New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-08
THE COMING OPERA SEASON.
ALL ENGAGEMENTS CoNPLETED--A FINE LIST

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OF OPERAS PROMISED.
| The last of the concerts necessary to secure tie
company for the sixth of German opera at the
Metropolitan Opera House received by Mr..
Stanton from Germany yesterday The rcpertory hs
been made out, the characters assigned and the WORK
OF preparation fairly entered upon. The new singers
who are TO join the company Betty Frank, lyrc
soprano, who comes from Prague; sophie Wcsner,
youthful dramatic German opera IS extending the
professional vocabulary Of lyric stage sOnntag
Uhl mezzo soprano Heinrich vogl, tenor Of Munich;
Theodore ReIchmann, baritone Of Vienna; Conrad
Behrens, bass, OF Rotterdam, and second bsss,
named schlomann. As first dancer will have
frseulen Urbanska OF the Court Opera at Berlin. The
women singers all young and their photographs pro
sent them as comely. Together with Madame Lehman
slgnor Perott Herr Kalisch Herr Fischer and The
other members of the old company who have been re-
engaged they make up organization Of unquesoned
arustic strength, and Mr.. stanton is looking forward
with confidence to successful season.
The season will begin on November 81 and close on
March e 1t Will therefore contain fifty subscription
nights and seventeen matinees. The repertory thai
has been planned embraces thirty operas and as tho
majority OF them have either been given at the Met
ropolan contain the favorte roles OF the prncpa
singers, there is prospect that all will be given with
Beroz's Benvenuto Cellini' as another possibility in
the background. The list, arranged alphabetically 40
corlng 10 the composers, IS as follows:
Auber-" Masanleo.'
Beethoven" FideliOs
Bellni-' Norma
Cornelius" Barber Won Bagdad.,
GOldmark-" Queen Of sheba'
HaleVy-" La JuiVe.r
LaoI'' lie Roi d'Ys.'
MaischneF-" Temper and JuedlnH
phete"
Mozart" Don Giovanni
Nessler-" Trompeter Saekkngen.'
Ponchielli." la Gioeonda.'
ROssin-" William Tell
chera- Otello.'
Wagner" Rlenz,' @Flyng Dutchman,' Tam
Mestesinger7 Rheingod,7 "Wallmere,' siegfIied.'
Die GOetterdaemmerung.'
Weber" Fury anthe'
The complete novelties in this list. far this
country IS concerned, COrnelius's Barber Won
Bagdad,' Lao's " lie Rol avs and Maschner's
Temper ind Juedn.' Those which are new TO the
stage Of the Metropolitan, but have been heard here,
are VerdPs "Otello' and Tn Ballo,' Wagners Fly
ing Dutchman' and Belni's Il" Norma Ia Gio-
cOnda7 was the novelty at Mr.. Abbey's nl-staIred
Italian season at the Metropolitan.
The list while it may not have been constructed for
that purpose Will enable the principal singers 10 shine
in some Of their brightest parts. The engagement
Of V0gl restores Tristan und ISOLDE TO
the New-York list; he IS representing the hero at
the festival in Bayreuth now in progress. lie VIII
also appear in Lohenghn,' Rhengold,' sIegfred,'
Die Goetterdaemmerung,' "Fidelo,' and Templer
und Juedn.' Relchmann will alternate with Fischer
as Hans Sachs and Wotan in the Wagner dramas and
will I'll the roles Of Wolfram in "Tannhaeuser'
AmonasrO I'm Aida" Solomon In 1.-THE Queen OK
sheba,s william Tell, Don Giovanni, Iago in Otello,'
and Gullbert In Templer and Juedn.' Reichmann
Is dashing handsome fellow, and his coming ought
TO ease the pangs of the susceptible women whose
hearts were wrung by the departure of Avary.
bright woman OF this city, who has been spending
the last year Iiay and Austria. said i'm I"ifer
from Vienna written friend here, when II beci-hs
known that Reichmann had left the Imperial Opera
at Vienna:
And so the handsome Hans Sachs. Flying DWchman,
Wolfram Teramund, Wanderer, NOtan ana Anliorlas
RS zone No one seems quite know whittier. say it
viii he 10 America Think what trump calu no
would be for Mr. stanton next win'er Inc thousanuS
~ vouug ladies' who over Germ3 opera nh-anlhS
Alyaryi will dry their eyes over AlNafys departure
after Rcichmann appear. Don you, tull Ihn ~.
ReIcbmanu is a great loss here. and II viii be difficult
to replace him. Director jain has now gone on
baritone search through Germany.
Apropos Of Alvary, it IS said thai he is negotiating
with Pollini for an engagement at Hamburg At
least he recently wrote to that effect to New-fork
friend. and incidentally inquired whether the Metro
nolItan directors were disposed 10 change their pO-
sliion with regard to him. An engagement with Pol
ni * excellent for discipline Mr. stanton has IN
nr,sn meet a complete performance of " agners operas
End dramas from "Rlenz7 To " Die GOeterlaen-
melngT inclusive I'm the order OF their composholb
but the dates of these performances have not yet pen
on. lie has also secured new ballet III
three acts Die Puppenfec' e. The Don FaifN WIN
Will be given along with COrIeliuss opera Lille Oar
Der of Bagdad.r lis music l. by j. Bayer.