THE SUNDAY OREGONIAlsT, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 20, 1901.
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" Music II
THE GRAU OPERA SEASON
Calve, ScniljrlcJi. Barnes, and Other
Stars Headed Westward-List
of Operatic Koveltles.
The opening performance of the Mau
rice Grau grand opera company this sea
son took place In Albany, N. Y., October
1G, -when ".Lohengrin" was produced. Be
fore reaching: San Francisco, the company
"will make a long- tour which will include
engagements in Montreal and Toronto
where a state concert Is to be given in
honor of the Duke and Duchess of York
Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Louisville,
Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta, Birming
ham, New Orleans, Houston, and Los
Angeles. The company will remain in
San Francisco for three weelcs. and the
season at the Grand Opera-House prom
ises to be an unusually brilliant one. The
sale of season tickets is to open on Octo
ber 28, and the prices are to be the same
as last year, says the Argonaut.
Among the opera novelties will be "Wag
ner's "'The Melstersinger" and "Tristan
und Isolde," which have never been given
in San Francisco, with Gadskl and "Van
Dyck in the leading roles; Massenet's
"Manon' in which Sibyl Sanderson will
make her debut; "La Navarraise," with
Calve in the role which was written for
lier by Massenet; "Nozze di Figaro," with
a cast which will Include -Emma Eames,
Marcella Sembrich, Fritzl Scheff, Scotti,
Tavecehla, and Edouard de Reszke. The
other operas will be "Romeo and Juliet,"
"Faust," "The Huguenots," "Carmen,"
'AJda," "Othello," "La Travlata," "H
Trovatore," "Rigoletto," "Ernanl," "X.u
cia di Lammermoor." "Don Pasquale,"
"The Barber of Saville," "Cavallerla Rus
ticana," "LTagliaccl," "Lohengrin,"
"Tannhauser," "'Die "Walkure," and "Me
fistofele." No doubt this strong list of attractions
will draw many opera-goers from Fort
land southward.
From the complete list of singers and
operas which liave been announced, it
looks as If there could apparently be no
off nights. Neither Melba nor Nordica
will be heard here this year, but in their
place opera-goers will have Sibyl Sander
son, Emma Eames Story, and Emma
Calve, who are new to San. Francisco; .and
Marcella Sembrich, who scored a great
success there in her single performance
last year, when she was forced to dis
band her company owing to continued ill
ness. The other sopranos are Johanna
Gadskl, Suzanne Adams, Louise Reuss
Belce, Frltzi Scheff, and Mmes. Bau
melster and Van Cantern. The contraltos
are the same as before Mme, Schumann
Heink, Carrie Bridewell, and Louise Ho
mer. Albert Salcza, the popular French
tenor, will be missed this year,but he
is to be replaced by Emilio dl "March!,
who lias sung chiefly in Spain. Russia,
and Italy. The other tenors are Ernest
Van Dyck, Andreas Dlppel, Jacques Bars,
Thomas Salignac, Signor Vanni, M. 1(31
bert, and Albert Relss. The baritones are
David Blspham, Giuseppe Campanari,
M. Declery, M. Dufrlche, IM. Gilllbert,
Adolf Muhlmann, Antonio Scotti, and
Signor Tavecehla. Edouard de Reszke
will again head the list of bassos, which
includes Robert Blass, Marcel Journet,
Pol Plancon, and Signor Vlvlani. The con
ductors will be Walter Damrosch, P. H. J
ilon, ana -a. faepplui.
BEATRICE BARLOW DIERKE.
To Be Assisted by Paul Wcstinger at
Hcr Coming Recital.
On Tuesday, October 29, Portland peo
ple will have an opportunity of inform
ing themselves concerning the recent
work of Beatrice Barlow DIerke, whose
development is being studied with warm
interest by Portland music lovers. That
Mrs. DIerke is constantly gaining in
earnestness, and that rare and sympa
thetic intelligence of Interpretation which
can alone mark her as a true artist, will
be readily believed by all who know her
Quickness of apprehension, her unusual
powers of application, combined with a
really extraordinary memory and an am
bition that stops at no difficulty. The pro
gramme numbers she has selected are
worthy of her most daring efforts, as will
be seen by the following:
Sonata appassionato, op. 57 . Beethoven
Allegro assa.1; andante con mo to: allegro
ma non troppo.
