New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-11
MUSICAL MATTERS.
THE OPERA. PRESENT AND FUTURE y
NOUNCEMENTS AND PROGRAMMES
OF A BUSY WEEK.

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OF A BUSY WEEK.
! Calendar for the current week:
sunday-Musc Hall So p M G0n roscb OF conductor;
Metropolitan Opera House, sI gl p mn Under the d.
rection Of Anton Seidl mi
Monday Metropolitan Opera House. p M H fnro.
letio". Broadway Theatre. PM first per'or'"-
Tue<aychamber Music Hall p rt lecture ,s,or py
| Goodman Roberts, NJ A.. on 81, ,Ie II" Sn M extra
n ME-" 81 Faust Music Hall. p m: per
formance Of 'Die Walkre" in ,ierma mn; UmGn
society: Madison squarc Garicn concert HAM,
! $50 T. M concert Of the Apollo ciun'
"'S'rS''n ny pimnofortc recital by Alberto Jonas
uetropoiitan Opera House. p IN, carmen
Thursday woman's rniversiiy T,Io =; H' Air. H. H.
IiroShIel On "riow to Listen to Music" Metro
politan opera House p M Gp@T@,is representa-
lion for the benefit OF local charities
Friday Music Hall M ann Es gsc Tfnfar op~f Sa
IIonse D. M "Le Nozze dI Figaro.
SATURDAY. Mctr, politan Opera House. p M semi
ramde Music Hall p r. eper ad IN rF'a GAR
drn n M pianoforte recital 10y JOSEF SllVi n
Music Hall. SIS p. m, nth concert '' '"e - III
phony Society
There Is 10 be an night ~ opera THIS week ~
,bere was last Faust" VIII be performed on tues
d,v evening. with Nine. Eames as Marguerite. VI
course Carmen" Is 10 have repetition 'this time On
Wednesday evening". and II the pub'ic j. not s''S
with that there will be another opportunity ~ MA"
tho onora IN Brooklyn Saturday evening Mile
calve with this opera has created greater s'''S'
ETC.,, tia, Mime Eaines and Faust" did last year.
and has saved the season from financial disaster.
For the last three weeks M"ssrs ABBEY oc"oe''''
a Grau have made money. a fact when II Is p'eas
IRE 10 record flr they have shown themselves IuDo
/ snlri,eA energetic and enterprising Concerning
ther plans for next nothing definite mas yet
hoen announced though Il would appear that there
NAV be "A substitution Of Sgnor Tamagnp ior Jean ue
Reszke The tenor department., outsiu" Oh VI Wv
Reszkc has been decidedly unsatisfactory ana MI
2 Crau would doubtless be willing TO nave bo'h lie
Raszke and Tamagno: but It appears that the former
/ considers such an arrangement Incompatible Win
hts dignity Il would be pity II personal consdera-
,ns were 10 be permitted spoil the plans Tor next
,.,r In view 4 the lessons 4 the season now con-
/ culiag the management might prontably pohner II
plan for next yen which would greatly please those
who have beer the stanch supporters Of the insttu-
,,n since the beginning 81 the first German season.
This Milan conienplat"s tho substitution Il German
performances r. Italian, SO that the season would
l.. divided between French and German opera. There
tx no DENYING that the appreciation or good dramatic
works with fine ensembles. correct stage manage
rcnt and adequate stage furniture Is growing stead
ny since the German representations aroused H. The
tawdrv Italian list cannot b" kept alive even by the
finest q nord vocalss and 1t might as we'll be aban-
doned II would be- simple matter to organize the
/ company 50 as make German performances or
4
grim "De Mels,ersinger." the Nibung dramas and
Christian ind Isolde" alternate win French operas
and the modern dramatic Italian list Tamagno IN
"Otello" Mile Calvc In Carmen. "Cavalleria Rus
tcana" and "IAfrIcainc." Alvary or some other
German tenor or better stl. Van Dyck and Maltcn.
