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den are now attracting the largest audiences
OF the week In spite OF the impression that New
York is likely 10 be empty on that day. Leopold
winkler and Carl Engel will be the soloists to-
night. The full programme Is as follows;
Overture, Fra Diavslo". .Auoei
lie CID" ballet music hhsscnet
Suiny orchestra. BArcAIole 'Fontmaghe
pinna s ,.uony.,,n Isl,
Ride Of the aikynes, Die WalEure" .......w Wagner
s. mphons poem. Les Preiudes'''" '''''''as.s ls.s
oaer,afs. o Merry r. W wives Of windsor ..'.., Nieols
Hungarian march. "Damnation OF Faust" -. berloE
On Tuesday evening Dvorak's symphony
From the New World" will be played for the
second time during the present season.
Oscar Merikanto. a Finnish organist and
composer who has won particular renown In
his own country for his lieder. which are be-
coming known now In Germany and other
European countries, gave concert last night
AT the Swedish Bethlehem Church IN Brook
lyn. MIR. Merikanto had no idea of making .
States on hls vacation to visit a number Of
friends and compatriots In the West. He "
the organist Of the new Lutheran Cathedral
at Hesingfors and Al instructor IL the organ
school there. He was born IN Finland 81
years ago and played in public first at the age
Of 10 He made his first concert tour when he
was 49, and after his studies Ia Helsingfors won
three years OF study abroad He went 10 Leipeic
and Berlin where he studied composition under
the best masters. He has composed an opera.
The Maid Of the North" sung last winter with
success at Helsingfors and crowned by the
Finnish Literary Society, the most influential
body OF the kind in the country. 1t was the
first Finnish opera with 2 hor.tto IN Finnish
formances being Swedish. In February last
Mr.. Merikanto composed and played for the
first time the fantasie Finland In Mourning" :"
sl.t t.t. In via hn ff fha atnr
Government assumed great political signifi-
cance for the people and made profound i'm
preston. Some OF Mr. Merikahlos oomp9-
sitions were played by the Heisingfors Phil
Berlin. The programme last night included
works OF the CLASSIC COMPOSERS for the organ
and extracts from Mr. MeriEanto's opera and
Nine Sembrich's operate tour in this country
next winter will, IN accordance with present
arrangements. include seventy appearances
between December and the end OF April Her
first appearance will be made in New York in
song recital on Dec. 4, at Carnegie Hail. and
her last appearance here during that season
will be made at a similar performance In the
seventy appearances have already been signed,
and as these include Portland. Me- and New
Orleans. where her performances will be given
In the old French Opera House. and San Fran
cisco and Boston, it will be seen that wide
area Of country Is 10 be covered Nine. Sem
hrich will follow gnace Paderewski's exam
u VI,
leaving il only for the hotels In the larger cities.
Nine Sembrich Is 10 precede 10 this country
by several weeks the singers who are 10 ap-
snce 10 be given by the con1pany will be in
Tortland during the fnt week OF january.
when Don Pasquale" will he sung. Signcr
Bevlsnani is to conduct an orchestra Of forty
musicians.
San Francisco Is now enjoying the custom
AIRY season Of Italian opera NJ the Tivoi The
strc, Nhlch NOES such UNIQUE pace ~ tne
some OF The singers have been brought from
Italy for these performances, while others were
engaged IN this country. IA.
Anandn sanln thss Gn,ia. Of oondnc,or ~
the Metropolitan Opera House during the
Enelish season. mad control OF ue frst pro.
ducuon ~ Ehglsn OF Dle helstefslhg9.
when tSey were sVen by % the Carl oRS Rosa opsra
Sompany IN lsst Mr' fckholo was y,onh-
ltt IN tne oIcnse.a ol Inc hoy VpeTs p, IousS
al Dresden ana played IN some OF the btayreutm
performances unoer me composer IL IL he
Intention oI tne InanaseInent 10 give thteS
evening performances week az thS Nero
Poltan Optga houso WIN liia.nrei on Me9nes-
plicatlons tor places IN ,he chorus nave been
received. cheny from Young men ana women
engaged IN the sluoy oi music mere ne
body OF the chorus VII be composed OF the
singers WIN .ho ORGANIZATION az We Anieii-
German musician, who has Tor several
years been Conductor OF an Orchestra @ 81, & az ielp.
In this city. lie has been brought here by
a woman impresari3 and It Is said that he ex-
poets TO be made the a conductor OF permai.
nent orchesua m wouio seem a. II the VISIT
OF Erhht vpn Sctuch W ,iilI couiluf Hst VIII
ter sh0uid nave peeil enough 70 qulet forever
the alnoitions OF loreisn conuuclors VINO desire
70 come 70 'his country 10 re'eai their 'aiehs'
Margaret Macintyre a. Marguerite, Clemen-
tine de we're as Aida and Susan strong "a Donna
Anna were notable hsufS IN the last
weeks OF the Covent Garden season.
lean de Reszks cut loose entirely after
"a. ,oahu,,,, 60 a., 10 u,,aao, ra.,,, .n.,
nus 'haoii'S W W W ""u>'i asie anu
sing In tho condensed version OF Faust.
prepared for the delectation OF Queen Victoria
The church scene Is omitted and other cuts
are made. reducing the time Of representa-
fion 10 a little more than two hours Her
Majesty il said to object particularly to dark
scenes and any composer tactics, enough to
require the lights 10 be lowered gets his de-
serts at these private performances where
such scenes are cut without compunotion
There Is " he SOS, 900 spent dur ing the coming
wear on the reconstruction Of the Covent Gar
den stage and there Ia an appeal from some
quarters for an expenditure OF part of the
money Oh the salary Of a capable stage man
aRer There are the same comylaints Of bad
management there heard 80 frequently at
the METROPOLITAN Opera House Good sd-
ministration OF the opera stage seems out
Of the question IN Anglo-Saxon communities
Nine Melba sang the mad scene from Lucia
of n Barblere di Siviglia" and after that
gave Tosti's little banallty, "Matinata" Jean
de ReSzke's illness has called attention To the
fact that lie made his London debut