New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-17
THE OPERA SEASON NEAR.
PREPARATIONS AT THE METROPOLITAN.
CHANGES AMONG THE Box.HoLDERs - OPERAS
FOR HERR REICHMANN.

~f'-''A~o dhONO IhE BOA-hOlDEho VI A
FOR HERR REICHMANN.
The German opera is close at hand ana
preparations for 1t going In the livcliest way,
both before and behind tbs curtain. There are decide"
indications, too that the season will be uncommohV
| Interesting and prosperous The subscrip uohs
amount this year $4,000 81, 900 more than iast
year, and this in itself points most emphatcaly 70 inc
growing popularity of German opera as preseneu az
the Metropolitan opera House. The list OF boA-no'
for the season that has been prepared shows 10"
changes, but It is in the main like the list Oh ,a.'
year The changes are shown by the following seic0
ton from the table of boxes and the holders OF them
3. George Henry Warren, William c. Scher"ei
9 r. G. Rcmsen, Monday; Cyrus W. f'''u
H.. John J. wysong, Monday; W. 5. wehs N0'"''
aa Is o. A. g J heIR Monday j. Townsend Burden
Friday Clarence Andrews "Wednesday n,,ov,r We'd.
10. Alfred Youngs; Monday &. Z. bald"iH'
sI r. Victor Ncwcomb odd performances j.
Hobart Warren, even performances; J. Augustus
a aai I even Letter. Monday W. Bayard Cutting
Wednesday; F. Blumenihal' Friday; ,.,,,rc.s. Mrs
49, Arson Phelps Stokes, odd performances ~
SO. William j. D. ogden, Monday Thomas stoho'
fr 5a c. H. Sanford. wednesday; Addison Cammack'
Friday. ,.
IS. Baron de Thomson. Monday Jacob Ii. oOH'"'
Wednesday. .r
Nearly all the important singers are IN WV"
though two are the ocean and another VII, w.
sail for this country till the last Of the month
Lii lehman X alisch arrived the Trave ON frua'
&, GOOD health and voice and ready for the work Oh
the winter The season opens, as has been aTcau'
| announced on November 81, with ""e
ner's "The Flying Dutchman' Inc W
includes Charlotte HUM, Sophie wiesnol
Emil Fischer, Paul Kalisch, Albert MitteihauS',
and Theodor Relchmann On November ~ "ou
CHA rti1
Charlotte Hum, Frau Lii Lehmann-Kaisch, sophlo
Wiesner Joseph Beck Conrad Behrens, Julius Perotu
and Edward schlocmann In the cast. This VIII DC
followed by repetition of The Flying Duichinan
on the afternoon of November 80, ." The queen Vi
sbeba7 ON December ., Don Giovanni on Deceno0'
4 and II Trovatores December o.
The presence of Herr Reichmann In the compa,'
seems to have had pronounced erect upon wv
rcuertory of the season. It is doubtless due 10 h
that tbe season will be opened with The Flying Dutch
mani and that Don Giovanni" has been placed Oh 'o
list II Is now proposed also 10 perform Hamio'
before the close of the season. and 10 cast him In thc
part of Hans Sachs in a" Die Melstersineer" hci'
Behrens the basso will be heard for the first une
as the High Priest in The queen OF oheoa a'
afterward in Don Giovanni" and william Tell a.
we'll as Tho Flying Dutohman." December 10 has oeyh
fixed upon as the date for the first performance o -
side of Germany Of Cornclius's opera The Barv1 T U
Bagtlads for which elaborate scenery IS painting anc
Barber' is comic opera and IS to be pared IN a., pe'
which has becn extremely successful in Vienna, where
il was written, the dramatic motive being that a
fairy endows the stock IN trade OF a TOY store VIII wiz
life The possibilities OF pretty fun In such pan
tOm'me con easily be imagined. ,us
The season, announced In these columns NM
several months ago viii extend 10 March ,, and viii
consist of fifty subscription nights and seventeen
matlnees al which about thirty operas VIII be sung
&" The Barber Of Baglad" lie ROi d'Is' anh
" TEMPER und Juedn" entirely new in this country
whlo few of the other operas have been heard here
before but not at the Metropolitan. These are
VeriFs Otello" and I'm Ballo" The Flying Dutch,
man and Bellins Norma" The full list IS arrangea
TO bring the best abilities OF the Leading sngers
and 10 show them to the best advantage.