The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-03
GRhND OPERA STARS HERE.
Jean de Reszke Isn't Coming This Season
Manager Maurice Grau Saxs.

Jean de Reszke Isn't Coming This Season,
Manager Maurice Grau SAYS.
Maurice Grau returned yesterday to New
York on La Normandie. bringing with him
Mines. Emma Calv6. Suzanne Adams, Olitzka
and Bauermeistsr and NM. Salignac. Herman.
Devres. lily. Dufriche. Plni-Corsi. Meux.
Latham and Louis Saar Of the Maurice Grau
Opera Company which opens it's season
one week from tonight at New Haven with
performance OF Faust" The steamer Az
rived on Sunday night. but it was not until
yesterday morning that she came up to tho
pier. Maurice Grau told the reporters
that the most interesting thing he had
heard since his arrival here was that the
subscription for seats and boxes at the Opera
House were at present much larger than they
were year ago at the same time when the
subscription was unprscedentedly large He
said that in all probability there would be no
seats to sell when the season here began on
Dec 1S
Most OF the artistic plans OF the season have
been made public already" Mr.. Grau said
"and there is little to be added to them apart
from tho fact that have decided to begin the
chronological Wagner cycle with Der
Fliegende Hollaender' and not as /
had intended with Rienzi.' 90 far as know
Jean de ResZke will not come to New York this
season. l never questioned him about the
matter after he declined first and there ia 40
contract existing between US. In the perform
ances Of Tristan und Isolde. NJ. Van Dyck will
sing Tristan. He will also sing Walter. shall
certainly give Nikolai's The Merry Wives OF
Windsor but will probably not attempt Verdi's
'FalstaH' although thought that it would be
interesting to perform both versions OF the
story. But the Verdi opera is too difficult to
rehearse. Mines. Sembrich. Schumann- Heink
and Adams and NM. Bertram. DIPPED and
Friederichs will sing the leading roles.
Il shall follow this year the fashion now SO
popular in Europe OF giving comic operas by
grand opera singers. Nine. Sembrich will be
heard in La File du Regiment and Don
PasIuale' and possibly Mile. Calve may appear
in her Dragons de Viilars.' by Mailart il the
production can be arranged. She is very anI-
ious to sing the leading role which has been
given her before oniv by operetta singers. such
as Aimee and Irma Marie. The three Mozart
operas to be sung are II Flauto Aagco'
Don Giovanni and lie Eozze dc Figaro
There will be no attempt at a cycle. 1t is not
true that 'Parsifal' will be sung in oratoria
form. think the company 10 the strongest l
have ever had. Certainly my sopranos are the
best. and thnklthat the tenors and contraltos
and baritones are equally superior So think
the success tho company is likely to have 10
we'll deserved"
Mile. CavG went to the Plaza Hotel. where
she always lives when in New York. She is
thinner than when last here and seems in ex-
cellent health. She said that she was delighted
at the prospect OF appearing in 'Herodiade" in
order that the New York public might see her
In some new opera. She is also to sing Jtliehe
and CherubIno for the frat time in New York.
I'm going to sing the leading part also" she
said. lin a new opera soon to be given abroad.
and and IL IL succeeds Mr.. Grau will produce
it here for me. No. 1 will not tell the name l
shall sing lot more than twenty times in New
York. Most OF my appearances will be in the
other cities, Two lost twenty pounds this sum-
mer. and did it by the strictest diet which was
harder than singing the moat difficult role. |
shall never sing Wagner. have given up that
idea altogether in spite OF the fact that New
Workers expect 1t OF every singer. shall
certainly sing SotO,ne in 'Herodade with N.
Saeza who has Just made a great success on
his temperance at the Grand Opera in Paris"