The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31

Berlin is apparently to lose DR.. Rich.
ard Strauss, musical director of Emper~
or William 8 Opera house Although I
can get no confirmation of this report
in Berlin, the news comes authenjcally
from Munich. DIR. Strauss has been
chief musical director of Emperor Will
liam IS Opera house for some time and is
much beloved IN this city. 1t is limited
that he may go 10 America for a term
Antonctte Berton contributes to cur
rent magazine an account of her inVcS-
tiSation OF the chorus gigl. 1T takes all
sorts OF Eir.s TO make a chorus" she
says. You have girls from almost every
state OF the union and from nearly every
country OF the globe You have lively
girls and scholarly girls improvidcnt
girls and girls who save, girls who are
Hre drudges and never 30 out. The aver
age chorus girl is Il hard worker-she has
to 2.a, Demand @ she Is, as rule, a good girl.
speech and enjoy n good time"
Adolf Philip. the actor manager and
author of Alma. Wo Wohnst DUP" the
comedy which has been successful In this
country. Will forsake the stage after the
coming season and devote his time to
writing. 1t is the intention OF Philip to
build a new thcater In New York next
year. patterned after the Royal opera
house in Berlin, which will be devoted
to giving the American theatcrgoers his
own plays and the best musical and dra-
matte successes that have scored big hits
In Germany
In September Philip Will launch forth
Don't Be Angry" in both English and
German. Not an all-star cast but an
xtrao.dinary one is now being engaged
for the English production. which vii!
chorus and the musical play contains
eighteen numbers. It can readily be seen
that the twenty.-odd principals required
must be good singers and actors. 1t is
said that the salary list of this organiza
tion Will equal that Of a company re-
quiring one hundred people.
to California with German company.
while the English version is presented a
Webers theater with Kitty Gordon and
Charles Bigelow as the stars. The Girls
Name Is Adele" "The Woman Who T.ilics
20 Laugh" and The Bank Cashier" are
Three other plays from the German whic
Will be given in English and sched
uled 10 open before the snow flies
According to A. f. Adams managing
director Of the Quinlan International Mu |
most active ever known, Mr., Adams re-
turned from Europe aboard the Lusitania. |
While on the other side he closed con-
the world of music calling for their ap-1
pearance In England. Ireland. France.
Germany and Australia through the
various Quinlan agencies in their respec-
tive countries. Mr.. Adams also signed
contracts for the appearance in this coun
try Of several distinguished musicians.
Freda Hempel, the coloratura soprano
OF the Berlin Royal opera. win not be
able to obtain the necessary leave of alb
sence TO allow OF her projected appear
ances with the Metropolitan Opera COM
pany next winter. 1T had been announced
that she would appear in New York for
t9ree months next season, but Intendcnt
Won Hulsen OF the Berlin opera has noti-
fled the Metropolitan management that IL
Will be impossible TO grant her leave. In
consequence it may be necessary to aban-
don the proposed revival Of LES Hugue
nots" That is to say. unless Nine. Melba
can be persuaded to play the part,
At an afternoon reception given by
Mrs. Hart o. Berg and Miss Minnie Ira
cey- the well-known singer. at the for
-ners residence in the Champs Elysees
Paris. on Thursday, Charles Wakefield
Cadrnan, the American composer. present
ed lnstrunentally some OF his clever
adaptations Of the melodies Of the Omaha