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Musical Courier 1909-09-15: Vol 59 Iss 11, 1909
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1of his luminous, lucid and sane readings, supported by his transcendental technic.
3The abandonment of the tour opens up many dates that had been closed or reserved for Rosenthal and will upset certain concert arrangements. Those who have the best artists to offer will get these Rosenthal dates and he will, in the meantime, play in many of the larger cities of Europe.
5Wüllner.
7It is not safe to accept American rumors for publication from this side but I learn from inside opera sources that Hammerstein has made an arrangement for six nights for Wüllner at $1,000 each and that he has engaged Busoni for three Sunday nights at $1,000 each. These artists will pack the Manhattan Opera House. The engagements again illustrate that Oscar Hammerstein has the intuition of public taste; that he knows exactly how the musical pulse beats and that he is determined to give artistic material to his patrons.
9I have also received through a musical bureau here which seems to be in close contact with Metropolitan Opera House affairs, although it has no business relations with it at all, the following circular:
11METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.
12New York.
13August 20, 1909.
14Have you considered any of the following Metropolitan artists for your October bookings? If not—communicate at once with
15FRANCIS C. COPPICUS.
17OLIVE FREMSTAD,
18who is associated in the minds of music lovers throughout the United States with such operas as "Parsifal" and "Tristan und Isolde." Her recent success in the May festivals has also brought her prominently before concertgoers.
20FRANCES ALDA,
21the Australian prima donna, whose singing in "Faust," "Manon" and "Falstaff," has been highly praised, and much notice given to her charming appearance. Her beautiful soprano voice is heard to great advantage in concert.
23JANE NORJA,
24who will be one of the Metropolitan prima donna sopranos next season, and who has been engaged in sing in "Tosca," "Aida," etc. Her attractive personality and beautiful voice are known to both European and American audiences.
26BERNICE DE PASQUALI,
27an American coloratura soprano, who succeeded Madame Sembrich after her farewell appearance at the Metropolitan Opera House, in such operas as "Traviata," "Lucia" and "The Marriage of Figaro."
29RITA FORNIA,
30the California dramatic soprano, whose praiseworthy rendering of Leonora in "Trovatore," to Signor Caruso's Manrico, brought forth the most flattering criticisms. She has also been very successful in concert work.
32RICCARDO MARTIN,
33our foremost American tenor, who has successfully rivaled artists of international fame. His great talent was recognized and appreciated last season, both in opera and concert.
35PASQUALE AMATO,
36the first Italian baritone who has won immediate success at the Metropolitan Opera House since Mr. Scotti's debut. His splendid voice, pleasing appearance and ability to sing in three languages attract in concert as well as in opera.
38ANDREA P. DE SEGUROLA,
39a favorite basso with the New York public, who has been engaged by the Metropolitan Opera Company. An excellent voice and attractive personality have made him a popular concert artist.
41Mr. Kahn.
43In connection with this it may be appropriate in view of certain American newspaper articles, to reiterate that Mr. Otto H. Kahn is in no wise responsible for the Metropolitan Opera affairs so far as the actual running of the Opera is concerned. There are two directors, Mr. Gatti-Casazza and Mr. Andreas Dippel, assisted by Mr. C. P. Centanini, and these three gentlemen are the men who are conducting the affairs of the Metropolitan Opera Company; they are responsible, especially the first and second; they are the chiefs, they are the contractors, they are the dispensers and no one else. Mr. Kahn's interest, like those of all of the Board of Directors, is purely academic, and he has no relation with the Opera itself or its productions or its data. For these reasons he is not able to declare himself on any controversial matters connected with any phases of the Opera; these matters belong to Mr. Dippel and to Mr. Gatti-Casazza and by this time more to the former than to the latter, who is gradually permitting himself to become eliminated.
45Queer Accident.
47An automobile accident occurred last week near Kissingen which seems to have been overlooked by the papers, although they are constantly exposing these matters. The Russian prima donna, Maria Kusnietzow, a member of the Imperial Opera, St. Petersburg, who had just returned to Kissingen for a cure after having been called to Cowes during the presence there of the Czar to sing to Royalty, went on an automobile outing from Kissingen to Rothenberg, talking her seven year boy and her maid. On the return, in the evening, the automobile crashed into a horse and wagon, at Reichelshofen, the driver having neglected to light his lamps. The horse mounted the automobile and passed one leg each on the front and back of the boy and before it could raise itself the mother had pulled the child out of its precarious position, pulling it to the other side. Meanwhile the wounded animal in its fright lifted itself and again pitched forward, striking the maid and breaking her ribs. It then fell and had subsequently to be killed. The maid was taken to a villa and the latest accounts of her condition are favorable. The most remarkable part of the accident is the escape of the boy, who had not as much as a scratch, while the prima donna and chauffeur seated on the other side also escaped.
49The engagement of Marie Delna by the Metropolitan Opera House has not yet been definitely published, but it is a definite fact, the papers having been signed.
51The Metropolitan Opera season in Chicago is for the whole of the month of April and Italian opera is to prevail to a greater extent. It has been found to draw far better than the German, and this is not only the case in Chicago. We may as well candidly admit the facts. There is also a project on foot to take the Boston Opera Company to Chicago.
53BLUMENBERG.
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