"Eshat die Rose slch beklagt".. Robert Franz
"Ich Grolle JCicht" .........Robert Schumann
"Unter Bluehnden Mandelbanmen"
Charles DIerke
"La Nult" .............Alexander Glasonow
"Prophetic Bird" Robert Schumann
Pastorale .................. .Domenlco Scarlatti
"Music Box" ............Alexander Titadow
Marche milltaire ............ .Schubert-Tauslg'
Valse op. 60. No. 1....
Valse op. W, No. 1..
Etude op. 25, No. 9
Etude op. 10. No. 5..
....... Frederic Chopin
"Isolde's Death" (closing scene irom "Trls-,
tan and Isolde") ........... "Waener-listt
"Ecuard" Carl Loewe
"Tannhauser" overture Wagner-Liszt
MR. SAVAGE AND OPERA.
Castle Square Company Improving,
lint Still A'eeds Reform.
The merits of the Castle-Square Opera
Company, our only representative Ameri
can Company, always form a pleasant
HERRMANN,
topic for comment. The considerable ad- ,
vances made by Mr. Savage's Company i
since its inception four or five years ago
give encouragement to the American who
is ambitious to see his countrymen as
suming a place of actual importance in
American music. say6 the Concert-Goer, J
of October 5. The company now playing
jit the Broadway Theater, in this city,
is on the whole probably the most effi
cient one Mr. Savage has ever presented
to the public under the familiar name.
The fact Indicates that his management
has been generally wise and progres
sive, and that his promise to give the J
beat performances possible under the con- J
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ditions in which he is placed Is sincere.
"But there is need of reform In certain
directions, where Improvement seems
easily attainable. The glaring weaknesses
of the performances thus far given have
been attributable to the inefficient stage
management and musical direction, rather
than to lack of good material on the
stage. The deficiency of both departments
were borught into relief by the perform-!
ance of "Carmen" on Monday night. Mr.
Savage's stage manager is a man whose
knowledge of grand opera is apparently
derived from long and Intimate associa
tion with farce comedy and burlesque
"shows." Never before surely has New
York seen such a burlesque of the second
act of "Carmen" as was given Monday
night. It is said that this stage manager
prides- himself on his original methods,
but such originality would be better
placed in an Eighth avenue music-hall.
The same attaches to the musical' direct
or, who Is-of the sort one expects to see
In music IvaHs playing the piano with
one hand, while he waves a baton with
the other. Not to mention his interpola
tions and mutilations of the score, the
chorus and orchestra under his nerveless
and unmeaning beat are listless, lnaccur-
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ate and without distinction of any sort
That this latter evil at least Is reme
diable Mr. Savage himself proved on Tues
day night by placing a real conductor in
the chair. The change was so great and
so welcome that if the former director is
allowed to Return it will be "up to" Mr.
Savage to explain. The Castle-Square
Company is avowedly a training school
for future American opera-singers. With
this in mind one can pardon Immaturity,
or even ipcompetency in the singers for
the sake of the good intention which is
usually evident; but Mr. Savage owes to
these"" young students to provide for the
best possible guidance for their efforts,
lest the training on which they depend
so much be vicious rather than helpful.
Calve and the Shop Girls.
Calve, the great singer, who is now
traveling with the Grau company, is in
excellent health and spirits. She an
nounces her hope of giving New York
three new parts this season the title role
in De Lara's "Messaline," Valentine in
"Les Huguenots," and Salome In Mas
senet's "Herodiade." Her reappearance
in "Carmen," "La Navarraise," and prob
ably "Cavallerla," will also be welcomed.
Mme. Calve will open her season as Car
men, at Montreal.
A special to the New York World from
Paris, dated September 2S, just before she
sailed for America, says: Mme. Calve
was the heroine of a pretty manifestation
yesterday. While she was trying on
dresses In the parlors at Armand's, the
litter said:
"Madame has become known to our
workshops here, and the girls are crazy
to see you. If you knew how they wor
ship you, you would feel flattered."
Mme. Calve was exceedingly pleased,
and said:
"If I was sure that none but the people
of this establishment would be there, I
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would so and sing them something."
