Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-01
seal productions, and they were close
companions.

companions.
Milan, Sept. 15.-Tosti, the composer,
is great admrer of Bessie Abott,
whom he has been hearing In rchcars-
ais of Mascngni's "Ysobel." He has
expressed his admiration by composing
song for her entitled "Gardcnia," aft
err her favoritc flower. Tosti also pro-
poses to go on tour of America with
Miss Abott when she has finished her
tour in "Ysobel." He intends to write
| 10 new songs for her to sing on this
tour and to accompany her himself, be-
| sides playing several solos at each con-
cert. If the tour Is arranged it will
make Tosti's first appearance as
| pianist and his first visit TO America.
| One Of Verdi's operas. "La Forza del
Dcstlno," recently had It's first perform
ance in London. thanks to the Carl
| Rosa Opera company. One of the critics
| expresses the opinion that the compara-
tive failure of this opera is due to the
| fact that the composer selected n IL
bretto which Is packed full of incident
| instead of one which, like AIDA"
| which followed it, Is packed full OF
character. 1t was first sung in st.
| Petersburg In 1862. and is traditional In
| the sense that. while It lacks the great
vocal opportunities OF Verdi's earlier
! style, it shows very little OF the dra-
| matte force which he infused into his
later work.
A notice in The Herald. Sept 20, OF
the death of Myron w. Whitney, the
great basso, recalled glorious per-
Torrance OF 1.-THE Stabat Mater" by the
| Handel and Hayden society. Of Boston,
| where he was one of the soloists. the
| others being Italo Campanini. tenor:
contralto, Miss Annie Louise Cary
new Mrs. RaymonO: soprano, Miss
! Fanny Kellogg (now Mrs Max Bach
| erD. Both of the latter are living in
| New York and are the only surviving
members of that notable quartet Of
singers. Mrs Raymond has been for
| many years Interested in teaching poor
! children to sew, and five months ago
| Mrs. Bachcrt sang for charity, and
her voice is fine today.
1t Is to he hoped that W, S. Gilbert
will accept the reported offer to visit
America to superintcnd the revival OF
| some of the charming operettas ne
wrote with Sullivan. "The Mikado'
| and '..Pinafore'' we hear often. but it
| would be Il great pleasure to witness
| revivals OF some of the other master
works created by these two men. 1t IS
interesting to note that Gilbert Is par
! tIcularly fond Of "Ruddigore." His
statement that his share Of the royal
ties from that work was $4,000, b.
| way of correcting the impression that
| Il was comparatively n failure. must
| relate to England. for in New York. at
any rate. It was not appreciated by the
public, although some OF the proles-
sional judges. Including t,e wf, .ta, ~ -
| this paragraph, were convinced tnat ~
was. unsteady, Mt any rate, the best OF
| Gilbert and Sullivan productions. But
we want to hear, also. rovivals of Pa
tience," "The Gondoliers.' and others.
"Once September has como the pub.
| lies fancy lightly turns to music:
says the Rochester Post-EXpress. we
| often have wondered why this country
cultivated no serious music III su,,' SUNNI.
! Masterpieces are masterpieces, whether
| thev be produced in July or in January.
Abroad. the big orchestral and opera
! festivals always are held in the sum
NOR. and many of the opera houses IN
| tho European capitals are kept open
| practically all the year round. IN Lon
| don Bayreuth and Munich, the most
| ;n,nortant Wagner cycles are given
| during the warm season. and the opera
| activities Of Paris continue undated
| throughout the three or four monthS
| OF summer The strangest part OF u an
| lies In the fact that the American tour-
| lists who go to Europe from May 10 oc
| tobcr or so constitute scven-cighths OF
+, the audiences which patroniZe SERIOUS
| summer music abroad and listen 10
| symphony concerts even at the ea!est
n watering resorts and inland spas:
we refer this paradox to students OF
| the psychology of fashion.-Courier.
Goldmark's "oueen of Sheba." which
WAC the big success of the Metropolitan
onera senson of 1Ss5-S6. had its first
hearing in London during the last week
az last month What kept 1t OF the
english stage so long was the OLD
nrci,1dice against bringing into theat.
,ical plo,s pcrsonagcs bearing Biblical
chnra ctors AS IL matter of fact, there
is nothing Scriptmal In this opera save
the names OF King Solomon and the
Queen of Sheba. The London fele-
pranh remarks that seeing that the
censor last year withdrew his objec-
lions to the stage performance OF
| Saint Sacns's Samson ct DANA, winch
has proved so popular with CoNent
Garden audiences. 1t would have been
| in the highest degree absurd had INC
| prohibition in regard to Goldmarks
| work been continued. In the music
| there is a good deal OF pomp and gilt
| tor appropriate to the operas many
| snoctacular features, but the score has
| also not n little to recommend 1t on the
| dr,matic side, and it contains an
| abundance of melody Of n kind likely
! TO win for 1t the ears of the public"
,
MISS GRATA FLANDERS.