The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24
OPERA DEFICITS IN PARIS
Toss THTs YEAR vas Nor as
GREAT as TNaL.


-TsaOs whS Almost saed the kaissr
At this s~ason % the opsrstic zeal
stAtsmSnts % dsnci,s are IN order. NsN
/ York may b. preeminsnt IA that respect
but Paris has always been able IN maks
. rea,,~ctabls showing. Yet ihsre seeu.
/ 20 ~ an Improvement II the latss. r0pOr'
To the senate ~ reliable. In Isoe. whss
ths direct idh Of Bertrand vas in power
the deficit Was tiOO. OOO. IL N sad that
the deficit his year will be small. AZ.
tcntion was s,CS called to the fact that
the artistic standard Of the repressnta'
lions was much higher In Jhoss days
The average EXPENSE amount To es.90f
Ia performance. Ths subsidy n only q
| littls mors than $50 for every representa-
ton. Tho eHpenses of the Opera lasi
year were q 10000 for singers. 90 .Ooa
for costumes. $1,000 for the ballet and
e8S.Ooo for the orchestra The Opera
Comiqus. although It's average receipta
during tho last year were only Zoo,
makes . profit every season.
EdOuard Colonne. who died the other
day. resigned his post a. FIRST conductor
% the Opera IN Paris because his duties
we're too arduous. Hs was the frss man
70 conduct in Paris .LohsnGrin.' Tam
hAnser' and Die walkare.'
'AriAns q Barrie Bisus.' which waa
promised a. the Metropolitan lAst season.
has just bsen revived St the opAra
comique in Paris. Nile. Mentrs took the
place 81 Georgetts Leblanc. Dukas's
original work was highly praised again.
n will not b allowed 70 drop from the
repertoire . second time. 'Tslsmaque.
by MM. DonnAy. Jules Lsmaitrs and
Claude Tsrraase is to BE- the next novelty.
At the Opera la File du Soleil.' com
posed by MAErs and 0aiIhard for ths
Bssisrs fetsa. has just been sung for tho
FIRST time In Paris. Jean Note was in the
cast.
Jean Nougouss. whose Quo vAdis" IL
to 30 the great card Of the season Gt the
Metropolitan Opera Houss merit winter.
has Just had his third work sung At Nice.
This u Il Aubsrgs Rouge. based on Bal
EAo's story. Il did not succeed even 30
veil ~ "ChiquitA' which Oscar Hammer
sissn threatens to introduce here nsxt
year. Lillian Grsnyille. ~ho viii hslons
TO Andreas Dippsl's Chicago season merit
year. had the principal role with Thomas
SAlignac. Who u nov Angling regularly
At the Opera Comiqus.
vincent Indy recently gave some Of
the muaio OF Clicks -Orfso' with q
tenor h.stead Of q contralto TO sinR the
music Of tho hero. The result was not
successful. a. it lies too high for man .
voice. Once there Wa . tenor in Cologne
Who AlwAys sang the music % Sdsbsa IN
Faust. during q certain period. but the
experiment Was never tried anywhere
clos.
GeorRetts Leblanc. wife Of Maurice
MAsterlinck. Who recently Fstirsd from
the opsrAtic stage. has bssn singing IN
Rouen in OsorGes's MUSIC drama. Char
lotts COrdAy.' She created the title role
when the work WAs sung Grst IN PARIS
la 1901.
jules Masssnet's 'DOn ouixots. IL
said ny tbs critics who have beard Il IN
Monts Carlo 20 be superior 20 all % his
recent opsras eEcept Ia JonglSur do
Sotrs Dame. which 10 resembles In many
Ways Il seems that Herr Cam did
romance. but went 20 . play written by
Jacques Le LoTAin When he vas In
Spain. LsISorrAln vas born the son OF q
shoemaker but wa oy nature a poet
and left his paternaI home At Ber-
gerao and occupation IN shoemaker
needy Hans sachs. His experiences in
Spain inspired him 20 Wnts hrs Don
Quxots. which was acted ar years ago
az q small Paris theatre Just a. Ia Lor-
rain lay on his deafhbed. The frat Of
the Ave arts shows an opsn place before
DNleinsa's house where shs 10 surrounded
10y her sutton. and the friends Who praise
her great beauty. The entrAnca % the
don and his faithful servants IL received
with Laughter. but he sersnAdss her from
-. 49, - 4. a.. N.Na -
on the stage. One % HE rivals ohAl-
lsuEss him 20 q duel and when they Ar~
fighting DNieInsd returns % separate
them. Tho kni ght A. q lover s@erns absurd
60 her. but che lauEhingly tells him that
shs will haesn 90 he suit II he brings back
her necklace. which the robbers have Just
taken from her. This 10 Just the on.
portunity he ~ ssskink. The last act
shows him dying In tbs woods OF love
in the ordinary sense % In" word the
text contains no more suggestion than
'Ls Jongisur de Notrs Dame
Thomas Beachams season Of opcrA
az Hsr MAie~ty's Theatre IL Designed to
impress LOndnnsrs with the fart that
thsrs l. somsthink moro artistic In opera
than the commonplAcs performances
givsn a, Covent Garden. He u to DEVOTE
one week To q revival % three Mozart
opsrne that have not bssn heard in yeAra
In London. while he " Also 10 produce
Mshuls Joseph and MtssA = 'MugIetts
There IL 10 b. Q murh mors Important
saason. however. under the direction Of
Mr. BeachAm newt August AZ Covent
Oardsn and u n hopsd that the prociuc-
ton 81 -Saloms' will b permitted than
IL " interesting that London liked sEish-
ira mors perhAps than any other Euro
pean city excspt Wanna. Seither %
them had first heard Salons 'Wsrthsr,
'ShAnnua O'Brien.. sDis FlederrnAus.
FRA DiavoIo. and The Tales % Holf-
mann. arc more or les unfamiliar works
that London 10 20 hear during this novel
seasOn. Some % the operas will ~ heard
In English while others will ba given
in thu tongue In which they wsrs com
posed 'Ls Nozns di Figaro DIE Pm
fushr,Ing aus dem SsrAil' and Cost fan
lutte arr IN b. the Mozart operas
The Covsnt Garden s~ason IL 20 opsn
With ia TravtatA,' 20 10 sung BY Nine.
Tetrnzxini and John Mccormack. Eighty
Ave performances In all wtii bs given
and Hans Richter 10 N condrot a hing
series. Thsro N never any deficit from
thia season whatSver the character Of
tho performances may bs. signor Carlno,
Who refused to sing FOR the salary offered
% him. has not Appeared there In several
years. yet tho seasons are quite a. sue
cessful without him from q financial point
% view.
Heinrich Henssl, tbs German tenor
who n 90 come 20 this country next season.
haa lust dletinRtfished hirnaolf nv alrnowa