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Musical Courier 1902-01-29: Vol 44 Iss 1140, 1902
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1tenor—but again and always supported by "Peter the Strong." More anon.
3At least twelve to fifteen of the principal opera houses in different cities of Italy were not opened this carnival season, among them being several of the royal theatres. At Rome the Royal Argentina remained closed, while the Costanzi opened with "I Maestri Cantori" ("Meistersinger") of Wagner, an absolute novelty for that city. "Tristan and Isolde" will also be given there. The San Carlo at Naples opened with "Lohengrin." At Florence the Royal Pergola remained closed; the Teatro Verdi producing Puccini's "La Bohème." The Carlo Felice at Genoa brought out "La Regina di Saba" of Goldmark. At Turin the Teatro Regio was not open, and the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele, completely renovated, was inaugurated with Verdi's "Aida." The large Royal Fenice at Venice remained closed; while the Rossini Theatre presented "Aida" and the Theatre Goldoni the opera "Mignon."
5Signora Adelaide Ristori, the famous Italian actress of bygone days, now living at Rome as the Marquise Carpanica del Grillo, will celebrate her eightieth birthday on January 28. Many of the Italian theatres are preparing special entertainments for the occasion. The committee in charge of the affair includes Ermete Novelli as the president, the Mayor of Rome, Eleanora Duse, Virginia Marini, Virginia Reiter, Tina di Lorenzo, Tommaso Salvini, Gustavo Salvini, Ermete Zacconi, Flavio Andò and many other theatrical and influential names.
7"With so many people, why not succeed?" remarks Editor Franco Fano in his journal, Il Mondo Artistico, "the same as for Bellini!"
9The Art Association of Rome, which calls itself by the high sounding title of "Society of Lovers of and Workers in Art," has formed a committee to promote an exhibition in "black and white," to be held in March in conjunction with the International Congress of History. The head of the committee is the Cavaliere Vitalini, an artist who gained high honors at the Venice Exhibition through his revival of colored etchings. The exhibits will be from celebrated artists of all nationalities.
11Miss Cora L. Follen, an American young lady from St. Louis, Mo., recently made a very successful début in Italy at Aqui. She is a dramatic soprano, and received her vocal training under Mme. Torrigi-Heiroth at Geneva, Switzerland. Miss Follen is now in Milan negotiating with various impresari for other engagements. The lady is what Italians would call "graziosa e simpatica."
13That excellent pianist and good musician, Signor Giuseppe Martucci, of the Licco Musicale, of Bologna, has received from the Minister of Instruction, Signor Nasi, the offer to assume the directorship of the Neapolitan Musical Institute. Maestro Martucci has the matter under advisement, and, while the proposition is a flattering one, he may accept conditionally only.
15It is said that Signora Eleonora Duse, the celebrated actress, is peculiarly nervous. When she is not at rehearsals, or acting, she spends her time in perfect rest. She sees no one except old friends, and only a few of these. A lady companion arranges her journeys and engages her rooms in the hotels. This companion sees that Duse's rooms are at the back of the hotel, and that, if possible, they look out on a garden. The actress cannot bear street sounds and sights. The furnishing of her rooms is important. There must be no pictures or busts; nothing to disturb her highly wrought aesthetic sensibilities. Everything must be scrupulously clean, severe and quiet.
17Mrs. Eleonora de Cisneros, perhaps better known and remembered in New York as Eleanore Broadfoot, last month made a successful operatic first appearance in Italy at the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele at Turin, in the role of Amneris ("Aida"), and of whose performance very favorable notices were written at the time. The lady has since sung in several repetitions of the opera.
19"One of the most amusing incidents," says the London Truth, "connected with the conference of musicians, just held in London, was the glorious disgust of one of the attendants at the Hotel Cecil. This worthy functionary, temporarily taken off his duties of waiting upon South African milords and the aristocracy of the United States, declared that musicians were funny people, and—lifting up the palms of his hands—that they actually wandered in the evening through the corridors of the hotel smoking short pipes."
21(How peculiarly "English" this sounds.)
23Some days ago was inaugurated the telephone line between Milan and Paris, and the first conversation over the wire was between Signor Galimberti, Italian Minister of the Post and Telegraph Service, and M. Millerand, the French Minister of Commerce.
