New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-31
HENRY Il. ABBEY'S PLANS
MAURICE GRAU COMES FROM EUROPE AND
TALKS ABOUT THEM
THE NEW THEATRE WILL BE OPENED BY HENRY
IRVING ON NOVEMBER s-THEy Will. CONE
OPERA. AND AFTER THAT CoouE.
LIN AND U.DINc

N-'N HNb iihDlNb.
Among the passengers on the French steamship
La Bourgogne yesterday Maurice Grau. Of Abbey.
schcenel Il Grau, who has been in Europe for some
time arranging for the coming operate scis son In
Ncw-fork. Nj. Abbey's theatre a, Broadway
ard Thirty nn'h-st will be opened by Henry Irv
ing on November :, 10 be followed on November -
by the Metropolitan Opera Company just organized
by Mr.. Grau. The company will br. without qucs-
ton. the best and most complete in America Many
old favortcs will appear and many but not
less wellEnown ones. There are nine prlma donnas,
three OF whom have never sang In America. These
arc Mines. Mcba Emma Calve and sigrd Arnodson
The two former have been singing at Covent Garden,
IN London. during the last winter. The otter prims
donnas Mines. Emma E;sncs. Lillian Nordica,
Anita lblcS. and Miles. Angolini, Mahilde Ban
mcister and Virginia Colombat. The last is OK
temcly Young. but aroused much enthusiasm AZ
Malta last winter where Sue sang In seventy elght
ont of the ninety performances given.
At the head of the contraltoS stands Nine Sofia
scach. Miles, Olympia Guerca and Consuclo Dom
cnech, tho two other cOntratos are new asprallis
for American favor.
The tcnors are six in number. Jean de Reszkc
and Fernando de- Lucia the best known, the latter
only by reputation, this Is his first appearance IN
the United states Another new tenor is Francesca
ignas. who created his part in "Cavalcria Rus
ticana" in London. Other tcnors are MOntalloI
Rnaldni and Masrobuono.
arc three others, Martapoura, Gronischevsky and
Lassac.
In the BASES Edouard de Rcszke divides the
honors with Pol Plaucon. Tho other basscs are
Horucchia, vivisni. Carbonc and Ccrnusco.
The conductors Mancnell for eight years
musical director al Covent Garden and in Madrid
and Bevignani, OF Covcnt Garden.
The members Of the company will leave IIavre
ard southampton for York OIL september IL. on
the La lretagne and the Paris. Thoy will open in
Chicago early In october, returning to this city the
next month for Il five weeks season. Their repertoire
Is a long one in which all the great opera writer's
are well represented The new operas To be pre-
scented are Philcm0a ct Bancis." by Gounod; nal
staff. Verdis last opera written by him when eighty
one years old La i)amnaticn de Faust by Berhoz
Samson and Dala,@ 10y saint sacns, Mascagnis
L'Amico Fritz: Lonncovallos II Pagliacci,7 the
leading Londo piece. and two operas b. MaSsenc''
Manon ana Wrr,hcr. Other operas arc IHnnmis'r
e. lohcngrin," Flying Dutchman." Meisicrsinscr,
Faust" Romeo ard Juliet" Aida "Traviata,
"O.cl," e. Iiug1;,no,," lie prophetic" 'Caval-
Icrla Rusicana.7 iavorita, Don Giovanni" Gar
men," Mignon," hamlet scmramide,' Lakme
and Martha"
At the cuG OF The opera season, on January l.
Coluclin and Jane liading will open in Il series %
uuan tanccs. jean CoquclIn and Mime Pauline rairy:
Win these exceptions all u" mcnbrF, are d."
10 America. The male members are M,sSrS. tolN'
Chcles. sIaury, Dcroy, Hertz. Nicolni. Fanny nam
ly, I1tu md @ion; the wcmrm1 s1ng,; Dt.n
crai Of he play. to be- given by IN COMPANY are
new and oth.s are nr% IN I IIGc by sadon
Tanning Of IN, shrcw." adapted Icy Drlalr: L'%
AArnJc," Tauuie." ." les i'?ec1u'e'. kiincme,.
Foigrs LAM lritz" ana d" les H"TruN.' l"r
Couu lin. nkc "a" metropolitan opera OohP'IF, oi'i''
,rch at % opera House by Moune >ully the French
actor, and his company