The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19


season Genes 20 an Rnd with a Drnsn
Nobody ever accused Richard Strs..,
Of retioenoe when IL came n u.Ym.D.
his new operas. but Il IL fact that tla r.l-,
Of 'Ochs Won Lerchenau.' n boz given non,
January In Dresden. was not NAB n..r. n
until the composer told Il him-..,
Munich the other day.
The tsKt u by Won HOfmansta' gf.
supplied his version Of -Elektra r.
period Of the opera h the eiRhtsrura con.
fury and its action passss In Vienna .nJr,
Maria Theresa. The leading charac.s-
h a youth Of II. a species Of CA,rgs ro
Who u IN love with his cousin. C1.-,,ss
WsrdenberD. wife Of a field marsha vtas
the action Of the comedy begins.
She Is also beloved oI a boosting AID
spluttering Baron Oehs ron Lsrrbora.
who vhile tho youthful lover i protesting
his affection for her. comes % tel her
that he has become engaged U a young
lady of a titled but new family. Thea
the lad. OefdEisn. not b compromise hi,
cousin. diaguises himself a. Chsrsbino
did. a. q serving maid, and Ia more or Ie,,
pursued by the baron. who takes him
for an attractive woman.
The baron has come to get CogHi,s,
WsrdeAbag to suggest 10 him a .Rosan.
kavalier'-a knight Of the rose-who In
accordance with the old Vienness custom
shall take a rose 20 his lady love and 40.
clare his passion for her and beg har,,
become his bride. The lady suRges,
Ocfdrien. He acts a. ROseRkGraler takes
the flower 10 Och's sweetheart and pleas
her % much more than the baron himself
that she falls In love with him.
But 0cfdsisR has 30 discipline OcAs
az the point Of the sword before he can
keep him away from his bethrothed. and
Il II even necessary for him % disguise
himself once more a. the maid servant
make q rendezvous with Ochs and show
up his unfaithfulnesa before he succeeds
n winning the bride that he went n Woo
fOl another
strauss says that the work h a comedy
FOR music The work h scored Tor hl
orchestra. but not In the form % Mozarts
operas az they are sung to-day. although
there 10 the inevitable suggestion q Mozart
Ia this 100000 comedy. There Il not
such a heavy orchestra a. In his tao re-
cent operas. Strauss says that Mozart
vas by no means In favor % only the small
orchestra a. was shown by his delight
In the playing Of a large orchestra SUD
ported by an EnGlishman % wealth.
The two acts Of @Ochs Won Lerchanau'
are completed and the third IL well under
way. The role Of OctduieH IA written Ike
hat Of CAsTubinO for a mezzosoprAno
ana will not be- played by man who would
have 10 be presumably a combination
NJ Julian Eltinge and George Cohan
Strauss says that he has sought 20 pro-
vide an appropriate musical accompani.
nent to Won HoffmAnnsthal's text and
any music 40 chaTacterisue
- tho Vienna waltz had % he represented
waltz ends the second act and the duets
between OcidrisH and Oehs are in waltz
'Orm
There are six important solo roles b.
ades these two principals-O ehs az a has
ltiio- and fOurteen minor parts Ernest
ron Schuch h 20 produce the opera a.
he Royal Opera House In Dresden Il
q he hoped thAG the models 81 the scenery
md costumes which are likely 20 he Used
'lseE here. will not he 40 destitute % Taste
md beauty a. those ~ sElektra.- whrh
lad their share In determining the fate %
hat melancholy work.
Edy,h Walker has been selected 70 sing
laioms and Eiekira in the performances
those two operas In Munich during the
Teek Of the Strauss festival
Karl Goidmark has Just celebrated Pre-
ighiieth birthday. bur shows no signs
desiring 10 cease his work. he he
elected Grillparzer's Esther A. tue
sHt for his next opera. The Snowma-'
the title of the ballet written by the bov
Tonder Erich Korngoid Of Vienna ant
ccepted by the Imperial Opera Houss
here. He ia II and the son Of a muIo
rite.
In honor Of Goldmark's birthday The
oval Opera House recently revived A
'inters Tale. his latest opera. with Flor
nee Eastman and Francis MacLennan
J the Leading roles.
Carlo Gardini. who 10 remembered 20
he country a. the husband Of EieIn
erster. the prima donna. has just did
Italy. He later married Fanny Pre-
nsti. the English colorature soprano.
no sings Italian opera In Germany and
lissia. DR. Gartini was an Italian and
native Of Bologna.
hAAANNA hAANANNENa WIN WA. N-sA NlIAE@
"a IN the German cities and will return
, Berlin in the autumn. has found hIs
reatest success AZ LOheRgriR. The high
q salary paid 10 any German tenor on
y stage Of that country to-day IL SAD
be $1,000 q year. Hans Tanzler oi the
Nv opera house in Berlin and William
illeT. the American tenor In Berlin are
I'D 70 enjoy this maximum.
Ruth Lewis Il an American who has
~ been engaged a. first contralto az
ale. She has not hitherto sung In opera
n was In a New York church choir for
sveral years.
eelle Alppegate has been singing In
Ia Balkan countries with Marie Rappoh
ntoh Berger and Leon Rains She
signed a. oontralto Of the company
Cologne last spring. George Maeter
an American tenor who has Just madeha
-st appearance in Leipsic with Success.
Mhrcella Craft who u now the oolafufe
'prano. q the Royal Opera House in
unioh has been singing a. guest in Other
erman cities during the summer season
~ past She has already become
vorite with the Munich public which
~ been acciWtOmed for several years
hear Maude Fay. another soprano
IL company.
Fifty years have just past since Bet
'ven's -Fidelio- wa sung first IN Pars
the French language. although a Ger-
an company headed BY the famous
ilhelmina Devriens had previously pra-
ntet IL. When the French prenisrs
~ hsld on Nay .. isO. Pauline V.ardoi
srcia had the title role while Bl'hief
ID Care. the famous hbretti-is ~ thn
No made ducks and brakes Of the org
Al story.
The action vas transferred d Itllv ir'n