Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-12-29 | Page 2 | Mascagni is out of Covent Garden

mm is OUT OF COVENT GARDEN I Iris and Arnica Amica Arica His Two New Operas to Be Put on in New York COMPOSER SUPERSTITIOUS Mme Calve He Considers a Living Mascot Who Brings Success 1 I Republican Special Service Service Dec Dee S. Musical London Is nl ot oneo regretful an and mystified over tIme the the announcement that a split has imas taken jaken place between Mas- Mas V and amid time the tle mann management rent of or Covent Co Garden opera house America merica will profit b by prof London's loss for not only Iris but Arnica Arica other now opera will wi 10 now go so to Now New c York instead Th split came in the time middle of ot ne ne- ne- ne between the maestro and antl Covent Co Garden a about out one of or these new operas Suddenly e cl everything was off or Covent Garden hind had written to Mas- Mas notifying him that tho the opera lr IW could not be produced if 11 ho he h In Intended to be bo present Various speculations spec spec- are arc made mado raJo as to tho time reason of or this amazing Incident but the oil ori clear clear- gin In yf of oC tile tho to trouble ha has nol aol been ma made e J Meanwhile Is b at al work on a n new Socialistic oJ opera cr which Is culled called The Time Harvest Feast Feast The music cale Is under the time composers composer's usual method which is to tb read and amid read re I the tho libretto until he lie is rear thoroughly ac ac- with wih ever every detail of plot and amid characterization to study particular ras passages a es until the they turn themselves Into music In his brain then at the piano to Jot down the melodies as the they c COnic come mc Not ot until hu ho has imas times thus a ma mas ls of material does doos time the tho composer begin to arrange the time opera In proper sequence sentience sequence Like most roost Italians Mascagni Is very cr superstitions and antI carries about with hIm him u mm perfect battery of oC charms and talismans Ono of his mascots Is a living 1 diva dt a Mino 10 Calve whom ho lie aJas al- al ways as ors endeavors to secure to sing slug in the production of his work because be- be cau cause c he believes es she Is an nn infallible magnet ct for fOI S I