The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-03

T7THE success Of the foreign tour
Il Of the New York Metropolitan
opera company IS the talk Of the mu-
steal world. In Paris the houses were
packed from the beginning and the
receipts Of the performances aver
aged $4,000 nightly The usual nil
grafton Of musicians westward in
search OF American banknOtes has
been reversed and Il is from America
that they go 20 Paris with regulations
already made and musical ability thai
stirred the most severe Partisan critics
To expressions OF unqualified admira-
ton.
a P'ris letter to the Musical Cour-
fer gives the following enthusiastic
account Of the impression made on the
most critical musical audience in the
world by the Metropolitan company:
"On the evening when. for the first
time. before the elite of Partisan So
ciety there sang iu the opera Aida"
such interpreters as Caruso. Amato.
Dcstinn and others. the entire au-
dience. as m electrified. rose and aD-
plauded these great artists. Our grand
gala public is not ordinarily so re-
sponsivc. 90 seems TO be afraid OF Civ
ing vent 60 its enthusiasm: 10 holds
Itself I'm reserve. since Il is composed
principally Of blascs VINO have seen
everything and heard everything. or
who at least pretend 90 having seen
everything and % having heard every
thing. To that element which re-
strains and Expresses applause. Il is
well % add the whole body Of artists
from our subsidized theatres or others
VINO are evidently Inundated by any
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emauates from abroad.
well. on the evening when.
through the care Of Mr.. Gabriel As
true. the clever organizer. who. with
Mr. Gatti-Casazza. manager Of the
metropolitan, had invited the most
Partisan and also the most critical au-
diencc that can be Imagined. on that
evening Paris came out Of her habits
and the amazcmeut was such
that habitual frcqucnters Of general
hcarsals and first night perform
ances would scarcely have been Ia
miiiar with
other reports recite the triumphs
or the famous conductor Toscanini. OF
Madame Frances Aida and Leo Slezak
in "Otello" and Of Campanari I'm
-Falstaff" The enormous superiori-
" n the metropolitan opera company
over the Official performers Of the sub
sidized theatres IS a blow TO Parisians.
who are 10th 20 admit that America IS
90 far In advance OF orc Of the rccog-
rizcd musical centers Of the world
The first performance OF Puccinrs
new opera. THE Girl OF the Golden
West" founded on the Belasco drama.
Is 20 take place at the metropolitan
opera house. New York. on December
6. with Caruco. Destinu and Amato
IN leading roles. Toscaniui conducting
and Fuccini present
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Liza Lehman. the composer Of I'm
a Persian Garden" will return TO
America about October I for an cx-
tended tour through to the Pacific
coast. She viii bring her own Eng
lish Quartcttc. consisting Of Alice
Frowse. soprano. paigravc-T Turner.
contralto. Herbert Eisdell. tenor. and
Julien Henry. baritone. She is booked
Tor twenty performances on the Pa.
cific coast. and it rs probable that
salt Lake viii bo included I'm the tour.
Owing CD the demand for Madame
Lc'inaun en- the west. o. VIII be i'm
possible Tor her To- give n recital in
New York before the middle Of Jan
uary.
one thousand dollars ts offered as
n prize by the state OF Missouri for
Eiate song. Composcrs throughout the