The sun., 1910-06-26
SLEXAK DIsAPPOENTS VIENNA.


SLEZAK DISAPPOTNTS VIENNA,
EHect Of American Nigh sAlarssa-Opsrs
Festivals At Nsunlch.
Vienna. after waiting long to listen "a
Leo Slszak. its favorite tenor. has found
that bis Appearances at the Imperial
Opera House do not afford anything like
the pleasure they promised. Il h said
that the tenor carefully saves bis voics
when he does appear. prefers 70 sing a
private concerts for which he receives
much larger sums than the court Opern
house can pay. reports sick At the opera
and remains entirely Indifferent TO the
threat that he will lose his post in the In
periAl Opera House unless he eXhibitu
more interest in his Appearances.
All protests are received by N. SleGAk
with composure and he has not failed Ia
intimate to the authorities Of the opera
house thai he is willing 10 retire whenever
they desire his resignation. The high
salaries Of the United States make the
stars Indifferent to what the opera houses
Of Europe offer them. Mary Garden. for
instance. receives at the Grand Opera in
Paris about one-hfth Of what she Is to g.,
next year with the Chicago Opera Com.
pany.
II Oscar Hammentein wants 10 he an
impresario in Germany one Of the foremost
opera houses might receive him. The
Lsipaic Opera House is advertising for
manager because iis former director.
Robert Nolknerr. has just been released
to take the direction Of the S,adt Theater
in Frankfort The director has the serv-
ices Of the Gewandhaus orchestra Of
eighty-seyen players, he gets his electric
light free. the city pays for half the new
costumes and scenery and gets half the
profits after the lessee has taken out
S7.2OO a. his profit In case Of a deficit
the city pays its share a. well a. the i'm
presario.
Felix WeinEartnsr has just produced
Golimrrk.s opera -GoetE Won Berichin-
GER with ~ much success that Gustav
Mailer. VINO GecliEed the work and thus
hryteret biz retiremant from Vienna.
i Gveil teing blamed. Lucis Weidt.
who comes rext year to the Metropolitan
Opera House. made a great personal
success IN the opera and the music was
LralEet
Ha-s Taenzler. who il making almost
as much Of a sensation a. q tenor a. Frei-
erico iii az this time last season. Ia Just
noW al the Carlsruhe Opera House. where
Hermann lailOwker sang LefoTe he came
to the MetropOlitan.
M,r ich 10 the home Of most OF the 90
callet classic dancers who have recently
appe.re I on the horizon. IssiorA Duncan
began her career there. Rita Sacchstto
Il q Munich product and now there ia q
masculine classic DANCER from Munich
His name il Alexander SacharOH and
he has lust given the general public a
charcs 10 ~ JOY his art His hair 10 cut
straight across his brow in a bang and
falls down over his shoulders Il was
tie hack with a iillet that varied in ac-
coriance with the color Of the dFaperies
he wore He was accompanied In his
pOsinEr by the music Of a string quartet
and harp. Munich u serious. 20 nobody
said -Oh splash
10 soon A. the Richard Strauss festival
has come 70 an end IN Munich the Wagner
and Mozart perfOTmances will begin
The Mozart operas a. the Residerz Thea
ire this year are TO he Don Giovanni
on july q and September S. The Mar
riage Of Figaro on August = and Sep
temher Z. -RAstien and Bastienne- and
DE Rntfuehrung aus dem Serail- on
August is. with Cost fan Tutte- on August
p and Titus on August n In the last
ramei opera the famous Munich CON
tralto. Marie Preusch Matzenauer. who
IL sAid 10 he the legitimate Successor
Of Nine SchumAnn-Heink, will have the
leaiing role
The Wagner operas for the festival
this year are 10 he Tristan und Isolde
Die Feen.- Die MsistsrsinRer- and
three CYCLES of the NibelunRen Ring
Anton van ROoy. Ernst Krauss. Dr.
Won Bary. Dr. Brieaemeister and IaIcie
Weidt of Vienna are 60 he among the
singers from other cities who will assist
the Munich company.
Berlin is next year 10 hear Rossinis
"TanCTed' which has not been revived
there IN years The CON poser wrote the
work for the Fenioe when hs was but n.
The Opera COmidue in Paris has lust
produced Gabriel Piernes musical YER
sion of De Mussst's "On ne badine pas ayec
rAmour' with great SUCCESS The lead
ING role u sung by Mile Chsnal and a
critic observes that II she only sang IN
French with an English accent she would
he acclaimed a great ParisiAn singer.
Such IA the fear Of the American invasion.
The new scenery bought by the man
ayers of the Grand Opera for Faust
cost e5s .OoO. While the mounting ~ -Mnnna
Wanna cost 81 s0O and -GoaterdAn-
merunR- amounted 70 9is. .S00
Eleanor De Cisnerns has been Gin ring
IN Florence and added OytrNdd IN -Tohan-
grin 70 her repertoire. When ahs FstuTna
10 this country next year she will make
her first appearance In aoDranO roles
singing SdHfvssa and 0fooOnda She sang
MadeloR In Andrea Cheniep' last winter