Thereupon M. Armand suspended work
for half an hour. Mme. Calve stepped
into the shop, and, without a piano, gave
a concert to 300 eager working girls, sing
ing selections from the operas of "Faust,"
"Romeo and Juliet." "and street ballads.
Then she asked what else they wished of
her.
When slje left no order could restrain
the whole establishment from crowding
the stairs and shouting: "Thanks! Good
wishes!"
Puccini and Mnscagnl. J
The news that Puccini and Mascagnl 1
may write an opera In collaboration, af
fords a vista of interesting possibilities,
says the Concert-Goer. Both of these
strenuous moderns have shown themselves,
capable of producing music which, at
least excites Interest. What may be the
result of their joint authorishlp It is
difficult to foretell. It should be original,
and mad, and -daring, and wholly excit
ing. Bauer, Not Paderevralci.
Harold Bauer has been engaged to
All all dates, arranged for Paderewski'B
tour of America this season, which has
been abandoned. Mr. Bauer will arrive
in New York December 20.
Sousa "Writing; a Novel.
Sousa has recently completed two new
marches. That's nothing; Sousa marches
are too common (in more than one .sense)
to excite Interest In the musical world.
But if it "be true that "he has written a
musical novel, ,we predict that musical
and literary circles are to be stirred to
their depths. The title contains a world
of suggestiveness "The Fifth String."
With characteristic modesty, Mr.' Sousa
H. WEST.
scorns to write of strings of which he
knows nothing, and directs his efforts to
a subject concerning which his knowledge
will not come Into dispute. Probably
Mr. Sousa knows as much about the- fifth
string as any living man. - v
Back From New Yorlc.
Marie Soule. 221 West Park street, has
returned from New York City, where she
has been pursuing her musical studies at
the Metropolitan College of Music under
Mr. Albert Ross Parsons (a pupil of Tau
slg's. Liszt's and Kullak's)." She has also
taken a full teacher's course in the Virgil
Clavier method under Mrs. A. Iv Virgil
and Mr. Virgil C. Gordon.
WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE
Another Protest Against Destruction
of Shade TreesC
PORTLAND, Oct. 19. (To the Editor.)
It is seldom I intrude upon your space
or the good nature of your readers, and
my apology for this is that I have no
ticed with regret a spirit of vandalism
springing up which, unchecked, may re
sult in denuding our city of its beautiful
shade trees, and I cannot permit the fos-
I tering of such a sentiment without filing
my earnest protest.
Those of your readers who" take a just
pride In our city who were fortunate
enough to have read a recent communica
tion from Professor Schiedt, of Franklin
and Marshall College, Pa., in. The Ore
gonian. could-not but -have felt highly
gratified at the compliment from so high
i a. fcULuuc iinu eu gieui a. traveler, wnen
ne saia: "xruiy, .roruana is the most
attractive and beautiful city I have ever
seen."
It is not at all likely that the professor
referred to our style of street-paving or
sidewalks, neither could it have been the
architecture of our buildings. What, then,
but our beautiful lawns and surround
ing shade tre'es could have brought forth
.such meeds of praise?
There Is another point Involved in this
controversy, which newcomers may not
understand. If my memory sorves me
rightly In years gone Ty property-owners
were compelled by city ordinance to set
out ornamental shade trees abutting their
property, and nearly all of them were
set out, If not In obedience to said ordi
nance, then to a sentiment existing at
that period, which not to obey 'was a defi
ance of popular sentiment. Those trees
are the property of those people as much
as are their other improvements, and
whosoever would destroy either may be
"sowing the wind."
I recall a circumstance which serves to
indicate' the property right In shade trees.
A large dwelling In process of removal
could not reach Its destination without
either cutting away shade trees on ad
jacent property or making a detour of
a couple of blocks. The owner would not
submit to the loss of his trees unless paid
$50 each. The house made the "loop." So
far as I am able to judge, if the matter
were left to popular vote, nine out of 10
would Indorse the sentiment of Zera
Snow's letter, spare the tree and modify
the location or construction of sidewalks
to that end. C. H. WOODARD.
NINETEENTH CENTURY POETS
Woman's Clnb to Discuss Lovrell,
Lanier and Others.
At the meeting of the Woman's Club
Friday afternoon of this week, "Late
Nineteenth Century Poets" will be dis
cussed. Mrs. Sherman Brown will also
give two violin solos. Following is the
programme:
Field "Good-Bye, God Bless You," "The
Night Wind," "Lolly .Bye. Lolly. Lolly Bye."
