New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-05

which requires the cooperation OF Nine. Meba.
Nine scalchl Signor Cremonni. Sgnor Campanari
and NJ. Plancon. Following Is the list Of pieces;
Festival March '',nes
Ara Er ,u' from "Balo in Maschera'' Verdi
Sisnor Campsnar ~.
Brindisi. from Licre1ia Borsia .Donizetii
Romarna 'MapAr' from c.. Martha flo'ow
For string orchestra: c,..
Bluet,e oiic,
Red'a'iva ct Air from I,s.cs Creation H"'d"
Mad scene. from I~cn di Lsm D'nlaen
(Flute obigaio Mr.. WugensteinD
ranma ct 81 H RHssennc RuHims,ein
Air from lie Barber De Sey- ........''. .Rossini
Quartet. from ''Rigolet,o ycrii
The Tribune has received another complaint con-
corning policy Of III management Of the Metro
politan Opera House in respect to the exchange Of
tickets Naturally il is based experiences at the
unfortunate Tristan" matinee The latter il too
long to print at this late date, but the poin; OF IL
IS that the writer who had bought five tickets AT the
box office Immediately after the opera had been an
nounced went again TO the box office In the fore"
noon OF the day OF performance. found all the orig
inal pacards unchanged In the lobby and the clerk
selling tickets for the matinee without explanation
Her request that the tickets be exchanged or that
she be credited with the amount OF their cost 80 that
she might attend later performance was refused
THE ticket-seller replied that the tickets could
neither exchanged credited; that the manage
ment never exchanged tickets unless there was a
change Of opera Tristan would be sung. and there
fore he could do nothing about my tickets She
was thus compelled either to go 10 the opera or
lose the money paid for her ticket She went al 40
D. m and confronted with pacards to the
effect that both NJ. de Reszke and Mime. Nordca
had "a cold" 1--WE entered the opera house and
OH al ui' Seid
az conductor. paying Jean de Reszke and Nordca
prices for the same" Though announced to begin at
49, correspondent says that it was 23o before
the opera began. After Il over she learned
that notices had been posted in the lobby announc-
ing that in consequence Of changes in the cast
tickets would he exchanged the box Office; but
she asserts positively that these notices were not
posted until after the hour AT which the opera
advertised to begin. and consequently offered no re-
lief TO those who in their seats Defines. The
case stated by correspondent is certainly a
grievous one. and there Is occasion for to at
tempt eXtenuate Justify the conduct OF the
management. Nevertheless. 1t remains true that cir
cumstances do sometimes arise which render exact
and even justice all around Impossible. On the
Thursday IN question 1t was not far from noon when
Nine Januschowsky received her notification to take
the place of Nine. Nordca OF this left
ample time for the management to change its mind
and offer the exchange which denied before the
third blow OF disappointment fell. but this may
have required consultation and the making Of ar
rangements which could easily consume two hours
II is hasty conclusion that the management OF So
gigantic enterprise the opera is anxious
even willing to overreach the public. 1t is too de-
pendent upon the public's good will not to know
how suicidal such policy would be.
The fourth opera subscription performance in
Brooklyn will take place Tuesday evening
when Faust will be given. with Nine Saville as
Margharita, Nine. Scachi Sebel. Sipnor Gre
monini Faust. Sgnor Ancona Valentine, and
NJ. Edouard de Reszke as Mehstofcle
The third public rehearsal and concert Of the Phil
harmonic Society will he given Friday afternoon
and Saturday evening Of this week in Carnegie
Hall on these occasions NJ Emile Saurct. violin
will effect his re-cntrance the American stage.
after absence OF fifteen years. The pro-
gramIne Is follows:
Dramatic overture. 'Mepomene Geo ". Chadwick,
Dream music u from from anse and reie IiunoerdncE
Saint saens
symphony, No. Z. Major Dvorak
Save for an appreciative memorial published by
the Philharmonic Society In the programme OF its
last concert. the death OF Mr.. Frederick Retzel,
OF the oldest and most respected orchestral
musicians of New-York was permitted to pass
without public notice. Mr. Rieze died on Deem
Der II. He had been member OF the Philharmonic
Society since the end Of lS47, and remained active
In its ranks until the close OF last season. Since
1866 he had been member OF the Board Of Drec-
tors and since 1880 vce-president. No member OF
the organization better deserved the tribute
which the society paid him in its memorial when
It said:
Devoted always to the interests Of the society
and the art work which II had undertaken and
faithful in every ninutest detail to the responsible
ties OF each position intrusted to him, he has
the lasting respect and affection not only of his
associates but also Of that larger circle OF the lovers
Of his art In this city In which he was so widely
known.
Mr.. Rietzel was born on February u. 1926 In Neu
Gersdorf. Saxony. His teacher the flute
A. b. Furstenau. one OF the most famous virtuosi
of his time. who went with c. NJ Weber to
London In 1896 the visit whence the great com
poser never returned For four years. from 1912
TO 1886 Mr. Retzel apprentice Of the Town
Board (''Stadtpfeiffere Zimmermann'). In Zittau.
with Carl Bergman. He came to New-York with
the itinerant orchestra known the Steyermtrker
In December 1847 and almost Immediately joined
the Philharmonic Society tympanist, but took his
position at the desk first futst In lsi9 In all
the relations OF life. social. domestic and artistic
his conduct marked by gen,leness. devotion and
fidelity. The president OF the society. Mr. Hyde
spoke q eulogy over his body at the funeral exer-