New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-07

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Mozarts None d. Figaro" will be revived on
Wednesday evening and repeated at the matinee
In Il Nine caIvl will assume the character Of Page
Cherubino for the FIRST time in America Nine
Games will be the Countess. Nine. de We're. su-
sauna: Mile. Bsuermeisier Aareellina; signof An
coma Figaro; u CasteIrnsry Bartolo: slgnor corsi.
Bssillo: sIgnor vanni. Curzio: Signor Nsschetii'
Antonio end II Edouard de Reszke. the Count.
The other operas OF the week will be as announced
in the calendar. The programme for the regular
concer; at popular prices at the Opera House this
evening IS az follows:
,'w..aing Msrch s IT.;
01'' ''''''' Miss sophi. Trsablnann
'N'D' . '.Ens5a.r '.''-''''''''''''''''l>N'e
oorcse"tra'ion b. Anton ssap ~,
Master Hat@rman -
" 1@I,a Teses,i4 ard organ sc,oa1aaita
" Piansoa. 60,
~ Nine. ciein-aiine o. we're.
,., Gcyigiia oe9lira'o Mas'eF Huo~rHnan,. yv,x-.-
D''' from Il. 4:ssasss sai NJ n.,s.a
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Marrh. 'Tsnnhsussr Wagner
For the season OF grand opera to be given a, the
Metropolitan Opera House under the direction o.,
Walter Danrosch beginning Monday evening
March s. the subscription sale will begin to-mo:-
row morning at O'Clock a, the Metropolitan Opera
House for season tickets; the single seat sale.
March ! The season will las: four weeks. Be
sides the Wagner cycle. there arc five opefas yet
10 10 snnounced. The German performances VII
ofgin gin Istan una Is9'9s eng mo o
'.Das Rheingold." which has no, been given Y
an. ,itca. mad ~ no Reyysufh
for the Rhine maidens in the first act. Mr. Dam
fEscs gd @ 1s yea, m ~ he artists en-
gagged for The season at the metropolitan inelndf.
seasz s A roAe ssd MS@ M ,f19r
Ktns. khs rss aA aPes r FITS one
hard s,ehmann Fritz DeIschgeh WiIn thI MI Tic
sp Hs1eh NE hG2 or xaak Will mas been de-
cided upon go far Is IS follows:
Monday evening March s....... Tristan uni Isolde
Wednesday : :3:hss a..9 ~. ba'an
ff'a' evening iq @sTSi i wagner cyciej ,
mummy Third Of wsgner cycle, ,,,.,.,.
wednesday s''6 f1ar,s s' q wagner eyys.
s.;asssy si,:tao ;: s1.sssts
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sh NIX; Z M.so-T cgcf be- .saooa,e,
MONDAY evening Msrsh 2. D,e G@ Sts
Wednesday evening March 3I.......CTo te snnoines',
FT1,y svs s9es5o Apr' Ap be announced
A course OF ten lectures musical subjects VIII
be given by Columbia University, In cooperation
with Carnegie Hall. in Chamber Music Han on sue
cessive Mondays Saving the second. "hich wiz De
on a Tuesday, al o'clock in the afternoon The ist
=, date. .opics and lecturers Is as follows Febrn-
AIRY * "EvolStion Of the Wind Instrument, FRO
fessor w Adams Brown: February 2. Evolution
OF the Pano.orte," Mr. Morris steincrt March l.
Folk Music" Mr.. H. L. Krehbiel; March , Of'eh-
talism IN Music" Mr.. f. S. Kelley; Mafch i"
"Analysis OF Timbre" Professor william Hailock
March p "Developm%nt OF Opera. NJ. Pnihp
Hale. March g. Church Music" Professor H. w
parker. April g. Tho Utility OF Music" Mr. H.
Finck. Apr,l r. Musical Analysis" DR.. Henry o.
IIsnchett: April 49, Musical Form Its Origin ana
DEVELOPMENT" Mr.. Dudley Buck. Tickets ior these
lectures will be issued without charge TO students
and auditors IN the Department Of Music or 'oiuH-
bia University upon presentation OF their na,ricu-
la,on tickets and TO others upon payment OF % TOT
tho course. or 81 for single lecture Apphca,loh
sho,,d b. made 10 the secretary OF Columbia Uni
vers!.y.
The "Nusurgia" at It's last concert. On December
I gave the entire family circle at Carnegie nan 10
Mr.
next concert, TO be given this week, the cup mas
sent tickets TO Miss Dodge TO be used by tho New
work. Association OF Working Girls societies. and
4, the intention OF the club to utilize this part OF
the house in some such way In future concerts
The Women's String Orchestra Society announces
,bree concerts 10 be given in Mendessohn Gee Club
u.u in February March and April. Leontine
(;aertner violonces.. and Signor de Anna. barry
tome will take part IN the first concert on Febru-
airy 49, Mr.. Carl V. Lachmund is director OF the
society," and among the compositions whicn ne mas
chosen for performance are Gustav Jensen. Sin
fonie,ta": Arnold Krug. "Liebesnovelle' -four
with harp: Moritz Moszkowski music
from Grabbes Don Juan und Faust; Tschaikow-
spy serenade, Cd. 49, and Massenet. prelude.
The third OF Mr. David Bispham's song recitais
will take place in the Carnegie Lyceum on next
Tuesday afternoon. beginning at 3 o'clock Miss
Lillian Blauvelt Will sing and the accomplishments
will be played by Mr.. Amhurst Weber. The pro-
gramme will consist Of compositions BY Mozart.
Beethoven, Brahms. Mendelssohn. Rubnstein.
secchi. LegrenzL Laniere. Jensen Las
sen and Louis Saar.
Mrs. Rudolph Aronson. who IL known In Europe
az Nine. Alma Dalma has written a description
Of Mascagni's new japanese opera. Iris. for the
at geblatt." OF Berlin which the London Daily ,
News reproduces In translation follows prefac-
ing the account with the statement that Nine.
Dalma is to create the title part In America.
Iris is young. innocenty pure japanese girl |
who lives with her blind father In quiet secusion
knowing nothing Of the passions and wickcdnesses |
of the world. Her whole life IL "A dream Of happi- |
ness and song. She sings to the to her dolls.
and In his happiness at possessing such a child the
father forgets his own misfortune A young Jap
anese prince. who IL an enthusiast about everything
that is beautiful. the young girl and hears her
songs. II" falls passionately In love with her and
assisted by his servants. he succeeds In abductng
her while her father Is absent. This scene IL ey- |
ccedingly dramatic and the air here sung by the |
heroine will In all probability make the success Of
this act. The scene ends With the return Of the /,
rather. who nnds the house empty and deserted /
and calls desparingy for his child The second act
is full Of light and color The scene Is laid In one
of the gayest parts OF Toxic. The interior OF the
theatre IL richly decorated and Illuminated the |
SOUNDS Of the safnise and koto heard beautiful
spirits sing and dance; guests arrive in their lin
rlckshas. and. In short. everything is gay To this
has Iris lGep hrOu ny pripc G.