The sun., 1908-09-13
NEWS OF SINGERS IN EUROPE
CARE BURREAN. THE TENOR.
sIN@A FINANCIAL TANGLE.

.INsA FINANCIAL TANGLE.
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Opera In ltsiy-NeY Musical works
The financial troubles OF Carl Burriau
the Bohemian tenor who has sung TO
several seasons at the Metropolitan an'
Is TO return there next winter. are becom
ng almost as complicated as those o.
Theodor Bertram. who was finally driver
last year TO suicide. Burrian has severa
times become hoarse during a represen
tation here and refused to ontinue
This happened last year in the last act o
"Siegfded' and the preceding year II
the representation, Of 'Lohengrin.
He should have gone last summer q
Gratz to, take part In the musical fest
val. At the last moment he declined u
60 and was declared guilty OF breach o.
contract and fined by the association o.
German managers. The fine he nevel
paid, but came instead to the United
States. .,..l -
Two weeks ago he went. to MaIienbao
to take the cure and get into a condition
somewhat more suitable to the romantic
tenor roles than his present outlines. Sc
soon as he arrived again in Austrian terri
tory the marshals. set about to collect the
fine. descended upon his lodgings and put
under seal all his belongings. This it
their form Of levying on the property ol
a' dSbtor '-'-. . - - -.
Burrian said that he understood, tina,
the matter had been settled and that he
was to 20 for month to sing in the I'm
perial Opera at Vienna in place OF Eth
Schrnedes. who may appear for q month
here. Herr weingartner. who was ap-
about the matter and that 1t was otyet
settled that Herr Schmedes was coming
to this country.
Then the tenor said he was sure Herr
Dippel had arranged the matter. The
end Of it was trip for Mr.. Dippel from
his place Of rest, Gastein. to take the tenor
out Of pawn at Marienhad.
Herr Burrian recently advertised IN Q
Dresden newspaper for a lodging outside
the city limits OF Dresden, as he said he
could not afford to pay the high rates
that he was charged In the town.
Felix Weingartner has opened the
season at the Imperial Opera House In
Vienna with a revival Of AFidelio."
Eleanor de Cisperos. who has been
studying at Bayreuth. is to make her first
appearance as German soprano In
the Festspielhaus. when she will sing
Brnnnhade. She Is to appear during the
coming season in dramatio roles in the
French and Italian repertoire.
The copyrights on the Wagner operas,
including "Parsifal" are to expire in
three years. As an indication OF what
may be expected in Germany the an
nounoement from the Komische Oper 10
says that from that time he will devote
his theatre exclusively tos model per-
formanoes Of the Wagner OPERAS.
aMadama Butterfly" is to be sung next
season in Dutch at The Hague. -Polonia. >
the overture composed by Richard Wag-
ner when he was 10. is 10 be played at a
Wagner festival concert in Munich.
vet % BEEN Produced the friends Of Richard
Strauss are already announcing that his
next work will be based on Moliere's
Charles Dalmores did more than de-
light his audiences at Bayreuth. He
even astonished Hans Richter, but not
on the stage.
The two were sitting at supper with
Prof. Rusdsl. the director Of the chorus
who acts in the same capacity at Bay
reuth. 1t developed after a while that
all three had begun life az cornetists.'
Richter, who remembers his youthful
Efforts plainly. asked Ruedel IT, he could
still recall the great exercise for the
oornet by vignani. As Ruedel only
recently gave UP the cornet he remem-
thought he would certainly be able TO
stick Dalmores, who had been a singer
for moro than ten years and naturally
has not thought Of the cornet In that
time. But TO the astoniehment Of all
the guests -Dalmoree, putting his fist
in front Of his mouth, initiated perfectly
a cornet and gave the exercise exactly.
Dalmores is an excellent mimic Of all
kinds Of sounds. -
Now that the Italian opera Is conquer
ing the world again there is to be an effort
to provide moro adequate performances
Of Italian works in Italy and a society
has bought the Costanzi Theatre in Rome
for the purpose. This new organization.
which will have an influence outside Of
Rome and has even been called an oper-
attic trust, consists Of a number Of musical
amateurs, music publishers and i'm
presarios.
Its principal activity outside Of Italy
will be in the Argentine Republic. More
than $4,000 Of the stock Is held there.
while the Remaining $4,000 is held in
Italy.
Giacomo Oreace. the composer. has
been made the director OF the Costanzi.
The performances Of opera in Rome
have for some years been very poor.
Don Giocondo Fina, the monk whose
opera John the Baptist" has made an
in Italy. has received per-
mission from his superiors to compose
a work on secular subject. He selected
as the libretto ia Festa del Grano,-
which Mascagni declined to USE. It
had to be appropriately disinfected for
the priestly composer. Mascagni has
already begun to conduct lie Maschere-
in the Italian cities that did not hear Il
last season. He began at Ieghorn,
where he was born.
Gemma Bellinoioni now travels through
the European cities with practically only
one opera in her repertoire, 90 successful
has she been az an actress in the leading
part. This is Glordano's Fedora" Both
next season.
New York is not the only city to witness
a protest against the production Of
aSalome.' by Richard Strauss. A large
number Of the most prominent sub
scribers to the Buenos Ayres Opera have
written a protest against it's performances
there. Il will be held In reserve and
not given until after the close Of the
regular season.