The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
AN OPERA ABOUT CIGARETTES
"SI/.\NrS SECRET" TEIIS 4
HEROINE'N IOIE az THEu.
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Whrr NsIsS sf the oprTa m Europe
GIaTa's NJ, CITIES Not We'll the-rn
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.Ivta. Ns,rItIp. Not we'll tho-rR
.uarb~ih" OHrr uSrr y Theme.
The season oI ,h- Gura opera Company
ot..n.d IN Betl,n With a representation
&c Die Meistersing-T- With Anton Van
Roov and william Miller in the leading
roles William Miller - To- he first tenor
at VIENNA after the first ~ the wear
The Oura psrformanC-- of the Wagner
opera aroused It'll. interest and the
small Attendance for the representation
of -lyoh-nsrin- has caused di~cus-ion
~ 10 the loss of public interest IN this
work u - said that the opera 1T the
Grail knight now has less interest Tor
the operaROeru 81 Germany than any
other in the Wagner repertoire
The NIbelIngen series given ut tho New
Royal Opera House brought out the
opinion that these summer opera seasonS
wsre much better adapted Ia the eSploita-
ton ~ great virtuo-n singers such nS
} those who formerly appeared than Ia
the production of IN. Wagner works that
require the forc-- Of = permanent theatre.
Il was in the novelties selscied Tor TINS
lunt,ertaki nE, however that Herman Gura
seems 10 have been most unfortunate
Tn. frat was the opera founded 10y Hem
rich Zoellner on Zola's lie pebace
and first produced fifteen years ago.
and the second Richard wsgners Der
Kol,oId. which Was received with as MUS
enthusiasm
Edith ds Iys the American soprano
who owed her chance To get mn-lca'
education. IA Edyth Walker did. to the
generosity uf william h vanderbilt
has been singing AZ the head 81 an Italian
np@rn COMPANY IA Vienna Sh" was
aspeciAlly successful as EIrird IN -trnani
With her were Malta BattlstinI, NittorIo
Arimondi and Francesca fa1Iini. Young
tenor who did not come ny 10 III" average"
Of his associates Aida, u brhi"re I'll
I SaViRlia.- -RiKuletto- and MARIA III
Rohan' we're the other operas OF the
repertoire william Piccav"r, III" Young
American tenor from Albany who has
been for the past two seasons AZ
vas A member uf the company Mrs
Charles Cahier has Insi sung .hu''nH'
in .Ri.nzi- with great success az The I'M
perial Opera Hous" in vienna 49,.
Richard Strauss has "A new N"N OF nv
in1 10 reviyify the works of h,s creation
20 vhich the public will not la cordial
lie now goes about from one ofera nous,
10 another conducting them az ri"'lai
uerformanCes lie was IN the 'ohuu'-
toi . CHAIR at the eighth and hs' EsTlorn.
I..en In Vienna to conduct tn" last per
formanCr Of the season Ih'- oI"ra rl,
loved moro success IN Vienna man u uu
anywhere eh-r. beCalIss' Saloih" WIS
sung there for only Few ui"s ny '"'
cling Conp1ny
Eugruio Wolf Ferrarts latest work.
-S,zannAs Secret h,S becn produced
IN feipzig II - the first opera 'oml'o,-'d
around a heroIues hove Tor clEateue-
Her husband cannot abide w" od'r OF
them and she conoeals her devotion 10
them from hun Whenever he detects
the odor Of tobacco he suspects her "I
hlyinR a lover. and the -sene- OF JEALOUSY
het~,sen them make up the acton OF thS
sa,L NhiCh nuns for foTty-hye minutes
D Their. are only three characters. the VIE.
IN. hu.ha nd nd the dumb servant Ot the
two Martin klaehr~. north ''errnAh
composer. has just conpbtsd an opera
called THE Ming and the Dancer. which
deals with Frederick the Great and bar
berlna
: Op.ra- on the drama ~ Macbeth
have never met with SuCc-~S. aud 81 the
NOR. frequently PLAYED ShakerT"-ar'an
play- there IL none that draws such small
audiences to-day Edwin Boo'h acted
IN. mart OCCASIONALLY h-ca'I-e he loved
th. play. b,t always with c-rta'n financial
Iu-- Even the h@autiful Production made
hy Henry irving did not arouse nearly
A. much public interest - some OF the
English actors other efforts Now
new Use - the play "a oT~ratIc form - ="
H.. tried in Paris when Albert 'ArrA RiN''~
IL IN October AZ the Opera Comiq'''
Ernest Bloch j. Hdcb'h With I.uc'~nn"
Br.val ~ LADY, N1eb'fh Th.. CUrnI-r'-r
- prutSg@ ~ the soprano who brought
hrs work To- the motto" ~ III" impr--arlo
other novelties a. thu "T"-ra house
a.
J l. 'H-ut. Espagnoi-- and saint Sa"nr's
IL 'AncGtr- which Wa sung hv" wears
Az at Monte carlo with Felia lItvinne
! and Geraldine Farrar IN the leading roles
I, ha. a story - SiciliAn life Rao,h
I.aparra will 10 represented Nv la l"'a
Then there wiIi II. Alh"rlC MegnArds
-Bsr.n,c- Couuard'- 'I-dr onning' and
Pons'. la Wolfe du B"nhaur The last
novelty - the season ~ill 10 Ma--~nets
There's which has been given m
: Monte Carlo and wss also heard IN Berl
! and pronounced an uncommOnly uIn
( brew ~ the Na--en.t brand In addition
20 these works claude IDcb'ls-y expects
Ia have ready hl- "p-ras The tail OF the
Belfry ~. will com" over here when
, they ar. ready to 10 sung AZ the Metro
poIitan Opera House but tins Wiil not
10 b.forp the fall ~ 1911
Camille saint -Sa'ur has INST l-'.n
n,afi. the hero ~ great demonstrations
: at th.. last session pf IN" French Society
/ for TN. Prevention ~ Cruelty Ia Animals ,
/ The COMPOSER Confesr.-- that be loves
J all animals bat one aud that ~ h" Spider
! ~. owns a cat which has such decided
! musical preferences that hs feels certain
/ animals are "apabI- ,.f miIsIcal sppreCia-
iion This hea@t cannot stand ID. PLAY
b ing of ChupIn's music and fires from the
; room whenever the cprnfS'-'.r i-gin- To-
play
Emmy D-rt,Dn has inst sung Toscd
! IN London aud even her Inv-nt Garden
! admirers were comp-lieh "a admit that
abe did sOIne other r0Ie- letter There
mas lpr-n no limit however T." th.' rnthu-i-
Asm u the I.ODdon p'blic over the g-r-
J formance- ~ SiEnor I-r"la m -Ot"llo- |
Nine MeIba was praised with -qual en-
4 thiua,asm Tor her acting a. D'~d' mOEI
/ MAuei.. Fay the American priTna donna
at th.. Royal OIera Ilouz" IA MUNICH I