Lowell "Auf Wiedersehen."
"Whitman "O Captain, My Captain."
Dunbar "Angelina," "Coquette Conquered."
"Wilcox "My Ships."
Riley "Tho Happy Little Cripple."
Lanier' 'Sunrise.'
SHI "The Fool's Prayer."
King "If I Should Die."
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The new Jacobs tailor house, 324 Wash
ington, Is turning out the finest Fall suits
Imthe city. Its patterns are the latest:
its work unexcelled.
$ -9
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CALVIN HEILIQ
Manager
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ACCOMPANIED BY
McWATTERS
2 Nights Only
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PRICF Lower Floor, except last 3 rows, $1.00; last 3 rows, 75 cents. Balcony, first 6 rows. To cents; last 6 rows, 50 cents. Gal
iiiil.o 'lery, first 2 rows, 3o cents; all seats in rear of first two rqws, 25 cents.- Boxes and loges, 57.50.
ARQUAM
TWO NIGHTS ONLY-Wednesday and Thursday, OCTOBER 23-24
AMERICA'S REPRESENTATIVE AND MOST NOTABLE MINSTREL ORGANIZATION
WM. H. WEST'S
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minstrel'
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PRICES: Entire Lower Floor,
r, ur two rows, ao cents. AH
vnnce sale opens Monday (tomo
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ONE WEEK
STARTING
The Welcome Favorite First Time Here
Wm m HI BJJ THAN
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In Every Line
and the
Lines Are
Close
ARQUAM GRAND THEATI
Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 21-222 Mights Only
THE 5S0RLD
THE
NEW AND MARVELOUS PROGkAMME OF SENSATIONAL NOVELTIES
IN THE LATEST VAUDEVILLE
and TYSON and Company Scenes in
GRAND THEATER
ALL NEW THIS YEAR
ALL PAST MINSTREL
TRIUMPHS FADE IN
COMPARISON
HIGH-CLASS
MINSTRELSY PER
FECTLY PRESENTED
BY THE BEST COM
PANY EVER UNDER
THIS MANAGEMENT
1.00. Balcony, lLrat six rows, 75 cents Inst six rows, BO cent. Gnl-
scnts in rear of first two rows, s.
rrow) at 10 o'clock. 'Phone Main 8 G8.
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CORDRAY'S THEATER
TONIGHT
INCLUDING SUCH WELL-KNOWN ARTISTS AS -
Knute Erlcksoo
Beatrice Norman
Annie Mack Berlein
THE FAMOUS LUMBERMEN'S QUARTET
AND FIFTEEN OTHERS OF EQUAL NOTE
POSITIVELY NO INCREASE IN PRICES;
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CAIVIX HEIIjIG,
Manager.
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COMEDIANS:
BILLY VAN.
JOHN KING,
N. S. CARR,
F. H. HAMMOND.
SOLO VOCALISTS:
MANUEL ROMAIN, 1
CLEMENT STEWART,
GEORGIB JONES,
WILSON N. MILLER,
HARRY SYLVESTER,
CHAS. ROSEB-ALE,
FERCIVAL STANDISH,
ROBERT CORNISH.
FEATURES:
ZEB & ZARRCttV TRIO,
THE RIO TROUPE,
McMAHON & KING,
carr, Mcdonald &
parshley,
and the pnly
BILLY VAN.
SWELLEST OF ALL.
THE GOLF PARADE.
PROMPTLY ATiP.M.
cents. Boxes and Loses, 7.50. Ad-
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FRIDAY and SATURDAY
$fn
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Annual Visit
Supported by a company which
is the best yet, in
PRICES Lower floor, except last 3 row3, 51.00; last 3 rows, 75 cents. Bal
cony, tlrst 6 rows, 75 cents; last 6 rowp, 50 cents. Gallery, first 2 rows, 35
cents; all seats In rear of first 2 rows. 25 cents. Boxes and loges, $7.50.
Seats on sale Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock.
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Manager
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a Dressing Room
SEATS XOW SELLING
Phone 31aln SOS.
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CALVIN HEILIG, Manager
EVENINGS, OCT. 25-26
John F, Cordray, Mgr.
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