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make his artistic personality. The ovation given to Manen has been one of the greatest ever accorded to a concertist in Habana.—Diario La Marina, April 19.
Paganini’s wonderful playing was attributed by superstitious persons to his being possessed of the devil. Manen, without claiming such rare and disreputable distinction, has the same faculty of Paganini, that of entirely possessing his audience as soon as his violin emits the first notes. .	.	. And finally, above all these great qualities,
Manen has one greater than all. His great sensibility and brilliant talent permit him to interpret all authors with scrupulous fidelity, with blameless correction, with fire and tenderness, and giving the whole wprk its proper^ and exact significance. I do not hesitate in proclaiming Juan Manen the foremost violinist of our times.—Isadore Corzo, in Heraldo de Cuba, April 24.
Salzburg Mozart Festival Called Off
Vienna, May 7.—The Vienna press announces (and the information is privately confirmed by the Salzburg Festival Association of this city) that all plans for this summer’s festival at Salzburg have been cancelled, as far as the operatic portion of the festival is concerned. Richard Strauss, the president of the society, is about to leave for South America together with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Festival Association finds itself minus an orchestra and without its principal conductor. The society still holds a faint hope of engaging either Furtwängler or Dr. Muck for a few concerts with some substitute orchestra, and there is a possibility of producing some peasant plays within twenty-four hours’ notice, equitting herself splen-agement. The International Society’s chamber music festival is, of course, not affected by this, and it will take place as scheduled, beginning August 8.	P. B.
Rea Stella Broadcasts Ah Love, Will You Remember
Rea Stella, contralto, a great favorite among the radio audiences, broadcasted four times last week Mana Zucca’s latest song, Ah Love, Will You Remember. Of the many thousands of voices it is said her rich, deep contralto is considered one of the best suited for recording. She will be heard again next week at NJZ Station, in a group of Mana Zucca songs.
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linde and her next appearance will be as Elsa in Lohengrin. Miss Moreno has also made an excellent impression in concert work both in Dessau and other German cities.
Manen Triumphs in Cuba
Juan Manen, eminent Spanish violinist, who has given ten concerts in Cuba, met with unprecedented success there and press and public were unusually enthusiastic over his playing.
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Following are a few press comments from leading Cuban papers:
Yesterday’s recital excited the audience to an indescribable enthusi-asm. Ovation followed ovation and the artist was compelled to come again and again to the front in answer to curtain calls. His encores were received with clamorous applause and stentorian bravos.—Isadoro Corzo in “Heraldo de Cuba, April 19.
Were I to give vent to the enthusiasm produced in me by the concert given yesterday by Juan Manen, violinist, at the National Theater, I would be criticised as exaggerating. Therefore, and in order to avoid this criticism, I will try to order and restrain the confusion of ideas left in one’s mind by an art so sublime and compelling as the art of Juan Manen. . .	. Manen’s brain and his heart have united to
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The New York World must be held responsible for the correctness of the following amusing item which it published on May 24: “Miss Anna Fitziu, opera singer, who has been ill with bronchial pneumonia in her home, 246 West 70th street, since Friday, was resting comfortably last night, her nurse said. While the nurse was absent a few minutes, Miss Fitziu, curious to learn if her illness had resulted in loss of weight, tiptoed to a scale in the next room, ascertained she has lost five pounds, and returned to bed, her condition becoming greatly aggravated not long after.”
Ellie Marion Ebeling Makes Good on Short Notice
Elbe Marion Ebeling, whose fine soprano voice has been in constant demand this winter, sang the role of the High Priestess in Queen Hatasu of Egypt, a play by Ruth Helen Davis, given at a benefit performance for the building fund of the New York City Federation hotel for working girls, under the direction of the New York City Federation of Women’s Clubs at the Longacre Theater, Monday afternoon, May 7.
Carrie Bridewell, who was supposed to sing the role, was ill, and Mme. Ebeling took her part and learned the role within twenty-four hours’ notice, equitting herself splendidly to the great delight of all. Only a singer of routine and experience on the operatic stage could have filled in at so short notice.
Stephens Artist Gives Program
On Wednesday evening, May 16, in the studio of Percy Rector Stephens, Nancy Hitch, contralto, gave a program of_ songs in German, Italian, French and English. Miss Hitch already has made herself known through her solo work with the Schumann Club of New York and as one of the Brahms Quartet. Especially worthy of attention was Miss Hitch’s singing of the group of German songs. Brahms’ O wusst Ich doch den Weg zurüch and Vergebliches^ Ständchen, Schumann’s Volkslied, and Strauss’ Cäcaelie were especially well sung. Le temps des lilas, by Chausson, and Le Passant, Hiie, were included in her French group, and Respighi’s Nevicata, Zandonai’s Lullaby and God Took From Me Mine All, Rachmaninoff, made up another group. The growth of this young singer is a well established fact, as the number of her engagements this past season will attest. Lee Cronican, Mr. Stephens’ accompanist, was at the piano.
American Soprano in German Opera
Under the professional name of Sophie Moreno, the American soprano, Sophie Spriestersbach of Pittsburgh, is winning success as one of the leading sopranos of the Dessau (Germany) opera. Her debut was made as Sieg-
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