The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-07
SUMNER OPERA ABROAD
HHE. LIILILE " INN'S HOZ iRT
FESTu ~ iTSiIZBI RI.
tDeIe Of Smeiana Ia bohemia The
strauss Performances nj Munich
tarusO in Germany More PurrinI
NusIc for Berlin ION ~churh 10.

STRAUSS performance nj Munlch
tarusO in German, More PurrlnI
Nuslc for Berlin Non schurh ~.
lIlli Lehman has brought u AN end
her annual Mozart festival IN tho LITTLE
opera house at Salzburg The operas
this year were Don Giovanni Figaro :
Hochzeit" and -pi- Zauberfluet- The
little town Was again fiiled With visitors.
among whom the French pre,iominat..I
The performance - III" Xaubsrfipet--
had Soma fine characteristics aud the
singing of Johanna Gtdsk a. PGmind
II SaId 10 have been the most brilliant
Individual achievement vf the evening
LIlli Lehman sang the First Ld6y
n part which Milkl Ternlua had ia th"
famous revival by Maurice Grau Fri,di
Hempel sang the difficult mus,c - is,rn-
fon msn''. which prima dunulS shuu
nowadays. even when they arr iu the
hr-t flush Of youth She was nervous
In the delivery ~ parts - IN" muSir hut
distin g,Iished herself IN the second ARA
Leo Slezak made little impression ~
TdmiAO.
Franz Mikorev who took the pLlc.
OF Ernst Won Schuch as director manag.sl
~ provoke great enthusiasm during IN"
evening II seems that Won Schuch
was really too ~ q conduct tn. operas
although 10 was at first SUPPOSED that
hts absence was due 10 a disput. with
Nine Lehman. who rules thcsr per.
formanCe- With an iron hand She re-
fused O. let Nine S..mbriCh appear a.
Su'oHHrh and every detail # rhr festival
il regulated by her personal wishes
Whom ~ became known that Herr Won
SChuCh WAS also too ~ . tlka part M
the strauss festival az MUNICH a." r.t-
son for hIs retirement az SalSburg was
understood S,Rnor q" S"gUruh took
the place 81 Antonio S'Ytrl IN Don Gio-
vanni
Another festival fur travelling Amori-
cans vIs held IN Prds'J- hut % - doubt
ful " u app~aied ~ generally q" hon
IS IN" Mozart performance NJ she
Bohemian National rh.air" fr th. Itu-
herman capital a cycle II vI"ra- nv
Smet.tna Ner" sung Carl B4Ir.a.I. who
~ known ~ tins country. ANA Otto NaTLk.
a young Bohemian tenor who I- nos
singing the lyric roles AZ ,h, kumi-,h.
Op"r IN Berlin. N-r" IN" principal men
singers With the exception II Die
\erkau"fta BraUt. m. opera, ar -ca-c, s.
known hy name even ou'-d' u .hc'uIa
kts- The Secret IN. Devils Wal
-LIhussa The Two " dovs and
-Dalihor- were IN III. serves
This SIn-tana cyCl" was proceeded hv
All Italian festival IN Prague ~ whl,U
IN" golden yuic~d Fly1ra d" i!Ida!gp
Appeared under tho direction - Arturo
N.gna 81" sang RosuHd New Nrrk"--
still rememt-r What II sounded Ike
The Richard strauss Festival a. Munich
-.."fu- - have proved less artrigtlN" -.
~" touring Americans thau - pro-
motors .NDsgt.d A. the Performance. ~
an TNsHFh heaFa AZ l...Hr
and ~ - ~ not until -fl-ktra- wa- react 81
that Their" really was III. kind - audience
IN" directors looked FOR Edwin Walker
carried of the individual honorS - ths
strauss festival hy her appearances IN both
-Salome- and -ElektTa
Enricn CarI-o l. to sing a German
r'la m Germany for tho first tam" DUNG
MA engagement in Berlin neat month
u. will appear ~ LOAD ~ Martha
Tn" rest 81 the company az the. ROYAL
Opera Huus. all sing ~ I"rmau Fri.-ia
H"m,--i j. - - To" N1y'ho Another
German Nur'ha. Nv family nam" lo..'il"r-
Burrk harit. who i,ni- -ucc-S- wherever
81" go..- I'D" of 'hi. country haz
Just h....u hDnorrd with q medal ny 'r...
Grand DuDe Il >aN" NrImar
Berlin has never hoard pr,rirIs IA
Roh"iv"' -aE" for ~. r"vr--..ufatl,r-
given "A few YEAR ago hy the opera ...,,r-
pauv from >'.''Ear' FDur v.A-- axe.
Mn" ~.Whrirh wanted 200 prp!ur,. TIA
work there ~Iir .u Italian rpfrrary
Including B"nrr AuWr.GI ana others
hU' III" Ir'Glultlv" rryrl'l-- mad" u
out - 10" question. Nov Mana iaNia
who fa- mated berlin Vi'h hoy Tosgll
- 20 appear A. 'he shrinking ant poetic
hiUi' After that Mu.l-Frrran The.
Madonna of the I-W".,- d.. 'o H.. sung IA
H. Mi ! "A. l.
that l. -tul"n h"gaIs" Of ga" Jewels iu II
n. r"c"ut revival ~ -L',frirairn-
~ 'ha Ih..'ra Iyrilu" Tor ~" benefit
Of Mn" litNiur". v u seems To- II. one.
81 tn. few dramatic sopranos IT ~" day
fond q singing th. ~'!' ~ S,'kr. has
brought out tn protest usual wh"n"vnr
Scribe and Never ba"r'- opera i revived
there. Va .co dI GGuu. m" nero. after
having delighted IN N" -ooi"ty e IN.
African maiden goes away and leaves
her 49, d"sola'- and heart broken that she
eat, ~ ~" deadly maErhIn,-'l ire. The
present head IT tn" family ~ ia CANA
j. French Countess. who protests against
THIS representation 81 her ancestor. Just
as her ancestors did when IN. work was
sung first
test was tho "F-CtuAl effort 10 stop IN.
performance - Les Contas Il Hoffman,
at the Royal Opera House in Berlin a
quarter ~ century ago. Although
HoImann's character was we'll known,
the protest ~ his family succeeded m
having IA" work removed from th.
of m. Royal Opera Hous.
" hen u Was announced thrrc. although
the opera was s,Ibrel u"ntly sung IN "a
smaller hous" II - t. D." hoped that
there will h.. no descendants q IioW
pinksrfOH u Madame butterfly 10
oppose the performance q that work IA
futur. wears
Raoul Pugno IL making an opera ont
~ Gabrielle e. AnnunziO's play Ia CHA
Aort.- Wilhelm Ki.nIl ~ writing his
first opera SINCE Der Fvang"limann
MargI.ris. sylvia will sung in London
With the Bsechan Company NJ CoVenr
Garden befor" her return Co this country -,
Narie KousnIetzof. ia" Russian soprano
v ho IL 10 sing at the Metropolitan Opera
HOUSE during AndreaS Dipprl's French f,
season, has Just appeared a. the heroir. !
n tho Puocini -Nanon T,escaut" at Cuvert
Garden. Riccardo Martin Fang Dee !