Such,r or Lehman In the Wagncrian list. with an In
fusion ~ modern French works would make a season
that would tend toward the permanent habltatlon or
| ouera I'm Nrw-York The chorus could he made up OF
German singers able to sing French, instead Of the
present body that sings Italian under all circum-
/ stances BROOKLYN and Philadelphia could he relied
on 10 give hearty support To- such an institution The
operas frthc other DAYS Of this week are "Rgoleto"
on Monday "Nozze III Figaro" on Friday. and Semi
/ ramide" on Saturday afternoon. Masscnets "Wer-
/ Their" IS announced for Monday week.
For the first performance OF Die Wakire" at
Music Hall on Tuesday night the entire house has
been sold for time. and consequently tick
cts are obianablc only for the matinee performance
Of next Saturday afternoon. The symphony Or
chestra Will play. Mr.. Walter Damrosch will con-
duct and the cast is ns follows: Iirdnnhdc Nine.
Maicrna: Slegiindc, Frau Koert-KrOnold; Fricka.
Fri. Sigrll Wolf: Sicgmund. Herr Anton Schott
Wotan. Herr Fischer IIunding. Herr Behrens Val
kyries. the Misses Ida Klein. Charlotte Walker.
Helena Brandt. Marie Maurcr. Mildred Golding.
Anna Fields. Nina Hartmann and Lena Gocttich.
The arrangements IN charge Of Mr. Leon Mar
gulies. Tickets now on sale at the box-oiice
and at Schubcrth's. 40 % Union Square.
The solo performers at the Damrosch popular con-
cert In the Music Hall to-nht will be Miss Eeanorc
MAYO soprano; Sgnor q. Campanari barytone. and
NJ Henri Marteau. vionist. who Will make his
first appearance at these concerts this season The
Symphony Orchestra will play and Mr. Walter
Damrosch Will conduct as usual Following IL the
programme Part March from Aida: aria from
"Don Sebastiano" Donzetti. Signor campanari
Scotch Fantastic new. first tlme). with orchestra
Max Bruch NJ Marteau: sketch from the Steppes
air from LA Refine de Saba" Gounod. Miss Mayo
theme and variations from Rustic Wedding Sym
phony In Part II Miss Mayo and, Signor Campanar
will sing a duet from the fourth OF I'll Trova
tore: NJ. Marteau will play three solos for violir
"a. "Au Prntemps." arranged by NJ. Marteau
Greg: b. Spanish Dance. "Maaguena," Sarasate
and Movement Perpetual, PaganinD; Miss Mayo
will sing the Bach-Counod Ave Maria. to which
NJ. Martcau Will play an obligato and MIR. Dam
rosch the organ accompaniment: the orchestra vii
play Massenets Dance Of the Persian Slaves" tn,
Suite and the "Ouyerture Solennee. Tschai
ho%sKy; 1escrPye OF the war oil l-' ana Ma
The NTH afternoon and nth evening concert of the
Symphony Society, Walter Damrosch, conductor
, viii take place next Friday and Saturday. February
s ana % De n
and Saint Saenss symphony In c minor. for or
basso. will sing an aria and several songs. Tn,
new symphony by Tschaikowsky. which was t'
at the next.
Following are the programmes for the planofort'
rccitals this week: Alberto Jonas, on Welnesda,
afternoon-Sonata op. q. No. . Beethoven; noe
turnc, etude valse and polonalse Chopin prelld
and fugue. r. minor. Mendelssohn fantaise. romance
yalse 6rIliane. harnsii '' "@ campaaea', LIST
Mr. Sliyinsk. Saturday afternoon: Variations [
minor. beethoven; fugue minor. Handel; i'm
Promptu. G minor Schubert; Isl oiseau tetais.
Iienselt; etude, + minor. and "Soiree de Wen ~
| ihszt; etudes symphoniques. Schumann nocturne
, lmpromptu. valse and fantasia. Chopin. AT Mr.
Courtlandt i'almers professional debut on Marcel
a
LISTS Waldesrauschen" and poonase In f..
, Chopin valse ana etude and romance sans pa
roles by Sain-Saens.
this week. Mr.. A. Goodman Roberts NJ A., Will de