The sun., 1910-06-12
'EW OPERAS HEARD IN ITALY
"FAUST'' aEF TO Music ~ an
OTMRR GERMAN COMPOSER.

OlheF WoSAss b. EaallaRs-IA Scala I.ssss
10 Conanetor- Hans Rluhaers nss
tinameat-C ChaliApins an kKpensiVe
LuSury-Doings ~ the singers Abroad
Edoard0 viials has followed tho eE-
ample Of his predecessor. Arturo Toa-
canini, and retired from the dlrSCtion
% the Orchestra at Ia Scala. He VIII
remain for several years at the Colon
In BuonOs AyrOs.
Il h characteristics Of the situation az
Ia Scala, which was seriously proposed
as the model tor the Mstropolitan Opsra
House only few months ago. that In
the seaaon Of ssventy-twO perform
anoes only eight operas were sung.
Ths list was o. follows: Die walk0re.'
~; -Medea.' ~; Ia Sonnambula,' Is;
Samson ct Dalila.- 9; samaFa's -Rhea,'
.S -L'Africaine." 9. and "Ia DamnatiOn
de Faust I5.
The last evenings at the Milan Opera
House WerS devoted n the new -Faust-
opera by a young German composer.
Alfred hrtleggeman. frOm AK. He chung
closely enough TO ths Marguerite ePisOdes
In the Goethe play. but illustrated them
musically with a sooFe that seemed 20
combine Ptiocini. GiordanO and tho rest
Of the young Italians with the eoosn-
tricities Of Strauss and DebuaSy. The
public appeared 10 find pleasure IN the
music which is said 70 show promise Of
great Achisvement in the future.
RsOsnt operate novelties in Italy IN
ol'ided 'Bla9codOre' at the Tsatro Ros-
sini at Venice. The score was by Ales-
sandro OnOfri. the lmprsaArio Of the Opsra
house. and the tsxt was founded by Micao-
chi and Spada on a novel Of Alfredo Vanni
Ths action passes In the year 1900. The
music was said 20 be theatrio. smooth
and well made but without originality.
Caroline White. the American soprano.
who has been singing for several years
in Italy and will come 20 America next
year 10 join the company IA Chicago. had
the title role.
Another specinlen Of what young Italy
NAV do when II tries was seen In -Calen-
dimAggia, by previously unknown COM
poser, Pietri by name. Tiny DeuaRa. who
caused some favorable comment while
she was singing at tho American Theatre
several years ago. had the principal role
In this one act work when Il was first
sung In Florence few weeks ago. Into
its one act various unpleasant Incidents
are comprossed.
Puccini's -Tosca' has beea forbidden
In two Russian towns on the ground that
J its influence is immoral. but the Italian
opera hOurishes still in Russia. The
company which has just ended its season
At Odessa included among It's stars some
singers well known in New York. They
were the MASSIVE ELENA Bianchini Capeli
and Ricardo StraoCiari. The cOlorature
singer was Maria Calvary, Who has sung
recently in London with succesa, Il was
20 joan this company that FREDERICK
Carasa went TO Russia. One OF it, recent
achievements was the production Of ten
operas IN fourteen DAYS.
The final glOries of the season az San
Carlo In Naples went 10 TittA Rufo. who
was singing there lie even introduced
/ popular Neapolitan songs into the music
u Figaro. which he sang In II barbieTe
al Siviglia.'
! SO great has been the success Of the
/ Duke Of Visconti ModsRa's revival ~
Monteverdes -Orfeo' that the company
| has already appeared in Mantua, Venice
l Turin. Ferrara birthplace of julius
. CEsar Gatti-C -Caaazza- Bologna. Florence
] Rome. Monte Carlo. san Reno, Genoa,
Milan and Como.
/ Felix Mottl has just revived in Munich
Titus by Mozart, with Nine. Preuso-
Matzsn&nsr in tho leading role. One
Of his reCent programmes at the Royal
/ Opera HOUSE there included 6luck's
The Queen Of the May -Abu HAsSAn. >
by Won Weber, and -versiegelt. by I.so
Blech, which Ia about an epitome Of tho
whole tendency oi opera. Strauss's
'Feusrunoth' was recently sung there.
Richard Strauss is at Garmisch. near
Munich. finishing the score Of Der Ochs
Won I.erchenan.- which is 10 bo ready for
production neKt season In Drearien.
Felix Weingartner carried on the chief
honors Of the Prague Opera Festival
\ by his conducting Of Die Meistsrsinger
/ But In return for this the public had %
| hear his opera -Orestes.' Robert VOlkner.
| now the intsndant Of the Leipsic StAdt
| Theater and previously an actor Of
heroic roles In various small theatres,
/ has been made intendAnt of the Municipal
I Opera House az Frankfort
Hans Richter. Who was taken III Ia Ion
don the other day and retired 90 allow
4 Alfred Hertz 20 finish the performances.