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This content downloaded from 134.129.120.3 on Thu, 31 Dec 2015 21:04:25 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions THE MUSICAL TIMES.-SEPTEMBERI, I887. 55I A Same1zerDay-DeSeam. For Pianoforte. By - Tobias^ ^ According to the AllgenleineMsik ZezZung,there is A. Matthay. pLondonMusic PublishingCompany.] every prospect of " Die Meistersinger" beinfflincluded with next year's festival performancesat Bayreuth, in To any pianistwho can feel IO-8 rhythm,this piece will alternationwith " Tristan und Isolde," arld, of course, speakmost eloquently,for it is both well writtenand melo- " Parsifal." CapellmeisterNikisch, of Leipzia, will most dious,although in partsthe harmoniesare somewhat forced. likely conductthe performances,in the roomof HerrLevie We confess,hoxvever, to a non-comprehensionof the mean- of Munich, whose official engagementswill not permit ing of the two minimsin the bar at tlle conclusion. of his wielding the bdfo1zat the BayreuthTheatre next AriosfiJsGav(utte its D. Arrangedfor the pianoforteyear. by Edsin M. Lott. LEdnvinAshdown.] It is said that Herr Stagemann,the directorof the Leipzig Stadt-Theater,is contemplatingthe production We particularlyrecommend all lovers of this class of next season of Mendelssohn'sOratorio " St. Paul" as a music to studyAriosti's charming Gavotte, the freshmelo- stage performance,with sceneryand costumes. diousness of svhich will delight every listener. It is Samara'ssuccessful opera " Flora Mirabilis" is to be excellently arranged,and makes an extremely effective broughtout, for the firsttime in Germany,at the Cologne pianofortepiece, even for a moderndrawing-room audience. Theatrenext season. Anothercomplete performance of Wagner's " Nibelun- gen " Tetralogyis announcedto take place from the 6th FOREIGN NOTES. to the IIth inst., at the Dresden Hof-Theater. A similar THE centennialperformances of Mozart'soperatic chef performancewas recently most successfully concluded d'zuvre, " Don Giovanni,"were inaugurated,on the 20th {both artisticallyand financially)at the Leipzig Stadt- ult., by an excellent productionof the work at Salzburg Theater. under the auspices of the " Mozarteum,"and under the The directorsof the BerlinConcerthaus have openedthe directionof Dr. Hans Richter. The CourtTheatre, which followingcompetition, in whichcomposers of everynation- was profusely decorated for the occasion, was densely ality maytake part-viz., foran orchestralsymphony, three crowded,among those present being many personsdistin- prizesof I,OOO, 500, and 300 marksWand for an orchestrat guished in the musical world. The performancewas a suite threeprizes, of 6001400, and zoo marks res-pectively. great success,and the ladies and gentlemenof the Salz- Manuscriptsare to be addressed,not later than November burg AmateurChoir, who took part therein,were warmly I of the currentyear, to the directorsof the aboveinstitu- applauded. The solo parts were cast as follows: Dowttion, LeipzigerStrasse, No. 48, Berlin. Giovanni, Herr Reichmann- Donna Ansla, Frau Marie Berlioz's Opera;' Beatrice et Benedict" is to be pro- Wilt; Do^na Elsira, Frauiein Marie Lehmann Don duced at the CarlsruheHof-Theater during next winter Ottavio,Herr Heinrich Vogl; Leporello,Herr Staudigl; under the direction of Herr Felix Mottl. and svith the AIasetto,Herr B. Felix; Zerliwla,Signora Bianca-Bianchi.German version of the librettoby RichardPohl. This in- Similarcommemorative performances are cont-emplatedat terestingwork, written by the composerfor Baden-Baden all the leading operaticestablishments of Germanynext and first producedthere in I86^, has not since been per- month,the operahaving been first producedon October29 formed in Germany,and its projectedrevival is locplxd I787, at Prague. On that memorableoccasion the play- forwardto with much interest. Berlioz xvas his oxvn bills made the announcementin the following terms:- librettist,the subject of the opera, as its title indicates " Oggi per la primavolta Don Giovanniossia il Dissoluto being founded upon Shakespeare's" Much Ado about punito. Drama giocoso in due atti con balli