was delighted with the
reception given 20 the latter piece liz
America, but expressed himself as dis
pleased with the translation and re-
gretful that music had been introduced
that was not his. "'rhcy wanted more
music for America" he said. 'and sent
me the new lyrics, but as | was unabN
to write the music quickly enough, they
got some one else to write H."
one OF the two plays Charles Froh-
man came over here 10 present" was
put on at the Comedy the0ter on
Thursday evening with all the usual
laVishness Of Frohman production.
II was decentralization by r. q. Car
ton of Lady Barbarlty," a novel writ