St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-09
AT THE THEATERS.
Cast of the Opening Opera at the
MetrOpOlitnn.

The Walter Damrosch Opera COMMA
ny will begin it's first season of Ger
man opera in this city at the Metropol-
ltan opera house tonight. The com
pany is very large one, numbering 40
people, including a grand orchestra of
70 musicians. The performances will
De given under the personal direction of
Walter Damrosch. Tonight they will
open their season in the opera glide
lie" in which Frau Katharine Klafsky
appears to great advantage Tomor-
row night the company will appear in
Die Meistersinger,' Saturday matinee
'"Tannhauser," and Saturday night in
DE Walkure' Owing to the large
number of requests received by Mana
ger Scott, he has prevailed on Mr.. Dam
rcsch to give special matinee per-
formance Friday afternoon, presenting
the magnificent opera of "Lohengrin.' -
There are still plenty of good seats left
for each and every performance The
sale has been very large for the entire
season, and it looks as though packed
houses are assured. Mr.. Damrosch will
give lecture at the Metropolitan OPP
era house at 8 o'clock this afternoon on
the opera die Walkure," to which the
holders of season tickets are entitled to
free admission. All others who desire
to hear Mr.. Damrosch's lecture can pro-
cure admission at the box office for 81
the four operas of the regular season.
The cast for "Lohengrin," including
Frau Katharine I<lafsky and Herr Max
Alvary, will be announced tomorrow
morning. "Lohengrin" has been an
nounced on very short notice, but the
sale was very large yesterday, and the
indications are that the opera will draw
out an immense audience. The operas
and casts are:
Thursday evening, Jan. 9, "Fidelio'-
Leonore. 49,. Frau Katharine Lohse- Klafsky
Florestan. ................H Herr Barron Berthald
Rocco ....................He Herr Conrad Behreus
PiZarro. ............... Herr Wilhelm Mertens
Marzeline ..................Frl. Marie hatfield
Jaquino. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Herr Paul LANCE
Minister ........H Herr Gerhard Stehmann
Second Prisoner. ..... Herr Julius Won PutlitZ
Between acts and the Symphony Or
chestra will play Beethoven's great Leonore
Friday evening, Jan. 10, ''Die Meister-
singer
Hans Sachs. Herr Emil Fischer
SiXtus Beckmesser. Herr Gerhard Stenmann
Fritz Kothner. ....... Herr Wilhelm Mertens
kunz Vogelgesang. .......... Herr a. Lehman
Augustin Moser. Herr A. Bartels
Konrad Nachtgal. -. Herr julius Won Putlitz
Balthasar Zorn. .......... Herr Albert Geleng
Ulrich Eisslinger. .......... Herr Oscar Same
Hermann Ortel. .......Herr Eduard Bromberg
fians schwartz Herr A. Helm
Hans Foltz. Herr H. Neumann
David. Herr Paul Lange
Walter Won Stolzing. Herr Wilhelm Gruening
Eva .........................F Fri. Louise Mulder
Magdalene. ..-..............Fri. Marie Maurer
Lehrbub ,.....Frl. Marie hatfield
Nachtwaechter. ...........-..H Herr Otto Raberg
Saturday matinee, Jan H. "Tannhauser''-
TaDrhauser. ............ Herr Max Alvary
venus Fri Ria Eibenschuetz
Elizabeth .............:....F Fri. Louise Muder
Landgraf ............ Herr Gerhard Stehmann
| Wolfram .............. Herr Wilhelm Mertens
! Waither Herr Paul Lange
Biterolf. Recommendation julius Putlitz
| Heinrich .....,............H Herr Albert Geleng
Reimar. Observation-Disclosures. Herr Eduard Bromberg
| Hirte .....................Fr Fri. Marie Mattfeld
Saturday evening, Jan H. ''Die Walkure''~
! Siegmund. .......... Herr Barron Berthald
! Sleglinde Fri Louise Mulder
| Hunding. Herr Julius Won Putlitz
Wotan. ................ Herr Demeter Popovici
fficKa Fri. Marie Maurer
Brunnhilde. .......... Frau Katharine Klafsky
Gernlloa ..................Frl. Nina Schilling
Helmw1ge. .....................Frl Gisela Stoll
! Ortilnde.. :. Fri. Ria Eibenschuetz
| Waltraute. Fri. Marie Maurer
Siegruene. Fri. Marie Mattfeld
! Schwertlefte. ..............F Frau Lena Goettich
| Grimgerde. ..............F Frau Lena Hartmann
| RoSSWelSSe Fri Mathilde Denner
Tompkins' "Black Crook" at the
| Grand seems to be as popular as ever
with the theater-going public The
scenery is bright and pretty, the act
ing Of the company strong and the spe-
| cialties and dancing are particularly
! good. The Rixfords, Sherman Wade
and Kitty Marshall are particularly
! clever There will be but four more
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