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Show I Madame Olpa Sumaroff lias about taehcu tho cud of her sensou, ivhicli J-been most successful . from, cverv-aint cverv-aint of view. By Uio end of April tifwill lmve played sixty times, winch" lien more tban she hud expected, and 'would have been easy for her to have iffcased this number of concerts, be-info be-info she was unafolo to accept' all the n'cDCcmcnts offered her. In April sho lirs with the Knoisel Quartette in few York and Chicago, and gives a fober of recitals in the Middle West. expects to sail for Europe in ihu Ifadercwski plans to sail for Europe tlhc Kaiser Wilhclm dcr Grosse from Hf York on Tuesday, May u. Ilis it appearance in this countiy -will bo ,;the Plaza hotel in Now York, whoro AwillplaV at a concert to be given for t?benefit of the Music Settlement as-ciatibn as-ciatibn of that city. Three years ago was' to have played for this cause, l.iwis prevented from doing bo bv tho ajcing up ho received in a railroad ac-lent-' which happened to him at the -"wid of his tour. Jfc -will give about Ifteon concerts in the month of April, isd the really last concert of his tour fill bo in Allontown, Pa., on April 28. - w- ?'0car Straus saya that in Vienna the iiiblic now insists upon having a good tory with its musical comedies, and hit if Ihey had to choose between one i issical comedy with good music and d book, and 'another with good book hr, td had musiu, they would vote for the '3Ji ittor- every time n good book mean-QLi mean-QLi iff, according to his definition, not only 9i right lines and picturesque situations, iit a-definite story that insists on keep-hk keep-hk itself in sight. Ho says frankly he i oesn't think English autliors can write tircttos as good as those "made in jyi ricnna " He has finished an act and half of a new light opera, "Didi," cj-, a book of .no less a personage than ca rdou. and has begun work on a musi-r'jj, musi-r'jj, al Eetting for "Bernard Shaw's "Arms ad. the Man," which ho thinks pro-, pro-, j idfs an ideul libretto for a light opera. . i "Well, musical comedies in England j ire not necessarily made in tho heights its Parnassus, A friend of tho writer's sjj. ray. called up by telephone three, days. jkoyind .asked it' he had a musical comfy com-fy iy up his sleeve. Tho .man at tho jjjj tnc'r end of the telephone was a man-'y man-'y gcr wlio wanted one, and wanted it j nick. My friend promptly responded A. hat ho would be down with one next ay. and thereafter doviscd a scenario ii b hc spot. The cagor manager lis- Sncd to it next day and pronounced it 5 o'od. He was enthusiastic. "But. 61d!'" said he, "this won't do for our 3Ji P''odiieUdn. although it will be just Mh6 tliing'for the piece after the first. $B-"Why not?" asked tho librcttiest. sfdh'Ht' contains quite n now idea." said avKp-niaiineer. "and that would never do ; fora first production by a new mnuagc-tf! mnuagc-tf! hent." tsfi - 4 " :,br Eor the benefit of the many confer-iTa confer-iTa MA visitors to' tho city, who had not pi opportunity of attending the music tip tstival held during last, week tho man-' jn jjenient hns decided to hold anothor sos-a'i sos-a'i Ton, which will occur at the Tabor-"nji Tabor-"nji ijcle Monday niglit. Tho cutiro house :i fjll-bo thrown open to the public at Jpcl (ppular prices, which, aside from the ar-' ar-' iatic part of the programme,' assures j., Jnrgo attendance. "The Wedding L 'cast" will be given entire, with 3 7 ' I .1. Brines in the solo tenor pan. Mr. Brines, during his residence in Salt Lake, has gained a name for his artistic singing. Ho has proven his ability- as an artist. Salt Lake lovers of music will recall tho excellent singing of Mr. Brines at. a recent concert of our own Symphony orchestra at tho theater they are eager now to hear him in the large Tabernacle. The other soloists Monday night will bo Horace S. Ensign, En-sign, our favorito baritono; .1. .T. Mc-Olellan, Mc-Olellan, Utah's great organist, and Miss Edna Evans, the ever popular soprano of the Salt Lake Opera company. The entire singing forces of both the Tabernacle Tab-ernacle choir and tho Festival chorus will tako part, besides also the Juvenile ehoir. .Several of tho most beautiful selections from the "Golden Legend", will be given. Following is the programme: pro-gramme: PART I. 1. Chorus, "O Te Valleys ami Mountains" Stephens - "Tho Lost Chord" Sullivan Juvenllo Choir. (Exchange of Choir Statins'.) PART J). The Complete Work, "Hiawatha's TVeddinp: Feant".S. Colorldce-Taylor Festival Chorus, Mr. M. J. Brtnos (tenor), and Mr. J. .. McCIellan at tho Orcan. PART nr. 1. "Hosanna." Grelner Mr. Horace S. Ensign. r 2. (a) "When Cupid Comos" (by request) re-quest) White (b) "June" Mrs. Bench Miss Edna Kvnntf. 