The sun., 1910-06-12
OPERA TUUMPHS ABROAD
TRIUMPHS Ar NOME YET TO
- CONE.

On "ROmans''- Anghste tho Mighty,
shall We throw up our hats and cheer
at the triumphant sucoess Of tho Metro
poliaan Opera House company IN Paria'
surely We are entitled 10 a Osrtain amount
Of characteristio American pride In this
achievement. We are bound TO remember
that the glory d0os not belong altogether
tothat silent dispenser % musical delights
Giuio Gatti- Casazza. He Il now enjoying
thu largest measure Of a fame that has
ever been lifted to his compTessed lips,
Let him drink Il 20 the dregs. No Amer
ican will say him nay.
But lot M not forget that the real
responsibility Tor tho visit of the Metro
politan company 20 the Gallic capital
does not rest upon the shoulders OF the
improsario from Milan. The true pro-
jector oG this enterprise was Otto kahn'
VINO has heea the means Of infusing much
life and spirit into tho management OF
the local operate institution,
Mr.. Kahn has made some notable errors
IN the course Of his career a. an amateur
manager Of opera. and these have not
been concealed from public gaze by any
veil thrown over them in his plaOs'
Therefore with equal audacity his chrcni-
caer Of doinEs in tho world of music.
whether those of singers or Wall Street
bankers, presumes 20 declare that the
plan of carrying the Metropolitan com
pany TO Paris was in these columns viewed
with dissrust. Now that this view has
been shown TO be groundlass let all praise
be awarded To Mr.. Kahn. who had the
courage Oi his convictions.
The Parisians have behaved themselves
in an unexpected manner Il was he
lieved that they would resent the advent
Of this -troupe' from the United States
and would proceed 10 teach the imperti-
nent Americans a lesson. On the CON
trary, what they appear 70 have
resented was the assumption that they
would act IN any such manner. What!
they exclaimed Paris, the artistic centre
of the universe. fail to measure anything
strictly on its artistic merits, Perish the
thought
Well. il sends a thrill oi joy TO the Ameri-
can heart tp know that the real strength
Of the season has been the popularity OF
that famous Broadway singer knrico
Caruao. A certain amount of success too
has been gained by that brilliant Broad
nav prima donna Funny Destinn. We
ought indeed to be- proud that our warblers
have delighted Paris So far ~ Caruso
h concerned he has also delighted Lon
don. Berlin. Vienna. Budapest and A.
hntn. Ga. But les No still he proud. for
he " ours.
We should alao rejoice greatly that
Louise Homer from PittsburR on the
Monongahela 1also on the Allegheny has
enabled the Parlsians 10 see a great
hght. We are not astonished. are We,
that she has pleased them' We have
heard a good many Of the voices that thrill
the Frenchmen. and none of them was
a. good A. hers. Of course We poor souls
arlrmbls az her sometimes because she
cannot sing piano. but no doubt the
French love her all the better for that
The big tone is precious in many places
and the worahipOf 1t ~ by no means new.
Even the amiabls Or. Burney grlmbled
about it more han a century back and
declared that the Italians. az least IN some
places. cared for nothing in the shape
of singing except that which asionished
them. One would almost be- willing 70
helieve that thoss Italians who infest the
spaces behind the orchestra rail az the
Metropolitan Opera House were insal
descendants % those who incurred the
gentle censure Of ths polite Buney
Next year this Metropolitan company
Is soinE 10 invade tha seven hilled city
We shall pause TO hear the results of that
incursion Rome has often been tho vic.
tim Of barbarian inroads. and viii doubt
less survive this one But whether ths
harbarians will live 20 boast Of their vic
toriss IL another quest, ION. Rome Is no,
Paris
The projection into the midst Of the
French capital of a thoroughly good
performance of AIDA In the real Italian
styls vas almost certain 20 stir up the con.
noisssurs In the same manner the i'm.
posing Otsilo Of Slezak was something "a
which the Parisians were quite unao.
ctlsiomed
There is not quite 20 much theatrical
finish about tho RAddames of CarusO and
the Otsllo OF Slezak a. the FrenchmeI
usually receive. politeness and elegancs
are the destructive eIcments of the French
lyric stage AZ the present time
The barbarian potency Of these Italian
and Slavic impersOnations must have
made a genuine impression But in Rom,
tho rude and elemental Italian singer
is no novelty and there IN room for doub
NJ b whether the success of tho company
will be the same there a. il has besn II
the capital of France.
However. 70 return 20 the origina
proposition. Mr. Gaiti -Casazza is gaining
much glory which really belongs 20 thl
directors of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany They are the actual governor
II the institution over which they pre-
side. and II ~ we'll known among th0s.
who keep themselves acquainted Witl
the doings oi the operatic world that be
fore tho Italian impresario came 20 thi
country It vas planned TO give a Metro
politAn Opera House performance 0
"TristRn una Isolde IN Paris Let glOr,
20 where j, Is due, namely 70 Mr. Kahn.
And 50 Boston IL 10 have an oficia
cAque 20 make things foam up at n
opera. The liquid blood of tsmperamen