New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-29
MUSICAL MATTERS.
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR - DISAPPOlNI-
MENTS AT THE OPERA-MR. PAD
EREWSKTS RETURN.


Tuesday~Academy of Music, Brooklyn "Lohen-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Opera House. p. o. m,
Lucia d. Lammermoor' and "CaVa"ei'a NUS
THURSDAY Chapter koom. Carnegie Hall, p M M.
etys Second second prosramme Metropolitan opera
House v, mo Msnres FIRST song Reeita
'' 6ssrsai Of the Symphony Society; Metropolitan
3Per? G GsTnese Hail s
p m. second concert of the symphony Society.
There will be something for all tastes in the OPP
cratic list this week Faust" Lucia Caval-
leria Rusticana," "Lohengrin," "MeilStofele'
Aida and "Rigoletto make up notable array
of operas and to judge by the casts. they viii
all receive admirable performances Two features
deserve special mention. namely, the appearance
OF NJ. Jean de Reszke and Nine. Nordica in the
German Of f olo IN
with Nine Calve Margharita and NJ Ed2uaru
is also an exhibition OF generosity the part of
the management in the cast of Rigoetto' wnch
Media and scalch and NJ Maurel are to be heard
Ign and perform ''Lohengrin, with Nordica
Brema, Pancon. Ancona and Crenonih Ill ue
cast.
The complaint to which voice is given in the fol-
lowing communication Is that has been heard
frequently and loud Of late. OF one OF the -
ting sins of the oldtime operate regime -H
Abbey and Grau have kept themselves HlioOe
they do not spring changes of their lists ana cas
without doing all they can TO inform 'he p PUN,
OF the fact In this they have been commehuao's
scrupulous and honorable. Their policy IN ie'pN'
OF exchanging tickets, however, has "orheu maj
hardships. Tickets bought at the poA-oiioe a.
exchanged without word but subscription .'A'
are not The necessity of such a rule is obvious
enough but the difficulty arises from the lac' 'h"'
tickets purchased at the hotel newsstahds are
treated as subscription tickets. This leaves inc
purchasers wholly without recourse cnanse 500 oa
the performance is discovered by one OF 'hfsf no
chasers on arrival at the opera n0uSf from whom
IL bought, who, OF course VIII le, ,rbollv
valueless II ought to be easy to put distlngu
ing mark the Tyson tickets, so that me- III,
snbscrintion tickets as between the management
and the agent but they are not IN equl,S, on MIR
chaser II is pretty generally recognized that the
Tyson tickets are sold on account OF tne me
nas, should hot be "Caveat emptor but "Qn
aS P Tbe a Haie of tickets at the hotels great
convenience to the public bnt II WI an a Of no
rerrourse between the management and its agent Is
10 be extended to the innocent purchaser.
To the Editor of The Tribune. ..
Sir" II has surprised me that the newspapers;
Who generally stand up for the public rights shoua
speak so calmly of the shameless imposition OF me
Netronolitan opera management on that pubic az
the Thursday matinee OF tristan anu Sicb 50
omveniently laid low the three hghsa.aried singers
in the cast was not genuine. though people are Pr
foundly sceptical that point the Imposition comes
from the fact that the ticket-holders pald thelr
money for class of performance ana 20, E re-
for which they would not nave p d,u' e. fo~cel "a
reputable theatres, if the manasement IS iGLcga ~
disappoint the audience it gives me pbriNir o the
choice between seeing the SUBSTITUTE ol Nv Sera
money for the tickets refunded AT the opera
House there is no sucn enoce' 3ou ickets for some
Other performance which YOU do not care 10 Sec ot
throw away goGey co so from out Of Town and
must go the expense and fausue o, W. md Miss
rsrry having been advertised IN Macbeth should
take 10 their beds and force their aualenSe 20 h ~
sa,t,teso That the transformers are CONSCIENTIOUS
energetic is nothing tS ne wbo When
toner had paid silk of certain quaity aa pao
tern sho gu The ground that it was silk anyway, and
| his delivery wagon was expensive 10 Keep u u az
| Metropolitan opera House me'houS are ''''e
AVE- we to be forever patient with the failure 10
Keep faith for which the i'a'an fRsA VICTIM
| Staten Island, Dec 90 1880
| Mr. Paderewsk is again with U.S. ana hidy DC
| heard next Friday afternoon and Saturday eNe"i'S
y, tho second public rehearsal and concert Oh 'he
svmphony Society. After that he VIII start OH INC
| tour which will take him to San Francisco va
Finck's favorte method of computing 'he ai"S'0
va,ua Of COMPOSITIONS performers and performance
| nv the size OF the balance on the poX-ohce sho''
&C. ANYTHING but wise or conclusive but it Is inter
asting to know that by the time Mr. PaderewsK
,oys nc for the South and West he will have taken
&c 49,, zoo Om this season. II is "A truly astonlsh-
ing showing which, leaving OUT the queSo ~
sm9nerlative merits Of Mr. Paderewskls piayht
nraves at least what a phenomenal fasclnst9n ne
exerts upon the public. At the SYMPHONY er1
concert he viii play LISTS concerto IN J.; nat anu
a grorp OF solo pieces. The concert VIII pe CUI'
d,cc.eS Inv Mr. Van der Stucken, who mas arrange
what his friends will recognize as a cnaIaStvi''' t
Programme Besides the pianoforte nuToerSi, Do 1t
win contain Schumann's symphony IN - I!lIVGi'
The nrelude TO "IngWelde, an opera py j. - a.,
iiinss M overture TO "ROnslan and Ludmllia, ny
| ciinLa and the incidental instrumental music 20
| Iecnnte de Isles tragedy, Les ErinnYes D!
Massenei.
The first of Victor Maurels song recltas VIII Iahe
place in Chickerng Hall next Thursday evening IL
will be devoted to French composers. ana the pro-
gramme is as follows:
@ i Que M mi ames Darcarolle) l. Hess
/ Printemps dernier. .......', j. Massenet
Menuet (lanse chantee)..' y
autre chose ...........'..'{ th Wldor
cound
Pauvres fous.
! Minor Notes: Nine Nordica will sing the soprano
solos in the performance of The Messiah at the
uetrc noIitan opera House this evening. Mile
/ WET (;uilbert Will sing at the concert IN me
OWN bic Music Hall this evening. M; Alpeit
h. given in the Madison Square concert han
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