3. (a) Excerpts from "Mission". .Thomas (b) Old Melody (arranged by performer) per-former) Mr. J. J. McCIellan. (. (a) "Mother o' Mine" T-ohr (b) "The Little Irish Girl'.' Spohr Mr. M. J. Brines. I PART TV. SeJocUonc from the "Gold Lcjrcnd".. Sullivan 1. Chorus. "Evening Hymn" 2. Solo and Chorus. "The Night Is Calm" S. Chorus. "O Pure In Heart" 4. Chorus. "God Sent Ills Messengers" Messen-gers" Miss Edna Evans, soloist; the-' Combined Choruses of the Tabernacle Tab-ernacle Chojr and the Festival Chorus. Evan Stephens, conductor; .T. .1. Jlc-Clollnu, Jlc-Clollnu, orsnnlst and accompanist; Frod C. Graham, manager. . The 4 now Manhattan opera house, which it was predicted would give New York a surfeit of opera, bccms to have bad the opposito effect. New York is opera mad, and in this season of financial fin-ancial depression, when the regular theaters the-aters have had difficulty in attracting audiences, both opera houses have, as a rule, been crowded. Tho amount of money paid for opera this season is I likelv to exceed the total of last year by more than .."OOjOOO. More than 15,000 people each week have visited each opora houso. "While it is not possible pos-sible nt this time to secure- exact figures, fig-ures, it is estimated that tho total amount paid into tho two opera houses this season will bo in tho neighborhood of $2,000,000. Last, season tho Metropolitan Metro-politan books showed that $1.00(5.770.20 had been taken in at the box office, and tho new Manhattan books showed a total to-tal of $7o0,000. Mr. Hanimerstoin s outlay hud been so great that ho barely paid "expenses. This season, however, it is likely that he will mako a few thousands, although until January, when "Louiso" was produced and Mme. Tc-trnzzini Tc-trnzzini appeared on the horizon, his lo6scn amounted to $10S,000. Since thou ho haa had an almost unbroken succession succes-sion of crowded houses. In many ways it costs more to give opera at the Metropolitan, Metro-politan, as tho company is larger, and includes an extra sot of singers for tho German music dramas, but. on the other hand, Mr. Hammcratcin has spent moro moncv on new productions. The company" com-pany" at the Mctropolitau is so largo that many of the singers aro paid for a large number of performances which they never sing. , There arc no more clever musicians ! and composors than can bo found among the royal families of Kuropc. The Czar i of Russia plays the violin and has com-I com-I posed music for that instrument. The i German Emperor prefers to work on part songs, but there is hardly a branch of music he has not touched. Only recently re-cently he wielded the baton in directing sonic' performances for charity. King Potor of Servia composed the national battle song and onco gavo piano lessons. The Grand Duke Michael of Russia composed com-posed tho famous "Influenza March" and a number of other pieces. Love songs aro tho specialty of the Archduko Frederick of Aijstria. Ho also plays on five instruments. Prince Frederick Ileinrich of Prussia 5s another member of fho royal family who is the author of many compositions. composi-tions. ' Princess Henry of Batlenbcrg has written many songs and pieces for the piano. Tn addition to composing songs, Princo Frederick Wilhclm of Prussia plays tho violin and "collo. Prince Nicholas of. Greece plays the flute and has composed a symphony for the pipes. Tho favorito composition of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg is "Floatin" by Night Down the Moselle." Waltzes and-comic and-comic songs aro reeled off quite frequently b' Prince Joachim of Prussia. |