analoghi. Nothing." Parole del Sign. Abbate da Ponte, musica del celebre Accordingto the annual report,just published,of the maestro Sign. Amadeo Mozart. Personaggi: Dot; Gzo- CologneMusikschule (Conservatorium), under the direction va7lHis Sign. Luigi Bassi- II Commewzdstore,Sign. Gius. of ProfessorWullner, 293 pupils of both sexes have fre- Lolli; Do7zrzaAtzXa, Signora Teresa Saporiti- DoMaza quentedthat institutionduring the past scholastic year. Elvera, Signora Cat. Miceli; Leporello,Sign. Felice Pen- The above number includes twenty-eight non-Germans ziani; Zerline,Signora Teresina Bondini; Masetto,il suo and amongstthem nine nativesof GreatBritain. sposo, Sign. Gius. Lolli. Cori di cantadine,dami, dami- Massenet'sopera " Le Cid" will be the principalnovelty gelle, popolo, Ballabili di cantadine," &c. At the this seasonat the FrankfurtStadt-Theater, where also a Cologne Stadt-Theater,the festivalperformance of " Don cycle of Mozart'soperas is to be given in commemoration Giovanni" is to be in strict accordance with the first of the " Don Giovanni" Jubilee. productionof the work in German, at Vienna (I792), Dr. Hans von Bulow has undertakento conducta series which includedtwo comic scenes between the Don and of SubscriptionConcerts at the " Kunstlerverein" of Bre- some emissariesof police on the one hand,and with some men duringthe comingwinter. of his creditorson the other; both these additionalscenes We read in the Leipzig SigwzaZethat the few fraa- are, as a matterof curiosity,to be revivedon the occasion ments and sketchesof a comic opera," Die drei Pintos,'7 named. The total numberof performancesof " Don Gio- found among the posthumouspapers of Carl Mariavon vanni" at the ViennaHof-Theater, since I788, iS stated to Weber,have been entrustedby the composer'sgrandson to be 470. A nev freely renderedGerman version of Da a youngLeipzig Capellmeister, Herr Mahler, who has under- Ponte's libretto has just been publishedfrom the pen of takento completethe work " entirely in the spirit of the HerrMax Kalbeck,and has met with considerableappre- master,"and that the performancehas alreadybeen pro- ciation, having alreadybeen adoptedby several operatic mised by the directorof the Leipzig Stadt-Theater. The stages of the Fatherland. This is a fresh proof of the result may be lookedforward to with some interest,as it extraordinaryvitality of Mozart's masterpiece. " Don seems scarcelyso easy a matterto write " in the spiritof a Giovanni" was first producedin London,at the King's greatmaster." Theatre,on AprilI2, I8I7. The GermanWar Officehas ofrderedthe introductionin The ImperialOpera of Viennare-opened its doorson the the military bands of the Empireof the so-called Paris I8th ult., with a performanceof " Carmen." During the diapason(a _ 870 simplevibrations). The arrangements recess the arrangementsfor the introductionof the electric for this purposeare to be complete throughoutthe army light had beencompleted, and the effectof the new illumina- by AugustI, I89I. tion is said to be very fine. ThKelighting of the stage, too, Wagner's " Der fliegende Hollander" has just been excitedmuch admiration. " The actors,"a correspondentproduced, for the first time, at BuenosAyres, by an Italian writes, " seemed to stand out more baldlytharl formerly company, and has been enthusiasticallyreceived. The andthe effectof the scenerynvas greatly enhanced. When work will also be performed,by the same company, at the singerscame forward, in obedienceto the calIs of the Montevideo,Santiago de Chile,and Rio de Janeiro. audience,various coloured lights were thrown upon them. HerrAugust Wilhelmj, the eminentviolinist, is aboutto The audience were very warm in their applause. The transferhis permanentresidence from Wiesbadento the same system is to be appliedto all the theatres,public Germancapital. buildings, and large palaces in central Vienna." The A statueof Johann NepomukHummel, by the eminent DresdenHof:Theater opened its nemrseason on the ISt ult. sculptor,Professor Victor Tilgner, is to be shortlyunueiled with Weber's" Freischutz." at the pianist-composer'snative town o£ Pressburg

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