25In the course of his message to the French Minister, Signor Galimberti said that Italy was pleased to have this new means of communicating with France. Both nations were strongly united by ancient bonds of affinity, sympathy and common aspirations.
27Italy, the statesman continued, was proud of having contributed her share to this step of progress, enabling her now to fraternize with the nation which first aroused liberty. M. Millerand's reply was in the same sense, the Minister referring in hearty terms to the friendship of the two nations. The conversation lasted twenty minutes.
29The line measures 950 kilometres—570 miles.
31A good part of the American colony here assembled, by invitation, at the residence of the United States Consul, Hon. William Jarvis, and Mrs. Jarvis to celebrate the "fine" of the old year and the "principio" of the new—to see the old year out and the new one in.
33It was a very pleasant gathering and an evening, musically and socially considered, worthy of remembrance. Among the American singers present were Mrs. Jennie E. Cushman, the Misses Drusilla Marx, Marcia Craft, Florence Dillon, Graham Bradshaw, Norma Rockhold, H. Langdon Flint, Mr. and Mrs. Griffith Coit, the hostess and the host, besides the writer. In the party were also Mrs. Marx, Mrs. Craft and many others.
35The musical program was an entirely improvised one, and consisted of a number of songs selected from the library of Mrs. Jarvis, all delightfully interpreted, with Miss Rockhold presiding at the piano.
37An enjoyable buffet supper was served, which culminated in the brindisi or health drinking to the President and the United States. Long may they live and gloriously!
39DELMA-HEIDE.
41LATER.—A telegram just received from Budapest announces that the young violinist Stef Geyer, who is billed to give her third concert in Milan the 15th inst., is suffering from an attack of influenza. The concert will be postponed to some future date.
43DELMA-HEIDE.
45FLORIZEL'S NEW YORK DEBUT.
47"FLORIZEL," the American boy violinist, who makes his New York début at Carnegie Hall with the Paur Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday evening, February 4, is a veritable "lion of the hour" in Washington, where he is captivating many of the great officials. Florizel is a protégé of Secretary and Mrs. Gage.
49Florizel's recent tour in Switzerland, Norway and Sweden created a furore; his repertory included compositions of Bach, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Vieuxtemps, Wieniawski and Paganini.
51The following is a copy of Secretary Gage's letter sent to a number of his personal friends in New York:
53TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
54WASHINGTON, January 22, 1902.
56My Dear Sir—I want to interest you in the boy and in the début performance which is referred to in the inclosed.
58Kubelik is not the peer of this boy, either in his present attainments or prospective power. Florizel is a genius—a wonder. He is a Mozart in music, and his other qualities can make him a Macaulay in letters, a Huxley in science or a Garrick on the stage. This sounds large, but it is true.
60I knew him when he was four years old. He then read books fluently, wrote a fair hand, spelled correctly and played on his toy violin, reading music from the score at sight. He graduated last June from the German conservatory with the highest marks for the violin and piano musical composition and harmony. He is an American boy. He is a sure "winner," but you can help give him a good start, and success in New York is, of course, of the first importance.
62I hope you will be glad to do this by going yourself and stirring up your society friends. I know you will be glad if you do. Please believe me, and don't forget. Sincerely yours,
64(Signed) L. J. GAGE.
66OHIO ARTISTS IN NEW YORK.—Recent issues of the Sunday Commercial Tribune and of the Ohio State Journal, both of Cincinnati, published pages devoted to prominent Ohio musical artists who have achieved eminence in the metropolis. Mrs. Hadden-Alexander heads the list, with a good likeness and special mention of her far reaching and successful work here, while others pictured are Arthur Mees, Mrs. De Moss, Robert Hosea, Henrietta Weber, Oley Speaks, Cornelia Dyas and her sister, the violinist; Harold O. Smith, and others. Mrs. Hadden-Alexander gave a piano recital in Manchester, Vt., January 21.
68HASTINGS' "FOR LOVE OF YOU."—George B. Wick, baritone, one of the artist-pupils of J. Harry Wheeler, has incorporated Hastings' popular song, "For Love of You," in his repertory, and sings it with ever increasing success. These Hastings songs are all extremely sympathetic and singable, and with playable piano parts, so that there is a growing demand for them.
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