The sun., 1910-05-08
.SPRTaG OPERA IN EUROPE
a FESTIVAL or INTRRNArION-
Al MT'SIC IN BRUSSELS.

a Frenrh Vsrsion - ''salSme'
-aarauus,u Paaee e NhoWn DO GeTBan
6tMtistlea-0 N s@uth Ameriea'
sTleaand.' which New York would
not listen 10. had m0ro performances than
any other opera In Germany during tne
last soason. Il was given etI TINES.
Other worka we're sung In the following
order: Carmen ts2 timoss 'LoaeIErin.
1Oo; The Tales Of HOFFMAN,. 30,
-Madama ButtsrGy.' SaI; 'TannhAnssr.
GSa. -AIlRnOn,' 7sa: Der FreisOh0tH.
2Tc sCavallsria RuatiCanA,' B9s; Der
Fileaendo HOllAndsT.' 9ol: 'Pagiiaooi.
2s2: .Faust.' 9tS; Die Meisterslnger,
7iS; sDaa RheingOld.' s01; 'Fidelio.
2O3; 'IA BOheme.' Is4; 'siegfred.' if'i
-Hansel und Grstel.' lS7; Tristan und
Isolde I2g -G0ttsrdAmmeTung.' no;
-Elektra,- 1866 "SalOms,' IS; Der kvAn-
Eelimann. "a: samson and Delilah.' s2;
aRisnzi,' q: "FeursnOth.' .. and Der
C0rregidOr,' 4.
The most striking indication that this
list contains il the comparative infre-
qusncy with which the Strauss works have
been sung in the last year. Although
aRiektra' was nov. Il had only few more
thhn 100 performances. while in the
first year Of its life -Salome' was sung
more than seventy-hse times In berhn
alone. These statistics dwindls IN view
Of the fact that in Germany and Aus
tria In the last twelve months The
Dollar Princess was sung 7.4aA times.
Wolf Ferari was one Of the composers
promised 10 subscribers 20 the Opsratic
performances at the New Theatre last
winter. Like other pleasures on that
list the ItRlO-oerman composer was
never reached. His latest opera. 'Su-
zanna's Secret has just been sung In
Lsipsic. The secret suggested by tho
title is ths herOiDes love for cigarettes.
which her husband cannot tolerate.
whensvsr he smells the faint OdOr Of
cigarette smoke in his rooms he CON
cludes that his wife has had a visitor, and
this leads 10 two exciting scenes Of ieal-
ousy in the opera. which lasts for forty
five minutes. There are only the smok-
ing lady and her husband and their
dumb servant 10 carry ON the intrigue
Of the Operstta. which is said 70 BE-
auppliad with very delightful and
expressive music. There is no place
for such works here. and tho failure Of
ths New Theatre opera comidue expert !
ment indicates that they are not desired
by enough Of the public TO make them
worth ATTEMPTING.
Debunsy's 'Pelleaa ct M&lisande' IN |
10 be tried again IN Berlin. although |
the public once rejected the work. just
a. Il did Louise That opera was sung
first at tho Royal Opera House, with Emmy |
Destinn In the title role. and in spite Of
lie failure then vas revived several
years later at the Opera ComiEue. 10 meet
again with cOmplete lack Of appreciation,
Both operas might have met the same fate |
here had they been sung BY Germans
in their native tongue.
A courageous impresario has just given |
the work Of ChaFpentier a second trial
in Cologne and the opera met with com
plete failure a. at its first presentation
four years ago. The sting Of this expert
ence is leassned by the fact that Isidore
de Isara's sAIeaaalsne' has imt had its
hftieth FepressatatiOn in Cologne.
A German impresario 10 preparing 30
send 10 South America a company Of
German singers 10 perform, the Nibelun-
Rsn Ring in Bnsnos Ayres and other cities.
The south Americans are now - de-
voted 20 the Wagner operas that they
insist upon hearing them sung by Ger
mans Berta Morena Is one Of the sing
ers engaged
Adolf GrOebke. who only a few years
apo was considered one of the foremost
young tenors in Germany, recently de-
clined 90 sing the leading role in Mehul's
-Jossf in Egypt and was immediately
declared guilty Of breach Of contract and
dismissed This makes IL impossible
I for him % get an engagement In any other
company in Germany or Austria.
/ The Op6ra COmiqle il soon 70 revive
GoumOd's 'Medecin Malgre Lui.- which
I has not been performed In years IRnace
/ padersWan says it is the finest opera
comidue in existence and that the 0ounOd
I score exactly reflects the humor Of
/ Moliere. Gustav Mahler has just denied
officially that he intends 20 assume the
oonductOrship 0f tho new Berlin opera
house.
| The Theatre de Ia MOnnAie is TO hold
this month a series oi festival per-
formances which are on the same In
ternational scale a. the regular sea-
sons at the Metropolitan Opera House.
The opening attraction will be the entire
company from the Casino at Monte Carlo
with Leon Jehin a. conductor Boito's
sMshstoiele- will be sung a. we'll a. III
Barbiers di siviglia' and Raoul Guns
bOurgs The Old Eagle
After their departure a German COM
pany under the direction Of Otto Lohss
Of Cologne will give the Nibelungen Ring.
with Mrs. Stevens. Kirkby- Lunn, Anton
| Van ROoy. Ernest Van Dyck, Heinrich
Hensel and Robert Kuhn In the leading
/ roles. After the Germans depart a Rus
sian company made up Of singers from
St. Petersburg and Moscow will Rive a
ssries Of performances in Russian, pro-
ducing for the lirst time outside Of Russia
BOrodin's Prince Igor and Rimsky-
I KorsakoR's Ivan the Terrible,' which
was given last spring Ia PARIS.
Prince Igor has been a recent success
I In Moscow. where it was revived after
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