Show SHARPS SHARPS AND FLATS jWilliam j jWilliam I William r a P tenor ith 7 s roles rie hn wig been making a sena lion tion In fl opera at Vienna Tho IM a orchestra In Chicago has hu Med nd th tha season lOOn without a II to Jw I the rat great at of those who i hIe v n called cal upon In the iw pt t to Wt pIt up for the nn arM Italian enthusiasm over U IJ by the following Hint from HII iro In Lv torp Grant ham An n inn 11 1 n filled tho th I U Ii l I while an orchestra uno Im M r ml r il i ilie Tha 11 overture RId arid a L II Il Ill I phony it t lh Un n howled Itself tIr lr hoarse r the this and nd th the eh of or Wagner atner compelling the c inductor to repent repeat re t each of them he lad Lall rendered them th m nobly and after fter the to Die DI remained to t I recall him hAlf a dosen time times with cries of ot The coming convention of Ot the Na lation of ot piano Ilano JIa Dealers of nf n America which mete meet at t Richmond Vs Va a May IlL mark a i nw new epoch In III the history of ot the association an u for forthe forthe the th nr t time an n exhibition In Ic I to be held In connection with the th convention More than 10 M manufacturers have hav al ni already ready nady arranged to exhibit their prod products prodUcts Till This will undoubtedly prove proe pro of great educational value aa as the public will be Invited to attend at certain hours hour and ami view vie at c tie range the corn com value of or many of the th new newe t Instrument assembled ambled under one roof Edyth Edth Walker the American ha has hall l been en sentenced In Rerun Berlin to pay a atine tine nfl of ot In a libel action brought by Hermann Ours Our hr her Impresario In con connection co with the th part of or In I Aida Alda Herr Oura lur thought her hr real resI rN in unsatIsfactory and Ml MIs Walk r hi his hili criticism lm a all as noneen on claptrap The judges judge Jud based d their decision on the th assumption that thai II it was WR the th defendants defendant object to ex expose x pose poe po the th manager maiser to ridicule Mia MI Walker offered to 10 prove thit Ours auras Instructions Instruction deserved the th description she he applied hut but the court refused oiled to hear beer her hl evidence Ther are r two things which many ol want ant to know particular particularly ly Iy says av II the th N Y loat It was wa an announce flounced a few fw days dya ago ao 0 prin principal cipal pal singers In ra at t the Manhattan among them Renaud I almore Dalmor and had been boorn tak taken taken en rn over by hy the tit Metropolitan compan company and an would be heard beard In this city and nd in Chicago and Philadelphia How oft n ii will New Nw York hear hr them That I Ione la ii laon one on of the ih questions question One think thing I Ia certain tain tal Maurice Maurie will be heard In Thais Thill Tales Tale of or Hoffman Don DonGIovanni GIovanni and nd probably also 1110 RIn letto It If the th director are re wise they thy will wilt also give win him a chance chan to appear as all Wolfram In and In the tM By fly t 1 i in iti n r Mine Mn f T the theM M in t titan hH nt III int la t found a wirth u ir r ti to I And AI I she h will Hill have huc hu th the valuable aalt 11 ance anci nc of or that great t popular favorite Mario Marlo Altogether It seems eema m likely that the th next season peason n will prove proe the th mot most brilliant on record The Th other Important question l lii 10 win Will Mme Mm again be a mem mm member her ber of or th Metropolitan company Her appearance HS as Isolde IBOld was wall one of 01 the th few occasions occasion during durin the th past at seaon aloOn when the speculator naked asked a premium on their tickets Mh I is III still Incomparable able hl In the th dramatic Wagner rolfF rol nor has any ny one on surpassed her hr In InAlda Aida Alda and nd Olond or In Faust at ator or II Il Trovatore Of 01 all American singers singer she he ha ha reached the th highest summit In musical art rt Charles W Tamme an n American tenor just Juat returned from a protracted course of 01 study tudy abroad says say aya he h heard comparatively few genuine artists artist In Italy Although he It Is I willing to admit that the th educational l facilities there arc air probably the beat In still the th finished artist usually shakes hk the dust dut of fIr Italy from his hi feet rt and nd hips hies hi to the continent where h the financial returns turn aro more worth trying for rot There Th Is I no money mon In Italy Itly for the th singer Inger said ald Mr Tamme Tamm and while there Is I a surfeit of grand rand opera It Is I Inot not of 01 the highest standard The Th pet per performances of 01 the th Philadelphia Operatic wl ty t are vastly superior to many man that I attended In Milan Naples and nd other Italian clue cities tI tIone one me thins thing thin that Impressed me un unpleasantly pleasantly was wa the th system of or offering o rin artists their start Almost any an Amer Amr American fran ican oan ringer einer can It n secure lurr an engagement In Italy Hilly If Ir he be h pay the th price rie Their Thle Is I a concern In Naples Nap known knon as a the th International Agency which made m me tue thu offer For 20 franca franc I wa to the place 11 for my debut one per performance only 01 For francs franc I could make lUk two twit h appearances a After that I Iwas Iwas was to tn tu sing In a month three operas opera a ak week k for no pay ay I 1 might get pt M JO or 40 francs a month after that providing I wits was w lucky For Por or a contract of live five years yr I would have to pay IS II per cent of or my salary Ial white while I remained In Italy Haly HI 20 II per cent on the continent and 25 per cent fOnt If it I sang In America In addition atlon to this the critics critic the th claque Cl lu luth the th prompters and the tae stage t hands hand would uld expect to be br remembered |