| Show r SHARPS and nd FLATS 1 S is IH the idol ot of V opera sours goon Thu rho popular tenor had a 11 great greal ovation the other evening when he ho hoang sang ang for the last time before ills hIs de departure e for America After the tho last la l curtain the tho ovations were wre so cordial that he could hardly keep back Ills 1113 team teals and nil all he could say was Auf ohen When he got into his cab cah the was unhitched by I his admirers who drew lIre the thc conveyance cone ance to his hi residence l sl An Italian author named name Rovito the theother other othel day bought a book printed early enI in tho last century When hn he got ot homo and turned tho pages he cum across several letters written by hj Don Donizetti izetti They lh lire are dated Paris Novem November her ber 1811 and contain a detailed ac account count ot of the successful production prod at al atthe till the Theater ter de lIe la Ill Renaissance of his Among Ani ng other things Doni Donl Donizetti zetti boasts of having succeeded by h dint of many rehearsals In converting OI a company of n into inlo toler tolor tolerable able inGols He Ill Is gratified at the numerous offers that have come Ol lo to him hei won wun success arid UI 1 hopes he may soon be he able to pay pa his tor tormenting tormenting debts was the must most popular pl Com Composer om poser PUl I nt lit the Purls opera last season Ills operas sung lung iH H times Next came V with 42 performances anees Although Wagner agnel was boycotted In Paris until 1891 because b of lf his fool foolish foolIsh ish satire laUre The Tho Capitulation there have been more than s jv n hundred hUI performances of o hs 11 works at a I the op 01 opera era cm e that late date Ills His great gleat and persistent In Paris PaIls Is I the tho themore more i in III ot r the facts that few of oC the tho Parisian singers ara al that few of the Parisian are arc that the thO conductor tor oho is 1 of such great e t importance In these operas never has had beer been a 1 n expert lat latter latter ter respect a pleasant surprise Is In tore store for fOI the patrons of tho Grand Opera The directors have lule engaged Hans linns I to conduct co next June eight performances of or Valkyrie and Tristan This will bo be linn Hans ap as conductor con in Paris A few l v days before his liis death wrote 10 to the list first pages ot or what was wais to bo boI ii I book ho lc on The Iho Artof Art r Playing 1111 lIn Ho was wu not n t pleased sed with his ef of efforts forts threw the MS lIS into the fire file saying This Is rill all Such a task Is for a Ii not for one on Of OC us is He took tooh little care are of or himself during the last weeks ot of life and when a lL friend 1 remon reni h s h I I feel nj b t st Ing 8 su from a w of or the heart li rt which made a Viennese physician pro prophesy Ih sy lie I woUld l not i ot H ve to Ji boover 4 K years old old That physicians pr J H f prevented nl Anton ton j l i c Y by u marle Sarn i T i th DoO d S i l tIt arid ind continued to give ge con conc c corts r s In II courso ou o of time O francs and owned OIl cd a splendid at Gol I t oId IM Ll t Ii t d to t play l so escape Is P nty of rivalry bo I twee hut but It no longer 1 as assumes l forms as In In his pub published Musical I Memories HJ Mr Georgc P S lt t the groat war l which reached flom Chicago l Sal lio The two Iw singers wet Ir In the th same s J troupe Jun ono one of Maple s r and aUd wore Wele is of oC pach other un unwisely II wisely lV 1 h showing fa fn favors vors V I to r hOI vel would g til o 1 1 tapi ln s this fo HI cm n st she th same IO Ith h i O c cay ay G saw lost r J on It la g l amI bl hers lI 1 was IUS not found r und for f r two t l c days l d e l thal Gerster liall the lh ovil oJ arid nr d that tl l when they reached San sho shu would wo l probably pr bably s t UllI G got back h i f I h sl s w the l s I attl 81 ohse ir Iii 1 that thu t was wm no harm halm hi a 0 mans I g j a woman old ohl enough n u I to be his hl mother They no III ore hut 11 i l each ach nU I t from a distance nee cier Gehler name mme was mentioned Patti would 1 make tho o linger gel Sign Ign to avert and Ger Sll waa wali not slow In devising similar r of or displaying her tender re regard gard for COI Patti declared that the was lIa one Inc of or thy worst ho he had ed In a career arcel which ils as aR liable th to cyclonic disturbances as prairie |
